Corrêa Anderson Domingues, Siqueira-Batista Rodrigo, Quintas Luis Eduardo M, Siqueira-Batista Romulo
Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Química de Nilópolis, RJ, Rua Lucio Tavares, 1045, Centro 26530-060 Nilópolis, RJ, Brasil.
Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos. 2006 Jan-Mar;13(1):13-31. doi: 10.1590/s0104-59702006000100002.
Revising earlier conceptual misconstructions and delving deeper into the historical debate on the origins of homeopathy, this text returns to discussions initiated in the article "Simila Similibus Curentur: historical notes on homeopathic medicine" (1997). Research has been based on two main sources: ancient texts--Corpus Hippocraticum and works by Galen, Paracelsus, and Hahnemann--and the studies of commentators. In the nine years since original publication, previously explored content has undergone gradual revision, some points have been corrected, and discussions have developed further, lending substantially greater maturity to earlier positions. 'Born' in the eighteenth century yet rooted in the very origins of Western medicine, homeopathy is endeavoring to blossom in the twenty-first century as a specialty that wants to be autonomous but that needs the legitimacy of 'traditional' medical science.
本文修正了早期的概念误解，并更深入地探讨了顺势疗法起源的历史争论，回归到1997年发表的《以类治类：顺势疗法的历史笔记》一文中所开启的讨论。研究基于两个主要来源：古代文献——《希波克拉底文集》以及盖伦、帕拉塞尔苏斯和哈内曼的著作——以及评论者的研究。自最初发表后的九年里，之前探讨的内容经历了逐步修订，一些观点得到了修正，讨论也进一步展开，使早期观点更加成熟。顺势疗法“诞生”于18世纪，但其根源却深深扎根于西方医学的起源，它正努力在21世纪绽放，成为一门想要独立自主但又需要“传统”医学科学认可的专业学科。
