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But that the original malady sought for must be also of a miasmatic, chronic nature clearly appeared to me from this circumstance, that after it has once advanced and developed to a certain degree it can never be removed by the strength of any robust constitution, it can never be overcome by the most wholesome diet and order of life, nor will it die out of itself. But it is evermore aggravated, from year to year, through a transition into other and more serious symptoms,* even till the end of man's life, like every other chronic, miasmatic sickness; e. g., the venereal bubo which has not been healed from within by mercury, its specific remedy, but has passed over into venereal disease. This latter, also never passes away of itself, but, even with the most correct mode of life and with the most robust bodily constitution, increases every year and unfolds evermore into new and worse symptoms, and this, also, to the end of man's life.
(*Not unfrequently phthisis passes over into insanity; dried-up ulcers into dropsy or apoplexy; intermittent fever into asthma; affections of the abdomen into pains in the joints or paralysis; pains in the limbs into haemorrhage, etc., and it was not difficult to discover that the later must also have their foundation in the original malady and can only be a part of a far greater whole.)
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Farbod Rahnamai wrote:
++++ Dear Farbod, Only to point out that the above from Chronic Diseases is similar in content to para 78 of the Organon (see below). Andy

§ 78 Fifth Edition

The true natural chronic diseases are those that arise from a chronic miasm, which when left to themselves, and unchecked by the employment of
those remedies that are specific for them, always go on increasing and growing worse, notwithstanding the best mental and corporeal regimen, and
torment the patient to the end of his life with ever aggravated sufferings. These are the most numerous and greatest scourges of the human race; for
the most robust constitution, the best regulated mode of living and the most vigorous energy of the vital force are insufficient for their eradication.

§ 78 Sixth Edition

The true natural chronic diseases are those that arise from a chronic miasm, which when left to themselves, and unchecked by the employment of
those remedies that are specific for them, always go on increasing and growing worse, notwithstanding the best mental and corporeal regimen, and
torment the patient to the end of his life with ever aggravated sufferings. These, excepting those produced by medical malpractice (§ 74), are the most
numerous and greatest scourges of the human race; for the most robust constitution, the best regulated mode of living and the most vigorous energy
of the vital force are insufficient for their eradication.1

1 During the flourishing years of youth and with the commencement of regular menstruation joined to a mode of life beneficial to soul, heart and body, they remain unrecognized for years. Those afflicted appeal in perfect health to their relatives and acquaintances and the disease that was received by infection or inheritance seems to have wholly disappeared. But in later years, after adverse events and conditions of life, they are sure to appear anew and develop the more rapidly and assume a more serious character in proportion as the vital principle has become disturbed by debilitating passions, worry and care, but especially when disordered by inappropriate medicinal treatment.

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Diseases is similar in content to para 78 of the Organon (see
below). Andy
Edition
chronic miasm, which when left to themselves, and unchecked by the
employment of
and growing worse, notwithstanding the best mental and corporeal
regimen, and
sufferings. These are the most numerous and greatest scourges of the
human race; for
and the most vigorous energy of the vital force are insufficient for
their eradication.
Edition
chronic miasm, which when left to themselves, and unchecked by the
employment of
and growing worse, notwithstanding the best mental and corporeal
regimen, and
sufferings. These, excepting those produced by medical malpractice
(§ 74), are the most
robust constitution, the best regulated mode of living and the most
vigorous energy
of regular menstruation joined to a mode of life beneficial to soul,
heart and body, they remain unrecognized for years. Those afflicted
appeal in perfect health to their relatives and acquaintances and
the disease that was received by infection or inheritance seems to
have wholly disappeared. But in later years, after adverse events
and conditions of life, they are sure to appear anew and develop the
more rapidly and assume a more serious character in proportion as
the vital principle has become disturbed by debilitating passions,
worry and care, but especially when disordered by inappropriate
medicinal treatment.