Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-11
In HONOR OF DIR. HAHNEMANN
Anniversary of His Birth Celebrated by
Homeopathists.
BANQUET OF THE OMAHA PHYSICIANS
Their High Tribute Added to Those OF
the school the world over
The List of
Tonsts.

The homeopathic physicians OF Omaha,
with a number Of invited guests from out Of
town, banuueted at Balduf's last evening in
honor Of the one hundred and forty-frst
anniversary OF the birth Of the progenltor Of
their system. DR.. Samuel Hahnemann. The
room was very tastefully decorated with
potted plants, and the menu and incidental
arrangements Of the occasion left nothing
to be desired.
1t was about $3.50 o'clock when the Omaha
physicians congregated around the banquet
table. DR.. II. p. Holmes occupied the head
of the table, with Rev. S. Wright Butler at
his left. with them were seated DIR. p. j.
Montgomery and DR.. A. p. Hanchett of
Council Bluffs; DR.. w. A. Humphrey and
wife of P~lattsmouth, and DR.. S. b. Camp
bell and wife, DIR. o. S. Wood and Miss Wood,
DR.. r. w. Connell and wife, DIR. d. A. Foote
and wife. DR.. Teal, DR.. w. II. Hanchett, Miss
DIR. Davies. DIR. e. l.. Alexander and Miss
butcher, DR.. feelings, DR.. S. j. Quinby, DR..
G. II. Parsell, DR.. J. E.. Mann and wife, Mr..
and Mrs. c. S. Sherman, r. A.. Smith, Prof.
Roe and Mics lilly Larsen. The homeopathic
physicians of Lincoln had been invited to
be present. but were unable to attend on
account Of a similar celebration Of their
own.
After the coffee had been served, DR..
Olillt llI luC sDuliiuCttiS W ~ uh'
briefly outlined the significance of the oc-
caslon. He spoke of the manner in which
the anniversary was being observed in all
the large cities Of the United States, and
briefly referred to some Of the most impor-
tant features of the work of DR.. Hahnemann.
He declared that in mis- opinion no man had
ever lived whose life was worth SO much
to the world as DR.. Hahnemann. No one
had done so much for the general welfare
OF humanity as was accomplished by this
one discovery of "similia similibus curan-
tur."
DOCTORS MAKE SPEECHES.
The toaste were very brief, each speaker
being limited to three minutes. This being
the case, set speeches were not attempted,
and most of the speakers limited their eff
forts to a few lively comments on the up
permost side Of the subjects. DR.. Parsell
spoke on Homeopathy. the Goal of Thera-
p%eutics.' He said that all were striving for
perfection in science, in art, in literature
and In character. But as a rule, humanity
was fated to fall far short Of its purpose.
The starting point Of perfection in thera-
peutIcs had been when the great theory Of
DIR. Hahnemann was promulgated, but the
goal would never be attained. There was
no end in the race toward perfection, which
would continue as long as the sun continued
to light the earth.
DR.. Montgomery discussed 1.-THE Physicians
Air Castles He commended that fads and
fancies were not air castles. The air castle
was something that a man built from his
intellect. 1t might be the goal of his am
billion, and 1t was every mans right to be
ambitious. Every young physician should
build air castles. and every old physician
should dwell in them. They were often
more luxurious than the real habitation.
DR.. Quinby was called to speak on THE
Unexpected" and by way of being true to
his subject he read Oliver Wendell Holmes
poem Bill and Joe" instead of answering
q toast. The other toasts were: e. L. Alex
apder, THE Bachelor Doctor" R. w. Con-
nell, politics and Medicine" E. ]. Davies,
THE Maiden Doctor" D: A. Foote, pills
Societies." A. P. Hanchett, "Our Sister
State" ]. T. Mann, Our Specialties;' o. S.
Weed. The Physicians Life;' Rev. S.
Wright Butler, THE Cholagogues;' C. S.
Sherman, Little Pills and Big Pills. w. A.
Humphrey. THE Missouri Valley Homeopa-
thic Medical Society,""
WORLD WIDE CELEBRATION.
The Hahnemann banquet in Omaha was
but a small part of the tribute that was
being offered to the memory of this great
master Of the art Of healing. All over the
world the celebration of the centennial of
homeopathy is made the occasion for a fitting
recognition of the services Of the man to
whose labors the homeopathists owe the
foundation of this celebration of their school.
One of the main features of this celebration
in this country is the movement which was
started by the American Institute of Home
opathy to erect a monument TO his memory
on one of the public squares of Washington,
ID. O.. The model of a handsome granite
monument surmounted by a bronze statue
has been accepted, and the completed struc-
ture will cost about SIS, 900. This sum is to
be raised largely by contributions from men,
bers or the profession, and a special COM
mittee OF congress is considering the loca-
tion of the exact site Of the statue.
A brief synopsis of the life and achieve
ments OF Samuel Hahnemann shows him to
have been a man Of marvellous capacity. The
extent and variety of the learning which he
had acquired are so remarkable as to excite
establishment. He was born In Meissen, Sax
ony, April II, 1755. His early education was
received at the hands of his parents, but
such was his precocity that he was an in
structor in the rudiments of the Greek Ian
guage at ~, and at 20 he was master of
German, French, English, Italian, Latin and
Greek. At this time he was an instructor
In the university at Leipsic. He afterward
added Arabic, Syriac, Chaldean and Hebrew
to his linguistic requirements.
During this time he had studied medicine
and graduated with honors at Erlangen in
1873. At this time he was a member of va
rious scientific societies In which he was
famous for his researches in chemistry. He
held various surgical positions in the Ger
man government, and in 1872 he was adj
mitted to the faculty of medicine in the uni
Versity at Leipsic, where he lectured for
many years. During his life DR.. Hahnemann
wrote upwards of seventy books and treat
Uses on chemistry and medicine and trans
lated twenty-four more from English, French.
Italian and Latin authors. All this besides |
attending to a large practice of which he
kept a careful record, His death occurred
In Paris in lS43 at the age of four score
years.
The great work which has made the name
of Hahnemann famous down to the present
generation Is a paper published in 1885 en-
titled "a New Principle for Ascertaining |
the Remedial Powers Of Medicinal Sub
Stances In this he indicated the relation
ship between drugs and disease, pointed out |
the dangerous errors which were then prac-
ticed and led the way to a more scientific
use of medicine than had been previously |
known. This paper is recognized as the be-
ginning of the present homeopathic system
and OF a new era in medicine 1t is the pub
~lication Of this treatise which furnishes the |
occasion for the centennial which was cele-
brated yesterday wherever homeopathy is
known.
Spring Time
is when nearly everyone feels the need of
some blood purifying. strength invigorating
and health producing medicine. The real
merit OF Hoods Sarsaparilla Is the reason of
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