Medical pluralism and homoeopathy: A geographic perspective

Abstract

This paper examines homoeopathy in India within the broader framework of growing scholarly interest in medical pluralism in the developing countries.

It is argued that the entry of Western medicine in India, which included homoeopathy in the nineteenth century, has significantly contributed to medical pluralism. The spatial dimension of homoeopathy in India in relation to other medicine systems has been examined. Thus, some observations have been made about the spread of homoeopathy, the role of the Bengalis in it, and the manner in which homoeopathy has become part of the process of medical pluralism.