Organon of the Rational Art of Healing

by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...body just as it destroys that of dead things: chalk, alkalies, soap, and sulphur, which can chemically decompose and so neutralize and render harmless corrosive acids and metallic salts in or on the human body; acids and alkalies, which may influence concretions in the bladder; the actual cautery and caustics of various kinds. The use of blood-letting, or of leeches, which as a rational procedure is rarely indicated, need not be expounded here. PREFATORY NOTE TO PART II Hahnemann was a ready and prolific writer, and his own works, apart from his numerous translations of medical works, form a long list. From the lesser writings, as collected by Dr. Robert Dudgeon and translated by him into English, I have selected four as a kind of supplement to the Organon. The first three appeared in The Friend of Health, of which two parts were published, the first in 1792 and the second in 1795. They have a very real value even to-day, and that in two ways. First of all they testify strongly to the keen observation, the shrewdness and the essentially practical nature of Hahnemann, a man as far removed as possible from the dreamer or impostor for which he is sometimes ignorantly taken. In days when the science of public health did not exist, when Bacteriology and all the light which it throws upon infection and immunity was unknown, careful observation and shrewd deduction alone led Hahnemann to formulate these suggestions (far too much in advance of his age to be accepted), of which it is not too much to say that by far the greater part of them would hold good to-day, and in a country where the latest resources of civilization are unavailable most of his plans could be followed with nothing but advantage. But these three essays have another interest, and that is an histo... Read Less

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...body just as it destroys that of dead things: chalk, alkalies, soap, and sulphur, which can chemically decompose and so neutralize and render harmless corrosive acids and metallic salts in or on the human body; acids and alkalies, which may influence concretions in the bladder; the actual cautery and caustics of ... Read More