Aph 99 - Organon 6
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:48 am
ยง 99
On the whole, the investigation of acute diseases, or of such as have existed but a short time, is
much the easiest for the physician, because all the phenomena and deviations from the health that
has been put recently lost are still fresh in the memory of the patient and his friends, still
continue to be novel and striking. The physician certainly requires to know everything in such cases
also; but he has much less to inquire into; they are for the most part spontaneously detailed to
him.
On the whole, the investigation of acute diseases, or of such as have existed but a short time, is
much the easiest for the physician, because all the phenomena and deviations from the health that
has been put recently lost are still fresh in the memory of the patient and his friends, still
continue to be novel and striking. The physician certainly requires to know everything in such cases
also; but he has much less to inquire into; they are for the most part spontaneously detailed to
him.