George Heinrich Gottleib Jahr 1800-1875

http://www.homeoint.org/seror/biograph/jahr.htm

He was one of the contributors to the Hahnemann Jubilee of 1829, at which date he was practicing at Neuwied in Prussia. His name appears on the Zeitung and Quin lists.

The British Journal of October, 1875, says that Jahr was born at Neudietendorf, a small town in Saxony, in the year 1800.

His youthful studies were made in a Moravian college, where he so distinguished himself that when his education was complete he was offered a professorship in the college, which he accepted. This was in 1825.

How he became acquainted with Hahnemann about that time is not known to us, but it is certain that he was employed by the master to assist him in arranging his pathogeneses.

Hahnemann judged that Jahr's utility would be much increased if he had a medical education, so he sent him to the University of Bonn, where Jahr completed his medical studies and took his degree.

During all the period of his studies he kept up a lively correspondence with Hahnemann and helped in the work of the Materia Medica. When he quitted Bonn he went to Liege to practice, but when Hahnemann left Coethen for Paris his faithful disciple and useful assistant followed the master to Paris, where he continued until on the outbreak of the late war of 1870 he was forced to quit Paris and the practice he had acquired there after upwards of thirty years' residence.

He went to Belgium, going first to Liege, then to Ghent, and finally to Brussels, where he endeavored to obtain a practice, and delivered a course of lectures at the homoeopathic dispensary.

But not having a Belgian diploma, he was prohibited from practicing in Belgium. It is thought that this prohibition - which, in fact, deprived him of his livelihood - weighed so much on his spirits that it hastened his death, the immediate apparent cause of which was two large carbuncles.

His colleagues in Belgium entered on a subscription to make up for his loss of professional income ; but though this relieved his pressing necessities, it was unable to avert the fatal issue of his malady.

The works of Jahr are almost too well known to require enumeration. His chief work, " The Symptomen Codex" and its abridgments, which have been translated into every European language, will cause him to be gratefully remembered by all practitioners of Homoeopathy,

Some of his outer writings are also of considerable value, as his treatises on cholera, on cutaneous maladies, on venereal affections, on diseases of digestion, his "Pharmacopoeia", and his "Forty Years' Practice."

Puhlmann says that : In 1835 we meet with Dr. George Heinrich Gottlieb Jahr, born January 30 th, 1800, died July 11 th, 1875, whose name has become very familiar, and who, among others, has enriched the homoeopathic literature with voluminous contributions which have been translated utter different languages.

His first work was the " Manual of the Chief Indications for the Use of all known Homoeopathic Remedies in their General and Special Effect, according to Clinical Experience, with a systematic and Alphabetic Repertory."

On account of its completeness it soon superseded other similar works and was republished in four editions, and, being much used by the German Homoeopathists, a revised edition is now needed.

In 1849 he published a " Complete Symptomen Codex of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica," and he has also published several smaller works for daily use, ''Clinical Advice" "Clinical Guide," etc., which have been frequently republished.

Jahr deviated very reluctantly from Hahnemann's dogmas ; he tried to revive those which modern science and the progressive Homoeopathists had long ago abandoned, and endeavored to make than correspond with the newer views, or even ignored the latter.

He contributed largely to a certain homoeopathic conservatism in Germany, which might not mislead a practical homoeopathist but run frequently hinder one who is unacquainted with Homoeopathy.

In the New England Medical Gazette for Sept., 1875, appeared the following :

We commend to the younger members of the profession the earnest perusal of tire following biographical sketch sent us by Messieurs Catellan of Paris.

It is a fervid, but by no means exaggerated tribute to a than whose love of learning, whose patient and unselfish devotion to science, whose exalted sense of professional honor, and simple rectitude stand in marked relief from the sordid, grasping spirit, and the wretched indifference to the true interests of our cause, which govern the lives and characterize the labors of by far too large a proportion of Homoeopathists throughout our section of the country.[Editors Gazette.]

On the 9th of July last, a letter dated at Brussels, informed us that Jahr was seriously ill.

Two days later a telegram announced his death. This news has produced in Paris a profound emotion, which re-echoes mournfully from every quarter of the globe, as there is no country where the doctrines of Hahnemann do not count numerous followers, and whither the writings of our friend have not penetrated and rendered service.

After the name of Hahnemann, that of Jahr is indisputably the most widely known, the most popular, and the most intimately associated with the development and diffusion of Homoeopathy.

Dr. Jahr was a scholar in the widest acceptation of the term there is scarcely a branch of knowledge with which he was not familiar.

He found relaxation from his medical researches in notable labors in physics, chemistry, mathematical sciences, philosophy, astronomy, etc. ; his erudition was truly immense, and if he was not appreciated at his full value, - if in some quarters the free acknowledgment of his superiority has been partially withheld, - the reason must be looked for in his simplicity of manner, and his modesty, qualities as precious as they are rare, but which become faults when carried to extremes, as they obscure the merit, and render unavailing the example of wisdom and virtue.

Under an exterior full of kindliness and ease he concealed the rarest qualities ; and those who have not met him in private, and on an intimate footing, will doubt to what degree this uncommon character was possessed of profound knowledge. intellect, rectitude, and self-denial.

