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ORGANON OF MEDICINE

A COMPARISION OF THE SIX EDITIONS

 

Adapted from Dr.= Mahendra Singh’s

First Corrected, Re-translated, and Redacted English edition of Organon= of Medicine

 

1st EDITION

 

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Org= anon der Rationellen Heilkunde / Organon of Rational Healing Art

Cov= er had a stanza of 4 lines from German poet Gellert.

 

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INTRODUCTION

43 = pages – 64 para – 1 footnote

Paras were not numbered – continuous writing

Con= tained examples of unintentional cures on homoeopathic principles – this wri= ting appeared as an article in Hufeland’s jour= nal – Indication of the Homoeopathic employment of Medicines in Ordinary Practice

 

APHORISMS=

·         271 aphorisms and 76 footnotes – 222 pages

·         Footnotes were not numbered – appeared not at the bottom of the page, but just = at the end of the aphorism and were denoted by ANM, meaning footnote

 

NOVELTIES

·         Introduction had examples of unintentional accidental homoeopathic cures.

·         Antipathic axiom Contraria Contrariis given in his essay AN ESSAY ON A NEW PRINC= IPLE was given in complete as Contraria Contrariis Curentur in para 1 of this edition

·         Homoeopathic axiom Similia Similibus given in his essay AN ESSAY ON A NEW PRINCIPLE was given in complete as Similia Similibus Curentur in para 2 of this edition

 

COMPARISION

Medicine of Experience [1805] – had essay type of writing without numbers, while this had

Aphorisms. Some portions remain important today – hazards of pollution, adulteration, fast food,

occupation= , etc. [A= ph 261 – 6th edition]

 

TRANSLATION

Dr.= Wheeler – London – 1917

Dr.= Mahendra Singh – Kolkatta<= /span> – 2003

 

ERRORS

Whe= eler did not translate Introduction. He translated only a few footnotes. To a large number of aphorisms, he added his own translator’s note. He did not translate 158, printed Hahnemann’s 159 as 158, 160 as 159 and omitted= 160 completely.

 

2nd EDITION

 

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Tit= le changed to Organon der Heilkunst / Organon of Medicine

The= stanza of 4 lines from German poet Gellert.was replace= d by AUDE SAPERE

 

TEXT

ContentS containing summary of the aphorisms was introduced in this edition

 

INTRODUCTION

Int= roduction was divided into 3 chapters

 

APHORISMS=

·         315 aphorisms and 130 footnotes

·         Footnotes were at the bottom of the page, marked by (*) or (+) and were not numbered<= o:p>

·         Hahnemann made a mistake in numbering of aphorisms – there were no aphorisms numbering 216, 217 and 218. Hence, though the last aphorism numbered was 31= 8, there were only 315.

 

NOVELTIES

·         Change of title

·         The stanza was replaced by AUDE SAPERE

·         Footnotes were brought in lower part of the pages

 

COMPARISION

315 aphorisms in 2nd edition as compared to 271 in the 1st edition

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TRANSLATION

Nev= er translated into English

Fre= nch translation by Brunnow in 1824

 

ERRORS

Hah= nemann made a mistake in numbering of aphorisms – there were no aphorisms numberi= ng 216, 217 and 218. Hence, though the last aphorism numb= ered was 318, there were only 315.

 

 

 

3rd EDITION

 

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TITLE             : Organon der Heilkunst / Organon o= f Medicine

 

INTRODUCTION

70 paragraphs and 266 footnotes

Foo= tnotes were denoted by numbers

Int= roduction was divided into 3 chapters

 

APHORISMS=

·         319 aphorisms [number given to the last aphorism by Hahnemann was 320]

·         Errors of 2nd edition were repeated in this edition

·         There were 2 new aphorisms – 319 and 320 and two additions – 108b and 167b

·         Footnotes – 146, beginning from 1 on each page

 

NOVELTIES

·         Footnotes were marked by numbers

·         Aphorisms 319 and 320 dealing with Mesmerism were added

 

COMPARISION

Footnotes were marked by numbe= rs and not by (*) or (+)

Mesmerism was added

 

TRANSLATION

Fre= nch translation by Brunnow in 1832 and also another= one by Jourdan

 

ERRORS

Err= ors in numbering of aphorisms as in the second edition, continued in this edition = also

 

 

 

4th EDITION

 

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TITLE             : Organon der Heilkunst / Organon o= f Medicine

 

INTRODUCTION

138= paras and 303 footnotes

It = was divided into 2 parts. Part 2 contained  - “Examples of Homoeo= pathic cures performed unintentionally by physicians of the old school of medicine= ”

 

APHORISMS=

·         292 aphorisms and 135 footnotes

 

NOVELTIES

·         THEORY OF CHRONIC MIASMS was introduced

·         Introduction was divided into 2 parts – Part 1 dealt with the fundamental defects = of the allopathic system and Part 2 contained examples of homoeopathic cures performed by renowned allopathic physicians

 

COMPARISION

253 aphorisms of 3rd edition were retained with some changes

33 aphorisms were completely d= ropped

 

TRANSLATION

1st English translation – Charles Devrient &#= 8211; 1833

2nd English translation – Dr. Mahendra Singh – 2003

 

ERRORS

Tho= ugh the Theory of Chronic Diseases was introduced in this edition, no reference abo= ut in Preface

Pri= nting plates of the translation by Devrient were destroyed b= ecause of errors

 

 

 

5th EDITION

 

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TITLE             : Organon der Heilkunst / Organon o= f Medicine

 

INTRODUCTION

99 = paras and 47 footnotes

It = was divided into 12 chapters

 

APHORISMS=

·         294 aphorisms and 159 footnotes

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NOVELTIES

·         DOCTRINE OF VITAL FORCE was introduced

·         A definite method of Drug Dynamization was introduced

·         Centesimal scale of Drug : Vehicle ratio was introduced

 

COMPARISION

13 aphorisms of 4th= edition were dropped and 14 completely altered

255 aphorisms were retained wi= th some changes

16 aphorisms were grossly chan= ged and re-allocated

 

TRANSLATION

Eng= lish translation – R. E. Dudgeon – 1849

Eng= lish translation – Wesselhoeft – 1876

Eng= lish translation – B. Fincke – 1889=

 

ERRORS

In = footnote to aphorism 117, Hahnemann mentions Kaiser Alexius as brother of Princess M= aria Porphyrogeneta – actually Alexius was her father

Dud= geon’s translation with suggestions of Hughes became the best textbook in Institut= ions all over the world, but contained some errors.

 

 

 

6th EDITION

 

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Pub= lished in 1921; Manuscript was completed in 1842 and was written on a copy of the = 5th edition by writing on margins, changing sentences, pasting extra pages, etc. Hahnemann was in Paris at this time. While negotiations for its publication were on, Hahnemann die= d I 1843.

 

TITLE             : Organon der Heilkunst / Organon o= f Medicine

 

INTRODUCTION

99 = paras and 46 footnotes

Par= agraphs were not numbered

 

APHORISMS=

·         291 aphorisms

 

NOVELTIES

·         A new scale of preparation of drugs – later called 50 Millesimal scale – was introduced

·         Rules for repetition of doses were changed

·         Vital Force was replaced by Vital Principle

 

COMPARISION

6th edition contain= ed 85% of contents of the 5th edition and 15% of new additions were mad= e

 

TRANSLATION

Eng= lish translation – William Boericke – 19= 21

Eng= lish translation – Steven Decker – 1996