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Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann ( 10 April 1755 – 2nd July 1843 ) was a German Physician who founded Homoeopathic Medicine . LIFE Born Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann in , Syriac , Chaldaic and Hebrew ."http://www.skylarkbooks.co.uk/Hahnemann_Biography.htm Hahnemann studied medicine at Leipzig and Vienna . He received his doctor of medicine degree at the University Of Erlangen on 10 August 1779 , qualifying with honors with a thesis on the treatment of cramps. He began practicing as a doctor in 1781. "Shortly thereafter he married Johanna Henriette Kuchler";http://www.skylarkbooks.co.uk/Hahnemann_Biography.htm they had eleven children. Through his practice, Hahnemann quickly discovered that the medicine of his day did as much harm as good: My sense of duty would not easily allow me to treat the unknown pathological state of my suffering brethren with these unknown medicines. The thought of becoming in this way a murderer or malefactor towards the life of my fellow human beings was most terrible to me, so terrible and disturbing that I wholly gave up my practice in the first years of my married life and occupied myself solely with Chemistry and writing.http://www.skylarkbooks.co.uk/Hahnemann_Biography.htm After giving up his practice he made his living chiefly as a writer and translator. While translating . Hahnemann began systematically testing substances for the effect they produced on a healthy individual and trying to deduce from this the ills they would heal. He quickly discovered that ingesting substances to produce noticeable changes in the organism resulted in toxic effects. His next task was to solve this problem, which he did through exploring dilutions of the compounds he was testing. He claimed that these dilutions, when done according to his technique of Succussion (systematic mixing through vigorous shaking) and Potentization , were still effective in producing symptoms. However, these effects have never been duplicated in Clinical Trials , and his approach has been universally abandoned by modern medicine. Hahnemann began practicing this new technique, which soon attracted other doctors. He first published an article about the homeopathic approach in a German Language medical journal in 1796; in 1810, he wrote his ''Organon of the Medical Art'', the first systematic treatise on the subject. Hahnemann continued practicing and researching homeopathy, as well as writing and lecturing for the rest of his life. He died in 1843 in Paris , 88 years of age, and is entombed in a mausoleum at Paris 's Père Lachaise cemetery. OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS ]] Although most famous today as the founder of Homeopathy , this was not the sole focus of his research. Some of his other discoveries are still in use today, such as the potent Marsh Test (for the presence of arsenic in solids). It involved combining a sample fluid with hydrogen sulfide in the presence of hydrochloric acid. A yellow precipitate, arsenic trisulfide, would be formed if arsenic were present. Some of Hahnemann's notable works include:
Hahnemann strongly advocated good Hygiene , fresh air, regular Exercise , and good Nutrition as beneficial to good health''The Friend of Health'', Samuel Hahnemann, 1792 Hahnemann was also campaigned for the humane treatment of the Insane in 1792''Description of Klockenbring During his Insanity'', Samuel Hahnemann, 1796, a year before William Tuke and Philippe Pinel . Hahnemann also published tracts in which he described the cause of and Louis Pasteur indicates some of his medical views incorporated ideas that were at the cutting-edge of contemporary science at that time. These 17th-century Epidemiological Theories built on the ideas of Girolamo Fracastoro in the 16th century and the discovery of Microbe s by Anton Van Leeuwenhoek one hundred years previously. EXTERNAL LINKS Life History of Samuel Hahnemann
Organon 6th edition translation [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002CV72Q Another 6th edition interlinear & English translation of the Organon, with the Chronic Diseases - there are many differences in all of these translations let the consumer decide]
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