E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Allop’athy
is in opposition to Homœop’athy. The latter word is from the Greek, homœon pathos, similar disease; and the former is allo pathos, a different disease. In one case, “like is to cure like”; and in the latter, the disease is cured by its “antidote.”
