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C H RO N I C D I S EA S ES ,

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AN D

THEIR H OLMEOPAT H IC CURE .

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TH E M EDI C I N ES
 P UBL I S H ER S ’
P R EFA C E .

Th i s v o lu m e , w hi c h c o n ta i n s th e o re tic a l p a rt of
th e
H a h n e m a n n s C HR O N I C D I S EA S ES h a s b e e n issu e d a t
’

th e ur g e nt r e qu e st of s e v e ra l P r of e ssors in H o m oeo

p a thic M e di c a l C oll e g e s,w h o wish to u s e it a s a col

l e g e t e xt book I t i s to b e ho p e d too th a t th e p ro
.
, ,

f e s s i o n a t l a r ge w ill a p p r e ci a t e this volu m e w hich in

,

t h e o p inion of m a ny ra nk s in i m p ortanc e w ith t h e

O R G AN O N .
 A UT H O R S P R EFA C E
’
.

TO TH E FI R S T —
ED ITI O N 1828 .

I f I did not know for wh a t p ur p os e I was p ut h e re

—
on e arth to b e co m e b e tt e r m ys e lf as far as p ossib l e
and to m ak e b e tt e r e v e rythin g a r ound m e that is with
—
in m y p ow e r to i m p rov e I should hav e to consid e r
m ys e lf a s l a ckin g v e ry m u ch in w o rl d l y p r ud e nc e to
m a k e known for th e co m m on g ood e v e n b e for e m y
,

d ea th a n a rt which I a lon e p o s s e ss and which it is

, ,

within m y p ow er to m ak e a s p r ofit abl e as p o ssibl e by

si m p ly k e e p in g it s e cr et .

But in co m m unicat i n g to th e worl d this gr e at dis

co v e ry I a m sorry that I m ust doubt wh e th e r m y c o n

t em p ora ri es wil l co m p r e h e nd th e lo gica l s e qu e n c e of

th e s e t e achin gs of m in e a n d w ill follow th e m c a re fully
,

and ga in th er eby th e infinit e b e n e fits for su ff erin g h u

m anity w hich m u s t in evit a bly S p r in g fro m a fa ithf u l
and a ccu rat e obs e rvanc e of th e s a m e or wh e th e r , ,

fri gh t e n e d away by th e u nh e a r d of natur e of m a ny of

th e s e disclosure s th e y w i ll not rath er l ea v e th e m u n
,

tri e d and uninitiat ed and th e r e for e us e l e ss

, , .

At l e a st I cannot h 0 p e th a t th e s e i m p o r t a nt c o m
m u n i c a ti o n s wil l far e b e tt e r th a n th e ge n e ra l H o m oe
O p at h y w hi c h I hav e p ublish e d hith e rto
, Fro m u nb e
.

li e f in th e e fficacy of th e s m a ll a n d a tt e nuat e d do s e s of
m e dicin e which I m ad e kno w n to th e m e dica l w orld
,
8 A U T H O R S PREFA C E
’
.

aft e r a thousand warnin g trials as b e in g th e m ost e ffi

,

ci e n t ( d i s trfisti n g m y faithful ass e v e ra tions and r ea

son s ) m e n p re f e r to e ndan g e r th e i r p ati e nts for y e ars
,

lon g e r with l arg e a n d larg e r dos e s O win g to this

.
,

th e y g e n e r ally do not liv e to s e e th e cura tiv e e flec ts ,

e v e n as w a s th e cas e w ith m ys e lf b e for e I attain e d this

di m inution of dos e T h e caus e of this w as th a t it was

.

ov e rlook e d th a t th e s e dos e s by th e i r a tt e nu ation w e re

a ll th e m o r e s u i ta bl e for th e i r ho m oeo pa thi c u s e o w in g
to th e d e v e lo p m e nt of th e i r dyn a m ic p o w e r of o p e ra
tion .

