Hufeland’s Journal and Homeopathyhistpharm.org/40ishpBerlin/L59P.pdf · 29/09/2011 Corine Mure Hahnemann S., « Lettre à un médecin de haut rang sur l’urgence d’une réforme

29/09/2011 Corine Mure

Hufeland’s Journal and Homeopathy


Christophe William Hufeland (1762-1836)- Born in Langensalza in 1762 (in Thuringe)

- Studied medicine at Iena and GoettingueUniversity

– Earned his medical degree in 1783

- 1793, worked in Weimar and in Iena- 1798, Berlin

Director of the Collegium Medium, Worked at the Charity Hospital

At the university of Berlin he taughttherapeutics

He was the private doctor of the king of PrussiaMember of the academy of sciences


Journal der praktischen Azneikundeund Wundarzneykuns

– First created in 1795 under the title : • Journal der praktischen Heilkunde

– Title was later changed in 1796 to :• Journal der praktischen Azneikunde und Wundarzneykuns

– Last published in 1844


THE PUBLISHED THEMES

1 Specific, precise observations of diseases, as a complement to semiotics2 Observations of diseases so as to arrive at a better understanding of the ways of nature, its transformations, the action of vital forces, and nature's ability to take care of itself3 Observations of rare, singular cases in medicine and surgery4 Observations of epidemic, endemic or contagious diseases, and notification of the outbreak of new epidemics5 Observations of the effects of remedies, both old and new6 Unusual pathologies in autopsies7 Reflections on the state of health; its influence on forms of disease and treatments; medical topography8 Consultations, and discussions of difficult cases9 Remarks on the particularities, prevention and attenuation of the effects of poisons associated with contagious diseases10 New experiments on the localisation, the direct and indirect causes, and the nature of diseases11 The uses, both new and well-known, of chemical, physical, anatomical and physiological discoveries, and what they contribute to knowledge about diseases and their treatment12 The state of health of entire regions and localities, as determined by studies on large numbers of people13 Information obtained from hospitals and clinics14 Remarks on the effects of mineral waters15 Brief articles and practical comments taken from recent writings16 A practical anthology based on the writings of ancient doctors17 Shortcomings and gaps in practical medicine18 The political relationships of doctors in civil society: their relations with their patients, their colleagues and the public19 Proposals, questions and warnings, including warnings about new impostors and charlatans


Samuel Hahnemann (1755 – 1843)

1785 to 1796 Research in the properties of medicinal drugs

1778 Private doctor of the Baron of Bruckenthal

1755 Born in Meissen in Saxony

Studied Medicine at Leipzig and Vienna

1779 Doctorat in medicine in Erlangen1780 Began his medical practice in Hettstedt, in Saxony


1796 The publication of

the sources of homeopathy

Essay on a new principle for discovering the healing virtues of medicinal

substances, as well as some comments on those used to date

By Samuel Hahnemann

Tome II, parts 3 and 4

Edited by C.W.Hufeland, Pharmacology professor at Iena

University


1796 The publication of the sources of

homeopathy

Developed the experimental method to observe the properties of medicinal drugs.

• Observed the effect of drugs according to the concept of similimun

• Developed the indication of small concentration of the drug

The advent of the new therapy that Hahnemann called HOMEOPATHY in 1808


Hahnemann S., « Lettre à un médecin de haut rang sur l’urgence d’une réforme en médecine », Etudes de médecine homéopathique, Paris : Maloine, 1989, 1ère éd.1855,

T1, 0-413• « … mais cette découverte est tellement importante que, si on la mettait en

pratique, l’expérience apprendrait bientôt à chacun qu’il n’y a qu’en appliquant les médicaments d’après la méthode curative similia similibus, qu’on obtient un résultat durable, en très peu de temps et àl’aide des plus faibles doses, tandis que la méthode palliative, suivie par tous les médecins sans exception, ne peut soulager que pendant quelques heures, après quoi le mal resurgit plus fort qu’auparavant… D’un autre côté, par ces hautes doses d’un médicament qui n’est point curatif et homéopathique, il provoque, comme effets consécutifs, de nouveaux états morbides, qui sont fréquemment plus difficiles à guérir que la maladie primitive, et qui assez souvent aussi se terminent enfin par la mort. »


•In France, Hufeland’s journal circulated in the 19th century





The circulation of the idea In 19th century

– The books– The people

• In private demonstrations• In the wars• In the epidemics

In 20th centuryProliferation of books on the internet

The internet made original sources available for download, reading, printing and scanning


In 2011

- Hufeland on line

- Hahnemann on line




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Hufeland’s Journal and Homeopathyhistpharm.org/40ishpBerlin/L59P.pdf · 29/09/2011 Corine Mure Hahnemann S., « Lettre à un médecin de haut rang sur l’urgence d’une réforme