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Pathways of Homoeopathic Medicine

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Authors:
  1. Bettina Blessing

    1. Institute for the History of Medicine, Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart, Germany

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  • Follows the progress of homoeopathic therapies up to World War II Focuses mainly on the development of double and complex remedies.

  • Various orientations of homoeopathy, spagyric, naturopathy and conventional medicine advocated homoeopathic remedies and supported medical concepts that were based on ‘holistic’ views.

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Development of Complex Homoeopathy from the 19th Century to the End of the Weimar Republic

    • Bettina Blessing
    Pages 1-38

  3. The Connection Between Homoeopathy and Naturopathy

    • Bettina Blessing
    Pages 39-50

  4. Homoeopathy as Part of a “Holistic Medicine”

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    Pages 51-90

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 91-105
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Bettina Blessing’s 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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for the History of Medicine, Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart, Germany

    Bettina Blessing

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pathways of Homoeopathic Medicine

  • Authors: Bettina Blessing

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14971-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-14970-2Published: 25 March 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43873-8Published: 15 October 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-14971-9Published: 22 April 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 105

  • Topics: Complementary & Alternative Medicine

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