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False. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allopathy https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allopathy

• bitwize 4y ago
  Your source (under "allopathic") literally cites the coiner as Samuel Hahnemann, the original homeopath kook.
  • cryptonector 4y ago
    > The first known use of allopathy was in 1832 In 1832 most medical doctors were probably kooks by today's standards. They certainly knew very little.
    • bitwize 4y ago
      True... but the discipline of homeopathy is stuck in 1832. Despite the advances in evidence-based medicine from the back half of the 19th century through today, to homeopaths and other quacks no progress has been made since the days of bloodletting and mercury tinctures, it's all dangerous "allopathy".
    • ch4s3 4y ago
      This is standard gish-gallop. You're wrong on the facts and deflecting by bringing up a tangential topic. Only homeopath charlatans use the word allopathy and they invented it.
      • cryptonector 4y ago
        I don't use homeopathy, and I do occasionally use the word allopath because it is in fact useful. Now what?
        • ch4s3 4y ago
          You can use it all you want, but it's still a term invented to slander real medicine by people who are basically snake oil salesmen. You may as well just use the term medicine, which is the conventional name for modern evidence-based medicine. I would point you to the wikipedia article for the term [1]. The only people who seem to use it anymore are alternative "medicine" folks. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allopathic_medicine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allopathic_medicine