Pi Upsilon Rho
# Pi Upsilon Rho

Pi Upsilon Rho (ΠΥΡ) was a United States-based professional fraternity for homeopathy students established at Hahnemann Medical College in 1876 under the name Ustion. It changed its name to Pi Upsilon Rho in 1909.

By 1920 it had five active chapters. It has been credited as one of the United States' oldest medical fraternities. The fraternity's governing body, the Supreme Corpus, would meet annually at the convention of the American Institute of Homeopathy.

## Symbols and traditions

* 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.
* The quarterly periodical of the fraternity was the Torch.
* Chapters were named "Vertebrae", and were designated by Latin numerals.

Officers were named thusly:

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

## Chapters

| City and State | School | Chapter | Status | Installed Date and Range |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicago, IL | Hahnemann Medical College | Prima | Dormant | 1876–19xx |
| Columbus, OH | Ohio State University | Tertia | Dormant | 1893–19xx |
| Philadelphia, PA | Hahnemann Medical College | Quarta | Dormant | 1901–>1943 |
| Denver, CO | Denver Homeopathic Medical College | Quinta | Dormant | 1902–1906 |
| Detroit, MI | Detroit Homeopathic Medical College | Sexta | Dormant | 1903–19xx |
| Valhalla, NY | New York Medical College (NY Homeopathic Medical College) | Septa | Dormant | 1905–19xx |
| Ann Arbor, MI | University of Michigan | Octa | Dormant | 1906–19xx |
