Overview

Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (April 10, 1755 in Meiben, Saxony - July 2, 1843 in Paris, France) was a German physician who founded homeopathic medicine. Hahnemann is also credited with introducing the practice of quarantine during his employment with the Duke of Anhalt-Köthen.

This principle, like cures like, became the basis for an approach to medicine which he gave the name homeopathy. He first used the term homeopathy in his essay Indications of the Homeopathic Employment of Medicines in Ordinary Practice, published in Hufeland's Journal in 1807.

Hahnemann monument in Washington DC.

References

Samuel Hahnemann - wikipedia