Lesser Writings of Hahnemann

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Lesser Writings of Hahnemann
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• The lesser writings of Hahnemann include articles
  during his period of an allopathic physician
  also. A copy of lesser writing were handed over
  to Hahnemann himself by Stapf (1829) published by
  Arnold on the eve of Jubilee Celebrations of
  Doctorate of Hahnemann. But some more articles
  appears in this lesser writings collected and
  translated by Dr. R.E. Dudgeon. The works related
  with the chemistry and translations are included
  in the preface itself.

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• The major among this are
• Directions for curing old sores indolent
  ulcers.
• Exact mode of preparation of soluble mercury.
• Pharmaceutical Lexicon (German name of drugs
  are used)
• Fragmenta deviribus medica mentorum positives
  sive in sano carpore humano observatis.

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Translations

• Thesaurum medicaminum .
• Materia medica of Albretch Von Haller.
• Hahnemanns handwriting was also included in the
  preface.

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Major Works in Lesser Writings

• Instructions for surgeons for respecting Veneral
  diseases together with a New Mercurial
  preparation (1789).
• This article has a preface on introductory
  part and two divisions and then a postscript. Out
  of the two divisions, there is a Part I Part II
  writings. In Part I Hahnemann talks about
  Gonorrhoea, primary Gonorrhoea and the regular.
  In II class Hahnemann talks about Chanere. In
  part II Hahnemann deals with Syphilis proper with
  the new preparation of soluble mercury.

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• Friend of Health (1792)
• In this essay Hahnemann says in the preface
  itself that his words to be reckoned as the voice
  of a warm friend of his fellow creatures.

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The essays are

• PART I
• Bite of mad dogs
• Visitors of the side- Hahnemann says visiting
  patients of contagious disease has to be taken
  precautions and should not sit near the patients.
• Protection against infection- Here talks about
  the contagious disease. Only way to prevent the
  spread is to keep the patient in well ventilated
  room good atmospheric conditions etc. Visiting
  patients mind and body should be in good
  equilibrium. Fumigation vinegar has no effect.
• Things that spoil the air.
• Dietetic conversations.

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• PART II
• Socrates and Physon
• Prevention of epidemics in town-
• Sanitation, hygiene, living conditions proper
  building of houses etc are discussed.
• A nursery.
• On the choice of family Physician.

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• Description of Klockenbring (1796)
• Deals with the treatment of insanity to
  Klockenbring. He was suffering from ill humour ,
  hypochondriasis melancholy and insanity. He was
  cured by the treatment of Hahnemann. Duke of
  Georgenthal gave all the help to Hahnemann for
  the treatment of Klockenbring.
• Essay on New Principles for ascertaining the
  curative powers of drugs.

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• It is mainly about methodical human proving that
  Hahnemann talks in this lesson. He touches the
  contribution of chemistry to medicine especially
  in antipathic mode of treatment, then the folly
  of animal proving, doctrine of signature,
  botanical affinity of plants, accidental proving
  etc. He narrates specific medicine and
  individualization in this essay. Primary action
  and secondary action of drugs are also mentioned.
  So in short this essay stands closed to the
  details in the aphorism 105 to 145 i.e., about
  drug proving in the 5th edition of Organon.

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• A case of rapidly cured colicodynea
• Narrates a case of abdominal pain cured with
  Veratrum album.
• Are the obstacles to certainty and simplicity in
  practical medicine is insurmountable.
• It gives a detailed description about the Dietary
  advises to be given to the patient along with the
  change of habits in diet. Making a mention of
  mixed prescription and Poly pharmacy.
• Antidot to some heroic medicine
• He says that during his time vinegar was
  considered as a universal antidote. Emitics were
  used to antidot poisons

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Natural Antidots

• Camphor x Opium
• Opium x Camphor
• Cantharides x Camphor
• Squilla x Camphor
• Cocculus x Camphor
• Mezerium x Camphor
• Arnica x Vinegar
• Stramonium x Vinegar
• Ignatia x Vinegar
• Veratrum alb x Coffee

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• View of professional liberty at the commencement
  of 19th century.
• Cure and prevention of Scarlet fever.
• On the effects of Coffee from original
  observation.
• Aesculapius in the balance (1805).
• Medicine of experience (1805).
• Observations on Scarlet fever.

