Already the first short announcement of the new system of treatment that he had found aroused a storm of protest, Hahnemann was not to be deceived, and as at the time a severe epidemic of Scarlet Fever was raging, he tried to combat this disease with his new method. The results were convincing, because in accordance with the Law of Similars he had chosen Belladonna as the remedy. He saw in think the confirmation of the idea, that the law of similia similibus would hold good for all cases. The remedy which cures one specific disease being equally competent to prevent that disease. Soon he perceived that the doses of the carefully chosen remedy were too large;l and consequently he began to dilute his medicines, thereby discovering a further law of treatment, the small dose.
After proving the power of numerous medicines on the healthy body, and publishing the results (Fragmenta de viribus) he proceeded to confirm his science of treatment scientifically. That is how the “Organon of the rational art of healing “originated. Its publication was followed by violent attacks, which Hahnemann steadfastly endured. Without allowing all these persecution to lead him astray, he followed his own path, and endured much discomfort, by proving the medicines on his own body. Those who follow his observations can derive more profit from them, than they would from all the books of Materia Medica which have been written during the last twenty centuries.
Later he was helped by the co-operation of pupils in his research work, and their number continually increased. As result of this co-operation we have now the “Materia Medica Pura.” While on the one hand the attacks from enemies grew more and more venomous, on the other there was a steadily increasing stream of a patient coming for consultation. The most important personalities, among them, the Emperor Franz of Austria, the Tzar Nicholas of Russia, the Grand Duke Constantine, the King of Naples, and others, m became interested in homoeopathy, and sent their physicians-in-ordinary to Hahnemann, to be taught homoeopathy.
Then follows the grouping together of the basic principles upon which homoeopathy is erected. the whole concludes with solemn and lofty glorification of Hahnemann, and exhortations to worthy imitation.
THE DEED OF GIFT
To our well beloved and highly revered Master, the genius who discovered Homoeopathy.
SAMUEL HAHNEMANN.
As a token of lasting remembrance of the day on which 50 years ago, at Erlangen, he was robed in his Doctor’s cap and gown, friends and homoeopathic physicians have provided a dignified and worthy celebration of hit festivity, and they have unanimously resolved to create a fund for the erection of a school where students of homoeopathy would be able to receive exact scientific tuition from suitable men. For this purpose they have raised the sum of 1,250 thalers. this document of commemoration is to announce to the beloved and revered Master, the plan of his grateful disciples in homoeopathy, and if his other friends.
My God grant, that soon the day may dawn when this fund will increase by further bequests and donations, to such an extent that our school can be commenced and may flourish more and more every year, to the use and glory or Homoeopathy.
Cothen, 10th August, 1829.
CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM THE DUKE AND DUCHESS
My dear Hofrath,
It affords me very great pleasure to be able to congratulate you on your Doctor’s jubilee. You have done such great and lasting service to mankind by discovering ad establishing the system of homoeopathy, which now is already spreading over all parts of the world, what to flatly include myself among he number of these admirers who have assembled this day to bring you the tribute of their gratitude. As Sovereign, I reel doubly called upon to give befitting recognition of your professional activities, which have done so much good to me personally, and to my country. Accept therefore my sincerest congratulations. I also send you the enclosed snuff-box, with my initials set in diamonds, which I would like you accept as a memorial of your festival, and as a slight token of a sovereign;s kind feelings. as well as of the high esteem in which I hold your services.
FERDINAND, Duke of Anhalt.
Cothen, 10th August, 1829.
Very esteemed Hofrath,
On this your festival day, when so many admires of you merits have come to acknowledge them before you once again, I too will not omit to tender you my sincerest congratulations on your jubilee. You have now reached a wonderful point, from which you can look back upon long lapse of years spent in useful activity. In the wide diffusion of homoeopathy you can see the most beautiful fruit of your many endeavours now ripening for the welfare of humanity. May you yet experience for a long time, and without any interruption this exalted joy, and be assured that I shall always be greatly interested. Accept the enclosed souvenir as a taken of my recognition, and with it the repeated assurance of my high esteem and gracious patronage.
