tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post112509746059331105..comments2024-01-02T02:45:17.328-06:00Comments on Notes from Dr. RW: Why study homeopathy----Robert W Donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16944231400440786271noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-92058936968735711432007-12-28T20:12:00.000-06:002007-12-28T20:12:00.000-06:00Well, it looks as though we agree that the vital f...Well, it looks as though we agree that the vital force theory is false. What we disagree on is what the definition (or the essential claim) of homeopathy is.<BR/><BR/>Although you and I may have to "agree to disagree" on that point, before I do any more homeopathy bashing I'll re-examine the claims from a variety of sources. The last thing I want to do is erect a straw man.Robert W Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16944231400440786271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-60099264046165896472007-12-28T15:34:00.000-06:002007-12-28T15:34:00.000-06:00I don't have direct access to their documentation ...I don't have direct access to their documentation of any sort. I only have at my disposal what is in the public domain. My understanding from reading such information is that their primary hypothesis and the typical way they prepare their remedies are two different things. The primary hypothesis is what they call the <I>Law of Similars</I>, or <I>like cures like</I>. They usually prepare their Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895674023105776662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-80042871945480491382007-12-28T13:38:00.000-06:002007-12-28T13:38:00.000-06:00Justin,Do you have access to the homeopathic mater...Justin,<BR/>Do you have access to the homeopathic materia medica? I must confess I haven't examined it directly. I've only read *about* it. From what I've read, I'd wager all the remedies described therein are produced by the serial dilution/increased potency method. But, again, I haven't seen it. I'd be interested in finding it, or some other primary source that might help us clarify our Robert W Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16944231400440786271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-49478728570791176732007-12-28T12:54:00.000-06:002007-12-28T12:54:00.000-06:00The first phrase in the definition is the principl...The first phrase in the definition is the principle feature of homeopathic remedies. The last phrase contains an operative word you missed, the word <I>usually</I>.<BR/><BR/>I see what you are doing now. You are using your own strict definitions of what things are instead of those who are advancing their theories or the rest of the world. You are doing kind of like the magical creationists who Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895674023105776662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-14107150812046045842007-12-27T21:52:00.000-06:002007-12-27T21:52:00.000-06:00The last phrase in your Cancer Web definition allu...The last phrase in your Cancer Web definition alludes to the principal feature of homeopathic remedies. Essential to the theory and practice of homeopathy is that serial dilutions of the "like" substance lead to progressive increases in therapeutic potency due to a force left behind in the water. In classical homeopathy no molecules of the original substance remain. Neither chemotherapeutic Robert W Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16944231400440786271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-42599853263278557922007-12-27T21:24:00.000-06:002007-12-27T21:24:00.000-06:00PS: For that matter, vaccines are also based on ho...PS: For that matter, vaccines are also based on homeopathic principle.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895674023105776662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-30265466180637930832007-12-27T21:18:00.000-06:002007-12-27T21:18:00.000-06:00Oh, come on doctor, you are being disingenuous. Yo...Oh, come on doctor, you are being disingenuous. You know as well as I do that most cancer chemotherapy agents work by homeopathic principles.<BR/><BR/>Just so we are on the same page, here is CancerWeb's medical dictionary definition of homeopathy:<BR/><BR/><I>The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde) by remedies which Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895674023105776662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-11012059701242206492007-12-27T20:09:00.000-06:002007-12-27T20:09:00.000-06:00Justin,I know of no chemotherapeutic agents that a...Justin,<BR/>I know of no chemotherapeutic agents that are purported to work on a homeopathic mechanism.<BR/><BR/>Interesting blogs, by the way.Robert W Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16944231400440786271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-48427354645814563932007-12-27T06:28:00.000-06:002007-12-27T06:28:00.000-06:00Don't most cancer chemotherapy drugs work on a hom...Don't most cancer chemotherapy drugs work on a homeopathic mechanism? Hmmmmm?Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895674023105776662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14743001.post-1168864209823670292007-01-15T06:30:00.000-06:002007-01-15T06:30:00.000-06:00I think this post http://homeojunction.blogspot.co...I think this post http://homeojunction.blogspot.com/2006/09/why-homeopath-potentised-their.html given in http://homeojunction.blogspot.com/ is very useful for the beginners who don't know much regarding Homeopathy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com