, ▁Element a ▁Medic inae . ▁Al most ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 6 , ▁a ▁German ▁phys ician ., ▁Samuel ▁Friedrich ▁H ahn emann , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁highly ▁critical ▁of ▁the ▁medical ▁practices ▁of ▁his ▁day , ▁published ▁a ▁remarkable ▁ess ay ▁on ▁the ▁treatment ▁of ▁disease ▁that ▁became ▁the ▁foundation ▁for ▁the ▁home op ath ic ▁approach ▁to ▁medicine , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁more ▁compreh ensive ▁scientific ▁approach ▁for ▁th era pe ut ics ▁he ▁term ed ▁Heil k unde , ▁and ▁then ▁later ▁Heil k unst . ▁( L esser ▁Writ ings , ▁p . ▁ 2 5 1 ) ▁ ▁While ▁Brown ’ s ▁work ▁had ▁been ▁available ▁in ▁Germany ▁for ▁almost ▁ 1 5 ▁years , ▁since ▁its ▁publication ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 0 , ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁mostly ▁ignored ▁or ▁rejected , ▁as ▁in ▁England ▁itself , ▁because ▁the ▁method ▁out lined ▁by ▁Brown ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁mechanical ▁approach , ▁which ▁hardly ▁ende ared ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁German ▁philosoph ical ▁tradition ▁and ▁mind set ▁seeking ▁a ▁more ▁dynamic , ▁vital ▁approach . ▁However , ▁Rö sch la ub ▁grasp ed , ▁where ▁no ▁one ▁else ▁had ▁been ▁able , ▁even ▁Sch elling ▁with ▁his ▁Natur ph il osoph ie , ▁that ▁Brown ▁had ▁provided ▁the ▁very ▁elements ▁of ▁an ▁approach ▁to ▁health ▁and ▁sick ness ▁that ▁were ▁dynamic ▁in ▁nature ▁and ▁by ▁means ▁of ▁a ▁synth etic ▁concept ▁– ▁‘ ex c itation ’ ▁– ▁that ▁was ▁the