Introduction: A Revolutionary in Medicine.

 Introduction: A Doctor with a Difference One of the most controversial and important figures of medical history was Samuel Hahnemann, who developed an approach to healing that challenged the invasive, harmful and ineffectual methods in practice at the time, and introduced a focus on the natural healing potential of the individual. His theories became the basis of Homeopathy, a practice used by many globally today. At the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries, practices such as bleeding, purging and administering dangerous substances such as mercury to sick people were common treatments, yet they made patients weaker. There were no standardized clinical trials for treatments and physicians used the theories of traditional medicine in their practice. Hahnemann developed a system of healing that challenged conventional medicine and its rigid, traditional and ineffective practice, and he championed a more rational and humane approach to sickness. Some of the fundamental ideas upon which his philosophy of medicine was based include that "like cures like" (similia similibus curentur), stating that any substance that can cause disease in a healthy person could also heal it in the sick in minute doses. This idea fostered a focus on symptoms and individual symptoms and characteristics, rather than a diagnosis of disease. It was this philosophy of individualization that influenced all aspects of Hahnemann’s philosophy of medicine as he believed that no two individuals were the same; and every factor concerning that person should be considered, from their physical characteristics to their emotional status and surrounding environment when considering a diagnosis and prescription. Along with this important concept, were the equally important ideas of a minimum dose to ensure the safety of treatment, observation and experimentation with drugs to record their effects through "provings" on healthy individuals (and providing one of the earliest foundations of systematic medical research). More significant than the creation of "provings", however, was the shift from treating illness by tradition, to the empirical treatment of illness according to observable effects, and most significant of all, he began to introduce a humane system of medicine. Hahnemann believed that the sick should not be treated like cases, but rather like human individuals and this, laid some of the first foundations for modern patient-centred care. While homeopathy itself may still be a controversial topic of research in modern medicine, Hahnemann has had significant impact on:

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