It is right, indeed, it is essential, that all, especially the adherents of Homoeopathy, should be made fully acquainted with the merits of this courageous pioneer, this gifted man and distinguished scholar ; and we deem ourselves fortunate to have been chosen to perform this duty, in the name of the Société Médicale Homoeopathique de France, and we herewith express our thanks to the president for having imposed on us a task, which the consciousness of our insufficiency at first prompted us to decline, and for having considered that to narrate the history of this life of labor and of honor the heart might take the place of the head.

Dr. Jahr was born in Neu Dietendorf (Saxe-Gotha), in January, 1800.

He completed his classical education in the institutions of the Moravian Brethren, especially at Niesky, in Silesia, and his success was so brilliant that he passed without a period of transition from the benches of the students to the chair of the professor.

Having suffered from a serious illness during the years of his professorship, he had recourse to Dr. Aegidi, the distinguished Homoeopathist of Dusseldorf, who restored him with unlooked for promptness, and this caused trial to share the enthusiasm for the doctrines of Hahnemann.


Dr. Karl Julius Aegidi (1795-1874)

At Dr. Aegidi's instance he renounced the profession of teacher, and entered the University of Bonn for the purpose of studying medicine.

Having graduated with honors, he presented himself, under the auspices of Dr. Aegidi, to Hahnemann, whom he assisted in compiling the work on "Chronic Diseases."

After having been for several years private physician to the Princess Frederic of Prussia, he travelled to the south of France with the family of a British nobleman, and lived successively at Pau, Marseille, and Lyon.

(Note du Dr Séror : Pau se trouve à 30 kilomètres d’ Oloron Sainte-Marie, où mon Maître, le docteur Robert Dufilho et moi-même, avons longuement pratiqué l’ Art et la Science de l’homéopathie)

But for some time Paris had held within its walls the great reformer himself.

Hahnemann had come to demand from the great city, a refuge from persecution, and, perhaps, the recognition of his genius.

It was in Paris, therefore, by the side of him whose most faithful and beloved disciple he was, that Jahr cast his lot, and here he set himself to work with all his courage and perseverance, consecrating his best efforts to the labor of teaching and propagating the new doctrines upon which his faith was fixed.

His works were numerous and, like those of Hahnemann, appeared quite out of proportion to human strength.

In order to complete them he had need of a grand moral energy, profound convictions and talents, which must be considered altogether exceptional.

We are bound in duty to demand for them the attention and respect of all. He published in the French language :

1834. - "Manuel de Médecine Homoeopathique." 4 volumes. This manual passed through eight editions, from 1834 to 1871.

1839. - "Notions élémentaires d’Homoeopathie." Three further editions followed in 1844,1855 and 1861.

1841, -" Nouvelle Pharmacopée Homoeopathique. 1 volume. Followed by two further editions in 1855 and 1862, in the preparation of which we rendered assistance. A fourth edition has been in preparation for some time.

1842-45.-" Annales de la Médecine Homoeopathique. " Recueil mensuel avec la collaboration du Dr Léon Simon Père, et du Dr. Crosério. Recueil Mensuel avec la collaboration du Docteur Léon Simon, père et du Dr. Croserio."


Docteur Léon Simon père (1798-1867)

1848 ^– "Du Traitement Homoeopathique du Choléra." Pamphlet.

1850. Traitement Homoeopathique des Maladies de la Peau." 600pp.

1854. Du traitement Homoeopathique des Affections Nerveuses et Mentales. 660 pages.

1856. - "Traitement Homoeopathique des Maladies des Femmes." 496pp.

1857. Principes règles et qui doivent guider dans la Pratique de l’ Homoeopathie ". 528 pages.

1858. - "Agenda Mé^dical Homoeopathique."

1859. - "Du Traitement H^omoeopathique des Maladies des Organes de Digestion." 520 pages.

1861 - 65. - Bulletin de l' Art de Guérir, Journal Mensuel.

1871. - Eight edition of the " Manuel de Médecine Homoeopathique." Printed at Brussels.

1875. - " Guide Pratique à l’usage des Commençants en Homoeopathie. Résumé de mes Quarante Années de Pratique, d’ Observation, et d' Etude."

Several of these works, especially the manual, were translated into German, English and Spanish.

Among the works he published in German we mention : -

1837. – Der Geist and die Ratio der Homöopathischen Heilmethode."

1843. - "Symptomen Codex," 3 large volumes of which the French manual in four octavo volumes was merely an abridgment.

1851-53. - "Anleitung in der Wahl der Homöopathischen Heilmittel." This work passed through a large number of editions.

1854. - ^"Klinische Anweisungen zur Homöopathischen Behandlung der Krankheiten."

1855 -" Homöopathische Behandlung der Geister Krankheiten"

1857. - "Grundsätze der Hom. Heilmethode."

1867. - "Die Venerischen Krankheiten." Translated into English. French. Spanish and Italian.

1869. - "Practische Anweisung fär Anfanger in der Homöopathie Summarischer Einer Vierzig jährigen Praxis, Beobachtung und Studien."

1870. - "Rationnelle der Hygiene."