JULIE Duchess of Anhalt.
Cothen 10th August, 1829
CONGRATULATORY LETTER OF DR. CONSTANTINE HERING,
of Paramaribo, in Surinam, of 18th May, 1829.
(Stapf’s “Archiv,” 8th volume, 2nd part, page 142.) Highly esteemed Hofrath,
I hasten to send you a hurried greeting, and thus my voice will not be absent among the many of those of your pupils and friends, who will all be giving utterance of this others; because among all your pupils I was the fortunate one chosen to hoist the flag of victory in the far of land of palms.
May my joyous acclamation fly to you with the first speeding vessel, and all the many sheets of proofs can follow later.
I feel happy to be able to spread and consolidate your teaching out here, and new I can restore health in your name, the sweetest of all gifts, which makes earth into Heaven for these must be unfortunate of all patients, despised, shunned and exilled from all human society.
I hope I may be able to tell you soon of the complete healing of psora in this its oldest form; and then when it has been accomplished, and your flag is flying here for all time I hope to be allowed to leave my post to another of your pupils, and return at last to my beloved country, to give to you, the young veteran, account of all I, have done; what would give me most heartfelt you would be if you declared yourself satisfied with the work of your pupil.
With never changing high esteem Yours DR. CONSTANTINE HERING.
SUPPLEMENT 90
HAHNEMANN’S LETTERS OF THANKS
To Dr.Stapf: Dear Colleague,
I can bear much joy and sorrow, but I was hardly able to stand the surprise of so many, and such strong proofs of the kindness and affection of my pupils and friends, with which was overwhelmed on the 10th of August. Now that I gradually regain my mental equilibrium and ponderingly examine each single present which was presented to me with such kindness of heart, I wonder more and more, one the large number of rich and handsome presents, elegantly executed in good taste,. and at the expenditure of much labour with such kind intention. I have not deserved it. These are gifts of generosity. delicacy and excessive gratitude, whose value I fully appreciate. May those who originated the idea of bestowing this great joy upon me, live long and prosper.
I beg of you to kindly communicate these feeble utterances of mine to those concerned, and to keep a large portion for yourself.
Convey my cordial greetings and appreciation to our friends Rummel, Gross, Franz and Gerstorff. I remain your devoted,
S. HAHNEMANN.
Cothen, 18th August, 1829.
To Dr. STapf:
Dearest friend, Your have rendered an immense service to me by your appropriately arranged collection and publication of my Lesser Medical Writings, amplified by those very necessary notes, and if I may be so vain as top consider my work in that light, you have rendered a service to humanity; but I think you have almost given too high an estimate of me in your excellent preface. In short, I am very much beholden to you. Would you believe it? It is only within the last few days that, owing to an accumulation of work, I have been able, properly to look through your kind well-planned, and well-executed undertaking.
I do not know how I am still able top get through such a quantity of work. But what we do so willingly, only fatigues us till bedtime, and in the morning, thank God, there is a completely return to strength.
I must close to-day with kindest regards from my family to you, your wife and family, and also from me.
Your friend,
S. HAHNEMANN.
Cothen, 28th September, 1829
A few days later Hahnemann wrote to Dr. Rummel. (“Allg.hom.Zeitg, ” 1852m, Vol.44, page 18.)
Dear Colleague,
You have anticipated me,. for I should first have thanked your for the tremendous effort, trouble and devotion, that you together with Stapf ad the rest, must have expended upon my fete in order to celebrate it in such a magnificent manner. I observed how very eager and active you were, and I shall never forget it. It was a splendid festival, which came quite as a surprise, and greatly moved me.
Richard Haehl was also an editor and publisher of the homeopathic journal Allgemcine, and other homeopathic publications.
Haehl was responsible for saving many of the valuable artifacts of Samuel Hahnemann and retrieving the 6th edition of the Organon and publishing it in 1921.
Richard Haehl was the author of - Life and Work of Samuel Hahnemann