Samuel Hahnemann's Organon of homœopathic medicine.

  • Hahnemann, Samuel, 1755-1843.
Date:
1848
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Credit: Samuel Hahnemann's Organon of homœopathic medicine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    medicines on his own person, and on that of others. In his in- vestiffations he arrived at this conclusion : that the substance employed possessed an inherent power of exciting in healthy subjects the same symptoms which it is said to cure in the sick. He compared the assertions of ancient and modern physicians upon the properties of poisonous substances with the result of his own experiments, and found fliem to coincide in every respect; and upon these deductions he brought forth his doctrine of homoeopathy. Taking this law for a guide, he recommenced the practice of medicine, with every prospect of his labours being ultimately crowned with success. In 1796 he published his first dissertation on homosopathy in Hufeland's Journal. A treatise on the virtues of medicine appeared in 1805, and the Organon in 1810. Hahnemann commenced as a public medical teacher in Leipsic. in 1811, where, with his pupils, he zealously investigated the effects of medicines on the living body, which formed the basis of the Materia Medica Pura which appeared during the same year. Like many other discoverers in medicine, the author of the Organon has been persecuted with the utmost rigour ; and in 1820 he quitted his native countr)'- in disgust. In retirement he was joined by several of his pupils, who formed themselves into a society for the purpose of prosecuting the homoeopathic system of physic, and reporting their observations thereon. Several fasciculi detailing their labours have been since pub- lished. In 1824 the homoeopathic doctrine was embraced by Rau, physician to the Duke of Hesse Darmstadt; by Bigelius, phy- sician to the Emperor of Russia ; by Stegemann, and many other names celebrated in medicine. We find, from a published letter of Dr. Peschier of Geneva, that Hahnemann resides at CoBthen, (capital of Anhalt-Cce- then.) in the enjoyment of perfect health and spirits. He is consulted by patients from almost every nation, who have been attracted by his fame as a physician.