Such is a brief review, with many gaps of the homoeopathic publications (*Besides his homoeopathic works, Jahr published in German a large number of works and memoirs, which attest the wide range of his erudition. We recall only the following : "Abstract of German Grammar and Literature." 1828 ;" Poems Sacred and profanes ", Translation from the Hebrew, in German Verse, of the Psalms of David and the Book of Job", 1865 ; "Force and Matter, etc.) of this indefatigable pioneer.

Every one of these works have rendered, and are still rendering daily the most precious service ; but the most important of them, is, unquestionably, the manual in four volumes, a vast compendium, which has now become classical, and which is indispensable to the practitioner since the " Materia Medica Pura " of Hahnemann is out of print.

The eight editions of this manual - each being unusually heavy - give unmistakable evidence of its value and utility.

Jahr inspired all about him with unfeigned admiration by the superiority of his intelligence and by the remarkable productions of his genius ; but this admiration was not without alloy, as he too persistently deserted the domestic circle, of which he was the venerated chief for his solitary study.

His worship of books conflicted seriously with the privileges of the fireside. "How many times," writes the distinguished lady who was his wife, "on learning that a work had been finished and seat to the printer, have I pronounced the words "at last " with a sigh of relief ?

At last, a little repose. I have said, a little life in common with family and friends - some readings, a little relaxation.

But, alas ! I always found myself indulging au illusion a vain hope ; the next day a new work – a new memoir – took its place upon his writing table, and absorbed all his time.

Work was for our friend an imperious necessity, - a real passion - which nothing could overcome.

His mind, endowed with au incomparable activity, knew no repose, and a prodigious memory, assisted to a marvellous degree his ardent desire for knowledge.

Every day he added to his store, in order to sow the seeds for the advantage of the great medical truth proclaimed by Hahnemann.

Rest was for Jahr nothing more than change of occupation ; and one might truly say of him what Pliny said of the great Grecian painter: "Nulla dies sine linea."

Yet Jahr commanded esteem and sympathy mainly by the affability of his disposition, the originality of his mind, and the simple rectitude of his heart. He held the broadest views and the most elevated thoughts.

He never knew the weakness of vanity or the baseness of envy. Doomed to a retired and humbled life, notwithstanding the most arduous labors and extensive knowledge, he never allowed a harsh word to escape him towards those who pursued the same path with himself and whom fortune treated with great favor.

He held in pity those narrow presumptuous spirits who admit no merit but their own, who consider themselves deserving of all success, and who, when they find themselves disappointed in their desires, revenge themselves for the success of others, however legitimate this may be, by unjust attacks and unwarranted manoeuvres.

His ambition was limited by his necessities, and he knew, moreover, how to find entire satisfaction ⁱn the testimony of his conscience and in his consciousness of the services he was endeavoring to render to the good cause.

He entertained the highest respect for professional dignity, and anything approaching to boastfulness or claptrap filled him with indignant resentment. Like the late Dr. Dours, whose death we lately recorded, he insisted that all those who touch the new doctrine are called upon to keep the strictest watch over their actions and to beware of justifying, in any way, the accusations of quackery, which, in default of argument, are so readily launched against Homoeopathy and homoeopathists.

For thirty years he lived in a quiet, retired manner in Paris, until the breaking out of the Franco-German war, when, although not a Prussian, his friends advised his quitting Paris.


Duke of Anhalt- Koethen

A Frenchman at heart, he tore himself reluctantly from his adopted country and accepted at the hands of the Count de Pitteurs the most cordial hospitality at the castle of Zepperen, which must have recalled to him a similar kindness extended to the founder of Homoeopathy by the Duke of Anhalt- Koethen, fifty years before.

He remained there some months surrounded by the warmest regard and affection, but the war being prolonged beyond all reasonable expectation, he felt it necessary to take a decided course, and determined upon Brussels as his future residence.

During forty-five years he had tilled the soil of Homoeopathy with the most disinterested labor ; for forty-five years he had scattered the seeds into the furrows without demanding for himself any share in the harvest. His inclinations tended exclusively towards science and the particular doctrine of which he was one of the most ardent expounders.

As his means had always been limited, he was forced to resort once more to the practice of his profession, after having installed himself in his new home. He could confirm the proverb that forgetfulness of self is but one remove from improvidence.

Nevertheless it would be unjust to accuse science of ingratitude or inability to support her most fervent votary, and we must hasten to declare that our friend was the sole author of those mediocre circumstances he appeared to prefer.

His charity outstripped his means, and among his private papers have been found the indications of excessive generosity towards his co-religionists and compatriots. Death has discovered the noblest and most touching of his virtues.

He passed five years in Brussels, dividing his time between his books, his practice, and the lectures he delivered at the Dispensaire Hahnemann for the instruction of physicians and students who came to investigate Homoeopathy. But it was brought to the knowledge of the authorities that he did not possess the Belgian diploma required by law, and he was prohibited from practicing, a harsh measure which barred the way of his zeal and, what was worse for a man so far advanced in years, it broke up the habit which had become an indispensable necessity.

This proved a fatal stroke for our friend. His health already much depressed by the sufferings in France, became more and more uncertain ; his strength diminished rapidly, and soon after his reverse he ceased to walk out.

