Therapeutic problems^{[ * ]}

Summary

The problem of the concept of disease as understood in the twentieth century, contrasted with some of the ideas of the eighteenth century, together with the poly-pharmacy of both centuries, is presented as background to Hahnemann's discovery of the value of drug provings in determining therapeutic action. The application of the therapeutic principle of similia similibus currentur is shown to be as relevant today as it was when first introduced by Dr. Hahnemann, and our understanding of health and disease is discussed in the light of this principle.

^* A paper read to the Faculty of Homœopathy on 24 May 1973