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ENTRIES IN THE CHURCH REGISTER OF THE FRAUENKIRCHE AT MEISSEN
1. Child : Charlotta Gerharduna Hahnemann, born 29th January, 1752.
2. Child : Carl Gerhard Hahnemann, born 8th January, 1754. died 17th February , 1762.
3. Child : Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (again without "h"), born the 11th April early, 1755 ; baptised 13th April of the same year by M. Junghanns.
Father : Christian Friedrich Hahnemann, painter.
Mother : Johanna Christina nee Spiessin.
(The names of the Godparents are not entered in the church register, the place for them is left vacant.)
4. Child : Samuel August Hahnemann, born 30th, July, 1757.
The different ways of spelling the name Hahnemann correspond with the original).
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PETITION OF CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED HAHNEMANN FOR THE ADMISSION OF HIS SON TO THE PRINCE'S SCHOOL AT MEISSEN:
To His Royal highness the Prince and Sovereign, Friedrich August. Archduke of Saxony, Julich, Cleve, Berg, Engern and Westphalia' Lord High Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire and Elector,Landgrave of Thuringen : Margrave at Meissen,also Upper and Lower Lausiz: Count of the Marck, Ravens, berg Barby and Hanau ; my gracious Prince and Lord.
Serene Highness,
Gracious Prince and Master,
May herewith my submissive and most obedient petition come before You. Serene highness, that your will graciously grant, You, who benevolently care for the welfare and education of youth, that my son, Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann may not only frequent the public lessons at the local Landschool, as extraneous, but that he may be also intrusted to the special instruction and supervision of the third teacher of the same, m. Johann August Muller: may you therefore be pleased to graciously order the necessary communications, through the Church council and Ober-Consistorium, to be made to the Rector of the abovenamed Landschool, for which favour I remain , in deepest devotion.
Your Serene Highness and Gracious Lord's most humble and obedient.
CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED HAHNEMANN
Meisser,the 16th November,1770.
THE ANSWER OF THE PRINCE-ELECTOR
Our dear, faithful, M.Johann Gottfried Horen, Rector of our Landschool at Meissen:
By God's Grace , Friedrich August, Archduke of Saxony,Julich,cleve Berg, Engern and Westphalia,Elector ,dear and true, In consideration of the enclosed submissive petition of Christian Gottfried Hahnemann, we would graciously authorise that his son, Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, as extraneous in our Landschool in Meissen, may come under the special supervision of the College Tertii ,M. Johann August Muller,and may be present at the Lectiones Publicus. We desire herewith that you take obedient notice, and make the necessity arrangements for it. That is Our order.
HANNSS GOTTHELFF VON GLOBIG
Datum, Dresden, 21st November, 1770.
(Both letters are in the "Reception and Dismission orders of the Alumnorum " School archives. Rep.II,57.)
The name of Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann appears for the first time in the "Catalogus Alumnorum et Extraneorum" at Easter 1771 ( after completed Examenvernale) under the "Extranci " named " by the College Tertio " (School archiv: Account of year 1771).
HAHNEMANN AS SCHOOLBOY
In the school register of the Franciscanei -- the Latin town school of Meissen of those days -- we find that Hahnemann was admitted as follows :
20. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann,son of the porcelain painter. 12 years old, Cl. 2, 20th July, 1767.
In the Prince's School, St. Afra, his name appears first in the account of Easter, 1771,which coincides with his admission in November, 1770. He is here called " Framulus to M. Muller." Further, the accounts show that Hahnemann was Extraneer in the house of the three College M. Muller. This latter previously at the Franciscaneum, became ( probably in 1770) . Tertius at the Prince's School.
Professor Flugel states, from accounts of the older members of the porcelain factory:
Hahnemann's father, before going to the factory, used frequently to lock his son in a room, close the shutters,and give him a difficult sentence to ponder over, of which he had to give an account on his father's return. This contributed to making the son into an original thinker.
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A LETTER FROM HAHNEMANN ON MENTAL OVERWORK AND PHYSICAL EXERCISE DURING HIS SCHOOL YEARS.
On March 13th, 1813, Hahnemann wrote to philological student Kestner of Gotha, who consulted him on account of mental overwork:
Mental exertion and study are unnatural occupations for young people whose bodily development is not yet complete, especially for those who are endowed with sensitive feelings. This nearly cost me my life during the period from 15 to 20 years of age ".
(Original in possession of Dr. August Korndorfer in Philadelphia ).
