Samuel Hahnemann, 1755-1843
A biography in keywords1755; Friedrich Christian Samuel Hahnemann is born in Meissen on 10 April
1767-75; Latin school in Meissen / Fürstenschule in St. Afra.
1775-76; Studies of medicine in Leipzig
1777; one term of studies in Vienna, attends lectures of the personal doctor of the Emperess, Joseph Quarin (1733-1814), assistant doctor at the hospital of the Barmherzige Brüder (Quotation by Hahnemann: "I owe Quarin everything of me that you can call a doctor.")
1777-79; Family doctor and librarian in Hermannstadt
1778-79; End of studies and dissertation: Conspectus adfectum spasmodicorum aetiologicus et therapeuticus
1779; Graduation from university in Erlangen where he was also promoted
1780; resident doctor in Hettstedt
1781; Education in practical pharmacy in the Mohren-pharmacy in Dessau
1782; Wedding with Henriette Küchler (1764-1830), adopted daughter of the owner of the Mohren-Pharmacy, together they had eleven children
1782; Move to Gommern
1784; main occupation with medical-chemical processes, writes his first publication: "Anleitung, alte Schäden und faule Geschwüre zu heilen" (= How to heal old diseases and foul ulcers), Dresden
1786; Publication: "Über die Arsenikvergiftung" (= The arsenic poisoning)
1789; Move to Leipzig
1790; Translation of the "Materia Medica" by William Cullen
1792; establishing of the "Lunatic asylum for the upper classes" in the castle Georgenthal, Gotha
1793-99; Publication "Pharmacist’s Dictionary"
1796; first expression of the SIMILE in the publication: "Versuch über ein neues Prinzip zur Auffindung der Heilkräfte der Arzneisubstanzen nebst einigen Blicken auf die bisherigen" (= Test on a new principle to find the healing powers of the medical substances and some views on the recent ones) (Hufelands Journal, vol. 2)
1805; Results of tested drugs: "Fragmenta de viribus medicamentorum positivis in sano corpore observatis"
1806; "Heilkunde der Erfahrung" (is considered as predecessor of the "Organon")
1810; "Organon der rationellen Heilkunde" (= Organon of the rational science of healing)
1811; first mentioning of the term "Verdünnung" (= dilution) in the sense of potentiating
1811-21; Habilitation thesis: "De helleborismo veterum"
1811-21; six volumes "Reine Arzneimittellehre" (= Pure teaching of remedies)
1812; Private lecturer at the University of Leipzig
1819-35; Personal doctor of the Duke Ferdinand von Anhalt-Köthen, appointment to Aulic Councillor
1827; Hahnemann for the first time officially uses the term "potentiate"
1828; "Die chronischen Krankheiten" (= chronical diseases)
1829; Foundation: Deutscher Zentralverein homöopathischer Ärzte (= German central organisation of homeopathic doctors)
1830; Death of Henriette
1831; Cholera epidemic, first idea of transfer of disease by "smallest living creatures"
1832; Issue: "Allgemeine homöopathische Zeitung" (= General homeopathic journal)
1835; Wedding with Melanie D’Hervilly (1802-1878) and move to Paris
1839; Efficiency principle: "Homöopathische Dynamisierungen sind wahre Erweckungen in natürlichen Körpern der verborgen gelegenen arzneilichen Eigenschaften." (= Any homeopathic dynamic processes are true awakenings of the hidden healing qualities in natural bodies)
1843; On 2 July of this year Samuel Hahnemann dies and is buried on Montmartre; it is only some time later that his burial takes place on the Père Lachaise.