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The 19th century Polish academic community showed a consistently negative attitude towards the Hahnemannian doctrine. On the other hand, homoeopathy spread more and more widely in Polish society. Popular homoeopathic journals and advisory literature expressed scepticism towards science and materialism or adopted viewpoints close to spiritualism. Furthermore these publications aimed at linking homoeopathy with traditional religious folklore. Homoeopathic domestic medical literature gave the opportunity for medical self-help at a time when relatively few people had access to professional medical services - due to financial reasons in the cities and due to a lack of physicians in rural areas. Additionally homoepathy offered hope to those whose ailments could not be cured by the professional academic medicine. The reception of homoeopathy in Poland was nevertheless limited. The doctrine was commonly known nowhere near as popular as the medical self-help that derived from what is called traditional "folk medicine". Also homoeopathy never was a serious competitor to the therapeutic arsenal of late 19th century academic medicine.
19世纪的波兰学术界对哈内曼学说一直持否定态度。另一方面，顺势疗法在波兰社会中传播得越来越广泛。通俗的顺势疗法期刊和咨询文献对科学和唯物主义表示怀疑，或采纳了接近唯灵论的观点。此外，这些出版物旨在将顺势疗法与传统宗教民俗联系起来。在当时，由于城市中的经济原因以及农村地区缺乏医生，相对较少的人能够获得专业医疗服务，顺势疗法国内医学文献为医疗自助提供了机会。此外，顺势疗法为那些疾病无法被专业学术医学治愈的人带来了希望。然而，顺势疗法在波兰的接受程度仍然有限。该学说远不如源自所谓传统“民间医学”的医疗自助那样广为人知。而且，顺势疗法从未成为19世纪后期学术医学治疗手段的一个严肃竞争对手。