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• On the value of Speculative system of medicine
  (1808).
• Observation on three current methods of
  treatment.
• To a candidate for the degree of M.D.
• Medical historical dissertation on Helleborism
  of the ancients.
• Spirit of Homoeopathic Doctrine of Medicine
  (1813).
• Treatment of Typhus fever or hospital fever at
  present prevailing (1814).

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• On the treatment of burns.
• On veneral disease and its ordinary improper
  treatment.
• Examination of common Materia Medica.
• Preparation and dispensing of medicine by the
  Homoeopathic physician.
• Contrast to old and new system of medicine.

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• Medical observer
• How can small dose of such very attenuated
  medicine as Homoeopathy employs still possess
  great power.
• A word of warning to all sick persons.
• Cause and Prevention of Asciatic Cholera.
• An appeal to the thinking philanthropist
  respecting the mode of propagation of Asciatic
  Cholera (1831).
• Case illustrative of Homoeopathic practice.

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Materia Medica Pura(Reine Arzneimi Hellehre )

• First Edition
• Six volumes of the first edition were published
  between 1811-1821.
• Sixty one medicines were present in this edition
  besides magnet.
• Second Edition.
• Published between 1822-1827 6Vols, 64
  medicines.

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• Third Edition.
• Only first two volumes of the 3rd edition is
  published in the year 1830 1833.
• Hahnemann himself verified the earlier editions.
  Name of 35 provers are available besides
  Hahnemann.
• Translation
• English Translation.
• Dr. Frederick Foster Hervey Quin, only first
  volume was printed.
• Dr. Charles Julius Hempel.
• Dr. R.E. Dudgeon.
• Now available translation in two volumes. Dr.
  Richard Hughes helped Dudgeon who also corrected
  the proof.

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Chronic Disease(Die Chronischen Krankheiten)

• First edition was published in 4 volumes between
  1820-1830 by Arnold of Dresden. Theoretical part
  and Materia Medica part. It contains 22
  medicines. Five of these appear in Materia Medica
  pura.
• Second Edition
• J.H.G Jahr completed the second edition. It
  was published in 5 parts between 1835 to 1839.
  Second edition contains 25 new medicines plus 22
  medicines in the first edition. Out of these 25
  new medicines, 13 were new and 12 appeared in
  Materia Medica pure. Total 30 medicines are newly
  proved appeared in chronic disease. Translated
  from German to English by Dr. Charles J. Hempel
  and later by Dr. Louis.H. Tafel (1835).

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Contents of theoretical part

• Merit of Homoeopathy in the treatment of acute
  diseases.
• Failure in chronic diseases.
• Beginning was promising continuation less
  favorable out come hopeless.
• Psora theory
• Psora most ancient, most contagious or
  infectious, most misapprehended, universal mother
  of all chronic diseases.
• Symptoms of Latent Psora.

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Cure Part

• Cure of Psora.
• Sulphur alone is necessary but in inverterate
  cases antipsoric remedies in succession.
• Diet and Regimen.
• Cure of Sycosis
• Thuja alternated with nitric acid invertrate
  cases of warts thuja- external application.
• Cure of Syphilis miasm

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• Three stages
• Chancre and bubo
• Chancre and bubo absent with out complication
  with other miasm.
• Complicated with other miasm.
• Medicine is best mercurial preparation. Cure is
  confirmed by absence of scar in chancre area with
  the disappearance of the colour changes. The skin
  of healed chancre area will acquire the natural
  colour of skin.
• In complicated cases first treat psoric miasm and
  then later, the other miasm