Aph 86 - Organon 6
Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:29 am
ยง 86
When the narrators have finished what they would say of their own accord, the physician then reverts
to each particular symptom and elicits more precise information respecting it in the following
manner; he reads over the symptoms as they were related to him one by one, and about each of them he
inquires for further particulars, e.g., at what period did this symptom occur? Was it previous to
taking the medicine he had hitherto been using? While taking the medicine? Or only some days after
leaving off the medicine? What kind of pain, what sensation exactly, was it that occurred on this
spot? Where was the precise spot? Did the pain occur in fits and by itself, at various times? Or was
it continued, without intermission? How long did it last? At what time of the day or night, and in
what position of the body was it worst, or ceased entirely? What was the exact nature of this or
that event or circumstance mentioned - described in plain words?
When the narrators have finished what they would say of their own accord, the physician then reverts
to each particular symptom and elicits more precise information respecting it in the following
manner; he reads over the symptoms as they were related to him one by one, and about each of them he
inquires for further particulars, e.g., at what period did this symptom occur? Was it previous to
taking the medicine he had hitherto been using? While taking the medicine? Or only some days after
leaving off the medicine? What kind of pain, what sensation exactly, was it that occurred on this
spot? Where was the precise spot? Did the pain occur in fits and by itself, at various times? Or was
it continued, without intermission? How long did it last? At what time of the day or night, and in
what position of the body was it worst, or ceased entirely? What was the exact nature of this or
that event or circumstance mentioned - described in plain words?