Even though the new methods of Samuel Christian Hahnemann-the creator and developer of the treatment called homeopathy-were initially met with ridicule, —-.
A) the system was based on the idea that substances producing symptoms of sickness in healthy people would have a curative effect
B) homeopathic remedies used in holistic treatments were often a fraction of the cost of conventional drugs
C) by the time of his death, they were accepted over the world as a result of the great success he had with his new cure
D) he was disturbed by the medical system of his time, believing that its cures were crude and some of its strong drugs did more harm than good to
E) patients with the formation of the American Medical Association, which restricted alternative practices, homeopathy declined for half a century