ISOPATHIA
\ˌa͡ɪsəpˈaθi͡ə], \ˌaɪsəpˈaθiə], \ˌaɪ_s_ə_p_ˈa_θ_iə]\
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This term has been used by some of the German writers to signify the cure of diseases by the disease itself, or its products; - under the hypothesis, that every contagious disease contains in its contagious matter the means for its cure; - thus, that variola may be cured by homoeopathic doses of variolous matter; syphilis, with venereal matter, etc., etc. Others have given to isopathy another form; - maintaining, that every diseased organ has its remedy in the same organ, - that eating liver, for example, will remove disease of the liver! Isopathia has been used by an American writer- Dr. J.M.B. Harden, of Georgia- to mean "Parallelism of Diseases;" "the disposition of diseases to ‘anastomose with each other,’ or to wear each other's livery."
By Robley Dunglison
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