Pi Upsilon Rho

Pi Upsilon Rho (ΠΥΡ) was an American professional fraternity for homeopathy students. It was established at Hahnemann Medical College in Chicago in 1876 and had five active chapters by 1920. Now defunct, it has been credited as one of the United States' oldest medical fraternities.

History

Pi Upsilon Rho was established as Ustion, a professional fraternity for homeopathy students, at Hahnemann Medical College in 1876. It has been credited as one of the United States' oldest medical fraternities.

A second chapter was added at Ohio State University in 1893. By 1906 it had five active chapters. It changed its name to Pi Upsilon Rho in 1909.

The fraternity's governing body, the Supreme Corpus, would meet annually at the convention of the American Institute of Homeopathy. The fraternity became defunct around 1944.

Symbols

The badge of the society is in the form of a diamond lozenge, with the Greek letters Π, Υ and Ρ across the middle. Above this are three torches and below this are two crossed bones. An image of the badge is at the center of the fraternity's crest.

Chapters were named "Vertebrae", and were designated by Latin numerals.

Officers were named:

• Encephalon (President)
• Medulla Oblongata (Vice-president)
• Calamus Scriptorius (Secretary)
• Optic Thalamus (Treasurer)
• Torcular Herophili (Inductor)

The fraternity's quarterly periodical of the fraternity was The Torch.

Chapters

The fraternity called its chapters "Vertebrae". In the following list, inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.

See also

• List of defunct medical schools in the United States
• Professional fraternities and sororities