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A Dictionary of Dentistry (2 ed.)
...allopathy n. Treatment of disease by the use of medicines or drugs that oppose the presenting symptoms...
allopathy n. Quick reference
A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
... n. Orthodox pharmacological therapy for physical and mental disorders, using drugs having effects that are opposite to those of the disorder, in contradistinction to homeopathy . [From Greek allos other + pathos ...
allopathy n.((in homeopathic medicine)) Quick reference
Concise Medical Dictionary (10 ed.)
... n. (in homeopathic medicine) the orthodox system of medicine, in which the use of drugs is directed to producing effects in the body that will directly oppose and so alleviate the symptoms of a disease. Compare homeopathy...
allopathy ((in homeopathic medicine)) Quick reference
A Dictionary of Nursing (8 ed.)
... [ă- lop -ă-thi] n. ( in homeopathic medicine ) the orthodox system of medicine, in which the use of drugs is directed to producing effects in the body that will directly oppose and so alleviate the symptoms of a disease. Compare homeopathy...
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allopathic medicine Quick reference
A Dictionary of Public Health (2 ed.)
...allopathic medicine The prevailing form of conventional or orthodox medical practice, based as far as feasible on formally arrived-at diagnostic categories of conditions that are treated on the basis of best available evidence for efficacy of therapeutic measures. Early in the 21st century it is increasingly in transition into evidence-based medicine . ...
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complementary and alternative medicine Quick reference
A Dictionary of Public Health (2 ed.)
...complementary and alternative medicine A general term for a wide range of health care systems and processes outside the range of conventional or orthodox allopathic medicine. These include osteopathy , chiropractic , herbal medicine, hypnotherapy, faith healing , and many others. Some popular herbal and other remedies used in these systems have been integral to traditional medicine for centuries, and these have been studied, evaluated, their active ingredients identified and refined, and in some cases patented by pharmaceutical corporations. ...
chiropractic Quick reference
A Dictionary of Public Health (2 ed.)
...of vertebrae and can be relieved by manipulating the spine. Since it was founded in 1895 by an American merchant D. D. Palmer ( 1845–1913 ), chiropractic has evolved from an unorthodox practice with unusual beliefs about the causes of many diseases, regarded as quackery by allopathic physicians, toward a mainstream position of respectability. Chiropractic treatment costs are reimbursed by most medical and hospital insurance programs, and orthopedic surgeons and physiatrists mostly agree that chiropractic methods of manipulation are an effective treatment...
alternative medicine Quick reference
A Dictionary of Public Health (2 ed.)
...alternative medicine ( alternative therapy ) A general term for forms of diagnosis and treatment to which people may turn in preference to orthodox or allopathic medicine. These include chiropractic , herbal remedies , acupuncture , homeopathy , hypnotherapy, faith healing, and a great many others. Aspects with origins in traditional and folk medicine have stood the test of time and include many remedies with empirically demonstrated efficacy. Alternative medicine is popular with people with chronic conditions for which orthodox medicine offers no cure...
homeopathy n. Quick reference
A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
...characterized by similar symptoms. Successive dilutions of the drug produce a solution containing virtually no molecules of the original active substance but are believed to have therapeutic properties none the less. Also spelt homoeopathy . See also hormesis . Compare allopathy . homeopath or homoeopath n . One who practises homeopathy. homeopathic or homoeopathic adj . [From Greek homoio - similar to, from homos the same + pathos ...
alternative medicine Reference library
Barbara Clow
The Oxford Companion to Canadian History
...systems really qualifies as ‘alternative medicine’ for the reason that the idea of ‘orthodox medicine’ did not exist during much of the 19th century. Allopathic medicine—what we now describe as the forerunner of regular medicine—was just one medical philosophy or sect among many, equally credible medical sects, including homeopathy and herbalism. During the early decades of the 20th century, allopathic practitioners were able to assume the mantle of medical orthodoxy, but the distinctions between regular and alternative medicine remain blurred. In fact, we...
VANDERBURGH, Federal (1788–1868) Reference library
Judith A. Wiener
Dictionary of Early American Philosophers
...his frustration towards the legal system’s preference for allopathic physicians. The piece was written specifically in response to a New York court’s decision to refuse practice privileges in Orange County, New York, to Dr. Paine Newburg on the grounds that he was a homeopathic physician. Vanderburgh adamantly defended homeopathy as legitimate form of medicine as well as the education of homeopathic physicians by asserting that most homeopaths often go beyond what is expected of them by allopathic medicine to acquire more medical training to practice in...
