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A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine in 1823, Jacob Jeanes was trained in regular medicine and practiced as an orthodox physician for twelve years before he began practicing, teaching and writing about a new system of therapeutics called homeopathy. Along with Constantine Hering and Walter Williamson, he was one of the original members of the American Institute of Homeopathy, and served as its second president. In 1848 the three colleagues founded the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, later known as Hahnemann. Jeanes taught at Hahnemann, but continued with an active practice and philanthropic support of homeopathic institutions and organizations. He was best known for his 1838 publication, Homeopathic Practice of Medicine.