Wh a t w ould m e n h a v e risk e d if th e y had at onc e

follo we d m y di r ec ti o n s in th e b e ginnin g a n d h ad m a d e
,

u se of j u s t th es e s m a ll do se s fro m t h e first ? C ou l d
anythin g wors e h a v e h a p p e n e d th a n th a t th e s e dos es
m i ght hav e p rov e d in e ffi c i e n t ? Th e y s u r e ly could do
n o h a r m " But in th e ir inj udicious s e lf will e d a p p lica
,
-

tion of lar ge dos e s for h om o pa th i c u s e th e y only in ,

fa ct on ly onc e a gain w e nt ov e r that roundabout road

,

so d a n ge rous to th e ir p ati e nts in ord e r to r ea ch th e

truth which I mys e lf h ad a lr e ady succ e ssfully p ass e d
,

ov e r and ind e e d with tr e m blin g so as to s a v e th e m

, ,

this troubl e ; and if th e y re ally d e sir e d to h e a l th e y ,

w e r e n e v e rth e l e ss at last co m p e ll e d to a rriv e at th e

only tru e go a l aft e r havin g inflict e d m any a n in j ury
,

and w a st e d a g ood p a rt of th e ir fair lif e A ll th i s I .

had a lr e a dy l a id b e for e th e m fa ithfully a n d frankly ,

and had lon g b e for e giv e n th e m th e re asons .

M a y th ey do b e tt e r with th e gr e a t discov e ry h et e
with p r e s e nt e d to th e m " A n d if th e y should not tr e at
—
this discov e ry any b e tt e r w e ll th e n a m ore co ns ci e n
,

tious and int e lli ge nt p ost e rity will alon e hav e th e ad

 ’
AuT H O R s PREFA C E . 9

vanta ge to b e obtain e d by a faithful p unctua l O bse rv

,

anc e of th e t e a chin gs h e re laid down of b e in g abl e to

,

d e l iv e r m ankin d fro m th e nu m b e rl e ss torm e nts which

hav e re st e d u p on th e p oor sick owin g to th e nu m b e r
l e ss t e di ous dis e as es ev e n as far b ack as h i story ex
, ,

t e nds This gr e at boon had not b e e n pu t within th e ir

.

re ach by what H o m oeo p at h y had tau ght hith e rto .

 P REFACE T O TH E FOURT H VOL UM E .
*

I N " UI R Y I N T O T HE P R O C ESS OF
H O M CEO P A T H I C H EA L I N G .

W e h av e no m e a ns
of r e a chin g w ith o u r s e n s e s o r of
g a inin g e s s e nti a l kno w l e d g e as to t h e p r oc e s s of lif e i n
t h e int e rio r of m a n a n d it is only a t ti m e s g r a nt e d us
,

to d raw S p ec u l a tiv e conclu s ion s f ro m w h a t i s h a p p e n'

i n g a s to th e m a nn e r in whi c h i t m a y h a v e o cc u rr e d
or t a k e n p l a c e ; bu t we a re u n a bl e to fu r ni s h c on c l u s iv e
p r oofs of o u r e x p l a n a tion s fro m th e c h a n g e s w hi c h a r e

O b se r v e d in th e o r g a nic kin g do m ; for t h e ch a n g e s in

livin g or ga nic s ubj e c ts h a v e nothin g in co m m on w ith

thos e t a kin g pl a c e in w h a t is or ga nic s in ce th e y tak e ,

p l a c e by p ro c e ss e s e nti r e ly di ff e r e nt .

I t i s th e r e fo r e q u it e n a tu ra l th a t in p res e ntin g t h e
, ,

H o m oeo pa thi c Th e ra p e u tic s I did not v e ntur e to e x

p l a in h o iax t h r
e c u r e of di s ea s e s is e ff et t e d by O p e r a tin g
on t h e pati e nt w ith s u bst a nc e s p os s ess in g t h e p o w e r
to e x c it e v e r y si mil a r m orb i d sy m pto m s in h e a lthy p e r
sons I f urnish e d ind e e d a conj e ctu r e a bout it but I
.
, , ,

did n o t d e s ir e to c a ll it a n e x p l a n a tion z a a d e finit e

’

, .
,

e x p l a n a tion O f t h e m odus O p e ra ndi N or w as this a t

.

*
T h e wo r k on th e
“
C h
i D ise ases was origi na l ly pu bli s h e d
ro n c

in fiv e pa r ts a n d e ve ry pa t e x ce pt th e s e c o n d h ad i ts own pr e
,
r , ,

f a ce , dis c u ss i n g s o m e qu e sti on s o f ge n eral i n teres t to H o m mop

a th y . Tr a n sl .
12 A U T H O R S PREFA C E
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.

all n e c e ssary for it i s only i ncu m b e nt u p on us to cure

,

si m il a r sy m p to m s corr e ctly and succ e ssfully accordin g ,

to a law of nature whi c h i s b e in g constantly confi r m ed ;

but not t o boast with a bst ra ct e x p lanations w hil e w e ,

l e av e th e p ati e nt s unc ur e d for that is a ll whi c h s o

.

c a ll e d p hysicians h a v e a cco m p lish e d .

