Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen
Clemens von Bönninghausen | |
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Died | 26 January 1864 | (aged 78)
Scientific career | |
Fields | Homeopathy, botany, agriculture, law |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Boenn. |
Clemens Maria Franz (Friedrich) Freiherr (Baron) von Bönninghausen (Herinckhave near
He was decorated as Knight in the
Life
Von Bönninghausen was born on the estate Herinckhave near Fleringen in the province of Overijssel in the Netherlands as descendant of an old titled family. His father was Lodewijk Ernst von Bönninghausen, representative of the people from Overijssel, officer and chamberlain of the Prince-Bishop from Köln. His mother was Theresia von Weichs zur Wenne. He attended the Gymnasium Paulinum in Münster, studied law at the University of Groningen and graduated on Roman and old-Dutch law in 1806.
Von Bönninghausen held various positions, including auditor and privy council of the King, general secretary of the taxes, Royal Librarian, treasurer of the pensions and head of the Topographical Institutes. All in service of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, King of Holland, till his abdication in 1810. Von Bönninghausen was shocked by the forced departure of his extremely kind and benevolent master and he refused all further employment.[1] He returned to his native ground and accepted the position of president at the court in Almelo. At that time he married first with Franziska Sofia von Schade zu Ahausen and after her death with Amalia von Hamm.
Further career
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When his father died in 1812 von Bönninghausen moved to his family estate in Darup, just across the border in Kreis Coesfeld, Prussia. He graduated as architect and devoted himself to the study of medicine, agriculture and botany. He published numerous articles about his experiences and discoveries, which resulted in international fame. In 1816, at the reorganization of the provinces Rhineland and Westphalia, he was appointed as president of the Court of Justice and General Commissaries of the land register of North Rhine-Westphalia. The many travels with this position gave him an excellent opportunity to study the flora and he published a book about it, named: Prodromus florae Monasteriensis Westphalorum, Phanerogamia.
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Sickness and recovery
In 1827, Bönninghausen contracted tuberculosis, followed by an intractable lung disease. Certain that he was about to die, he began writing farewell letters to his friends. One of them, friend and fellow botanist Carl Ernst August Weihe, urged him to use the herb Pulsatilla, believed to be the cure of his ailment. Von Bönninghausen was cured, and thus became a convert to the new therapy. In less than two years he wrote seven extensive works.
He became a close associate and confidant of his teacher Samuel Hahnemann, founder of the homeopathy, who admired Bönninghausen's ability to systematize the expanding homeopathic knowledge of materia medica. Hahnemann was so enthusiastic that he called him his Lieblingsschüler (Favourite student). He said: "Am I to become sick myself, then I would trust no other physician in the world, except for him."
Scientific career
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Bönninghausen's Therapeutic Pocketbook of 1846 was the first
Because of his own miraculous healing and thanks to his public fame the people massively sought well-being at the doctor. Practising homeopathy successfully on a small scale without a medical degree, fascinated and ultimately led to von Bönninghausen receiving a medical licence by personal royal degree from
Among his growing international clientele, he saw some notable patients. One of the first was the poet
The
Descendants
The two oldest of his seven sons became a homeopath as well. Karl von Bönninghausen, the eldest, went to Paris where he had access to the private library and manuscripts of Hahnemann and married Sophie, the adopted daughter of
Post mortem
His grave on the old Hörster graveyard in Münster was destroyed in a bombardment during the
In 1990 the Clemens von Bönninghausen Academy was founded,[6] and in 2009 the Von Bönninghausen Institute.[7] A memorial to von Bönninghausen was installed in 2005 at the University of Münster, on the celebration of the 250th birthday of Samuel Hahnemann's birth.
Publications
A small selection of his works:
- Prodromus florae Monasteriensis Westphalorum, Phanerogamia., Monasterii, F. Regensberg, 1824.
- The Cure of Cholera and its Preventatives, Münster, 1831.
- Systematisch-alphabetisches Repertorium der homöopathischen Arzneien, Vol. 1&2 . Münster, Coppenrath, 1833-1835 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Eigenthümlichkeien aller bisher vollständiger geprüften homöopathischen Arzneien [Contributions to a Knowledge of the Peculiarities of Homoeopathic Remedies], Münster, 1833 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Repertory of the Medicines which are not Anti Psoric, Münster 1835
- Therapeutisches Taschenbuch, für homöopathische Ärzte, zum Gebrauche am Krankenbette und beim Studium der reinen Arzneimittellehre [Therapeutic Pocketbook, For Homeopathic Physicians, for the Use at the Sickbed and For the Study of the Pure Materia Medica], Münster, 1846.
