Wenda O’Reilly
WENDA BREWSTER O’REILLY is a scholar, editor, and publisher known for bringing Samuel Hahnemann’s teachings to modern readers. She is co-translator, with Christian Kurz, of the new translation of Hahnemann’s Organon of the Medical Art, building on her widely acclaimed 1996 edition. Their collaboration also includes a new translation of Hahnemann’s The Chronic Diseases. She is co-author, with Jeremy Sherr, of The Homoeopathic Treatment of Epidemics.
O’Reilly’s work has long focused on advancing humane approaches to medicine. She served as executive director of The Birth Place, a pioneering California birth center, where she advocated for reform in childbirth practices.
As founder of Birdcage Press, she created award-winning educational books and games on art, nature, and history that have been featured in major museums worldwide. She holds a master’s degree from Harvard, a Ph.D. from Stanford, and a postgraduate diploma from the Dynamis School for Advanced Homeopathic Studies. She lives in Washington state with her husband, writer and publisher James O’Reilly.
Christian Kurz
CHRISTIAN KURZ is both a physicist and a homeopath. He earned his doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where his research focused on nuclear physics and fusion. He currently directs research into renewable energy sources at the Green Energy Lab in Vienna, Austria.
Alongside his scientific career, Kurz has practiced, written, and lectured extensively in homoeopathy. He was editor-in-chief of Homeopathy Online, the first online magazine devoted to homeopathy, and is the author of Imagine Homeopathy. He has lectured at international homeopathic conferences throughout Europe and published numerous articles in homeopathic journals.
With expertise in Hahnemann’s nineteenth-century usage and medical terminology, Kurz brings both scientific rigor and linguistic precision to the translation of Hahnemann’s works. He is co-translator, with Wenda Brewster O’Reilly, of this new translation of the Organon of the Medical Art. Their collaboration also includes a new translation of The Chronic Diseases. He lives in Austria with his family.