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...experiment led him to formulate his famous Law of Similars. If a substance produces certain debilitating symptoms in a healthy person, he reasoned, then a small dose could be used to treat the same symptoms in an ill patient. Hahnemann called his new method of healing "homeopathy," from the Greek homoios (like) and pathos (suffering). Using his seven children as guinea pigs, he began testing hundreds of plants and minerals, eventually compiling the list of substances and symptoms that forms the core of today's Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia...
...upset and appalled at their outburst," said Scott Singer '98. "I support strongly their right to free speech but interrupting the class is definitely the wrong method to state their concerns...
Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations have been granted access by request to records and data from any museum to determine the ownership and method of acquisition of all relevant objects...
Eisenhower privately explained his method in words we may eventually learn that Powell too has used among friends. A potential candidate, said Ike, needs to retain an "aura of mystery" about his future. "The seeker," he astutely observed, "is never so popular as the sought. People want what they think they can't get." Embracing detailed positions, Ike added, would "alienate more strength than it would develop." Specifics, he said, should be avoided for as long as possible: "A premature consumption of all the ammunition in a battle is certain to bring defeat." Or, as Powell puts it near...
...Dershowitz argues that "the paradigm of the scientific method...is not the only criteria [sic] for evaluating academic undertakings." He makes the interesting observation that "[i]f Dr. Mack had taught at the Divinity School, it is unlikely that any investigation would be tolerated, since divinity schools are not governed by the laws of science." He's quite right of course, but I fail to see how this is relevant. Dr. Mack is a member of the Faculty of Medicine. Schools differ not only in their areas of intellectual interest but also in the methods of study used by their...