Stolberg M
Med Ges Gesch. 1998;17:131-48.
This study traces the attraction that 19th century homeopathy exerted on clergymen of all three major Christian denominations, an appeal which is evidenced by the extensive homeopathic activities of clerical healers and missionaries. Practical considerations, such as the relatively easy acquisition of basic therapeutic skills, combined with and reinforced philosophical and religious preferences for a healing systm that stressed the unique properties of the body and the spiritual force of healing and remedies. The use of homeopathy enabled the clergy, as professional experts in the realm of the supernatural and immaterial, to refute the prevailing "mechanistic" and "materialistic" trends in contemporary academic medicine. Accordingly, some of the clergy arrived at striking syncretisms, supplementing homeopathy with sympathetic or religious healing methods.
本研究追溯了19世纪顺势疗法对所有三大主要基督教教派神职人员的吸引力，这种吸引力通过神职治疗师和传教士广泛的顺势疗法活动得到了证明。实际的考虑因素，比如相对容易掌握基本治疗技能，与对一种强调身体独特属性以及治疗和药物精神力量的治疗体系的哲学和宗教偏好相结合并得到强化。顺势疗法的使用使神职人员作为超自然和非物质领域的专业专家，能够反驳当代学术医学中盛行的“机械论”和“唯物主义”趋势。因此，一些神职人员达成了惊人的融合，用交感或宗教治疗方法来补充顺势疗法。
