publication . Other literature type . Article . 2006

A brief history of homeopathy.

David Horobin;
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  • Published: 01 Dec 2006
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications
Abstract
One of the most striking features of unorthodox medicine—variously described as quackery, irregular medicine, fringe medicine, or complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)—has been its ability to survive for centuries in a very wide variety of forms. Although it has changed enormously with the passage of time, unorthodox medicine has always has been a rich source of disputes, claims and counter-claims, and accusations of fraud.1,2 One might expect that unorthodox medicine as a whole would have diminished as a result of the spectacular advances in regular medicine during the second half of the twentieth century, but that does not seem to be the case. In fact w...
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doi: 10.1177/014107680609901206 , 10.1177/014107680710000210 , 10.1258/jrsm.99.12.607 ,
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free text keywords: Letters, General Medicine, Essays, Homeopathy, Butcher, German, language.human_language, language, Classics, Orthodox medicine, Medicine, business.industry, business, Borough, West indies, High Street, Quackery, Hostility, medicine.symptom, Prejudice (legal term), Best interests, Pleasure, media_common.quotation_subject, media_common, Alternative medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Disenchantment, Psychoanalysis
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