Homeopathy. 2007 Jul;96(3):143-50.

The Memory of Water: an overview.

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Department of Applied Science, London South Bank University, Borough Road, London, SE1 0AA, UK. martin.chaplin@lsbu.ac.uk

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The 'memory of water' is a concept by which the properties of an aqueous preparation are held to depend on the previous history of the sample. Although associated with the mechanism of homeopathy, this association may mislead. There is strong evidence concerning many ways in which the mechanism of this 'memory' may come about. There are also mechanisms by which such solutions may possess effects on biological systems which substantially differ from plain water. This paper examines the evidence.

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Homeopathy. 2008 Jan;97(1):42-3; author reply 43-4.

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