The Life and Letters of Dr Samuel Hahnemann
By Thomas Lindsley Bradford, M.D.
Presented by Dr Robert Séror

Preface.

Chapter 1: Meissen, the capital of Misnia. - The porcelain factory. - The house where Hahnemann was born.

Chapter 2: Story of the earlier days of Hahnemann, told by himself. - School life. - Leipsic. - Vienna.

Chapter 3: Autobiography, continued - Baron von Bruckenthal - First years as a physician.

Chapter 4: School Days - Thinking Lessons - The Lamp of Clay - Hahnemann to be a grocer.

Chapter 5: Life at Leipsic and Vienna - Poem to Professor Zeune.

Chapter 6: Life at Hermanstadt - Graduation at Erlangen - Return to Saxony - Dessau.

Chapter 7: Marriage - Life at Gommern - Uncertainty - First Original Work.

Chapter 8: Dissatisfaction with mode of practice - Letter to Hufeland - Hufeland on homoeopathy - Medical anarchy of the time.

Chapter 9: Gommern - Life at Dresden - Literary work - The wine test - Slumber song.

Chapter 10: Life at Dresden - Original writings - Chemical discoveries - Soluble mercury - Departure for Leipsic.

Chapter 11: Beloved Leipsic - Cullen's Materia Medica - First experiments with Peruvian bark - First provings upon the healthy.

Chapter 12: Poverty - Continued literary labors - Powers of Peruvian bark - Faith in God's goodness.

Chapter 13: Further experiments - Insanity of Klockenbrlng - Asylum at Georgenthal - Gentle Methods with the Insane.

Chapter 14: Molschleben - Letters to a Patient - Pyrmont - Wolfenbuttel - Konigslutter.

Chapter 15: First essay on the curative power of drugs - Hufeland's Journal - Enmity of Konigslutter physicians.

Chapter 16: Letter to patient on cheerful methods of life.

Chapter 17: Epidemic of scarlatina - Departure from Konigslutter - Accident on the journey - Complaint to the public - Belladonna in Scarlatina - Altona-Medical liberality of the nineteenth century.

Chapter 18: Curious Preface To Thesaurus Medicaminum - Alkali Pneum - Mollen - Eilenburg - Machern - Dessau - Torgau.

Chapter 19: Essay on coffee - Medicine of experience - Denial of a false report about scarlatina - Aesculapius in the balance.

Chapter 20: First collection of provings - The last translation - Medicine of experience - The Organon - Attacks upon its teachings.

Chapter 21: Removal to Leipsic - Letters from Sister Charlotte - Wish to establish a school of Homoeopathy - Dissertation on Hellebore - Allopathic praise - Lectures commenced.

Chapter 22: Correspondence with Robbi - Proving remedies - Hahnemann to Stapf, on proving - Hartmann's story of Hahnemann's life at Leipsic - Hahnemann's students.

Chapter 23: Hartmann's story continued - Methods of proving - Hahnemann's domestic life - Methods of prescribing.

Chapter 24: Von Brunnow' s story - Hahnemann's appearance - Mode of life at his house - Prince Schwartzenberg.

Chapter 25: Hahnemann's opinion of allopathy - New persecutions - Appeal to the courts - The Leipsic apothecaries - Treatment of Field Marshal Schwartzenberg and his death.

Chapter 26: Persecution of Dr Franz - Hahnemann's wish for peace - Letter to Dr. Billic - Accusation against Hartmann - Invitation to Coethen - Letter to Stapf - Reasons for leaving Leipsic - Dr. A. J. Haynel.

Chapter 27: Act granting permission to practice homeopathy in Coethen - Permission granted Dr. Mossdorf to act as Hahnemann's assistant - Letter to Stapf.

Chapter 28: Literary work - Editions of the "Organon" - Founding of the "Archiv" - Prefaces to the "Materia Medica Pura".

Chapter 29: Hahnemann's great and varied knowledge - Reimarus fragments - Paper on chemistry - Advice to Stapf - Death of Caspari.

Chapter 30: Total demolition of homoeopathy by the allopathic - physicians - Hahnemann's answers.

Chapter 31: Public trials of Homoeopathy - Hering's conversion - Letters to Hering - Accuracy of Hahnemann - His faith in the spread of Homeopathy.

Chapter 32: Theory of chronic diseases - Letter to Baumgartner.

Chapter 33: Chronic diseases continued - Psora a cause of disease - The itch theory - Dr. Raue on the itch theory.

Chapter 34: Letters to Stapf on the "Chronic Diseases." - Vaccination theory.

Chapter 35: Existence of the itch insect known to Hahnemann - Letter on birthday to Stapf.

Chapter 36: First method of preparing homoeopathic medicine - First pocket cases - Korsakoff on the use of class vials - Hahnemann's opinion regarding the practice of medicine - Letter to Dr. Eberhardt.

Chapter 37: Fiftieth fest-jubilee - Letters to Rummel - Hahnemann's portraits.

Chapter 38: Celebration of the fiftieth fest-jubilee at Coethen - Letter from Hahnemann concerning it - Foundation of first Homoeopathic Society.

Chapter 39: Letters to Hering, Rummel and Stapf.

Chapter 40: Hahnemann and the Vis Medicatrix Naturae.

Chapter 41: Death of frau dr. Hahnemann - Family life described - Letter to Stapf on the subject of the last illness.

Chapter 42: French biography of Hahnemann - True pictures from the life of frau Hahnemann.