Two large, malignant carbuncles broke out at once, the sufferings from which he bore with stoical energy. Two days before his death, in the plentitude of his intellectual faculties, he was seen to attempt with trembling hands further work upon the writings he has left unfinished and which will remain to us as the last witnesses of his almost superhuman activity, and as the supreme efforts of his powerful mind.

We would not be interpreting faithfully the sentiments of his widow if we neglected to tell with what assiduity his Belgian confreres, Hammelrath, Jules Gaudy, Martigny, and several others hastened to him at the first signal ; with what touching devotion Dr. Hammelrath gave him his untiring care by day and night ; a devotion all the more meritorious as it was not without danger.

But the efforts of science and the solicitude of friendship were to be unavailing. The disease was without a remedy, the decree of death irrevocable, and, on the 11 th of July, Jahr ended his long and useful life, after having edified those who wept about his bed by his firmness and resignation.

Jahr was doctor in medicine, philosophy, and divinity ; for many years he was a member of the Société Médicale Homoeopathique de France ; his name figured among the honorary presidents of the medical committee of the Hôpital Hahnemann ; the homoeopathic societies of all countries have inscribed his name upon the lists of their corresponding members or foreign associates, and, finally, the Government of Spain has bestowed upon him the distinction of Knight of the Order of Charles III.

Homoeopathy will long continue to feel the blow it has now met, as the void left by a man of his calibre is not easily filled. Like the old Roman poet, Jahr could justly say, in casting his last glances upon his works, "non omnis moriar."

Let us determine that the noble example which has been left us by the honest man, by the scholar, by the apostle, shall not be lost for the great cause to which he had consecrated his life.

For us who were his assistants in a small portion of his work, and whom he honored, during thirty-nine years, with his confidence and constant friendship, we shall deem ourselves fortunate if these few pages written in profound sorrow may be considered not unworthy of him, and if they can in any way contribute to inspire reverence for his name, and to perpetuate his memory.

Catellan Frères, Pharmaciens Homoeopathes à Paris,
Membres de la Société Homoeopathique de France.

 

The Homoeopathic Timescontains the following :

One of the most celebrated homoeopathic physicians, one of those whose writings have powerfully aided in propagating our doctrine in every country in the world, Dr. Jahr, has just died at Brussels, at the age of 75 years.

From the remarks of M. Moreau, M. Hammelrath, and M. Seutin, as delivered at the grave, and published in the August number of the Revue Homoeopathique, we obtain the following sketch of the life and labors of the deceased :

Jean Gottlieb Jahr was born the 30 th of January, 1800, at Neudetendorf, a little village in Saxony.

His first studies were made at the Institute of the Moravian Brethren, where his intelligence and his aptitude were so remarkable that ma leaving the college he was offered the chair of professor, which he accepted. This was in 1825 .

This date was a notable one in his life, because it was then that he encountered him whose influence determined his vocation, and whose co-worker and friend he was to become.

Hahnemann was at this time in all the ardor of his work upon '' Materia Medica." His studies of pathogeneses occupied him entirely, and with characteristic shrewdness he quickly discovered in Jahr the spirit of investigation and of method which he was later to put to use.

Now the young professor was a complete stranger to all medical studies, but Hahnemann convincing him of the end to which his studies ought to tend, the object he ought to strive for, induced him to study medicine at the University of Bonn.

During his medical studies Homoeopathy was not neglected, and the student of Bonn kept up a correspondence with the doctor at Coethen.

Having returned to Coethen with the title of doctor, after an examination brilliantly sustained, he devoted himself exclusively to the study of Materia Medica and therapeutics, which was to be the object of his life long labors.


Maison d ’Hahnemann à Coethen (Hahnemann’s house at Köthen)

He attached himself to the founder of Homoeopathy for several years ; took an active part in the proving of several drugs, and contributed powerfully in building up the work of Hahnemann, which is and will always remain the monument of our doctrine.

This is an epoch in his life which Jahr loved to recall, knowing well that it was to these studies with the Master that he owed his profound knowledge of the symptoms of drugs and that talent of individualization which he cultivated to such an extent.

After three years passed in the studies of pure science he came to Liège, and aided by Dr. Malaise, he devoted himself for some time to the practice of medicine. But Jahr's talent demanded a larger sphere ; Paris tempted him, where perhaps he was attracted by the idea of rejoining his Master, then at the height of his glory.

He went then to Paris, and for thirty-five years, by his practice and his pen, he held high and firm the flag of Homoeopathy.

Although a great favorite among his patients, he found time to write a colossal work. His great "Manual of Homoeopathic Medicine" is, in truth, a work so considerable, that it is necessary to have a complete initiation in Homoeopathy before reading it.

Then to facilitate those commencing the study of this science, of which he had had the courage to unravel the chaos, Jahr did not delay in publishing a résumé of this book, and it is this work which has become the vade-mecumof every practitioner.

The eight successive editions which this treatise has had, sufficiently demonstrates its value. After these works, which were enough to make a man famous, it would seem as though Jahr ought to have been satisfied with himself, and aspired to repose.

