Aph 98 + 99 - Organon 6

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

§ 98
Now, as certainly as we should listen particularly to the patient's description of his sufferings
and sensations, and attach credence especially to his own expressions wherewith he endeavors to make
us understand his ailments - because in the mouths of his friends and attendants they are usually
altered and erroneously stated, - so certainly, on the other hand, in all diseases, but especially
in the chronic ones, the investigation of the true, complete picture and its peculiarities demands
especial circumspection, tact, knowledge of human nature, caution in conducting the inquiry and
patience in an eminent degree.
§ 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.