Hahnemann's Organon of Medicine - Aphorism 54
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2002 12:24 pm
Hahnemann's Organon of Medicine
*******************************
Aphorism 54:
'The allopathic method of treatment utilized many
things against disease, but usually only improper ones
(alloea) and ruled for ages in different forms called
systems. Every one of these, following each other from
time to time and differing greatly each from the
other, honored itself with the name of Rational
Medicine 1.
Every builder of such a system cherished the haughty
estimation of himself that he was able to penetrate
into the inner nature of life of the healthy as well
as of the sick and clearly to recognize it and
accordingly gave the prescription which noxious matter
2 should be banished from the sick man, and how to
banish it in order to restore him to health, all this
according to empty assumptions and arbitrary
suppositions without honestly questioning nature and
listening without prejudice to the voice of
experience. Diseases were held to be conditions that
reappeared pretty much in the same manner. Most
systems gave, therefore, names to their imagined
disease pictures and classified them, every system
differently. To medicines were ascribed actions which
were supposed to cure these abnormal conditions.
(Hence the numerous text books on Materia Medica.3)
Footnote:
1 As if the establishment of a science, based only on
observation of nature and pure experiment and
experience idle speculation and scholastic vaporings
could have a place.
2 Up to the most recent times what is curable in
sickness was supposed to be material that had to be
removed since no one could conceive of a dynamic
effect (§ 11 note) of morbific agencies, such as
medicines exercise upon the life of the animal
organism.
3 To fill the measure of self infatuation to
overflowing here were mixed (very learnedly)
constantly more, indeed, many different medicines in
so-called prescriptions to be administered in frequent
and large doses and thereby the precious,
easily-destroyed human life was endangered in the
hands of these perverted ones. Especially so with
seton, venesection, emetics, purgatives, plasters,
fontanelles and cauterization.'
***********************************************
Minutus appreciates your fruitful contribution!
=====
"Life is beautiful, if you look at it in a beautiful way."
Dr Ardavan Shahrdar, MD, DIHom
President of Iranian Homeopathic Association
Website: http://www.minutus.org
Email: ashahrdar@yahoo.com
Mailing list: http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/minutus
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Everything you'll ever need on one web page
from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts
http://uk.my.yahoo.com
*******************************
Aphorism 54:
'The allopathic method of treatment utilized many
things against disease, but usually only improper ones
(alloea) and ruled for ages in different forms called
systems. Every one of these, following each other from
time to time and differing greatly each from the
other, honored itself with the name of Rational
Medicine 1.
Every builder of such a system cherished the haughty
estimation of himself that he was able to penetrate
into the inner nature of life of the healthy as well
as of the sick and clearly to recognize it and
accordingly gave the prescription which noxious matter
2 should be banished from the sick man, and how to
banish it in order to restore him to health, all this
according to empty assumptions and arbitrary
suppositions without honestly questioning nature and
listening without prejudice to the voice of
experience. Diseases were held to be conditions that
reappeared pretty much in the same manner. Most
systems gave, therefore, names to their imagined
disease pictures and classified them, every system
differently. To medicines were ascribed actions which
were supposed to cure these abnormal conditions.
(Hence the numerous text books on Materia Medica.3)
Footnote:
1 As if the establishment of a science, based only on
observation of nature and pure experiment and
experience idle speculation and scholastic vaporings
could have a place.
2 Up to the most recent times what is curable in
sickness was supposed to be material that had to be
removed since no one could conceive of a dynamic
effect (§ 11 note) of morbific agencies, such as
medicines exercise upon the life of the animal
organism.
3 To fill the measure of self infatuation to
overflowing here were mixed (very learnedly)
constantly more, indeed, many different medicines in
so-called prescriptions to be administered in frequent
and large doses and thereby the precious,
easily-destroyed human life was endangered in the
hands of these perverted ones. Especially so with
seton, venesection, emetics, purgatives, plasters,
fontanelles and cauterization.'
***********************************************
Minutus appreciates your fruitful contribution!
=====
"Life is beautiful, if you look at it in a beautiful way."
Dr Ardavan Shahrdar, MD, DIHom
President of Iranian Homeopathic Association
Website: http://www.minutus.org
Email: ashahrdar@yahoo.com
Mailing list: http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/minutus
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Everything you'll ever need on one web page
from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts
http://uk.my.yahoo.com