title: The Wesselhoefts: A medical dynasty from the age of Goethe to the era of nuclear medicine.
abstract: For six generations, members of the Wesselhoeft family have practiced medicine in Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Canada and/or the USA. In the early decades of the 19th century, two Wesselhoeft brothers left Europe to eventually settle in New England, where they and their progeny gave rise to a regional medical dynasty. The Wesselhoeft doctors became well-known practitioners of homeopathy, hydropathy, conventional medicine and surgery, in academic and general clinical settings. An additional connection was established to the literary worlds of Germany and the USA, either through friendships or as personal physicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan Rt
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003718:Denmark; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006705:Homeopathy / Q000266:history*; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D013557:Switzerland; D014481:United States
keywords: Boston; Germany; Wesselhoeft; cardiology; communicable disease; dynasty; family medicine; homeopathy; hydropathy; pediatrics; physicians; psychiatry