Hempel Ludwig U A (2 results)

1962; 140 Seiten + Kartenbeilage; illustrierter Karton-Einband. Spieker - Landeskundliche Beiträge und Berichte 12. Herausgegeben von der Geographischen Kommission für Westfalen; gut erhalten.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 200 pp. Original cloth. Slightly chipped at top & bottom of spine. Piece of cloth missing from upper edge of rear cover (see photo). Very Good. First Edition in English of Rau's Organon der specifischen Heilkunst (published in Leipzig in 1838). Despite what is stated on the title page, the book was published without Hempel's essay. A "Note to the Reader" (on p. 195) by Hempel states that the essay will be sent to subscribers of the Homoeopathic Examiner in a few weeks. Kirtsos Historical Library of Homoeopathic Mwedicine no. 1664. For a 19th century biography of Gottlieb Ludwig Rau, see Thomas Lindsley Bradford, Pioneers of Homoeopathy (1897), pp. 549-556. About the translator Charles Julius Hempel: "Hempel began to admire the new system of homeopathic medicine in early boyhood. This school, which treated disease by administering drugs that caused similar syndromes in the healthy, had become extensively practiced in Europe after success against cholera epidemics. The new school of medicine had a few practitioners in New York, among them John F. Gray, with whom Hempel became acquainted. With Gray he edited The Homoeopathic Examiner in 1843. Two years later he received an M.D. from the University of the City of New York. His thesis, Eclecticism in Medicine, was published in 1845 by William Radde, for whom Hempel was to work for many years as a translator and editor of European homeopathic literature. After graduating, Hempel began translating from German the major works of Samuel Hahnemann and other leading homeopaths. . . . From 1846 to 1870 Hempel translated twenty-five major works in addition to his busy practice, teaching, and writing of journal articles, books, and nonmedical works. His translations were often enriched with additions from other authors and from his own experience, earning him the title of the 'father of homeopathic literature' in America. . . (quoted from the article by Christopher D. Ellithorp, in American National Biography).…