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homeopathy  

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  • Homeopathy is a system of therapeutic thought based on the concept that “like cures like.” It was developed at the end of the 18th century by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Using as evidence the effect of quinine on himself that it produced symptoms that resembled those of malaria, he developed the concept of the “law of similars.” This law supposes that diseases should be treated by drugs that produce in healthy people the types of symptoms of the disease which it is hoped to be remedied. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Homeopathy]

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