Th e s e p hysicians h a v e m a d e m any obj ec tions t o th e

e x p l a natio n I hav e g iv e n a n d th e y would h a v e p r e
,

f e rre d to r ej e ct th e w hol e ho m oeo p athic m e thod of c ur

i n g ( th e only o n e p o ss ibl e ) m e r e ly b e c a u s e th e y w e r e
not s a tisfi e d with m y e ff orts a t e x p lainin g th e m od e of
p roc ed ur e which t a k e s p lac e i n th e int e rio r s of m a n
du r in g a ho m oeo pa thic cu re .

I wr it e th e p r e s e nt lin e s not in ord e r to s a ti s fy tho s e

,

critics but in ord er th a t I m ay p r e s e nt to m y s e lf a n d

,

to m y succ e ssors th e g e n u in e p ra cti c a l H o m o p a t h s

, ,

anoth e r and m or e p r ob a bl e a tt e m pt of thi s kind to w a r d

an e x pl a nation Thi s I p re s e nt b e caus e th e h u m a n
.

m ind f e e ls within it th e i r re sistibl e h a r m l es s a n d ,

p r a i s e w os t h y i m p u l s e to g iv e so m e a c c ount to it s e lf a s

to th e m od e in w hi c h m a n a cco m p lish e s g ood by his

ac tions .

A s I hav e e ls ew h e re s ho w n it i s und e ni a bl e th a t o u r
,

v it a l fo r c e without t h e a s s i s t a nc e of activ e r e m e di e s
,

of h u m a n art c a nnot ov e rc o m e e v e n th e s li g ht a c u t e
,

di s e a s e s ( if it do e s not s u c c u m b to th e m ) a n d r e s to r e
s o m e s ort of h e alth w ith o u t s ac rificin g a p a r t ( oft e n a

l a r g e p a r t ) of th e fl u id a n d th e s olid p a rt s of th e o r
g a n i s m throu g h a s o c -
a ll e d c r isis H ow
. our v it a l f o r c e

e ffec t s this w ill e v e r r e m a in unknown to u s ; but s o

,

m u c h i s sur e th a t thi s forc e c a nnot ov e rco m e e v e n

,

th e s e dis e a s e s in a dir ec t m a nn e r nor witho u t s uc h

,
 A U T H O R S PR EFAC E
’
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sacrific e s T h e C hronic D i s e a s e s w hi c h S prin g fro m

.
,

m ia s m s can not b e h e al e d unaid e d e v e n by s uch sacri

, ,

fi c es n o r can r e a l h e a lth b e r e stor e d by this forc e

,

alon e But it is j ust a s c e rt a in th a t e v e n if this forc e

.

is e nabl e d by th e tr u e ( h o m o pat h i c ) h e alin g art ,

g uid e d by t h e hu m an und e r st a ndin g to ov e r p o w e r a n d ,

ov e rco m e ( to cu r e ) not only th e qui c kly tra nsi e nt but ,

a l s o t h e c hronic di s e a s e s a risin g fro m m i a s m s in a di

r ec t m a nn e r a n d w itho u t s u c h s ac rific es without loss ,

of body a n d life n e v e rt h e l ess it is a l wa ys thi s p owe r

, , ,

th e vi ta l forc e w hich c onq u e rs

, I t is in thi s c a s e as
.

with th e a r m y of a co u ntry w hich d r iv es th e e n e m y

,

out of t h e c o u nt ry ; thi s a r m y o u g ht to b e c a ll e d victor

ious a ltho u gh it m ay not h a v e wo n th e vi c tory w itho u t
,

fo r e i gn a u xili a ri e s I t is th e o rga nic vit a l forc e of our

.

body whi c h c u re s n a tura l dis e a s e s of e v e ry kind di

r e c tly a n d w ithout a n y s a crific e s a s soon a s it i s e u

abl e d by m e an s of t h e corr e ct ( ho m oeo p athic ) re m

e di es to w i n t h e victory Thi s fo rc e wo u ld not i n
.
,

d e e d h a v e b e e n a bl e to c onq u e r without thi s a ssist

,

a nc e for our or ga nic vit a l forc e t a k e n alon e is only

, , ,

su ffici e nt to m a int a in th e u ni m p e d e d p ro gr e s s of life so

lon g a s m a n is not m orbidly a ffe ct e d by th e hostil e O p
e r a t i o n of fo rc es c a u s in g di s e a s e .

