Med Ges Gesch. 2001 ; 20(): 221-30.

[Hahnemann's use of 'Fragmenta de viribus medicamentorum' in his early medical practice: analysis based on a patient file]

Wettemann M.

Published in two volumes in 1805, Hahnemann's Latin work Fragmenta de viribus medicamentorum is the first materia medica in the history of homoeopathy. This article examines Hahnemann's use of his own published works in his early medical practice, by focusing on a single patient file from the medical casebooks.