Hahnemann's defence of the Organon of rational medicine : and of his previous homoeopathic works against the attacks of Professor Hecker ; an explanatory commentary on the homoeopathic system / Translated by R.E. Dudgeon.

  • Samuel Hahnemann
Date:
1896
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Credit: Hahnemann's defence of the Organon of rational medicine : and of his previous homoeopathic works against the attacks of Professor Hecker ; an explanatory commentary on the homoeopathic system / Translated by R.E. Dudgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    say wholesome truths in order to bring about the much-needed reform in medicine. Hans Luft was almost as indispensable an instrument of the Reformation as Luther himself. I, too, require for the good cause as warm, as cordial a friend of the truth for my publisher as Luft was for Luther. But if I experience such great resistance, I cannot advance another step. It is just the same with the Materia Medica. If the enemies of the truth are not either silenced or convinced and instructed by this defensive work, the Materia Medica must prove valueless. The public can make no use of it if the malicious objections of Hecker and his associates are not clearly shown to be the opposite of well-founded. If Hecker and opponents of his stamp remain unrefuted, I cannot with honor go on with the works of instruction I am engaged in, and the Organon too will be no longer esteemed. No one could believe the effect such mendacious representations have on the public. If the Refutation does not appear, it will be thought that these slanderous accusations against me and my Organon were unrefutable, and I would be as it were excommunicated. No one would listen to what I say, even should I say the most salutary things. The preju- diced statements and miserable accusations of this more than spiteful man must be utterly smashed up, before I can continue my teaching work. This is the state of the matter. It is for you to determine whether you can interest yourself sufficiently for the truth and the good cause as to remain my publisher. See if you can carry out my present wishes. Yours with esteem. Dr. Hahnemann. April 24th. [1811] I have just heard from Leipzic that pressure is to be put upon my son to withdraw his work. I beg Mr. Voight to write immediately and tell Magister Schubert that the MS. business is already settled, and that he should leave mv son alone.
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