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When patients have very little the matter with them, homoeopathy, or any other 'pathy' they have confidence in, does all very well, and it fills the purses of the practitioners, but when real rooted disease has to be encountered, the herbs that God has given for the use of man are the only trustworthy means by which to effect a cure.

Six Years in the Prisons of England A Merchant - Anonymous

The addition of the suffix "pathy" to an organ is not only accepted, but an historic universal identifier as to when a body tissue is diseased.

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

But the video demo looked good – I love that security/unlocker pathy thingy they made – it elegantly doubles as a slide unlock and a security code if desired – I really want that for my iPhone.

Oh, Google Android. : #comments 2008

The “-pathy” part of course means that disease or dysfunction is involved, the only question being what type.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Criminal Charges for the White House State Dinner Crashers? 2009

It was a calamity, too, in which I could not claim the sym - pathy of my cousin Emily, which had always been extended to me in my minor grievances.

The Purcell Papers 2003

But then she saw the pain behind Luke's anger, and sym-pathy for him washed into her heart.

A Secret Vengeance Lee, Miranda 2001

Never mind that the anti-pathy between Tannim and farm animals seemed to be mutual.

The Chrome Borne Lackey, Mercedes 1993

After participation in many battles, Ranji and Cossinza and those of their friends who had survived multitudinous conflict were retired with full honors, the grateful sym-pathy of the Weave, and the melancholy compassion of their kind.

The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

But the tall football player didn't need sym-pathy.

The Metrognome and Other Stories Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990

Uncomfortable with sym-pathy from strangers, he hastened down the bluff to the strand; the guardsmen who stood vigil on the ridge faded behind.

Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989