Smyrna times., 1867-07-03

Having now system of medicine in which
he believed, DIR. Hahnemann returned to its
practice, and very soon found a hornets nest
about his ears. While practicing his new sys-
tenn In hospital near Brunswick, the apothe-
carries OF the place formed a league against the
doctor, who made his own medicines, and
whose system threatened their business with
ruin. They discovered an ancient law which
forbade physicians to prescribe medicines not
made by regular apOthecary, and IIahnemann
was compelled to leave the place. He remov-
ed succeslvely to three other towns, from each
OF which he was in turn driven by the apOthe-
carries. He then fixed his residence at Leip-
sic, where he had his first eminent and unde-
nlable success. 1t was in 1913, when, in con-
sequence OF the presence of two large armies,
malignant typhus fever ragged, and the sick
became so numerous that it was necessary to
divide them among the city physicians. Sew
enty-three cases fell to the share of DIR. Hahne.
mann, all of whom he treated on the hOmeo-
pathic system, and all of whom recovered, ex-
cept one old man. This striking success, while
1t increased the number ofhis disciples infam
ed the fury OF his enemies, and he could not
go into the streets without being hOOted at or
lnsulted. Compelled again to take flight, he
found refuge at the obscure capital of one of
his disciples, the Duke of Anhalt. But even
there he was not safe from persecution. Seve-
raj times the windows of his house were bro
ken, and he seldom ventured out Of doors.
Meanwhile, his writings and the fame OF his
success brought him such multitudes of pa
tients, that the little town in which he lived
acquired an Importance it had never before
known, and derived so much advantage from
the concOurse OF patients that reaction In his
favor set In, and he became III time the most
popular man in the town. After practiclng
fifteen years under the protection of the Duke
OF Anhalt curious circumstance drew him
away from his SecluSiOn. He was then wild
over of eighty years, though still possessed Of
much of the alertness and sprightliness of
youth. A young French lady, who had come
to consult him, became his enthusiastic admi-
rer, and their acquaintance soon ended in mar
riage. His young wife induced him to move
to Paris. So popular had he become, and so
necessary to the prosperity of the little town,
that it was deemed best for him to take his de-
parture secretly i'll the night, for fear the peO
pie might forcibly detAin him.
At Paris he again encountered the opposl-
ton OF the physicians and apOthecarleS. 1t was
on this occasion that NJ GuizOt, then minister
Of public instruction, made his celebrated re-
ply to the members of the Academy of Medi
cine, who came to ask him to refuse DIR. Hah-
nemann permission to exercise his profession
In France.
Either" said Guizot, homeopathy is a
chimera or it is not. If it is, it will fall of it.
self if it is not, it will rena n in spite of all
the measures which can be taken to retard its
development"
In Paris he had wonderful success His
waiting-rooms were crowded with patients. =
lie devoted himself to the practice OF his art,
to the propagation Of his doctrines and to the
instruction Of the pupils with an energy and
ardor seldom equalled in man Of four score.
| For a periOd OF eight wears he was the fash.
ionable physician Of Paris. Until within few
weeks Of his death he continued to enjoy ex-
celent health and died in lS43, aged eighty.
eight years, leaving behind him in every coun
try of Christendom considerable number o
ardent disciples. Besides his labors as ply
sician, he Published books enough for a smal
library. Including his translationS, he CAV,
the world about hundred volumes upon nledi
cine and chemistry.