Aph 88 - Organon 6
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:16 am
ยง 88
If in these voluntary details nothing has been mentioned respecting several parts or functions of
the body or his metal state, the physician asks what more can be told in regard to these parts and
these functions, or the state of his disposition or mind1, but in doing this he only makes use of
general expressions, in order that his informants may be obliged to enter into special details
concerning them.
1 For example what was the character of his stools? How does he pass his water? How is it with his
day and night sleep? What is the state of his disposition, his humour, his memory? How about the
thirst? What sort of taste has he in his mouth? What kinds of food and drink are most relished? What
are most repugnant to him? Has each its full natural taste, or some other unusual taste? How does he
feel after eating or drinking? Has he anything to tell about the head, the limbs or the abdomen?
If in these voluntary details nothing has been mentioned respecting several parts or functions of
the body or his metal state, the physician asks what more can be told in regard to these parts and
these functions, or the state of his disposition or mind1, but in doing this he only makes use of
general expressions, in order that his informants may be obliged to enter into special details
concerning them.
1 For example what was the character of his stools? How does he pass his water? How is it with his
day and night sleep? What is the state of his disposition, his humour, his memory? How about the
thirst? What sort of taste has he in his mouth? What kinds of food and drink are most relished? What
are most repugnant to him? Has each its full natural taste, or some other unusual taste? How does he
feel after eating or drinking? Has he anything to tell about the head, the limbs or the abdomen?