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homœopathy|hɒm-, həʊmiːˈɒpəθɪ|
Also homeo-, and formerly erron. homöo-.
[Mod. (first used in Ger. (homöopathie) by Hahnemann), f. ὅµοιος like + -πάθεια, f. πάθος suffering. (Gr. ὁµοιοπάθεια meant ‘sympathy, (also) likeness of affection or condition, homogeneousness’). Cf. F. homéopathie (1827 in H.-D.) and allopathy.]
A system of medical practice founded by Hahnemann of Leipsic about 1796, according to which diseases are treated by the administration (usually in very small doses) of drugs which would produce in a healthy person symptoms closely resembling those of the disease treated.
The fundamental doctrine of homœopathy is expressed in the Latin adage ‘Similia similibus curantur’, ‘likes are cured by likes’.
1826Lancet 14 Oct. 55 A new medical doctrine..had sprung up in the German universities..It originated with a Dr. Hahnemann, a physician of Leipzig, about 30 years ago, and is called Homoœpathia. 1830Edin. Rev. L. 505 Homöopathie, which for the last twenty years, has caused no little sensation among our Teutonic neighbours, though its very name has as yet scarcely penetrated into our insular regions. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 277/2 Homœopathy. 1847Craig, Homeopathy. 1849Lewis Infl. Author. Matt. Opin. iii. §12. 51 Mesmerism, homœopathy, and phrenology, have now been before the world a sufficient time to be fairly and fully examined by competent judges. |