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===Homeopathy and vaccination===
To some, homeopathy, particularly the use of nosodes, resembles the mainstream practice of [[vaccination]], in that vaccines contain a small, closely-related dose of the disease against which they are to protect. Hahnemann himself interpreted the introduction of vaccination by [[Edward Jenner]] in [[1798]] as a confirmation of the law of similars. However, to those familiar with the modern practices of homeopathy and [[immunology]], the two practices are fundamentally different. A vaccine is usually a [[bacterium]] or [[virus]] whose capability to produce symptoms has deliberately been weakened while still providing enough information to the immune system By preparing the immune system of a healthy organism to meet a future attack by the pathogen, vaccination hopes to prevent disease in contrast to homeopathy's hope which is to cure it.
== Safety of homeopathic treatment ==
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