isopathy

Noun

 * 1)  The system that treats a disease by means of the virus of the same disease.
 * 2)  The old theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal.
 * 3) The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease.
 * 1) The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease.