miasms not hereditary nor dyscrasiae

[fionvarin]

Peter Morrell's interesting account on Minutus of the miasms states
that Hahnemann described miasms as inheritable and as dyscrasiae but
I can find no place in H's writings that describe either of these
assertions. H saw miasms as infections that one had to acquire in
life or congenitally, and he never described them as dyscrasiae or
predispositions but rather as the possible cause of predispositions,
or as existing alongside, apart from, predispositions. He describes
himself as being free of psora, for example, and yet prone to acute
epidemic fevers. (Chr Dis; page 44, footnote.)
Of course, homeopaths are free to use the term 'miasm' in any way
they like but we should distinguish any such use from H's own ideas.