$ STUDENT DAYS [Student Days]
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A LATIN POEM OF HAHNEMANN OF THE YEAR 1775
As a proof of how skillfully Hahnemann had command of the Latin language, the following poem of the twenty-year-old student can be quoted. He was celebrating with it the eminent Professor Zeune of Leipsic.
Mr. Joanni Carolo Zeunio Professori recens creato Vota faciunt tres ejus auditorum Mich. Christ. Justus Eschenbach Johannes Fridericus Eschenbach Christianus Friedricus Samuel Hahnemann, Author.
Quid Cessas hilari Pieridum choro Misceri, Philyrae docta cohors Age ! Celebrate modis hancce diem bonam, Digni Calliope diem.
Alumni, titulos pui debitos diu Jam tandem senior (nobilis o pudor ! ) Admittit. Capitum nostrae Academiae Non ignobilium Decus
Penna Fama volans usque agit integra Te Zeuni ! Pietas cujus et ingeni Dotes perpoliunt perpoliereque Nostrum nive animum rudem.
Tu recludens opes et Latiae bonus Et Grajae, juvenum languida melleo Minervae recreans munere pectora Formas et Patriae et Deo
A.D. XX. Septembris MDCCLXXV Lipsiae, Ex Officina Buttneria.
To M. Johann Karl Zeune, Professor, From three of his audience.
Mich. Christ. Justus Eschenbach, Johannes Friedrich Eschenbach and Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, Author.
(English translation by M.L.W)
Why waitest thou, Phylyras clever band Mix with the Muses happy choir Up rejoice to-day with gladness All ye pupils worthy of Calliope.
This festive day, to him who only just has granted (O noble modesty) ! His praise to sing Which long belonged to his age and worth What better ornament could our school have found !
Yet Zeune ! on mighty wings shall fame Be swiftly carried into all distant parts.
He who through piety and mental vigour The icebound spirit in us melts and moves Thou knowest well how to disclose The treasures of Rome and Hellas Strengthening the weak boy's bosom With sweet gifts from Minerva Thou buildest and workest for Country and God.
SAPPHO -- ODE.
Hahnemann had also acquired an unusual fluency in Greek.
Three years later he translated one of Sappho's odes for his patron, the Governor of Transylvania, Baron von Brukenthal, and reproduced the Ode in German. This translation gives early evidence of the cleverness of expression and delicacy of feeling, of the twenty-three-year-old youth.
DEO TUTELARI D.N. SAMUELIS L.B DE BRUCKENTHAL SACRUM C.F.S. HAHNEMANN V.S.L.M.
A.D. VII KAL, SEPT. Kal(endas) Sept (embre)
Deo tutelari d(omini) n(ostri) Samuelis l(iberi) b(aronis) de Bruckenthal Sacrum C.F.S. Hahnemann v(otum) s(olvit) l(aetus) or l(ibicus) m(erito a(nte) d(iem) VII septimum
In English:
His holy vow to the Patron Our Lord Samuel Baron von Bruckenthal has F.S. Hahnemann herewith gladly and in a seemly way fulfilled, on August 26th.
His writing, " From the Sublime, " in Chapter X comprises the " Ode of Sappho " handed down by Longinus. The poetess describes, in this song, the condition into which she falls at the sight of her beloved. Longinus quotes the poem as an example of the sublime,which is built up by throwing into relief and grouping together the main points of view of the object. As an annotation to this he says:
It is not admirable how the poetess groups together soul and body, hearing, speech, sight and colour -- everything, however different -- and by uniting the opposites, alternatively growing cold and then coming into a warm glow -- losing the senses and returning to consciousness -- trembling and being very near to death-- she produces not one violent emotion but a conflict of emotions.
The original text here corresponds with the knowledge of the language in those days. In copying , a few important errors have crept in, and several expressions have been used here which no longer apply to Sappho. Also definition by withdrawal of the accent has not been considered as, according to Lesbi ( and generally for Aeolic - Asiatic ) it should be. The German imitation is most probably Hahnemann's own work. Even to-day it is correct in spite of a different punctuation in Greek, and is a proof of deep, intuitive feeling, which throws a fine light on the human side of Hahnemann as a physician. The mode of expression resembles that of recent date, especially when we read in verse 4, instead of the old-fashioned "quaked," something like "trembled," and in verse 9 instead of "quite shaken," something like "deeply stirred."
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BARON BRUCKENTHAL'S ENTRY INTO THE STATE SERVICE OF TRANSYLVANIA, AND THIS RELATIONS WITH THE EMPRESS MARIA THERESA.
