2005 The French influence on the reception of the homoeopathy in Portugal

Rev Hist Pharm (Paris). 2005;53(348):569-78.

[Article in French]

Pereira AL1, Pita JR, Araújo YL.

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• 1CEIS20, Faculté de lettres, Université de Coimbra, Rua Filipe Simões, 33, 3000-186 Coimbra, Portugal.

Abstract

The authors show how France has influenced in a decisive manner the reception of the homoeopathy in Portugal. They have studied the acclamation the Hahnemann by the Medical Sciences Society of Lisbon (1839) and the controversy originated by that event for the homoeopathy institutionalization in Portugal.