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A Homeopathic Love Story: The Story of Samuel and Melanie Hahnemann
At last we have a serious and enchanting book which approaches the story of these extraordinary people in a historical and critical light. The clarity of Rima Handley's careful and fascinating research allows us to see homeopathy as its founders saw it, from within their own time and without the dogma or interpretations of the gurus which have colored it since. This book is a must for any lover of biography as well as anyone interested in the history of medicine or homeopathy.
272 pages, Paperback
First published February 23, 1993
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April 23, 2019
A well researched and written volume about the lives of Melanie and Samuel Hahnemann not only covering their personal lives but their careers and homeopathic philosophy. It was easy to read and appears to be very thorough.
There was a huge age difference between the two, which cast Melanie in the light of gold-digger. But this book points out that she was truly devoted to both the practice of homeopathy and Samuel and his death hit her very hard, leading to even more charges that she was only in the relationship for what she could get out of it.
She was persecuted by Samuel's family, other homeopaths and had to endure a trial that found her guilty of practicing a science too complex for women to understand.
I appreciated that the author debunked many of the myths that Hahnemann never used potencies greater than 30c or more than one remedy at a time.
A truly fascinating story.
There was a huge age difference between the two, which cast Melanie in the light of gold-digger. But this book points out that she was truly devoted to both the practice of homeopathy and Samuel and his death hit her very hard, leading to even more charges that she was only in the relationship for what she could get out of it.
She was persecuted by Samuel's family, other homeopaths and had to endure a trial that found her guilty of practicing a science too complex for women to understand.
I appreciated that the author debunked many of the myths that Hahnemann never used potencies greater than 30c or more than one remedy at a time.
A truly fascinating story.
January 12, 2022
The story of the man who discovered Homeopathy and his wife and their life together. I enjoyed learning about Samuel Hahnemann in more detail.
I still can’t get over the fact that someone wanted so badly to prove to Hahnemann that Syphilis and Gonorrhea were the same disease so he injected himself with a syringe of Gonorrhea and then got Syphilis also. 😬 You think you’ve won the argument only people later found out you just didn’t know about sanitizing needles.
I still can’t get over the fact that someone wanted so badly to prove to Hahnemann that Syphilis and Gonorrhea were the same disease so he injected himself with a syringe of Gonorrhea and then got Syphilis also. 😬 You think you’ve won the argument only people later found out you just didn’t know about sanitizing needles.
July 20, 2024
It is a well written book, well researched and it is a good jumping off point to dig deeper. I did enjoy it, even though I took issues with some things.
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March 9, 2014
As much as I love history, biographies and homeopathy; this book just didn't do it for me. Very dry.
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