Un a s s z s ted th e vit a l forc e is no m atch to th e s e hos

’

til e p o w e rs ; i t h a rdly O p p os e s a forc e e qua l to th e

hostil e O p e ration a n d thi s ind e e d w ith m a ny si gn s of
, , ,

its own s u ffe rin gs ( w hich w e call m orbid s y m p to m s ) .

By its o w n p ow e r our vit a l forc e w o u ld n e v e r b e abl e

to ov e rco m e th e fo e of c hronic di s e a s e nor e v e n to ,

conqu e r tra nsi e nt dis ea s e s w ithout consid e rab l e loss e s

,

inflict e d on so m e p a rts of th e or ga nis m if it r e m ain e d ,

14 A U T H O R S PR EFA C E
’
.

witho u t xt e rn a l ai d w ithout th e a s si s tanc e of g e nuin e

e ,

r e m e di e s To giv e s u ch su pport i s th e d u ty e nj oin e d

.

on t h e ph y s ici a n s und e rst a ndin g by th e P r e s e rv e r of

’

life .

A s I h a v e s a id a bo v e o u r vi tal fo rc e ka r d ly O p po s e s
,

a n e q u a l O p p o s ition to th e fo e c a usin g th e dis e a s e a n d ,

y e t no e n e m y c a n b e ov e r c o m e e xc e p t by a s u p e r ior

fo rc e . O nly ho m oeo pathic m e dicin e c a n g iv e thi s

su p e rio r p ow e r to th e inv a lid a t e d vit a l fo rc e .

O f its e lf this vit a l p r in c i p l e b e in g only a n o rg anic

,

vit a l fo rc e int e nd e d to p re s e rv e a n u ndi stu r b e d h e alth ,

o pp os e s only a w e a k r e si st a n c e to th e inva din g m o r

b ifi c e n e m y ; a s th e di s ea s e g ro ws a n d i n cre a s es it o p
p os e s a g r e a t e r r e sist a nc e ,but a,t b e st it ,i s only a n

e q u a l r e sist a nc e ; with w e a kl y p a ti e nt s it is n o t e v e n

e q u a l but w e a k e r
, . Thi s forc e i s n e ith e r c a pa bl e nor ,

d e s tin e d nor c r ea t e d for a n o v e r p o w e r in g re sist a n c e

, ,

which w ill do no h a r m to it s e lf .

B u t if we p hysi c i a n s a re a bl e to p r e s e nt a n d O p p o s e
to thi s instin c tiv e vit a l forc e i ts m o r bi fi c e n e m y a s it ,

w e re m a g nifi e d thro ug h th e action of ho m oeo p a thic

—
m e di c in e s e v e n if it s ho u ld b e e nl a r g e d e v e r y ti m e
—
only by a littl e if in thi s w a y th e i m a ge of th e m o r
b i fi c f o e b e m a g nifi e d to th e a p p re h e n s ion of th e vit a l
p rin c i p l e t h ro u g h h o m o p a t hi c m e dicin e s w hich
, in a ,

d e l u si v e m a nn e r s i m u l a t e th e o ri gi n a l di s ea s e we
, ,

g r a du a lly c a u s e a n d co m p e l thi s in s tinctiv e vit a l forc e

to inc re a se its e n e r gi es by d e gr e e s a n d to inc re as e ,

th e m m or e a n d m or e a nd a t l as t to s u c h a d e gr e e that
,

it b e co m e s f ar m ore p o w e rful th a n t h e o r i g i n a l di s e a s e .

