Vis naturae medicatrix Villers et Hahnemann

The letters sent by Samuel Hahnemann to Villers not only highlight the homeopathic practice in 1811, they also reveal how deep the latter’s knowledge is concerning medical sciences; and more widely tell us about its philosophical conception of nature, which he shared with Brandis, another friend and correspondent of his. The theory of animal magnetism, that Villers explained in The Loving Magnetizer, establishes the theoretical frame from which he conceives the curative power of nature.