Aph 78 - Organon 6

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

§ 78 Sixth Edition
The true natural chronic diseases are those that arise from a chronic miasm, which when left to
themselves, and unchecked by the employment of those remedies that are specific for them, always go
on increasing and growing worse, notwithstanding the best mental and corporeal regimen, and torment
the patient to the end of his life with ever aggravated sufferings. These, excepting those produced
by medical malpractice (Aph 74 ), are the most
numerous and greatest scourges of the human race; for the most robust constitution, the best
regulated mode of living and the most vigorous energy of the vital force are insufficient for their
eradication.1
1 During the flourishing years of youth and with the commencement of regular menstruation joined to
a mode of life beneficial to soul, heart and body, they remain unrecognized for years. Those
afflicted appeal in perfect health to their relatives and acquaintances and the disease that was
received by infection or inheritance seems to have wholly disappeared. But in later years, after
adverse events and conditions of life, they are sure to appear anew and develop the more rapidly and
assume a more serious character in proportion as the vital principle has become disturbed by
debilitating passions, worry and care, but especially when disordered by inappropriate medicinal
treatment.
Best Regards
Soroush