▁‘ med ic ine ’ , ▁there ▁are ▁no ▁c ures , ▁only ▁the ▁supp ression ▁of ▁sympt oms ▁or ▁long - term ▁disease ▁and ▁dis order ▁management ▁using ▁chemical ▁means , ▁mostly ▁synth etic , ▁the ▁intellect ▁seeing ▁no ▁difference ▁between ▁a ▁natural ▁‘ chem ical ’ ▁and ▁a ▁synth es ized ▁one . ▁As ▁one ▁writer ▁summar izes : ▁" Al ong side ▁of ▁English ▁and ▁French ▁medicine ▁of ▁that ▁time , ▁whose ▁significance ▁was ▁never ▁under - app reci ated , ▁German ▁Rom antic ▁Medicine ▁comes ▁off ▁in ▁no ▁way ▁as ▁inferior ▁or ▁reaction ary . ▁Its ▁contribution ▁to ▁over coming ▁the ▁found ational ▁crisis ▁in ▁medical ▁history ▁and ▁for ▁found ing ▁a ▁scientific ▁clin ic ▁is ▁substantial ▁and ▁decis ive ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁later ▁develop ments ... today , ▁in ▁our ▁searching ▁for ▁new ▁models ▁and ▁alternatives ▁in ▁medicine , ▁Rom antic ▁Medicine ▁lies ▁closer ▁to ▁home ▁than ▁the ▁so - called ▁natural ▁scientific ▁medicine ▁of ▁the ▁later ▁ 1 8 0 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 0 0 s ." ▁ ▁Contempor ary ▁use ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Kam iar - K . ▁R ue ck ert ▁introduced ▁the ▁term ▁" R om antic ▁Pat ient " ▁in ▁reference ▁to ▁Rom antic ▁medicine ▁and ▁rom antic ▁relationships ▁to ▁describe ▁a ▁patient ▁group , ▁which ▁uses ▁the ▁defence ▁mechanism ▁of ▁splitting ▁to ▁divide ▁medicine ▁into ▁good ▁spiritual ▁alternative ▁medicine ▁and ▁bad ▁scientific - based ▁medicine . ▁In ▁his ▁view , ▁these ▁patients