Allopathy
(al-op' -a-the) (alios; naOoc, affec- tion). According to Hahnemann, the in- ventor of the term, that method of the treat- ment of disease consisting in the use of medi- cines the action of which upon the body in health produces morbid phenomena different from those of the disease treated; erroneously used of the regular medical profession; op- posed to homeopathy.
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