kind ▁and ▁w om ank ind ". ▁It ▁is ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁classic ▁text , ▁one ▁of ▁Hol mes ' ▁most ▁important ▁works , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁critic isms ▁of ▁home op ath y . ▁ ▁Syn opsis ▁Home op ath y ▁and ▁Its ▁Kind red ▁Del us ions ▁is ▁composed ▁of ▁two ▁parts . ▁In ▁the ▁first , ▁Hol mes ▁explains ▁how ▁the ▁place bo ▁effect ▁can ▁produce ▁false ▁posit ives , ▁and ▁describes ▁numerous ▁forms ▁of ▁popular ▁but ▁in effect ive ▁qu ack ery ▁( including ▁the ▁royal ▁touch , ▁the ▁tra ctors ▁of ▁El ish a ▁Per kins , ▁and ▁the ▁pow der ▁of ▁sympathy ), ▁to ▁demonstrate ▁that ▁positive ▁an ec dot al ▁evidence ▁is ▁not ▁necessarily ▁indic ative ▁of ▁an ▁effective ▁medical ▁ther apy . ▁He ▁also ▁describes ▁how ▁Per kins ▁claimed ▁the ▁he aling ▁powers ▁of ▁the ▁tra ctors ▁were ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁being ▁made ▁of ▁a ▁special ▁al loy , ▁but ▁how ▁they ▁decl ined ▁in ▁popular ity ▁after ▁it ▁was ▁discovered ▁that ▁the ▁tra ctors ▁had ▁the ▁same ▁effect ▁no ▁matter ▁what ▁they ▁were ▁made ▁of . ▁In ▁the ▁second , ▁he ▁critic izes ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁home op ath y ▁itself , ▁such ▁as ▁its ▁theory ▁of ▁dil utions . ▁Another ▁issue ▁is ▁that ▁of ▁home op ath ic ▁prov ings ▁( the ▁practice ▁of ▁taking ▁a ▁subst ance ▁to ▁see ▁what ▁sympt oms ▁it ▁causes ). ▁Hol mes ▁claims ▁that ▁during ▁prov ings , ▁subjects ▁consider ▁even ▁the