Potency 200c

[janet]

Thanks for that - it did actually make sense.

[ChristinaM]

Hi Derek,
I hate to correct you but the homo in homoeoathy is actually Greek. The Latin phrase homo refers to man or human but the Greek homo means alike or similar as in homosexual.
So were I to be pedantic I would definitely say the second "o" is very important otherwise the word no longer means treatment by using the similar substance that caused the disease.

Regards,
Christina

[derekgruender]

Originally Posted by ChristinaM

Hi Derek,
I hate to correct you but the homo in homoeoathy is actually Greek. The Latin phrase homo refers to man or human but the Greek homo means alike or similar as in homosexual.
So were I to be pedantic I would definitely say the second "o" is very important otherwise the word no longer means treatment by using the similar substance that caused the disease.

Regards,
Christina

You are correct that the Latin word homo means man. But what I said was that the variant spelling, homoeopathy, comes from the Latin and in this case the the Latin word is homoeo or homœo which, as in the Greek word homoios means same or similar.

My point was that the common English spelling of homeopathy is not incorrect - we have, after all, homeostasis and not homoeostasis!

I fear my pedantry has waylaid your main point, however, and apologize