But his mind of devouring activity must have appropriate food, therefore we see him commence the deep study of almost all diseases and their treatment ; and only to cite his principal books we have :

"The Homoeopathique Treatment of Cholera ;"

"Treatment of Affections of the Skin and Exterior Lesions ;"

"Homoeopathic Treatment of Nervous Affections and Mental Diseases ;" that of

"Diseases of Women ;"

"Treatment of Diseases of the Digestive Organs ;"

that of the

"Venereal Diseases,"

and

"The Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia."

These are the various practical treatises which the persevering work of labor has left us. For the use of young physicians he has published the principles and rules which ought to guide them in the practice of Homoeopathy.

More lately addressing himself to all classes as he himself says, to all men of good faith who wish to be convinced by essays of the truth of this doctrine, he published elementary ideas with the most important effects of ten principal remedies.

Besides that he is the author of several treatises which he proposed to translate into French.

Finally for two years a journal very highly thought of Le Bulletin de l’Art de Guêrir. These various works placed him high in the scientific world ; his renown extended everywhere ; besides the various scientific titles which had been bestowed upon him, he received the decoration of the order of Charles III, of Spain.

Having become a resident of Belgium in 1870, he went to Liège, to Ghent, to Brussels, and there always on the alert for the defence of his principles, and without any other desire than the triumph of his doctrine, by his lectures, and by the cures he performed, he caused the truth to shine.

For almost five years his zeal and devotion never ceased for an instant, and the most cruel sufferings could scarcely force him to rest.

During this time he has attended every day at the Hahnemann Dispensary in Brussels, always ready to aid with his advice ; every Wednesday he gave a clinical course from which many former opponents of our system obtained their first notion of Hahnemannian therapeutics.

Jahr had no diploma in Belgium. His writings and his great scientific attainments ought to have taken the place of a diploma. It was not so, however ; the government forbade him to consultations, thus cutting off all his resources.

This was the finishing stroke to the already declining health of Prof. Jahr.

From this time his friends saw him fail in a very alarming manner : his pupils remarked it ; the Society of the Hahnemann Dispensary assembled en masseand decided to make an appeal to the Belgian homoeopathic physicians to establish a pension in his behalf.

The greater part immediately responded in contributing to the subscription, the amount of which would have placed the professor in easy circumstances.

Alas! he was not to profit by the good will of his pupils ; he soon succumbed and his system became much reduced, and two large carbuncles made their appearance at the same time.

Nothing could arrest their destroying march, and Jahr died the 11 th of July, at 11 o'clock in the evening, retaining until the last moment all his faculties, and giving to his attendants indications for the choice of remedies to promote his cure.

Thus ended the life of this most illustrious physician ; the services he has rendered Homoeopathy will cause his name to be placed beside the most illustrious.

 

The Zeitungaccount is as follows :

One of the most celebrated of Homoeopathic physicians, one of those whose writings powerfully contributed to spread our doctrine in all countries of this earth, Dr. Jahr, has just died in Brussels at the age of 75 years.

His works are known to all Homoeopathic physicians. It would be unnecessary here to enumerate all the works by name, which make him worthy of the grateful remembrance at the adherents to our doctrine.

We leave it to others to describe his general usefulness, but we esteem it our duty to enumerate at the services done by him to the Belgian physicians in particular.

Jahr lived in Belgium from 1870 till his death. During ten years he daily visited the policlinique, ever ready to assist us with his advice ; every Wednesday he gave clinical lectures to several of our colleagues, and thus gave to them, their first knowledge of the Hahnemannian therapy.

Before he came to Brussels he had long lived in Paris, but being deeply occupied with his scientific labors, he had had only a limited practice.

The war between Germany and France compelled him to leave Paris, and he came to us without any connections ; he was most heartily received by all Belgian Homoeopaths, who very often consulted him in very severe cases ; he was also frequently called to consultations, the income from which satisfied his few wants.

Jahr had no diploma which would be received in Belgium. His writings and their great scientific value ought to have supplied the place of a diploma. But this was not acknowledged. The authorities forbade him to continue his consultations, and thus out off all his income.

This was the death-blow to Jahr whose health had before been much affected ; from this moment we saw him failing to an alarming degree ; his pupils were confounded ; the society of the "Dispensaire Hahnemann" called an emergency meeting and determined to appeal to all the Homoeopathic physicians of Belgium, in order to secure to him a yearly salary.

The greater number at once consented by signing the subscription paper, the amount of which would have freed our colleague from all financial anxieties.

But it was decreed that he should not draw any benefit from the gratitude of his pupils ; he was soon confined to his bed and lapsed into a state of weakness ; at the same time there appeared two gangrenous carbuncles.

Nothing could stem their progress and Jahr succumbed on the 11 th of July, at 11 P.M., still retaining his intelligence unimpaired to the last moment, advising us as to the choice of remedies, which as he thought would restore his health.

His last words were thanks for the care with which he had been tended, especially to one of his pupils, Dr. Hammelrath, who nursed him till his death with rare devotion.