Chapter 43: True Pictures Continued.

Chapter 44: "True Pictures" Concluded - Albrecht upon the matter - Hahnemann's letter to Elise.

Chapter 45: Cure of Dr. Aegidi.

Chapter 46: Report of cases by Hahnemann - Essay on phthisis - Pitch plaster recommended by Hahnemann.

Chapter 47: Right of the physician to be well paid - Allopathy - Censorship of the press.

Chapter 48: Cholera in 1831-32 - Hahnemann's opinion of bleeding - Homoeopathic treatment of cholera.

Chapter 49: Hahnemann's advice for treatment of cholera.

Chapter 50: Dr. Quin's attack of cholera - Legal hindrances to homoeopathy.

Chapter 51: Letters to Schweikert.

Chapter 52: Letters to Schweikert, (continued) - Hahnemann's opinion of spinal braces.

Chapter 53: Death of Duke Ferdinand - Hahnemann's letter to Duke Henry - Letter to Aegidi.

Chapter 54: Life at Coethen - Dr. Peschiers's visit - Homoeopathy in America - Letter to Trinius - Wanted, a Homoeopathist.

Chapter 55: Dr. Griesslich's visit to Coethen - Letter to Dr Gertstel.

Chapter 56: History of Leipsic Homoeopathic Hospital - Letters to Muller.

Chapter 57: Muller's account of the Hospital - Letter to the half-homoeopathists of Leipsic.

Chapter 58: Discussion in the daily papers - Intolerance of Hahnemann - Letter from Hahnemann to Hering - Hahnemann to Stapf.

Chapter 59: Purchase of the Hospital - The opening - Installation of Dr. Schwerkert - Hahnemann's letter - Fickel.

Chapter 60: Illness of Hahnemann - Celebration of 1833 - Letters to Straube - American diploma.

Chapter 61: Condition of homoeopathy in 1834 - Letter and diploma from the Gallican society - Hahnemann visits the Leipzig hospital - Denunciation of household adviser - Sixth meeting of central union - Last festal day in Germany - Last appeal for the hospital.

Chapter 62: Mlle d' Hervilly - Second Marriage - Romantic Stories About The Bride.

Chapter 63: Newspaper wit - Isensee's statement about the marriage.

Chapter 64: Dr. Puhlmann's account of Hahnemann's daughters.

Chapter 65: Hahnemann's will.

Chapter 66: Departure for Paris - Letter by Dr. Peschier - Permission to practize granted - Honors from Gallican Homoeopathic Society - Address of Hahnemann - Kretzschmar on a union of homoeopathy and allopathy - Hahnemann's answer.

Chapter 67: Practice in Paris - Red-letter fęte days - Treatment of the Duke of Anglesey - Presentation of medal by French physicians.

Chapter 68: Dr. Detwiller's visit to Hahnemann - Hahnemann to Dr. Hering.

Chapter 69: Life in Paris - Story told by a former patient of Hahnemann - Correspondence between Dr. Balogh and the Hahnemanns.

Chapter 70: Hahnemann to Dr. Hennicke - Eighty-Third Birthday Fete - Hahnemann to Stapf.

Chapter 71: Helen Berkley - Mrs. Mowatt's visit to Hahnemann.

Chapter 72: Helen Berkley's story continued (alias Mrs Mowatt).

Chapter 73: A cure by Hahnemann - His preface to Arsenicum - Sixtieth anniversary of graduation - Rules of French Homoeopathic College - Homoeopathy in Paris.

Chapter 74: Pleasant home life - Correspondence with his daughters.

Chapter 75: Eighty-fifth birthday - Cure of the child of Legouvé.

Chapter 76: Epic poem on homoeopathy - Dr. Hull's visit to Hahnemann - Letter to Dr. Schreeter - Eighty-Sixth Birthday.

Chapter 77: Hahnemann's modesty concerning an honorary tablet - Last illness and death.

Chapter 78: Burial of Hahnemann - Meetings of respect - Translations of Rummel's poem.

Chapter 79: Personality - Lessons from his life - Birthplace - Personal traits - Examination of a student.

Chapter 80: Property - Happiness In Paris - The old home at Coethen - Habits of life - Religious faith.

Chapter 81: Relations to his patients - Mode of life - His religious views - Vigor in old age.

Chapter 82: The posology of Hahnemann.

Chapter 83: Posology continued.

Chapter 84: Posology continued.

Chapter 85: Posology Concluded.

Chapter 86: Trial of Madame Hahnemann for practicing illegally - Visit of Dr. L. T. Talbot.

Chapter 87: Letter to Dr. Nichols, regarding Madame Hahnemann, by a former patient - Visit of Dr. Neidhard.

Chapter 88: Rival editions of the "Organon"- By Lutze - Süss-Hahnemann - Madame Hahnemann - Opinions of the profession.

Chapter 89: The rival "Organons" Continued - Letters by Madame Hahnemann.

Chapter 90: The "Organon" continued - Dr. Bayes's offer for the MSS - Correspondence between Madame Hahnemann and Dr. T. P. Wilson.

Chapter 91: Death of Madame Hahnemann - Madame Boenninghausen to Dr. T. P. Wilson - Visit of Dr. J. A. Campbell to Madame Boenninghausen - Letter to Dr Campbell.

Chapter 92: Letters from madame Boenninghausen - Meeting of homeopathic physicians.

Hahnemann's family.

Bibliography.

 

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