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Homeopathy Homeostasis
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ HOMEOPATHY   gr HOMOIOS = LIKE                 sug> ALIKE
               med> DOCTRINE ADVOCATED by
                    Samuel HAHNEMANN [#] 1755-1843 PROPOSED
               THAT DISEASES CAN BE TREATED BY MINUTE DOSES OF
               SUBSTANCES THAT INDUCE SIMILAR or HOMOLOGOUS
               DISEASE EFFECTS TO THOSE NEEDING TREATMENT
               as if SYMPATHY or SIMILAR IMPACT or EFFECTS
               INDUCED BY TREATMENT WOULD BLOCK THE AVENUES or
               PATHS FROM THE DISEASE ITSELF
~ HOMEOSIS     id+ | ALIKE |
~ HOMEOSTASIS  id+ | STABLE thus SECURE or HEALTHY |
               biol> the ESSENCE OF HEALTH
  note HORMESIS  A THEORY THAT CHALLENGES
       KEY FACTS SHOWING HOW IONIZING RADIATION
  AT ANY DOSE IS HARMFUL BECAUSE OF DAMAGE INFLICTED
  UPON DNA AND OTHER STRUCTURES
  HORMESIS PROPOSES THAT
  SMALL LEVELS OF IONIZING RADIATION
  ARE "GOOD"                              sug> HORMONE
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