Samuel Hahnemann was the founder of Homœopathy.

In 1810 he published the first of six editions of The Organon, the theory and practice of Homœopathy. This remains today the most important manual for the serious homœopath. Many have tried to say that parts are no longer valid. This usually means they wish to compromise the possibility of cure. Much of what Hahnemann wrote demands deep study and may require several months or years of meditation before its full purport is understood. So if quick means are desired, parts of the Organon are discarded.

Later Hahnemann observed that not everyone was cured and so he turned his energies to understand why certain groups were helped and others not. He devoted himself to study for eight years and was able to discover the deep root of humanity’s suffering and the application necessary to overcome it. The fruits of his work can be found in Chronic Diseases, Their Peculiar Nature and Their Homœopathic Cure.

It is a measure of the man that he conducted on himself the experiments that led to the discovery of the Homœopathic principle and the development of the Homœopathic Materia Medica. In this task he was assisted in later years by his family and close circle of students and colleagues.

Hahnemann lived a long and fruitful life. Born in 1755 in Meissen, Germany, he died in Paris, France, in 1843 at the age of 88.