Hahnemann

[ hah-nuh-muh n; German hah-nuh-mahn ]

/ ˈhɑ nə mən; German ˈhɑ nəˌmɑn /

noun

(Chris·tian Frie·drich) Sam·u·el

[kris-chuh n free-drik sam-yoo-uh l; German kris-tee-ahn free-drikh zah-moo-el] /ˈkrɪs tʃən ˈfri drɪk ˈsæm yu əl; German ˈkrɪs ti ɑn ˈfri drɪx ˈzɑ mu ɛl/,1755–1843, German physician: founder of homeopathy.

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Hah·ne·mann·i·an

[hah-nuh-man-ee-uh n, -mah-nee-] /ˌhɑ nəˈmæn i ən, -ˈmɑ ni-/, adjective Hah·ne·mann·ism, noun

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As an instance of the strength of the medicines prescribed by Hahnemann, I will mention carbonate of lime.

Medical Essays |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Each generation adopts its peculiar manual: Sangrado to-day; Thomson to-morrow; Hahnemann the day after.

Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. |W. H. Rhodes
But there is not the least appearance of any such delicacy on the part of Hahnemann.

Medical Essays |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
It was agony to me, wrote Hahnemann, to walk in darkness, with no other light than could be derived from books.

The Collector |Henry T. Tuckerman

Hahnemann died in 1843, and on the 10th of August 1851 a bronze monument to him was unveiled at Leipzig.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 |Various

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Hahnemann

/ (German ˈhaːnəman) /

noun

(Christian Friedrich) Samuel (ˈzaːmueːl). 1755–1843, German physician; founder of homeopathy

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Hahnemann

[ hä′nə-mən, -män′ ]

(Christian Friedrich) Samuel 1755-1843

German physician and founder of homeopathy. He postulated that medicine produces symptoms in healthy people that are similar to those that it relieves in sick people.

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