Samuel Hahnemann

Samuel Hahnemann became a doctor through sponsorship. He spoke English, French, Italian, Greek and Latin, and he gained further knowledge and skill in Arabic, Syriac, Chaldaic and Hebrew.

It was those skills combined with his medical knowledge that lead him to translate medical literature and research instead of working as a doctor, after he got disillusioned with what he could achieve with his medical skills.

It was during this translation work he had his Eureka moment: That quinine that was used to treat malaria at the time, produced the same symptoms as malaria, if you got poisoned by it.

And so the first principle of “similia similibus curentur” or “like cures like” was born. And he began his lifelong research into this principle and continued to his death in 1843. He never stopped.

He wrote the book Organon of Medicine which laid down all the principles of homeopathy. The book was published in 6 different editions as he kept making new discoveries. The last edition was published after his death, signifying that homeopathy is not a dogmatic art - it is an evolving art. There are still new insights to be gained.

The science of homeopathy would not be here today without the visionary founder Dr. Samuel Hahnemann. He was the first to structure and document the natural force behind the law of similars.

To learn more about homeopathy I encourage you to buy book about about it (see resources in the back) or join an online class.