An overview of the development of the miasm theory from Samuel Hahnemann to the contemporary models of Rajan Sankaran and Jan Scholten.
Depending on developments in other sciences, the miasm concept — already controversial in Hahnemann's lifetime — has undergone numerous modifications and reinterpretations over the course of two centuries. An overview of the historical background provides the basis for a modern understanding of the miasms and their practical utility.
KEYWORDS: Chronic diseases, leprosy, miasm, nosode, pseudopsora, psora, psora theory, sycosis, syphilis, tuberculosis
