William Tod Helmuth was born on October 30, 1833, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He was the son of John Henry and Jeanette (Tod) Helmuth, and the great-grandson of Revolutioner Justus Henry Christian Helmuth, who came to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1769.
William received his early education under James Pastor and later went to St. Timothy’s College near Baltimore, remaining there through his junior year. He studied medicine with his uncle, Doctor William S. Helmuth, then professor of medicine in the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, and graduated from that institution in 1853.
From 1854 to 1855 William Helmuth was one of the dispensary physicians at the Homeopathic Medical College and prosector of surgery to Dr. James Beakley. On July 17, 1856, when not yet twenty-three years old, he was made professor of anatomy. He early began to write and in 1853 published his first book, Surgery and Its Adaptation to Homoeopathic Practice.
Helmuth removed to St. Louis in 1838. He was also made surgeon to the Good Samaritan Hospital. In 1867 he was president of the American Institute of Homeopathy. During these years he continued to make contributions to the literature of medicine and surgery. When the New York Homeopathic Medical College was undergoing reorganization in 1870 Doctor Helmuth had gained such a reputation that he was called to the professorship of surgery in that college and to the position of surgeon to Hahnemann Hospital. His success as a surgeon and teacher was outstanding and in 1893 he became dean of the college, which position he hem until his death.
Among Helmuth's extensive writings are: A Treatise on Diphtheria; Its Nature, Pathology and Homoeopathic Treatment (1862); An Essay on Cleft Palate (1867); A System of Surgery (1873), whin went through five editions; A Record of Surgical Clinics (1875); Nerve Sketching; with a Short History of the Operation and Illustrative Cases (1879); Epi-cystotomy; Hypogastrie Lithotomy; Supra-pubic Lithotomy; The Present Status of Antiseptic Surgery (1883); Fourteen Consecutive Cases of Ovariotomy (1885); A Contribution to the Study of Renal Surgery (1892) ; A Glance at Japanese Medicine, Ancient and Modern (1893). His nontechnical writings include, Medical Pomposity, or the Doctor Dream (1866), a satire; “Scratches” of a Surgeon (1879), anecdotes; Various Verses (1901). He also edited the Western Homoeopathic Observer; and was co-editor of the North American Journal of Homoeopathy (1862 - 1869), New England Medical Gazette (1871 - 1872), New York Journal of Homoeopathy (1873 - 1874), and the New York Homoeopathic Times (1875 - 1877).
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William Helmuth was married, February 10, 1839 to Fannie Ida Pritchard of St. Louis, by whom he had two children. She became prominent as a leader in philanthropic and hospital work at St. Louis and New York.
