The renowned father of Homoeopathy, Dr. Hahnemann of Kothen, was married again on the 18th of January in his 80th year, to prove to the world how his system has been glorified in him. He married a young Catholic, the daughter of a Parisian nobleman. The young man is still vigorous and strong, and challenges all Allopaths: imitate me if you can! Besides other costly things, the old bridegroom presented to his young bride, who in the first instance had come to consult him, dressed in man’s clothes, a ring worth 500 thalers and bequeathed to he 40,000 thalers; but to his children only 32,000 homoeopathic thalers. It is rumoured that several allopaths are inclined to consider homoeopathy.
Further in No.37:
We see that not merely German Homoeopathy, as in the case of Dr. Hahnemann but also French allopathy can secure to wife and children, properties worth hundreds of thousands. The renowned surgeon Dupuytron, who has just died in Paris, has left his daughter seven million francs.
Again in No. 43:
Dr. Hahnemann the father of Homoeopathy, has gone on a visit to Paris with his young French bride, and his sons have to keep house by themselves for the first time.
Hahnemann still lived at the time with wife at Kothen, and the author of above rumours did not trouble about the fact that Hahnemann had only one son, who had gone to England and had long been lost, unless he was referring to Hahnemann’s disciples. Yet they continued to ridicule him in No.53:
People of a discriminating mind say that Dr. Hahnemann’s journey to Paris is just a homoeopathic cure. The young Frenchwoman whom the old man had married is said to have hastily returned to Paris after the wedding. In order to remedy this matrimonial trouble, the experienced homoeopath is said to have employed the basic principle of his own school, “Similia similibus,” and to have also hastened to Paris.
SUPPLEMENT 159
PUBLIC DECLARATION OF THE TRUTH.
(According to the “Allgem. Anz. der Deutschen,” Gotha, No.79 of the year 1835):
The reports concerning the marriage of Hofrath Dr. Samuel Hahnemann of Cothen, with Miss Marie Melanie d’Hervilly-Gohier of Paris, published in the Dorfzeitung and in some Berlin newspapers, are wholly lies and partly infamous slander, with the sole exception of the fact that such a wedding did take place. It cannot but be agreeable to the better class public to learn the truth, and I who drew up the marriage settlement between the married couple and between Dr. Hahnemann and the children of his first wife, and have, therefore, the most accurate knowledge of the circumstances, believe his declaration to be due, both to the couple I so highly esteem, and to the public.
This marriage has not on either side any ambiguous subordinate purpose whatever. The old man grown grey with incessant work, much persecuted and aggrieved, but highly respected by all his more intimate acquaintances, soon experienced in his conversation with Mdlle. d Hervilly, who had come to him as an invalid to be treated, a higher enjoyment of life than he had previously surmised, and this elicited a profound desire to end the last days of his stormy life in quiet cheerfulness and in cordial union with her who was responsible for this higher happiness.
The wife, who comes from a highly respectable and wealthy family and is 35 years old, possesses considerable unencumbered property of her own; she is talented, and was educated for art and science, that she became a painter and poet, has been proved; but above all she is a person greatly honoured by renowned and much respected people in her own country, she is sincerely beloved as a friend, and without any exception is esteemed and honoured by all her acquaintances in this country. This woman, who had determined to devote herself to painting and scientific pursuits, and not to marry, was noble-minded enough to sacrifice her beloved country, and her family ties, to neglect her artistic connections with France and Italy, to the wishes of an old man so as to render the evening of his troubled life as bright and cheerful as he deserved it should be.
Both of them, of unselfish and sensitive dispositions, made only two stipulation to this marriage:
1. That she should receive no portion whatever of the whole property of Hofrath Hahnemann, either during his lifetime or at his death, but that all of it should go to his children and grandchildren without the slightest abatement.
2. That Hofrath Hahnemann should immediately assign his property to the said children and grandchildren.
The first condition is fully carried out in the marriage contract drawn up by me; and in regard to the second, I induced Doctor and Madame Hahnemann to assent to an arrangement whereby 48,000 thalers of Hahnemann’s property should be immediately apportioned among his children and grandchildren; it should be placed in the Ducal Board of Revenue in their names, and they should draw the interest; but that Hahnemann should receive the revenue during his lifetime of about 15,000 which surplus still remained to him, including his landed property (Hahnemann speaks in his will of June 2nd of that year, of 12,000 thalers, see Supplement16-R.H.). and that after his death his children and grandchildren should receive this reserve, together with any residue that he may yet earn.
I have all the documents concerning Dr. Hahnemann and of his children and grandchildren in my safe and administer the entire estate.
Except for a very plain gold marriage ring, Madame Hahnemann received nothing whatever, neither goods nor house hold effects, and not penny in money of her husband’s property.
These are facts which refute directly and indirectly the circulated lies, and expose the just judgment of the world.
I conclude this declaration with the information that the noble-hearted wife of Dr. Hahnemann has gloriously attained her object and that she finds her own satisfaction and the reward for many a sacrifice in the unmistakable happiness of her husband.
Shame on him who intends to disturb the peace of this couple by slanderous lies.
ISENSEE.
Justizamtmann.
Cothen, March 11th, 1835.
SOME CHARACTER TRAITS OF THE PUBLISHER OF THE
“DORFZEITUNG.”
(From a letter of the Editor of the “Allgem. Anz. der Deutschen.”)
J. Fr. Hennicke to bookseller Schumann. The original is in he possession of the library of the Central Homoeopathic Association of Leipsic.
Gotha, May 14th, 1836.
As regards the publisher of the Drofztg, this arrogant, shameless, evil and malicious jester deserves to be shown up in all his worthlessness. After a careful and impartial investigation undertaken by Schulrath von Turk of Potsdam, by order of the Duke, whilst it having became known in Meiningen that the accusation which have so frequently been made against Consistorialrath None, the village jester (Publisher of the paper-Translator) were only too true. He was dismissed from his office, etc., because he had applied to his won use the money entrusted to his care which belonged to the Teachers College. He would have been sentenced to imprisonment if the Duke in his good-heartedness, had not mitigated the sentence which he deserved.
SUPPLEMENT 160
HAHNEMANN’S DEED OF GIFT.
I, the undersigned, have resolved to distribute the largest portion of may property during my lifetime, that is immediately, among my future heirs. I have allotted to each the sum of
6000 Rthl.- pr. cour.
in words : six thousand thalers, and this sum has been invested respectively and for each one in the Dual Board of Revenue, in his own name, with the only exception of my daughter Eleonore Wolff, to whom I am only giving one part in the Ducal Board of Revenue, and another part, mentioned in a document below. But in order to feel assured that this money might not be wasted by this or that one of my heirs or the recipients of my gifts, and to obviate that one or the other of them might suffer want, I do not wish that the capital itself should be withdrawn by the recipients, but I decide herewith that this money shall remain in the Ducal Bank as long as my heirs or recipients are alive, that these latter may dispose of it without restriction at their death, but not during their lifetime, and that they shall only receive the interest to use as they like. All that my daughter Eleonore Wolff, who at present is living with her husband at Leipsic in process of divorce, will receive from the 5300 Rth. of the Promissory Note of October 2nd, 1832, she shall also invest in the local Ducal Board of Revenue, and likewise only dispose of it at her death, but not during her lifetime, and she shall only make such use of the interest as she wishes.
I will secure this settlement by arranging that my heirs and recipients shall not have in their own keeping documents at present made out to them (compare farther below).
In order to simplify, after my decease, the execution of my will of September 16th, 1834, I will now make, at the partial distribution of my property, the attested additional and subtractions of accounts.
To this end I attest
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