Miasm - was standard of cure

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Dear Hart
Please read Hn's writings on the meaning of miasm and then report back. For this exercise, please ignore all other 'definitions' of miasm.
Best regards

Soroush
From: minutus@yahoogroups.com [mailto:minutus@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Hart Matthews
Sent: 13 July 2011 13:47
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Minutus] standard of cure
Hi all,

I, too, would like to applaud Didi for her thorough casetaking and resourceful prescribing (as well as for her organization's work). But when I finished reading her post, I was also surprised at the use of the terms "cure" and "miasm" in the subject line.

Leaving aside entirely the idea of a pertussis miasm (as opposed to a disease layer), I agree with John that it would be good to apply a rigorous standard of cure when publishing our cases..

So, what do the people on this list think is a reasonable amount of time without relapse to claim a cured case? At a recent talk in the U.S., Massimo Mangialavori proposed a disease-free period of 4-5 years.

For an infant, perhaps a shorter time would be reasonable?

Regards,
Hart Matthews
Durham, North Carolina