Hahnemann – The brainy man beyond times

Dr. Samuel Hahnemann is popularly known as the “Father of Homoeopathy Medicine”. Many know that Hahnemann has mastered 8 languages, is a great translator, and outstanding Chemist. I am humbled and gratified to write a little more detail about his astonishing thinking and approach toward this world.

Many times I wonder why Homoeopathy is considered a Pseudo-scientific system even though a revolutionary scientist created the whole system. That’s why I had written a small article for people who said Homoeopathy is a pseudo-science blindly without any veritable saying. Check here.

I don’t know where to start about Hahnemann’s brilliance, so just want to highlight a few areas where we can understand the depth of his knowledge.

Immune System &Hahnemann’s Concept:

We know that The Theory of Immunity & immune system has great advancement in the 19^th century. But our Master mentioned many reliable contents and asked valuable questions prior to that in his “Theory of Chronic Disease – 1828”. Here are a few,

Now we are talking about the incubation period of disease detailedly, but our genius mentioned it, a century before when he was talking about the origin of the diseases. Three different important moments are to be more attentively considered,

First, the time of infection
Secondly, the period of time during which the whole organism is being penetrated by the disease infused, until it has developed within
Thirdly, the breaking out of the external ailment, whereby nature externally demonstrates the completion of the internal, development of the miasmatic malady throughout the whole organism.

In 1846, Peter Panum, a Danish Physician described the incubation period of Measles and lifelong immunity after recovery from the disease. But prior to that, Hahnemann asked,

“Measles also require 10 to 12 days after infection or inoculation before this eruption with its fever appears. What has nature been doing with the infection received in these 10 to 12 days? Was it not necessary to first embody the disease in the whole organism before nature was enabled to kindle the fever, and to bring out the eruption on the skin?

When Hahnemann’s contemporary Physicians were not analyzing the Infection, Immunity, and Incubation period, Hahnemann was the one who strongly advocated the cause for the chronic nature of the disease.

Allergy diseases, Asthma versus infection & Hahnemann’s Concept:

Many theories postulated that people who are having Allergies usually do not get infected by microorganisms frequently. Even in Covid time, many studies suggested that people who are having allergies are at lower risk to catch Covid 19, it is because of over activity of the immune system in allergies that prevent infection.

Our Hahnemann had said it before in his Aphorisms in “Organon of Medicine”

Aphorism 36,

“If two dissimilar diseases meet together in the human being and they are either of equal strength or the older one happens to be stronger, then the older disease will keep the new one away from the body”

He had given many examples, one of them being, someone who is already suffering from a serious chronic disease will not be infected by autumnal dysentery or other moderate epidemic diseases.

The amazing part is how he was interpreting and observing!! Similarly about, what happens if a new dissimilar disease is stronger clearly talks about the current scenario of part of the medical field.

In Aphorism 38,

“If the new dissimilar disease is stronger, it will suspend the older disease, but never cure it.”

Hahnemann’s examples are, Ringworm suspended epilepsy, scurvey suspended itch diathesis, Mania suspended Pulmonary tuberculosis etc.

Now will see the current contemporary part,

In electroconvulsive therapy {ECT}, that is small electric currents are passed through the brain to intentionally trigger a brief “seizure” which is the recommended treatment for Mental illness after the 19^th century. This ECT gives some relief to the patient who is suffering from mental illness for a shorter period of time.

Hahnemann said the same, a century before. Even in the introduction part of Organon of Medicine, he brought up one example, The hard of hearing improved for a few hours with moderate shocks from the voltaic pile of the apothecary of Jever, but soon these did nothing more. {Foot note 28, Electric Shock for harness of hearing}

Spiritual Science and Hahnemann’s Concept:

Spiritual science is the vast part, some of the evolving concepts which I understand disease according to spirituality are,

“When you disconnect from your soul or have a disharmony in your soul, either your mental health, physical health, or your entire health is affected.”

What our Legend says in Aphorism 11, the vital force is first dynamically mistuned and then manifests its mistunement through symptoms

There is a lot to admire and write about his intellect, ideas, and thinking, like,

Where his contemporary physicians were focusing on eliminating the discharges and evacuations of diseases, our superstar was exploring the internal causes of diseases.
When his peers were creating asylum for people who were suffering from Mental illness, our phenomenal master was advocating the need for treatment and the possibility of a cure for the sufferers.
When his compeers didn’t consider the necessity of bed rest, diet, etc., our Saga was recommending bed rest, diet, sunshine, public hygiene, and other supportive beneficial measures to achieve Health.

Apart from his Medical revolution….:

As a Chemist,

His “Potent Marsh test” is a highly sensitive method in the detection of Arsenic, especially useful in the field of forensic toxicology where arsenic was used as a poison. Even now, his discovery is used.

As a Linguist,

Though I read the English translation version of “Theory of Chronic Disease”, I admire the usage of words in his language. Nowadays, we talk more about communication, unfortunately, people are not using the vocabulary even in their own language. But our epic star used vocabulary to a great extent, eg in “Theory of Chronic Disease” he wrote

“Homoeopathic law of cure, this very serious task has occupied me since the years 1816 & 1817, night and day; and behold! The giver of all good things permitted me within this space of time to gradually solve this sublime problem through unremitting thought, indefatigable inquiry, faithful observation, and the most accurate experiments made for the welfare of Humanity”

What a beautiful vocabulary!! Isn’t it?

“A person’s vocabulary level is the best single predictor of occupational success”- Connor. The above is a precise example of this saying.

As a Magnanimous personality,

When he was dissatisfied with the way of treating diseases in people, he quit his medical profession which he loved the most

“My sense of duty would not easily allow me to treat the unknown pathological state of my suffering brethren with these unknown medicines. The thought of becoming in this way a murderer or malefactor towards the life of my fellow human beings was most terrible to me, so terrible and disturbing that I wholly gave up my practice in the first years of my married life and occupied myself solely with Chemistry and writing”

It needs strength to do this. Strength comes through his exposure, intellect, skills, experience, resilience, and above all from his kind heart.

Since it goes beyond 1100 words, I am finishing here. The admiration for our Dr. Hahnemann never ends. Feel grateful to study Homoeopathy, and to practice Homoeopathy, and feel blessed to be your follower, my dear Master Dr. Hahnemann.

I will write more……..