The year was 1755, April 11. In a little village known as Meissen, which is located in Saxony, Germany.

Born to poor folk of the time, his father was employed as a porcelain painter. His mother, like other women of the time, was a housewife, looking after her husband, Sam and his other siblings.

Sam was a clever young man, who must have showed his intelligence from a very young age. He was often shut into a room by his father to ponder tricky questions. The substance of his fathers advice to him during his growing up years was - "prove all things, hold fast to what is good, dare to be wise" (and be good to your mum!!!). This ultimately cultivated original thinking in young Sam.

Due to his family's situation, money was scarce in Sam's younger years, which unfortunately led to him being frequently taken out of school. Thankfully for his thirst for knowledge, he began paying for his own schooling by the age of 12. He did this by tutoring his fellow students in not only Latin but Greek as well.

This led to him being admitted to the "Princes School" in St Afra, Meissen in 1770, free of charge

on the premise of him being such a brilliant student. He left 5 years later, after presenting a report titled "The wonderful construction of the human hand".

Pondering over the use of Cinchona bark for the treatment of malaria - as Cullen had written, he began his own research. Sam at this time discovered that when he took the bark - he got malaria symptoms.

Their union was controversial, although it did bring him the adulation of French society, at the cost of isolating his children.

This was the first demonstration of "the law of similars" or "like cures like", which states - "any substance which can produce a totality of symptoms in a healthy being can cure that totality of symptoms in a sick human being".

This remarkable insight came to Sam, while translating Cullens "Materia Medica".

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