Hahnemann's Organon of Medicine - Aphorism 87

[Ardavan Shahrdar]

Hahnemann's Organon of Medicine
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Aphorism 87:

'And thus the physician obtains more precise
information respecting each particular detail, but
without ever framing his questions so as to suggest
the answer to the patient1, so that he shall only have
to answer yes or no; else he will be misled to answer
in the affirmative or negative something untrue, half
true, or not strictly correct, either from indolence
or in order to please his interrogator, from which a
false picture of the disease and an unsuitable mode of
treatment must result.
Footnote:

1 For instance the physician should not ask, Was not
this or that circumstance present? He should never be
guilty of making such suggestions, which tend to
seduce the patient into giving a false answer and a
false account of his symptoms.'

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