Hahnemann

Hahnemann definition - medical

Hah·ne·mann (häˈnə-mən, -mänˌ), (Christian Friedrich) Samuel 1755-1843.

German physician and founder of homeopathy. He postulated that medicine produces symptoms in healthy people that are similar to those that it relieves in sick people.

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