The Birth of homeopathy out of the spirit of romanticism /
Kuzniar, Alice A.,
The Birth of homeopathy out of the spirit of romanticism / Alice A. Kuzniar. - x, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The law of similars -- The law of the single remedy -- The law of minimum.
Homeopathy was founded in 1796 by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann who ardently proposed that "like cures like," counter to the conventional treatment of prescribing drugs that have the opposite effect to symptoms. Alice A. Kuzniar critically examines the alternative medical practice of homeopathy within the Romantic culture in which it arose. In 'The Birth of Homeopathy out of the Spirit of Romanticism', Kuzniar argues that Hahnemann was a product of his time rather than an iconoclast and visionary. It is the first book in English to examine Hahnemann's unpublished writings, including case journals and self-testings, and links to his contemporaries such as Goethe and Alexander von Humbolt. Kuzniar's engaging writing style seamlessly weaves together medical, philosophical, semiotic, and literary concerns and reveals homeopathy as a phenomenon of its time. 'The Birth of Homeopathy out of the Spirit of Romanticism' sheds light on issues that continue to dominate the controversy surrounding homeopathy to this very day.--
9781487521264 148752126X 9781487501174 148750117X
99972037312
2017479194
20169072673 can
101706283 DNLM 20169072673 (AMICUS)000044852712
Hahnemann, Samuel, 1755-1843.
Homeopathy--History.--Germany
Alternative medicine--History.--Germany
Romanticism--Germany.
RX51 / .K89 2017
2017 D-627 WB 930
The Birth of homeopathy out of the spirit of romanticism / Alice A. Kuzniar. - x, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The law of similars -- The law of the single remedy -- The law of minimum.
Homeopathy was founded in 1796 by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann who ardently proposed that "like cures like," counter to the conventional treatment of prescribing drugs that have the opposite effect to symptoms. Alice A. Kuzniar critically examines the alternative medical practice of homeopathy within the Romantic culture in which it arose. In 'The Birth of Homeopathy out of the Spirit of Romanticism', Kuzniar argues that Hahnemann was a product of his time rather than an iconoclast and visionary. It is the first book in English to examine Hahnemann's unpublished writings, including case journals and self-testings, and links to his contemporaries such as Goethe and Alexander von Humbolt. Kuzniar's engaging writing style seamlessly weaves together medical, philosophical, semiotic, and literary concerns and reveals homeopathy as a phenomenon of its time. 'The Birth of Homeopathy out of the Spirit of Romanticism' sheds light on issues that continue to dominate the controversy surrounding homeopathy to this very day.--
9781487521264 148752126X 9781487501174 148750117X
99972037312
2017479194
20169072673 can
101706283 DNLM 20169072673 (AMICUS)000044852712
Hahnemann, Samuel, 1755-1843.
Homeopathy--History.--Germany
Alternative medicine--History.--Germany
Romanticism--Germany.
RX51 / .K89 2017
2017 D-627 WB 930