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George Vithoulkas ((ギリシア語:Γιώργος Βυθούλκας)) (born 25 July 1932 in Athens)〔 〕 is a Greek teacher and practitioner of homeopathy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Homeopathy ) 〕 He studied homeopathy in South Africa and received a diploma in homeopathy from the Indian Institute of Homeopathy in 1966. Upon receiving his diploma, he returned to Greece where he practiced and began teaching classical homeopathy to medical doctors at what eventually became the Center of Homeopathic Medicine in Athens. In 1972, Vithoulkas started a Greek homeopathic journal, Homeopathic Medicine. In 1976, he organized the first of an annual series of International Homeopathic Seminars. In 1995, he opened the International Academy for Classical Homeopathy (I.A.C.H.) on Alonissos, to provides post-graduate training for homeopaths. It is dedicated exclusively to the teaching of Homeopathic Medicine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Profile of George Vithoulkas )〕 Vithoulkas has authored a number of books on homeopathy, two of which, ''Homeopathy: Medicine of the New Man''〔Arco, New York, 1979〕 and ''The Science of Homeopathy''〔Grove Press, New York, 1980〕 have been translated extensively, and is currently writing ''Materia Medica Viva'', a homeopathic materia medica or reference work on homeopathic remedies, to reach 16 volumes when finished. In addition to his books, he has published numerous articles in homeopathic journals and has developed an expert system for homeopaths to use in choosing remedies for their patients.〔 Vithoulkas was a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award in 1996.〔〔(Right Livelihood Award: Home )〕 ==Praise and criticism== According to Vithoulkas's citation from the Right Livelihood award, his books "have had a profound influence upon the acceptance and practice of homeopathy worldwide."〔 He has been described as "the maestro of classical homeopathy" by Robin Shohet; Lyle Morgan says he is "widely considered to be the greatest living homeopathic theorist"; and Scott Shannon calls him a "contemporary master of homeopathy." Paul Ekins credited Vithoulkas with the revival of the credibility of homeopathy. Vithoulkas has also made an expert system 'VES'(Vithoulkas Expert System) that has been incorporated into the RADAR software.〔Archibel () About VES〕〔Homoeoscan|Homoeopathy () Mental picture in remedy selection〕 His biography has been published in the book ''Georgos Vithoulkas Der Meister-Homöopath Biographie und Fälle'' by the journalist Peter Clotten and the homeopath Susan Pfeifer who studied at his International Academy for Classical Homeopathy.〔ISBN 3-442-21632-X (ISBN 13: 978-3-442-21632-1) published by Random House Bertelsmann, (Amazon.de ) accessed 2007-03-24〕 In 1978, Anthony Campbell, then a consultant physician at The Royal London Homeopathic Hospital,〔(Homeopathy in Perspective ), Anthony Campbell. Accessed 2007-03-24〕〔(Personal file ), Anthony Campbell. Accessed 2007-03-24〕 reviewed ''The Science of Homoeopathy''. He criticised Vithoulkas for substituting assertion for hard evidence and constructing an almost meaningless argument on the basis of a dubious theory of disease. He described rhetoric put forward by Vithoulkas (in presenting the argument that "allopathic drugging" is harmful and must be avoided) as including a thoroughly irresponsible statement which could mislead an unfortunate layman into refusing orthodox treatment, mentioning Vithoulkas' claim, "in the course of an argument designed to show that 'allopathic drugging' is harmful and must be avoided", that syphilis, when treated with antibiotics, would have the early stages suppressed, but would go on to the secondary and tertiary stages. However, he felt the book also provided a good, if dogmatic, description of the principles and practice of "classical" homoeopathy.〔(Critical review of ''The Science of Homeopathy'' ) from the ''British Homoeopathic Journal'' Volume 67, Number 4, October 1978〕 In response, Vithoulkas quoted various medical studies he claimed supported his assertion that penicillin "may suppress primary syphilis while failing to prevent the insidious development of a tertiary stage, especially as manifested in psychosis."〔Vithoulkas, George. (Answer to the review of my book ''The Science of Homeopathy'' )〕 Vithoulkas' claims conflict with scientific studies, which indicate that penicillin treatment produces a complete cure of syphilis in more than 90% of cases. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Vithoulkas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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