In March, 1753,Bruckenthal came to Vienna as ambassador of his country. Transylvania at the time was striving for two Secretaryships in the Government, one for Protestant Hungary and the other for Catholic Szeckler. The ambassador, Bruckenthal,had from the outset some favourable connections: Emperor Franz I, the husband of the Empress Maria Theresa, was a freemason and also a keen coin collector. Bruckenthal had already a fine collection of coins which he now respectfully presented to his Imperial "brother." Through another event he became personally acquainted with the Empress Maria Theresa. Mr. Csaki narrates that in an address ( Hermannstadt, printed and published by Krafft, 1903):
It had come to Maria Theresa's knowledge that there was a lodge of freemasons in Vienna. As she had no correct conception of the nature of this society, and rather suspected them of bad intentions, she at once gave orders to the officer on guard, when she heard that the whole company was assembled, to have them all arrested, not knowing that her own husband belonged to the lodge. The officer carried out his task and arrested 'those who were present, among them magnates, generals and also Bruckenthal. The officer overcame his natural respect for the Consort of the Empress and requested him to give up his sword; but he was repulsed with the words which later became proverbial; "Stand away three feet from my body; I shall report myself to the Empress." In this connection, the name Bruckenthal came for the first time before her notice.
Bruckenthal's intercession for the institution of the two secretaryships was not only successful for his country, but he himself received one of the posts; and henceforward he was, although a Protestant and a freemason, much envied, and therefore violently attacked by a wide circle for being a favourite of the strictly Catholic Empress Maria Theresa. He not only obtained for his country all that he desired from her, but also received rich gifts for himself.
Regarding the way in which Bruckenthal talked to the Empress, Csaki tells:
orders had already been prepared for Transylvania; the Saxon community was to become fiscal property and this concerned Konigsboden, which, according to ancient rights, was only to be inhabited by Saxonians; the revenues from the "Allodia" estates were to be paid into the "fiscus" and this was only awaiting confirmation from Vienna. An application had also been submitted to the Empress for the confiscation of a tenth in Saxony. When Bruckenthal, at the request of the Empress, had examined the application in order to report top her, he, being aroused by the obvious injustice, did this with his habitual candour; and concluded with words unheard of in Court etiquette: " If you Majesty do what the Court Chamber here desires, you are committing the greatest injustice you ever committed in your whole reign."
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HAHNEMANN'S ADMISSION TO THE MASONIC LODGE
The index of the Brothers of the Masonic Lodge " St. Andreas zu den drei Seeblattern" contains the following:
Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann ,born at Meissen in Saxony in 1755. Status: Candidatus Med. and Librarian to S.E. the Governor. Religion: Protestant. Admitted to First Degree, 16th October, 1777.
The index of the Brothers forms an appendix to Ferd. von Zieglauer's history of the Masonic Lodge "St. Andreas zu den drei Seeblattern," published in Hermannstadt 1767-1790, in the archives of the Society for historical knowledge of Siebenburgen. N.F., Vol. XIII,p. 62ff,: Hahnemann's name is to be found on p. 66 under No. 41.
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S. HAHNEMANN'S THESIS has the following title:
Conspectus adfectum spasmodicorum aetiologicus et therapeuticus
Quem dissertatione inaugurali medica summi numinis auspicio Almae Friderico -Alexandrinae Rectore magnificentissimo serenissimo principe ac domino Domino Christiano Friderico Carolo Alexandro Marggravio Brandenburgico Borussiae Silesiaeque duce rel. Burggravio Norimbergensi utriusque principatus rel. rel
ex decreto gratiosae facultatis medicae pro gradu doctoris Legitime obtinendo publico eruditorum examini submittit Samuel Hahnemann Misena Saxo D.X.Aug MDCCLXXVIII.
Erlangae Typis Ellrodtianis.
English.
Summary of the conditions of cramp according to cause and cure, submitted as inaugural essay, by consent of the Friedrich - Alexander University, under the Rectorate of His Serene Highness the Prince and Sovereign, Christina Friedrich Karl Alexander, Margrave of Grandenburg, Duke of Prussia and Silicia, for the rightful purpose of gaining the degree of doctor in the Medical Faculty, by a public examination by an Academic Board.
Samuel Hahnemann, Meissen in Saxony, 10th August,1778 Erlangen, published by Ellrodt.)
The causes of the various conditions called cramps are given on twenty pages, and a long list of remedies from the vegetable and mineral kingdoms are added.