His funeral was celebrated in the Evangelical church, to which he belonged in Belgium ; the attendance was^, not numerous - Jahr was too little known in Belgium - but the audience was a select one ; all the homoeopathic doctors, pharmacists and veterinary surgeons of Brussels and a large number of colleagues from the province, showed hists the last honor.

The Drs. Moreau, Hammelrath and Pharmaceutist Leutin delivered affecting addresses at his grave, thus showing honor to his memory.

We give a verbatim report of the address of Dr. Moreau :

Death has no pity. It rages irresistibly in our ranks, and it would seem that merit and scientific attainments are the shining marks by which death recognizes its victims.

The loss we suffer to-day is irreparable ; Prof. Jahr is no more. May it be granted me, in the face of his mortal remains, to show him the last and highest honor.

Johann Gottlieb Jahr was born January 30, 1800, in Neudietendorf, a small town of Thuringia. He received his first instruction in the institute of Mr. Heiter in that place. His capacity and ability so distinguished hists there that he was offered a professorship.

He accepted it in 1825. This date is of importance for his life, because in this year he learned to know the man whose influence determined his vocation, and whose collaborator and friend he was destined to become.

Hahnemann was at that time zealously occupied with the elaboration of his "Materia Medica Pura."

He was altogether occupied with his studies concerning the pathogeneses, and with his genius for discovery by which he was distinguished he must soon have recognized in Jahr the genius for investigation and the Method, which later on should prove of use to him.

But the young professor was a total stranger to the study of medicine, therefore Hahnemann sent him to the university in Bonn to study medicine, pointing out to him the goal to which he should direct his studies and the point of view which he must seize upon.

During the whole time of his study Jahr in no way neglected Homoeopathy, and the student in Bonn had repeated correspondence and conversations with the doctor in Coethen.

Having returned to Coethen with a doctor's diploma, and having honorably passed his strict examinations, he devoted himself exclusively to the study of the " Materia Medica Pura" and therapy, which were destined to become the object of his lifelong study.

He associated for several years with the founder of Homoeopathy, took a lively part in the proving of several medicines and powerfully contributed to the completion of the building up of the work of Hahnemann, which will evermore remain the foundation of our doctrine.

Jahr with predilection recalled this period, because he well knew that to these studies with his master he owed his thorough knowledge of medicinal effects and his talent for individualizing cases.

After having occupied himself for three years with pure science, he came to Liège, where he, supported by Dr. Malaise, devoted himself for some time to medical practice. But the talents of Jahr required a larger sphere.

Paris attracted him, or perhaps he was drawn thither but the desire of meeting there his teacher, who then was at the zenith of his fame.

So he went to Paris and for thirty-five years he there firmly and loftily upheld the banner of Homoeopathy, as well by his practice as by his lien.

Though highly favored by the public, he yet found the time to compass an astonishing colossal work.

His large " Manual of Homoeopathic Practice" (Codex of Symptoms) is a work of such calibre that it even presupposes a pretty thorough acquaintance with Homoeopathy to peruse it understandingly.

To facilitate the study of this science even for beginners, Jahr also published a summary of this work after having himself mastered the chaos of this science ; and this summary has become the vade-mecum of every practitioner.

The eight editions through which it has passed show its value. (Clinical Directions for the Homoeopathic Treatment of Patients.)

After these works, which would suffice to render a man famous, one might suppose that Jahr might have been content and have settled down to rest. But his spirit, his consuming activity needed nourishment, so we see him investigating nearly all diseases and their treatment.

To cite only the titles of his works, he has written on :

The Homoeopathic treatment of cholera ;

The treatment of cutaneous diseases and of external wounds ;

The Homoeopathic treatment of diseases of the nerves and of the mind ;

Treatment of the disease of women ;

Treatise on the diseases of the digestive organs ;

lastly,

The veneral diseases and the Homoeopathic pharmacopoeia.

These are the various practical treatises which the bee-like industry of Jahr has bequeathed to us. For the use of younger physicians he also published the principles and rules which must be followed in Homoeopathic practice. Later on, turning to the laymen, he left elementary directions as to the most important medicinal effects for all well-disposed people who desire to convince themselves of the truth of the doctrine through experiments.

Besides this, he wrote several treatises which he intended also to translate into French. He also for two years published a very valuable journal, Le Bulletin de l' Art de Guêrir.

His various works gave him a name in the learned world ; his fame spread into all the regions of the world. Besides the various honorary titles granted him by various scientific societies, he also received the order of Charles III of Spain.

"Since 1870 he has been the finest of Belgium ; he visited Liège, Ghent and Brussels. Here he showed himself ever ready to defend his principles, and without any other end but the triumph of his doctrine he endeavored to secure the triumph of truth by the word of his mouth and through the cures which he effected.

For the last five years his real devotion flagged not a minute, and only severe sufferings could force him to take a temporary rest. When death surprised him, he had met the finishing touches to his work of ' Therapy ' which, as I hope, will not be lost to us.

"A last word. At this time when our doctrine is everywhere being established, while hospitals are being founded and are thriving, let us not forget him, who in his writings and lectures ever labored for the realizing of this idea.

As a modest laborer, he cleared the way and has made it possible for others to follow it successfully. This is the time to mention this fact, and it would be unjust to deny him this recognition.

