Pathways of Homoeopathic Medicine [electronic resource] : Complex Homoeopathy in its relationship to homoeopathy, naturopathy and conventional medicine / by Bettina Blessing.

Foreword -- 1. The Development of Complex Homoeopathy from the 19th Century to the End of -- 2. The Connection Between Homoeopathy and Naturopathy -- 3. Homoeopathy as Part of a ǣHolistic Medicineǥ -- 4. Summary -- 5. Archives -- Bibliography.

Bettina Blessings study follows the progress of homoeopathic therapies up to World War II. It focuses mainly on the development of double and complex remedies which were highly controversial even at the times of Hahnemann, who also experimented with double remedies. Various orientations of homoeopathy, spagyric, naturopathy and conventional medicine advocated homoeopathic remedies and supported medical concepts that were based on holistic views. One of the proponents of alternative healing methods was the renowned Berlin surgeon August Bier (1861-1949). For him, homoeopathy was one of several possible medical approaches and, in accordance with Heraclitus, he argued that a harmonious view of medicine was not possible as long as one of them was excluded.

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