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When Did I Become an "Allopath"?
Arch Intern Med. 1998;158:2185-2186.
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JUST WHEN did I become an allopath? I am hearing and reading this term more and more lately.1-6 It is likely used to distinguish doctors of medicine from naturopaths, homeopaths, osteopaths, and myriad others who are interested in helping patients, but its recent embrace by the medical profession is concerning. Perhaps we should think twice about using it uncritically.
The term allopathy is not new. It was coined by none other than Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), the inventor of homeopathy.7-8 Homeopathy is derived from the Greek words homoios (similar) and pathos (suffering), and reflects the principle described by Hahnemann of similia similibus curantur, or "like can cure like." In essence, Hahnemann believed that when a therapeutic substance, given in large amounts to a normal individual, causes symptoms similar to those of a disease, it may alleviate the symptoms of such a disease when given in high dilution. For example, dilute solutions . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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