Orthodox medicine has relied upon the basic law of homeopathy in developing immunization programs to protect the public from contagious disease. The Allergist, treating a patient allergic to ragweed with a dilute solution of ragweed, practices a crude form of homeopathy without an understanding of its basic laws. We need to understand what homeopathy and orthodox medicine have in common and where they differ. The objective of all conscientious physicians is categorically to cure the sick, prevent others from becoming ill and to raise the standard of health in all people. Determining what the varieties of ill health are.
Modern medicine feels that the possibility of cure depends upon the certainty of diagnosis.
In short, modern medicine feels that it must find out all the facts which fit its concept of disease. The homeopathic physician subscribes to all of the above, but feels that this is only the beginning of what must be learned about the patient. The spontaneous, characteristic things each patient longs to tell are of special interest to the homeopath for they individualize the case. The majority of modern drugs are given for a definite physiological effect on some one organ or function of the body, irrespective of the varying individualities of the patient. Thus, a large part of modern therapy is only palliative.