T h e con s e qu e nc e of this is th a t th e vit al forc e a gain

,

b ec o m es s ov e re i g n in i ts do m a in ca n a g a i n hold an d
,
 A UT H O R S PR EFA C E
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di re c t th e r e ins of sanitary p ro gr e ss whi l e th e a pp ar

,

e n t incr ea s e of th e dis e as e c a us e d by ho m oeo p a thic

m e dicin e s disa p p e ars of its e lf as soon as we s e e in g th e

,

p p ond e ra nc e of t h e res tor e d vita l forc e z a of t h e

r
'

e , .
,

re store d h e a lth c eas e to u s e th es e re m edi es

, .

T h e fund or th e fund a m e ntal e ss e nc e of this S p irit

u a l vit a l p rinci p l e i m pa rt e d to us m e n by th e infini t e ly
,

m e rciful C re ator is incr e dibly g r e at if we p hysici a ns

, ,

u nd e rstand how to m aint a in its int e grity in th e days of

h ea lth by dire cti n g m e n to a h e a lthy m od e of livin g

, ,

and how to i n v oke and a u g m e nt it in d i s eas e s by p ure ly

‘

ho m oeo pa thic tr e at m e nt .
 P REFACE T O FIFT H VOL UM E .

I
D L U TI O N S A N D P O T EN C I ES ( D YN A M I Z A
TI O N S ) .

D i lu ti on s , p ro p e rly s o c all e d , e xist a m ost

-
o l e ly in l s

O bj e cts of tast e a n d of co or l A s olution of . salty and

bitt e r s ubstanc es b e co m e s conti nu a lly m o r e d e p r iv e d
of its ta s t e th e m or e wat e r is add ed a n d e v e ntu a lly it , ,

has hardly a n y t a st e no m a tt e r ho w m uch i t m ay b e

,

sh a k e n S o a lso a solution of colorin g m a tt e r by th e

.
, , ,

ad m ixtu re of m o r e a n d m ore wat e r b e co m e s a t l a st ,

a l m ost colorl e s s a n d a n y a m ount of s h a kin g w i l l not

,

incre as e its color .

Th es e a re a n d continu e to b e r ea l a tt e n u ations or
, ,

dilutions but no d yn a m i z ati o n s

, .

H o m oeo p athi c D yn am i z ati o n s a re p r o c es s e s by w hich

th e m e dicin a l p ro p e rti e s which a re lat e nt in n a tur a l
,

s ubstanc e s whil e in th e ir cru de stat e b e c o m e a rou s ed . ,

and th e n b e co m e e n a bl e d to ac t in a n a l m ost S p i r itua l

m ann e r on o u r lif e ; i e on our s e nsibl e a n d irrita bl e
. .
,

fibre This d e v e lo p m e nt of th e pro p e rti e s of c r ud e

.

natura l su bst a nc e s ( dyn a m iza tion ) t a k e s p l a c e as I ,

hav e b e fore t a u g ht in th e ca s e of dry subst a nc es by

,

me ans of t ritura tion i n a m ortar but in t h e cas e of ,

fluid subst a n c e s by m e ans of shakin g or succussion

, ,

which is a lso a t r it u ra ti on Th e s e pre p ara tions c a n

.

n ot b e si m p ly d e si g n a t e d a s dil u tio ns althou g h e v e ry ,

pr e p aration o f this kind in ord e r th at it m a y b e rai s e d

,
18 A U T H O R S PR EFA C E ’
.

to a hi g h e r p ot e ncy z e in o r d e r th a t th e m e di c in a l
'

.
, .
,

ro
p p e r ti e s s till l a t e nt w ithin it m a y b e y e t f a rth e r
a w ak e n e d a n d d e v e lo pe d m u st fi rs t und e rg o a f u rth e r
,

a tt e nu a tion in o r d e r th a t t h e t r it u r a tion o r s u c c il s s i o n
,

m a y e nt e r still f u rth e r into th e v e ry e s s e nc e of th e

m e d i c inal s u bst a n c e a n d m ay th u s a l s o lib e ra t e and
,

e x p o s e t h e m o re subtl e p a r t of t h e m e di c in a l p o w e rs

th a t li e hidd e n m o r e d ee p ly w hich could not be ,

e ff ec t e d by any a m o u nt of t r itu ra tion a n d s u c c ussion of

th e subst a n c es in th e i r c on c e ntra t e d fo r m .

