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Homeopathy (from Gk., "like disease"). Founded by Samuel C. F. Hahnemann, a Leipzig physician, in 1796. His main work was The Organon of Rational Healing, which embodies the four main principles of the homeopathic creed: 1) The "proving" or testing of all medicines on healthy persons before their use in treatment. 2) The law of "similars''-often epitomized in a Latin maxim, Similia similibus curantur. The theory is that specific drugs produce in the healthy, symptoms of the diseases they are adapted to cure. The selection and administration of the proper drug for each disease is the heart...
...designated by mysterious combinations of letters and numerals, and are briefly described. After much study I have deciphered a part of it. As each student kept at least one horse, racing was one of the chief amusements, and the list of races was remarkably large. Among them were Gk 9 and Gk 1, the former for famous trotters, and the latter for those who had never beaten 3.30. Ltn 2 was an exhibition of family cobs, Ltn 7 of draft-horses, and Eng 5 of ladies' saddle-horses. Phycs 2 seems to have been a trial of strength with lifting...