Integrative Therapies for Oncology
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The third of these assumptions is now all but forgotten (I suspect that homeopaths feel embarrassed by its overt incorrectness), but despite the fact that the two other axioms also fly in the face of science, they still form the basis of homeopathy today. Initially Hahnemann was remarkably successful, and homeopathy conquered much of the world 2. With hindsight, this early popularity probably accrued because, unlike many other therapies of the time, homeopathy was not outright harmful. With the eventual emergence of conventional treatments that generated more good than harm, homeopathy’s popularity faded. OBSERVATIONAL DATA
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