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Homeopathy 2005; 94(03): 202-206
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2005.04.004
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Copyright ©The Faculty of Homeopathy 2005

Hahnemann's legacy in a new light—A systematic approach to the Organon of Medicine[*]

J.M. Schmidt
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Received 11 November 2004
revised 14 March 2005

accepted 11 April 2005

Publication Date:
29 December 2017 (online)

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The sixth edition of Samuel Hahnemann's Organon of Medicine is an obligatory work of reference for homeopathy. Nevertheless, its philosophy can be questioned with constructivistic and historistic objections. Three levels of content may be distinguished:

(1) practical directions and maxims,

(2) theoretical explanations and hypotheses,

(3) conceptual foundations and premises.

Ideally, these levels should be considered, studied, and taught separately and gradually. My new German edition of the Organon, published in 2003, tries to meet these demands. It contains:

(A) a complete version of Hahnemann's original text, in the original order of paragraphs, but in modern German with section headings, summary boxes, etc added,

(B) another full version of its content, organized in three levels, as indicated above,

(C) a glossary of about 400 problematic terms.

Keywords

Samuel Hahnemann - Organon of Medicine - sixth edition - new German edition - history of homeopathy

* Revised version of a paper presented at the 59th Congress of the Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica Internationalis in Buenos Aires, Argentine, on 19 October 2004.


 

  • Abridged bibliography

  • 1 Editions of the Organon of Medicine (6th edition, completed by Hahnemann in 1842):
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    • English editions

    • 1 Hahnemann S. Organon of Medicine (Sixth edition after Hahnemann's own written revision for the sixth edition. Translated with preface by William Boericke). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel, 1922.
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    • 2 Hahnemann S. Organon of Medicine (1st English translation of the definite 6th edition of the original work on homoeopathic medicine, a new translation by Kuenzli J, Naude, A, Pendleton, P. Los Angeles: Tarcher, 1982). London: Gollancz, 1983.
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      • German editions

      • 1 Hahnemann S. Organon der Heilkunst (Nach der handschriftlichen Neubearbeitung Hahnemanns fuer die 6. Auflage herausgegeben und mit Vorwort versehen von Richard Haehl). Leipzig: Schwabe, 1921.
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      • 2 Hahnemann S. Organon der Heilkunst (Textkritische Auflage der sechsten Auflage. Bearbeitet, herausgegeben und mit einem Vorwort versehen von Josef M. Schmidt). Heidelberg: Haug, 1992.
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          • Spanish editions

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