W e fr e q u e ntly r e a d in h om ce o pa th i c books th a t i n ,

t h e c a s e of o n e or anoth e r p e r s on in a c e rt a in c a s e of
di s e as e s o m e hi g h ( di lution ) dyn a m iz a tion of a m edi
,

cin e w a s of no u se a t a ll but a lo w e r p ot e n c y p roved

,

e ff e ct u a l w hil e oth e r s h a v e s e e n m or e succ e ss fro m

,

hi gh e r p ot e nci e s But n o o n e in s u c h c as e s i nv e sti

.

g a t e s t h e c a u s e o f t h e g r e a t di ff e r e n c e of th e s e e ff e c ts .

Wh a t pr e v e nt s th e p r e p a r e r of th e m e dicin e s ( and
thi s ou g ht to b e th e ho m oeo pa thi c p hy s i c i a n hi m s e lf ;
h e hi m se lf ou g ht to forg e a n d w h e t th e a r m s with
—
which to fi ght th e di s e a se ) w h a t p re v e nt s hi m in p r e ,

p a r in g a p ot e n c y ,
f r o m g i v in g 10 20 ,5 0. a n d m o re s u c

c u s s i ve s t r ok e s a ga in st a s o m e w h a t h a rd e l a stic body ,

to e v ery vi a l cont a inin g o n e d r o p of th e lo w e r p ot e n c y

with 99 d ro p s of a lcohol s o a s to obt a i n stro n g po
,

te n c i e s ? Thi s wo u ld b e va stly m or e e ffe c tiv e th a n

g ivin g only a f e w n e r v e le ss s u c c u s s i v e st r ok e s w hich,

will p rodu c e littl e m o r e th a n dilutio n s w hi c h o u gh t

“

not to be th e c a s e .

T h e p e rf e ction of o ur u niq u e art of h e a lin g and th e

"

we lfa r e of th e p a ti e nt s se e m to m a k e it w o r th w hil e
f o r th e p hysici a n to tak e th e t r o u bl e n e c e ss a r y to
'

s e cur e th e ut m ost e ffici e ncy in his m e dicin es .

 A U T H O R S P R EFA C E
'

. 19

M od e rn w ise ac r e s h a v e e v e n sn e e re d at th e 3oth po
t e n ey and wou ld only u s e th e l ow e r l ess d e v e lo pe d
, ,

and m or e m a ssiv e p r e p arations in l a rg e r dos es wh e r e ,

by th e y hav e b e e n ho we v e r unab l e to e ffe ct all t h at

, ,

our art can a cco m p lish I f ho we v e r e v e ry\ p o te n c y

.
, ,

i s dyn a m iz e d w ith t h e sa m e nu m b e r of succus s iv e

st r ok e s w e obt a in e v e n in th e fifti e th p ot e ncy m e di
, , ,

cin e s of th e m o s t p e n e tra tin g e fli ca c y so that e v e ry .

m in ut e p e ll e t m oist e n e d w ith it a ft e r b ein g dis s o l v e d

.

in a qu a ntity of wa t e r c a n a n d m ust b e t a k e n in s m all

,

p arts, if w e do not w i s h to p rod u c e too v iol e nt an

action w i th s e nsitiv e pati e nts w hil e w e m ust re m e m
,

b e r th a t such a p re p a ra tion cont a ins a l m ost a ll t h e

p ro p e r ti e s lat e nt in th e d ru g n o w fully d e v e lo p e d a n d ,

th ese can only th e n co m e into f u ll activity .

P AR I S D e c e m b e r
, 19th , 18 38 .
 Nature of Chroni c Di seases .

T he H om o h e a l in g a rt as t a u ght in m y own
p a th i c ,

wri tin gs a n d in tho s e of m y p u p ils wh e n f a ithfu l ly ,

follow ed ha s hith e rto show n its n a t u ral su p e riority

,

ov e r any a llo p athi c tr eat m e nt in a v e ry d ecid e d and

strikin g m a nn e r ; a n d this not only in thos e dis e as es
whi c h sudd e nly a tt a ck m e n ( th e ac u t e dis e a s e s ) but ,

also in e pid e m ic dis e a s e s a n d in s p ora dic f e v e r s .

