Mélanie Hahnemann

Mélanie d'Hervilly was reportedly a member of a noble family, but because of domestic violence she lived with the family of her art teacher Guillaume Guillon-Lethière in Paris from 1815 and made a living by selling her paintings.

She received the surname Gohier as the posthumously adopted daughter of Louis-Jérôme Gohier, who had been president of the French Directory until 9 November 1799 (18 Brumaire VIII), when it was overthrown by Napoleon in the coup of 18 Brumaire.

She buried Gohier in Montmartre cemetery, and then two years later her foster-father the painter Lethière beside him.

In 1834, she visited Samuel Hahnemann, and the year after they married and moved to Paris, where they opened a clinic.

At the death of Samuel Hahnemann, she was entrusted with his clinic and the manuscript of his latest work, Organon.