Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-06
Banauet of the IIOmeOpaths

| BanVNpl Vi tne 1OWcOpdiHs.
April l4th, 1889, the homeopathic
physicians ana chemists of Paris
France, held banquet to celebrate
the anniversary Of the birth of Sam
uel Hahncmann, the founder of the
medical system to which they be-
long. The first important cure OF
Hahnemann which established his
reputation in Paris was that of the
dautgher of NJ. Legouve in 1885,
Hahnemann being at the time al
ready advanced in years. The child,
four years of age, was dying and
had been given up by the doctors,
who had exhausted all remedies.
The despairing parents had also
given up all hope, and II friend of
NJ. Legouve's, the artist Amaury
Duval, was painting the portrait of
the poor little sufferer. Upon fin
ishing his task it suddenly occurred
to Amaury Duval that he had heard
of Hahncmann, II German doctor,
who, according to report, treated
his patients in II very different man
ner from that of the general protes-
sion. Why should they not call
him in, especially rs the regular
physicians had in consultation de-
cided to try nothing farther, rs they
could no longer ward of death?
At such painful times one catches
at the slightest hope, and running
To the house where Hahnemann
lived, in the Rue Milan, Amaury
Duval brought him back to his
afflicted friends. He approached
the bed where lay the unconcious
child, and passionately ordered the
attendants to throw out Of the win
dow all of the drugs which he saw
at hand. "Give the child ms much
water to drink as il wishes. They
have have thrown fire of live Goals
into her body; we must first eXtin-
guish that tlre"' They blindly fol-
lowed his directions, and the next
day llahnems returned and
brought n potion, of which he
administered few drops only. The
child was cured in II few days. Was
not that II happy chance? At all
events such II cure created much
excitement, and Hahnemann was
the talk ofthe time,
lie did not lack enemies or oppo-
sltiOn, and one doctor who treated
the new system with contempt, il
speaking OF the cure of the little
girl, remarked with the most mt
ural professional consistency that
he regretted exceedingly that the
child had not died. BE that as
IL may, II was from tins moment
that Hahnemaun recruited his
adhepnts and disciples;but the quar-
rel between themselves aud the
other physicians has lasted, as is
well known, without abatement Ia
this day, II Is certain that Hahne-
mann possessed an original and very
attractive personality, and II is said
that the idea of the system came
when one of his own children was
very m.
lonbting his own skin, though
he had been prcticing for many
years, he called in a brother physi-
elan IN consultation, aud the latter
ordered violent aud painful remedies.
liahnemann while witnessing the
OF his Young bay as they
were applying the caustic and the
cupping glass, nvolted. mo- he
cried, 81 will not he theoNecutionera af
my childy Aud from that moment
threw himselfmto the system which
was 10 render famous, and which
has revolutionised medicine.
NJ. Legouye has Mated scNen,l
stories Il the nlan. one mdlant
spring day he went Ia soc naha
mann, and exclaime,l, "What a
beautiful day" Its always beau,
la1l," replied HahnmAnn, imply
ing that he livsd Ia the Asam of
An eternal harmony. lie drank I
pnly water "For what good an