The founder of this method of treatment was an allopathic
doctor, Hahnemann obtained his M.D. degree in allopathy in 1779. In no time he
became one of the most successful, renowned and affluent physician in Germany.
But the man was restless. He was not satisfied with what he was doing. He felt
that the method that he used for treatment of diseases suffered from a basic
defect. It was certain that it suppressed the symptoms of the disease, but it
give rise to new problems and ailments. In a letter to a friend, in 1784,
Hahnemann wrote,” We are all shooting arrows in the dark. I am also doing it
but I am not happy. We are also prescribing the same medicines which others
have done. There is no time to think about these things.”
In this letter, Hahnemann further divulged that his faith in
allopathy was shaken to a great extent when the medicines that he prescribed to
his children, after his marriage, somehow did not suit them. He pondered over
the matter. After all, why should a particular system of medication or
medicines not suit some persons? What was the sense in treating a person by a
particular method if the system did not suit him?
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| Homeopathy |
Hahnemann did some experiments on himself. He found that
some medicines produced symptoms of the disease itself. After experimenting
with some 50 medicines, he came to the conclusion that the allopathy system was
half baked in certain matters. In 1796, he propounded his theories in an
article. He said, “Every potent medicine, produces symptoms of a new diseases
in the human body. These symptoms are as potent as the medicine itself. As
such, if symptoms are produced by some medicine to fight out a disease, the
body shall be free of the disease itself. The symptoms should be under
control.”
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| Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, Founder of Homeopathy |
Hahnemann wrote a book entitled “Organon of the Rational Art
of Healing” based on his researches and findings. It raised a storm on
publication. In the beginning, Hahnemann was able to convince the public and
the administration about the efficacy of his system, nut later on, he had to
leave his country and go to France. He died on July 2, 1843 in Paris due to
exhaustion and hard work during the treatment of a patient. He was 64 at that
time.
After his death, many of his disciples made some miraculous
cures. The attention of the people was again diverted to this system as
newspapers gave wide coverage to these cures. The net result was that
homeopathy became subject matter of the study in the entire world. It became so
popular in Great Britain at that time it became a sort of cottage industry in
that country. Homeopathy came to India during the British rule. John martin
Hein Berger was eminently successful in treating people by this method as a
court physician of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Lahore. The vaidyas and hakims became
jealous of his popularity and entered into a conspiracy to make him flee the
court.
In India, a homeopathic was stared in Calcutta in the year
1851. It was established by Babu Rajan Datta with the help of French homeopath
Dr. Toner. Many doctors learnt about homeopathy in this homeopathy in this
hospital. Amongst them was Dr. Mahendra lal Sarkar, who played a significant
part in popularising this system of medicine in India. Both Dr, Toner and Dr.
Sarkar were renowned allopath’s. This somewhat facilitated their work the
eminent social reformer, Ishear Chandre Vidyasagar, openly advocated the cause
of homeopathy. His advocacy had the desired effect on people who started
trusting this system. It is important that one should have faith in the system
of medicine which is administered to him. The allopathic doctors did not like
the growing popularity of homeopathy. They had Dr. Sarkar removed from the
services of Calcutta University where he was teacher. He was accused of
advocating doctors considered homeopathy nothing but an idiosyncratic idea.
But, the general public took to this method and soon homeopathy became popular
in the whole country during the forties. The government also gave it
recognition.
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