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Carl Fischer (homeopath)
Carl Frank Fischer (year of birth unknown – 1893) was a New Zealand doctor, homoeopath and viticulturist Viticulture (from the Latin word for ''vine'') or winegrowing (wine growing) is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, ran .... He was born in Germany. Further reading * Gluckman, L. K.Dr Carl Fischer MD and the history of homoeopathy in Auckland in the 19th century. New Zealand Medical Journal 90 (1979): pages 66–69 * Gluckman, L. K.Dr Carl Frank Fischer MD, an early Auckland physician, botanist and viticulturalist. Auckland—Waikato Historical Journal No 37 (Sept. 1980): pages 18–20 References 1893 deaths New Zealand homeopaths German homeopaths German emigrants to New Zealand Year of birth unknown {{NewZealand-med-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homoeopath
Homeopathy or homoeopathy is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine. It was conceived in 1796 by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Its practitioners, called homeopaths, believe that a substance that causes symptoms of a disease in healthy people can cure similar symptoms in sick people; this doctrine is called ''similia similibus curentur'', or "like cures like". Homeopathic preparations are termed ''remedies'' and are made using homeopathic dilution. In this process, the selected substance is repeatedly diluted until the final product is chemically indistinguishable from the diluent. Often not even a single molecule of the original substance can be expected to remain in the product. Between each dilution homeopaths may hit and/or shake the product, claiming this makes the diluent remember the original substance after its removal. Practitioners claim that such preparations, upon oral intake, can treat or cure disease. All relevant scientific knowledge about p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
