In 1789, a young physician in Europe named Samuel Hahnemann made a brilliant medical discovery. He called it Homeopathy. Although the principles date back to Hippocrates, it was Dr. Hahnemann who was credited with organizing it into a modern scientific and medical system.

News of his exciting discoveries spread quickly. By the early 1800s, homeopathic practitioners had arrived on the shores of the New World. In America, homeopathy's popularity continued to spread after American doctors had great success with it in the treatment of the cholera epidemic of 1849. In additon, many folks relied on homeopathic remedies to treat common mild ailments at home. By 1900, there were over 100 homeopathic hospitals in the United States alone.

Homeopathy's many supporters include Britain's Royal Family, Louisa May Alcott, Gandhi, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Goethe and many others.