" What may I still add concerning his character which you have not known as well as I have ? Viewing his long life, full of labor, his devotion of every leisure moment, does it not prove the motto of Seneca : Non bonum est vivere sed bene vivere?

In short, he has lived a noble life. He has passed over into the other life like his teacher, leaving behind him the shining track of his talent and the example of a life full of labor and self denial.

"Farewell, dear master, you leave us, but you will not he forgotten. A man will not die altogether, if like you, on reviewing his past life, he can exclaim, Haec mea sunt ornamenta, these are my jewels, these are my works, immortal and imperishable works, because they are founded on science and on truth,

T. K.

From the Populaire Zeitschrift : On the 11th of July of this year inexorable death ended the life of a man whose name is closely involved in the history and development of Homoeopathy - i. e., the author and homoeopathic physician, Dr. G- H. G. Jahr.

Sprung from a Moravian family in Neudiettendorf, where he was born on the 30 th of January, 1800, he learned shoemaking, Later on he attended the Gymnasium at Niesky, in Silesia, and between 1820 and 1830 he became a teacher in a school at Dusseldorf.

Through the homoeopathic pharmacist, Thraen, in Neudiettendorf, he had early become acquainted with Homoeopathy and had devoted many a leisure hour to the study of the works that had up to that time appeared concerning this subject.

He therefore soon made friends with Dr. Aegidi, who had been appointed in Dusseldorf as physician-in-ordinary to the Princess Frederick of Prussia. His intercourse with this distinguished physician awakened in him the desire of changing his vocation.

Jahr was without means ; he determined, therefore, to accumulate some money for this purpose. His practical eye had noticed for some time already that there was no good directory in the labyrinth of homoeopathic materia medica. He had on this account, some time before this, compiled with much labor a repertory in the form of excerpts from Hahnemann's " Materia Medica," and from the " Chronic Diseases," and he hoped that he might be enabled to put to use this epitome.

Contrary to his expectations, he could not find any publisher for this work, for von Boenninghausen, Rueckert, Schweikert and others had already published similar works, and it was only when several homoeopathic physicians applied to the Master, Hahnemann, and he had approved of the arrangement and execution of the work, that J. C. Shaub, a publisher in Dusseldorf, who had become acquainted with theability for literary work shown by this author, through a philological work from his hand which had appeared in the year 1828, determined to publish the book.

It appeared in the year 1835, with the title :

"Handbuch der Hauptanzeigen fuer die richtige Wahl der homoeopatischen Heilmittel oder Saemmtliche zur Zeit nähergekaunte homöopatische Arzueien a ihren Haupt and Eigenwirkkengen nach den bisherigen Erfahrungen arn Krankenbette und nict einem systematisch-alphabetischen Repertoir verschen von G. H. Jahr."

"Manual of the Chief Indications for the Correct Choice of Homoeopathic Remedies, or Summary of the Homoeopathic remedies ".

That Are Generally Known at the Present Time, with their Chief and Peculiar Effects, According to Clinical Experiences Up to This Time, and Supplied with a Systematic Alphabetical Repertory, by G. H. G. Jahr").

This work contained all the 143 remedies proved up to that time, on 476 pages, each remedy being succinctly and briefly, but at the same time very accurately characterized.

The work was generally approved, for it filled a want, because von Boenninghausen, in his work, which is compiled in a very similar manner, had only treated of the antipsoric remedies, while Jahr had included all.

The work was soon translated into English and French, and Jahr thereby acquired the means for prosecuting his studies at the University of Bonn. But he did not stay there very long -- at least not the full period of three years required, for the Princess Frederick called hint to Dusseldorf because Dr. Aegidi had temporarily resigned his position.

Disputes with the medical authorities because he had also treated other persons than those belonging to the retinue of the princess, as also differences respecting scientific points, arising between him and Dr. Aegidi - who in the meantime had returned to Dusseldorf - caused him to definitely resign his position and accompany a rich Englishman as his attendant physician to the south of France, and since Samuel Hahnemann had in the meantime emigrated to Paris, he determined to make this city his abode for the future ; for he had also come into closer relations with the Master, owing to Ids assistance in the publication of the " Chronic Diseases."

As Hahnemann, through the intervention of Minister Guizot, had been spared the trouble of undergoing a second medical examination before being allowed to practice, owing to the fact that he was an approved medical author, a similar exception was made in favor of Jahr.

He lived there till 1870, rind in this space of thirty years he was the author of numerous works, which were translated into almost all the cultured languages.

Jahr was gifted with an extraordinary industry and spared no pains to produce a permanently perfect work, rising his first work as a foundation.

His second work is known as "the middle Jahr." His detailed"Codex of Symptoms of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica" (price, 42 marks .bound) is called "the great Jahr;" his "Clinical Directions" (price, 5 marks) "the little Jahr."

Besides this, he composed a "Manual for Homoeopathic Practice" (price, bound, 1 1/2 marks).

Of his other larger works we will only enumerate "The Teachings and Principles of the Entire Theoretical and Practical Homoeopathic Therapeutics" (price, bound, 8 marks) ; the "General and Special Therapeutics of Mental Diseases" (price, bound, 8.50 marks) ; the "Venereal Diseases" (price, bound, 6.80 marks) ; "The Rational Hygiene for Everybody" (price, bound, 5.25 marks).

