System of pseudoscientific alternative medicine based on the doctrine of "like cures like"

concept

Conium maculatum : Vertigo-Heel.

The words 'AIDS' forming the centre of a maze with four figures on the outside holding maps in an attempt to find their way in, an illustration by Ingram Pinn; an advertisement for a meeting in Berlin about HIV and homeopathy by Dr Karin Bandelin and Dr Almut Gestrich on 26 October 1993 at the headquarters of Kursiv, the Centre for AIDS and advice for gay men. Photocopy, 1993.

A horse-drawn hearse pulls away from a doctor's; representing the dire state of the medical establishment according to James Morison, pill-vendor and self-styled 'Hygeian'. Lithograph, c. 1848.

[Leaflet advertising Weleda UK's natural medicines and toiletries].

"Maravilla cocoa" : sole proprietors, Taylor Brothers, London.

Why will ye die!! / J.D.M. Crockwell, M.D.

Homoepathic Dispensary, New York City. Coloured wood engraving.

A goat-headed man caresses a sleeping ewe-headed woman; representing the notion of animal magnetism and its application by physicians. Etching after M. Voltz (?), 1815.

Two doctors fight over which method to use on a patient; dramatising the conflict between allopathy and homoeopathy. Coloured wood engraving.

Homoeopathey and animals / Weleda (UK) Ltd.

A young doctor (homeopath?) visiting a patient and comforting his worried wife. Coloured photolithograph.

L'homoeopathie à l'Académie de médecine de Belgique en 1877 : réponse au défi de M. le professeur Crocq / par le docteur Gailliard.

A young homoeopath takes a cup to a sick young man hidden in his bed. Coloured photolithograph.

A pratica elementar da homoeopathia pelo Doutor Mure: ou conselhos clinicos paraqualquer pessoa, estranha completamente á medicina, poder tratar-se, e a muitos doentes, conforme os preccitos da homoeopathia, confirmados pelas experiencias dos doutores (Volume 2).

Comment on devient homœopathe / par Alphonse Teste.

Samuel Hahnemann : savant de l'ère moderne / Denis Demarque.

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Homeopathy

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L'homoeopathie à l'Académie de médecine de Belgique en 1877 : réponse au défi de M. le professeur Crocq / par le docteur Gailliard.

A young homoeopath takes a cup to a sick young man hidden in his bed. Coloured photolithograph.

A pratica elementar da homoeopathia pelo Doutor Mure: ou conselhos clinicos paraqualquer pessoa, estranha completamente á medicina, poder tratar-se, e a muitos doentes, conforme os preccitos da homoeopathia, confirmados pelas experiencias dos doutores (Volume 2).

Comment on devient homœopathe / par Alphonse Teste.

Samuel Hahnemann : savant de l'ère moderne / Denis Demarque.

Homeopathy

Images about Homeopathy

Works

L'homoeopathie à l'Académie de médecine de Belgique en 1877 : réponse au défi de M. le professeur Crocq / par le docteur Gailliard.

A young homoeopath takes a cup to a sick young man hidden in his bed. Coloured photolithograph.

A pratica elementar da homoeopathia pelo Doutor Mure: ou conselhos clinicos paraqualquer pessoa, estranha completamente á medicina, poder tratar-se, e a muitos doentes, conforme os preccitos da homoeopathia, confirmados pelas experiencias dos doutores (Volume 2).

Comment on devient homœopathe / par Alphonse Teste.

Samuel Hahnemann : savant de l'ère moderne / Denis Demarque.

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