reference to Samuel Christian Friedrich Hahnemann (1755 - 1843), German physician known as the founder of homeopathy. In 1790, he performed some experiments and came to the conclusion that the symptoms produced by a drug on the healthy body were similar to the diseased condition it was known to cure. This confirmed the old medical proverb "Like cures like," and Hahnemann based his system of medicine upon this law. —3rd South African published appr gls (14.4.92)