History and Evolution of Organon of Medicine

With thisbook the author has made an attempt to know the background in which Organon waspublished. The reaction of the society and medical world to the publication ofthe First Edition of Organon is very important and it’s also very important toknow the changes in the different editions, to understand the evolutionaryprocess, the omissions and improvements in them. In this book, an in-depthstudy of all the editions of Organon of Medicine has been made to learn aboutthe history and evolution that it has undergone. A thorough study has been madeof each aphorism, its content and the changes it went through in different editionsand its relation to content as well as its placements. Thus, this book is astudying process that has continued through many years.What thebook lays down--Differentaspects of Hahnemann’s character has been recognized and studied to evaluatehow these may have affected him as the author of Organon of Medicine. -A study indetail of the chronology of the translations done by Hahnemann has also beendone. Information has been collected about the originals translated byHahnemann. -His varioustranslation works has been studied with the purpose to know the thoughtprocesses which evolved with the passage of time and ultimately foundexpression in Organon.-An attempthas been made to make an analytical study of the different works of Hahnemannfrom 1790 A.D. (the year of Cinchona bark incidence) up to 1810 A.D. (year ofpublication of First Edition of Organon of Medicine). Special emphasis has beengiven to know about those works which have played some role in the Evolution ofOrganon of Medicine.-A study hasalso been made of the time before Organon was published along with itsbackground study.-a repeatedstudy has been made of each aphorism and then a study has been made of the bookOrganon of Medicine’s content and the changes it went through in differenteditions and its relation to its content as well as its placements.An excellentbook to give a try for in depth knowledge of the past of Organon and itsjourney.