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- From: bsimon@elvis.stsci.edu (Bernie Simon)
- Subject: Re: allopathy
- In-Reply-To: rxv9839@ritvax.isc.rit.edu's message of Wed, 23 Dec 1992 04: 04:38 GMT
- Message-ID: <BSIMON.92Dec23073535@elvis.stsci.edu>
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- Organization: None. This saves me from writing a disclaimer.
- References: <1992Dec23.040438.4971@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 12:35:35 GMT
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- The term allopathy was coined by Dr. Hahnemann, who named his own
- system of medicine homeopathy. Homeopathy means that the disease is
- cured by a medicine causing similar symptoms to the disease (Homeo =
- same). Allopathy is a system of medicine where the disease is cured by
- a medicine bearing some other relation to the disease (Allo = other).
- Some other "pathys" are osteopathy (osteo = bone) and naturopathy
- (nature).
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- Bernie Simon (bsimon@stsci.edu) ad astra per aspera
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