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Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (/ ˈ h ɑː n ə m ə n / HAH-nə-mən, German: [ˈzaːmueːl ˈhaːnəman]; 10 April 1755 [1] – 2 July 1843) was a German physician, best known for creating the pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine called homeopathy.
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Treatise on the Gods (1930) is H. L. Mencken's survey of the history and philosophy of religion, and was intended as an unofficial companion volume to his Treatise on Right and Wrong (1934). [1] The first and second printings were sold out before publication, and eight more printings followed. [ 2 ]
In 1796, some six years after Hahnemann first experienced the effect of Peruvian Bark Cinchona in 1790 he published an article under the title "Essay on a New Principle". After conducting personal observations and experiments, Hahnemann published his new account of homoeopathy in book form in 1810.
The Treatise on the Reintegration of Beings had an impact on the development of both mystical and spiritual movements in Freemasonry and all the trends of European mysticism of the 19th and 20th centuries. The Treatise was known even in the 18th-century Russian Empire, in versions that have not survived to this day.
The carpenter of Oxford; or, The miller's tale from Chaucer (1709). Translated by English poet Samuel Cobb (1675–1713). [345] Chaucer's Other Works. The other works of Geoffrey Chaucer include A treatise on the Astrolabe, Parlement of foules, The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women, and Troilus and Criseyde.
under the sight of God "from God's point of view or perspective". sub tuum praesidium: Beneath thy compassion: Name of the oldest extant hymn to the Theotokos (Blessed Virgin Mary). Also "under your protection". A popular school motto. Sub umbra floreo: Under the shade I flourish: National Motto of Belize, referring to the shade of the mahogany ...
Hahnemann used this term to distinguish medicine as practiced in his time from his use of infinitesimally small (or nonexistent) doses of substances to treat the spiritual causes of illness. The Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine states that "[Hahnemann] gave an all-embracing name to regular practice, calling it 'allopathy'. This ...