- Der homöopathische Hausarzt [The Hom. Domestic Physician in Brief Therapeutic Diagnoses], Münster, 1853.
- Die Körperseiten und Verwandtschaften [The Two Sides of the Human Body and Relationships. Homoeopathic Studies], Münster 1853.
- Die homöopathische Behandlung des Keuchhustens [The Homœopathic Treatment of Whooping Cough in its Various Forms], Münster 1860.
- Die Aphorismen des Hippokrates [The Aphorisms of Hippocrates, with Notes by a Homoeopath], Leipzig, 1863
- Versuch einer Homöopathischen Therapie der Wechsel- und anderer Fieber. 1. Theil. Die Pyrexie. 2. Aufl [Attempt at a homoeopathic Therapy of Intermittent and Other Fevers, Second augmented and l revised edition. Part 1. The Pyrexy.], – Leipzig 1864
- Archiv für die homöopatische Heilkunst [Archive for the Homeopathy], Münster
- Über die Twentische Roggenwirtschaft [About the rye economy of Twente]
Notes
- ^ "Biography of Clemens Maria Franz von Boenninghausen - Presented by Dr Robert Séror". Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ "Internet-Portal 'Westfälische Geschichte'". 25 March 2014.
- ^ Schultz und Wundermann, Geschichte und vorläufige Resultate der Untersuchung über die Erscheinungen an der ehemaligen Nonne A.C. Emmerich zu Dülmen mitgetheilt von dem ehemaligen Dirigenten derselben Clemens von Bönninghausen, Landräthlichen Kommissair des Kreises Coesfeld, Hamm 1819.
- ^ Wittneven, Dritte und hoffentlich letzte Nachschrift zu meiner Geschichte der Untersuchung der Nonne A.C. Emmerich zu Dülmen mit autentischen Belägen von Clemens von Bönninghausen, Landräthlichen Kommissar des Kreises Coesfeld, Coesfeld, 1820.
- ^ "Ein Denkmal für Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen (1785-1864)". Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ "Homöopathische Ausbildung, Fakten, Ziele". Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ "Bönninghausen Institut". Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Boenn.
References
- Friedrich Kottwitz, Bönninghausens Leben: Hahnemanns Lieblingsschüler [Bönninghausen's Life: Hahnemann's Favourite Student], Berg am Starnberger See, 1985 ISBN 3-03950-016-3
- Martin Stahl, Der Briefwechsel zwischen Samuel Hahnemann und Clemens von Bönninghausen [The writings between Samuel Hahnemann and Clemens von Bönninghausen], Heidelberg, 1997 ISBN 3-7760-1632-9
- De Twentse roggebouw / door Freiherr Von Bönninghausen [The Twent rye economy by Freiherr Von Bönninghausen], revision 1988, Stichting Heemkunde Albergen, ISBN 90-71631-03-6
- Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra, Grenzen van genezing: gezondheid, ziekte en genezen in Nederland, zestiende tot begin twintigste eeuw [Boundaries of Healthcare: health, sickness and curing in the Netherlands, 16th till the beginning of the 20th century], Hilversum, 1993 ISBN 90-6550-366-8
- Bönninghausens Kleine medizinische Schriften [Lesser Medical Writings] (ed. Klaus H. Gypser), Heidelberg, 1984 ISBN 3-920042-13-1
- Julian Winston, The Heritage of Homeopathic Literature, Tawa, NZ, 2001
- Ernst Friedländer, Bönninghausen, Clemens Maria Franz von, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Band 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig, 1876, Pag. 131–132.
- Rolf Wiermann, Der Botanische Garten der Universität Münster [Münster University Botanic Garden], Münster, 2003 ISBN 3-7843-3218-8
- Willy Schmitz, Die preußischen Landräte des Kreises Coesfeld 1816–1945 [The prussian government of Kreis Coesfeld 1816–1945], Coesfeld, 1974
- Tubantia, Twentenaar aan de wieg van de homeopathie [Twent at the cradle (very heart) of the Homeopathy], 28 January 2004
External links
- Clemens Maria Franz Von Boenninghausen (English, French and German)
- Clemens Maria Franz, Baron von Boenninghausen 1785 – 1864
- Biography Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen (Extensive)
- The life of Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen (German – short)
- Online Biography of Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen (German)