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  • noun Plural form of allopath.

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Examples

  • I can understand the frustration of allopaths and critics with the obvious absence of hard, linear facts that are repeatable regardless of the person or place.

    Judith Acosta: A Personal Case for Classical Homeopathy: Part II Judith Acosta 2011

  • I can understand the frustration of allopaths and critics with the obvious absence of hard, linear facts that are repeatable regardless of the person or place.

    Judith Acosta: A Personal Case for Classical Homeopathy: Part II Judith Acosta 2011

  • Their usefulness did not depend on making the patient swallow substances for the most part harmful the harm was scarcely perceptible, as they were given in small doses, but they were useful, necessary, and indispensable because they satisfied a mental need of the invalid and of those who loved her—and that is why there are, and always will be, pseudo-healers, wise women, homeopaths, and allopaths.

    Cruel Caring in Breaking Bad, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • For instance, he writes that in the 1840s "there were allopaths (now called homeopaths) inspired by Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann."

    Up From Bleed, Blister and Purge 2008

  • Yes it's a great source of money because insuarance companies rarely accept it, yes it seems hokey and completely against what we, as allopaths, are trained to do.

    The Real Issue With CAM 1 Dinosaur 2007

  • Their usefulness did not depend on making the patient swallow substances for the most part harmful (the harm was scarcely perceptible, as they were given in small doses), but they were useful, necessary, and indispensable because they satisfied a mental need of the invalid and of those who loved her — and that is why there are, and always will be, pseudo-healers, wise women, homeopaths, and allopaths.

    War and Peace 2003

  • Homeopaths use lab tests much less frequently than do allopaths.

    The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

  • However, naturopaths are often reluctant to publicize such successes because in many states only allopaths are allowed to treat cancer.

    The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

  • Osteopaths practice all the same specialties as allopaths.

    The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

  • However, with the consolidation of power by conventional medicine, and with the increasing reliance of allopaths on pharmaceutical drugs, naturopathic medicine entered into a decline.

    The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000

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