Samuel Hahnemann, His Life and Times

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The definitive biography of Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), the founder of homoeopathy, a system of healing which revolutionized medicine and is even now receiving more support than at any time this century.

It is a story of one man's fight against the cruelty, inhumanity and quackery of the medical practice of his day, and his pioneering efforts in the face of persecution, prejudice and bigotry to introduce a safe, compassionate and effective therapy.

Set against a backcloth of the tumultuous political and social events of Samuel Hahnemann's time, it vividly traces his family's struggle for survival in the face of war, poverty, pestilence and persecution.

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Heritage

The author "attempted to weave into the text other momentous events of his time which influenced Hahnemann's life and work which were to shape the world's history up to the present day."

From:
The Heritage of Homoeopathic Literature
copyright 2001 by Julian Winston
Reprinted with the permission of the author

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Contents

List of Illustrations 9-10
Preface 11-12
Prologue 13-14
Ch.1 - Early Days (1755-1771) 15-25
Ch.2 - Student Days (1771-1779) 26-37
Ch.3 - First Practices (1779-1789) 38-53
Ch.4 - Travel Years (1789-1793) 54-68
Ch.5 - Wandering Years (1793-1805) 69-92
Ch.6 - Battles of Leipzig (1805-1821) 93-125
Ch.7 - Life in Kothen (1821-1835) 126-154
Ch.8 - Last Days in Paris (1835-1843) 155-184
Epilogue 185-188
Bibliography 189-190
Index 191-192

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