Word: organon
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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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...