June 16th. Mrs. W., Mother of Mrs. M. W. Headache for a number of days. Chill this morning, followed by high fever. Chills and fever three years ago; thinks they have returned. Aching in all the bones and muscles. Tongue coated, bitter taste. Nausea. Dry stomach cough. S. L.
June 18th. No chill yesterday, but a great pain in back and head. At 5:30 A. M. today had a racking pain in head. Chill began at 8 A. M. today, lasted three hours. Followed by fever, which lasted nine hours. Great pain in head during fever. Perspiration profuse, smelling like sour, musty water. Breath offensive. Tongue coated. No appetite. Urine very dark, passed every hour. Can hardly move her head. Arsenicum 103 m. and S. L. every six hours. One prescription cured.
James Tyler Kent (1849–1916) was an American physician. Prior to his involvement with homeopathy, Kent had practiced conventional medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He discovered and "converted" to homeopathy as a result of his wife's recovery from a serious ailment using homeopathic methods.
In 1881, Kent accepted a position as professor of anatomy at the Homeopathic College of Missouri, an institution with which he remained affiliated until 1888. In 1890, Kent moved to Pennsylvania to take a position as Dean of Professors at the Post-Graduate Homeopathic Medical School of Philadelphia. In 1897 Kent published his magnum opus, Repertory of the Homœopathic Materia Medica. Kent moved to Chicago in 1903, where he taught at Hahnemann Medical College.
In 1881, Kent accepted a position as professor of anatomy at the Homeopathic College of Missouri, an institution with which he remained affiliated until 1888. In 1890, Kent moved to Pennsylvania to take a position as Dean of Professors at the Post-Graduate Homeopathic Medical School of Philadelphia. In 1897 Kent published his magnum opus, Repertory of the Homœopathic Materia Medica. Kent moved to Chicago in 1903, where he taught at Hahnemann Medical College.