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EMIL VON BEHRING

By Kartik Murtys
August 17, 2015· 1 min read
EMIL VON BEHRING
HistoryKartik Murtys · August 17, 2015 · 1 min

The " Father of Immunology" credits Homeopathy for helping him develop the Diptheria vaccine. He says. “Indeed, what else causes the epidemiological immunity in sheep, vaccinated against anthrax than the influence previously exerted by a virus, similar in character to that of the fatal anthrax viru

The " Father of Immunology" credits Homeopathy for helping him develop the Diptheria vaccine. He says.

“Indeed, what else causes the epidemiological immunity in sheep, vaccinated against anthrax than the influence previously exerted by a virus, similar in character to that of the fatal anthrax virus? And by what technical term could we more appropriately speak of this influence, exerted by a similar virus than by Hahnemann’s word ‘homeopathy’? I am touching here upon a subject anathematized till very recently by medical penalty: but if I am to present these problems in historical illumination, dogmatic imprecations must not deter me . . only the road of homeopathy led to my goal!“

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