Main
Pioneers
of homeopathy
by Dr Thomas
Lindsey Bradford
Presented by Dr Robert SérorCarl
George Christian Hartlaub (1802-1836)
Dr. CARL
GEORGE CHRISTIAN HARTLAUB. (1802-1836)Hartmann
says :
Of the life of Hartlaub, Sr., (N. W. Jour. Hom. Vol., IV. p 235.
Allg. hom. Zeitung, Vol. XXXIX, p. 291.)
” though I was more intimate with him than with
Caspari, I can say still less his brother is still
living, a true friend and advocate of Homoeopathy, who can easily supply
the deficiency of my narrative.He was
Caspari’s most intimate friend, and I have
learned from his own lips that their conversation turned chiefly upon
Homoeopathy and the manner of advancing its interests.My opinion cannot be taken as decisive, since I was little acquainted
withCaspari, yet it seemed to me that Hartlaub
was a still more capable man than Caspari,
at least his works bear a more decided impress of originality, and
manifest more of that power of production, which seems wanting, or at
least doubtful, in the works of Caspari.In
1829 Hartlaub
left Leipsic in consequence of an invitation
from Counsellor Muhlenbein to take up his residence at Brunswick and assist the Counsellor in his extensive
practice, to which he could no longer attend on account of the infirmities
of advancing years.I cannot think that he was very happy in his new residence, at least
the contrary was currently reported, and one might easily suppose that
such would have been the case fromMuhlenbein’s imperious temper, which was often manifested with great
rudeness.He died, if I mistake not, of a nervous fever – many years before
Muhlenbein -much too soon for science, which deeply deplored
its loss.Rapou
says :
Hartlaub
was the
most prolific writer of our school. His works, less rich in theoretic
dissertations than those of Caspari,
embrace more regarding practical medicine.He applied himself at first in arranging our pathogeneses in a
practical form, and formed a judicious summary and methodical
classification of the phenomena.This manner of labor in which
Weber, Ruckert, Boenninghausen and Jahr
later won great renown, was a source of great honor to this practitioner
of Leipsic.Notwithstanding his feeble constitution, his failing health and his
short existence (he died young), he gave to our literature many extended
works, the labor on which would seem to have required n long life or the
concurrence of a society of savants.About
1830 Hartlaub
left Leipsic to settle at Dresden near his ancient colleague, Dr. Trinks, and with him commenced to edit a clinical .journal.This journal appeared in under the title : ”
Annals of the Homoeopathic Clinic.”
His aim was to contribute to perfecting our method by publishing
constantly observations in detail on the treatment of many varieties of
disease : it was to complete, to verify, the pathogenesis by means of the
clinic, and to fix the new medicine on a firmer and surer basis.
These
Annals were published till 1834, at which time Hartlaub was called to attend the Duke of Brunswick.
They were continued by the
Silesian Homoeopathic Society under the title : ” Praktische Beitrage,” till the year 1840, covering a period of ten years and offering to
practitioners a valuable collection of results from clinical lessons.Hartlaub
died at Brunswick. Rapou
says that Carl Preu, of Nuremberg, who was the first to prove the effects of the mineral
waters on the healthy body, about 1826
interested Hartlaub also in these experiments.WRITINGS
Nonnulla de venaesectionis in organismum universum vi. et in curan da
niminatim inflammatione usu. Lipsiae. Voss. 1824.Short Treatise on the Homoeopathic Method of Cure. Prepared for the
Laity. Leipsic. Focke. 1829.The Education of Children. A word to Parents and Teachers. Leipsic.
Woeller. 1829.The Same. Second edition, with title : The Homoeopathic Physician for
Children. Leipsic. Volckmar. 1833.The Art of Preserving Health and of Prolonging the Life. Leipsic,
Woller. 1830, Second edition, 1833.Tabular Lists for Practical Medicine according to the Principles of
Homoeopathy. Large folio. Leipsic. Leo. 1829.Hartlaub and Trinks (C. F. C.)
Annals of the homoeopathic Chide. 1st year. 1830. 2 nos. Leipsic. Fr.
Fleischer.The Same. 2d year, 1831-2 nos. 3d year, 1832–4 nos. 4 th year, 1833 –
4 nos.Pure Materia Medica. 3 vols. Leipsic. Brockhaus. 1828-31.
Systematic Effects of the Pure Effects of Medicine for the Practical
Use of Homoeopathic Physicians. Leipsic. Baumgartner. 1825-25. 6 vols.Systematic Presentation of the Antipsoric Remedies in their Pure
Effects. 3 vols.Also under the title : Systematic Presentation of the Pure Effects of
Medicines, for the practical use of Homoeopathic Physicians. Dresden.
Arnold. 1829-30. 7-9 vols.Principles of the New Healing Method Agreeing with Nature, called
Homoeopathy. Leipsic, Kuenzel. 1834.Catechism of Homeopathy, Leipsic, Baumgartner. 3 d edition, 1829. 4 th
edition, 1834.
This biography is extracted from the book of Doctor Thomas Lindsley
Bradford (1847 – 1918) : ” The Pioneers of Homeopathy” 678 pages,
Boericke Tafel (Philadelphia, 1897).Pages 52 to 54.
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