Sébastien Gaétan-Salvador Maxime Des Guidi (1769-1863) earned a medical degree at the University of Strasburg in 1820. He became Professor of Mathematics at Lyon and Marsailles in 1801. In 1828, he consulted homeopaths in Naples on behalf of his ill wife, who was then cured. After studying homeopathy with these clinicians, Guidi returned to Lyon, France in 1830 and spent the rest of his life advocating for homeopathy. His book, Letter to the Physicians of France, was translated into English in 1834, and was one of the first books on homeopathy published in the United States.
- Medal
Bronze. France 1835. Signed. Lifetime. On the introduction of homeopathy at Lyons.
- Size
50 mm
- Artist
Pillart, French die-sinker Pillart (Pillaart), French die-sinker of the mid 19th century. (Forrer 4, 536)
- Obverse
Nude head to left; below truncation, in a curve, PILLART F.; along the edge from lower left, widely spaced, MIRE SANATI GRATITUDINIS MEMORES. ; below the head, SIMILIA SIMILIBUS. / LUGD. / MDCCCXXXV. in three lines, the last one curved.
- Reverse
A wreath of tulips, entwined with serpent, tail in its mouth; in field, L'AN 1830. / L'HOMOEOPATHIE / A ÉTÉ INTRODUITE À LYON / ET PROPAGÉE EN FRANCE / PAR / LE DOCTEUR. C. SEBASTIEN / DES GUIDI. in seven parallel lines.
- Ref
Freeman 138 (except metal); Storer 834; Duisburg CLXXXVIII; Nilsson 151