Exclusively in the French language there appeared a "Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia," elaborated by him in common with the brothers Catellan. In addition, during the years 1842-1845, he in common with Dr. Simon, edited a journal, Annales de la Médecine Homoeopathique, and from 1861-1865 a Bulletin de l’ Art de Guêrir.

Jahr is a master of the subjects he treats of, and this in every direction ; he shows an immense amount of reading, but is unwilling to depart from Hahnemann's teachings, so that he must be regarded as one of the most genuine and faithful disciples of the Master.

In the dynamization of medicines he recognizes the salvation of Homoeopathy and is therefore in diametrical opposition to the school of Mueller, Kafka and Hirschel, whose chief exponent, Hirschel, considers it a misapprehension to ascribe to the small doses the very essence of Homoeopathy.

Jahr, in his earlier years, repeatedly took up the pen against the representatives of the specific tendency, especially against the memorable Griesselich, through whom Homoeopathy was so much advanced scientifically, but who in his skepticism regarded everything coming from Hahnemann with suspicion.

Dr. P. W. Ludwig Griesselich (1804-1848)

He also spoke warmly against his former friend, Aegidi, for the same reason, and remarked :

God forbid that the number of such Homoeopaths should increase ; we consider it our duty to protest against them more than against Allopathy. But he only did this because he honored Hahnemann exceedingly. But Jahr was also active in other directions. In the year 1850 there appeared from his hand a volume of poems, chiefly of a religious nature, and in 1865 a poetical translation of the Psalms of David and of the Book of Job.

In the year 1870 he, in common with all Germans, was expelled from France, and when 70 years old he had to leave his second fatherland, after having for years labored in a disinterested manner in a public hospital in Paris.

He turned to Brussels, where he found a most friendly reception oil the part of the Homoeopathic physicians there.

But like an aged tree which sickens when its roots are torn out of the earth and when it is transplanted inter a strange soil, so the old man pined away in a foreign land.

A severe blow to him was, the prohibition from practicing, owing to his not possessing a Belgian diploma.

There is something of longing in his poetic greeting to his native land which he had left so long ago, in the poem entitled ''To Germany. A festive gift in honor of the foundation of its new empire in the year 1871."

To his dying day he was occupied with literary work. He left a large work uncompleted.

Weak with age, he was seized with a carbuncle in the summer of 1875.

With stoical calm he bore the tortures caused by his disease, and retaining to the last his clear mental provers he expired on July 11 th at 11 P.M., in the arms of his friend, Dr. Hammelrath, who, with little intermission, had watched at his sick-bed, only occasionally relieved by Dr. Gaudy and Dr. Martigny. May the ground rest lightly upon his ashes !

A grateful memory is assured to him in the hearts of all Homoeopaths.

In various quarters it has caused some surprise that a man of the distinction of Dr. Jahr should have been forbidden to practice by the Belgian Government, while he was able to show a fruitful practical activity for 30 years ; and some have been inclined to ascribe this prohibition to a certain opposition to Homoeopathy on the part of this government.

But this is not the case. The Belgian laws in this matter exactly agree with the German laws : Every foreign physician is required to again undergo in examination, and since Jahr had never undergone such an examination either in Germany or in France he was not, properly speaking, an approved physician, though not by any means a layman.

These same facts had caused his attempt to practice in German Switzerland to fail.

The career of Jahr is in some respects similar to that of the royal Councilor Dr. v. Boenninghausen and of the Sanitary Councilor Dr. Lutze.

Baron C. M. F. von Boenninghausen (1785-1864)

The former received the privilege of practicing from the King of Prussia, owing to his success as author, and the latter, formerly a postal secretary, received the same from the Duke of Anhalt-Coethen on account of his practical successes.

Lutze acquired the title of medical doctor only later on from the university of Jena.

Twenty years ago this title was just as cheap in Jena and Gottingen as it is still at this day in Jersey and in Philadelphia.

But all three of these men have done much for Homoeopathy, but especially Jahr.

No rational man will, therefore, ask what Jahr had been before, but what he became and what he has accomplished !

(Hom. World., vol. 10, p. 469.

World's Con., vol. 2, p. 36.

Hahn. Monthly, Vol. 11, P. 182.

Am. Jour. Hom. Mat. Med, vol. 9, p. 114.

N. E. Med. Gaz., vol, 10, p. 427.

Hom. Times, vol. 3, p. 139.

O. Med. Surg. Rep., vol. 9. p. 301.

Brit. Jour. Hom., vol. 33, p. 756.

Anales de la Hom. Bogota., Aug., 1875.

All . Hom. Zeit., vol. 91, p. 71.

Revista Homoeopatica, Vol. 21, p.179.

El Crit. Medico, vol 16, pp. 355, 473 (biography.)

Bibl. Hom., vol. 7, pp. 255, 312.

Rapou, vol. 1, pp. 151, 401.

Revue Hom. Belge, Aug., 1875.

Pap. Zeit. Jour. Hom., vol. 6, p. 138.)