V e n e r e a l dis e as e s a l so h a v e b e e n ra dically h ea l ed
by H o m oeo p athy m u c h m o r e sur ely with l es s troubl e ,

and without any s e qu e l ae ; for w ithout disturbin g o r

d e st r oyin g th e loca l m a nif e st a tion it h e a l s th e i nt e rnal
funda m e nt a l dis e as e fr o m w ithin only thro u g h th e ,

be st s p e cifi c r e m e dy B ut t h e nu m b e r of th e oth e r
.

chronic dis e as e s on this gr e a t e arth ha s b e e n i m m e as

ur a b ly g r ea t e r and r e m ains s o
, .

Tr e at m e nt by allo p a thic p hysicians hith e rto m e r e ly

s e rv e d to i n c r e as e th e distr e s s fro m this kind of dis
e as e ; for this tre a t m e nt co n sist e d of a whol e m ult i
tud e of naus e ous m ixtur es ( co m p ound e d by th e dru g
g i s t f r o m viol e ntly a c tin g m e dicin e s in larg e dos e s of ,

whos e s e p a ra t e tr u e e ffe ct s th e y w e re i g norant ) to ,

g e th e r with t h e u s e of m a nifold b a ths th e s u d ori fi c

,

and sa l ivatin g r e m e di e s th e p ai n ki l lin g narcotics t h e

,
-
,

inj e ctio ns fo m e nt a tions f u m i g ations th e blist e rin g

, , ,

p l ast e r,
s t h e e x u t o r i e s and fontan e ls but e s,p cia l ly
e

th e e v e rl a stin g lax a tiv e s l eec h e s c u p p in g s and s tarv

, ,
 22 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S .

ing tre a t m e nts or what ev e r n am e s m ay b e g iv e n to

,

all th e s e m e dicinal torm e nts w hich continu a lly va ri e d ,

lik e th e fash i ons By th e s e m e ans th e dise a s e wa s

.

e ith e r a gg r a vat e d and th e vit a l forc e S p it e of s o c a l l e d ,

-

tonics us ed at int e rva ls was m ore and m ore di m in ,

i s h e d ; or if any strikin g chan ge was p rodu c e d by

,

th e m inst e ad of th e for m e r su ffe ri n g s th er e a p p ea r e d

—
, ,

a wors e stat e na m e l e s s di s e as e s c a us e d by m e d i
ci n e far wors e and m or e incurabl e than th e ori ginal
—
,

n a t u ral o n e whil e t h e p hysici a n conso l e d th e pa

“
ti e nt with th e W ol d s T h e form e r sickn e s s I hav e
‘ ‘

b e e n fortunat e e nou g h to re m ov e ; it is a gr e a t p ity

th a t a n e w dis eas e h as a p p e are d but I ho p e to b e ,

as s u cc e ssfu l i n r e m ovin g thi s latt e r as i n t h e fo r m e r

”
.

A n d so whil e th e s a me d i s eas e a s s u m ed va r i ous f or m s

, ,

a n d whil e n e w dis e a s e s w e r e b e in g a dd e d by t h e u se

of i m p ro pe r in j urious m e dicin e s th e su ffe rin g s of th e

, ,

p a ti e nt w e r e continu a lly a gg r a vat e d unti l his p i ti a bl e

l a m e ntations w e r e hush e d fo re v e r w i th h i s dyin g
br e a th and th e r e l a ti v e s w e r e sooth e d with th e co m
,
“
fortin g pr e t e ns e E v e rythin g i m a ginabl e had b e e n
us e d an d a p p li e d in th e c a s e of t h e d e ce as e d .

I t i s not so with H o m oeo p a thy th e gre at gift of ,

God "
E v e n in th es e oth e r kind s of chronic dis e a s es its ,

disc i p l e s by fo l lowin g th e t e achin gs p re s e nt e d in my

,

form e r writin gs and m y fo r m e r ora l l ecture s a eco m ,

p li s h e d far m or e th a n all th e a for e-m e ntion e d m e thods

of c urin g i e wh e n th e y found th e p ati e nt not too
, . .
,

m u ch run down and s p oil e d by al l o p ath i c tre a t m e nt ,

as w a s unfortunat e l y too oft e n th e ca s e w h e re the

p a ti e nt had any m on e y to s p e nd .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S . 23

U sin g th e m o re n a tura l tr e a t m e nt H o m o pa th ic ,

p hysi c i a ns hav e fr e qu e ntly b ee n abl e in a short ti m e

to r e m ov e th e c hronic dis e a s e w hich th ey h a d b e fore

th e m a ft e r e x a m inin g it a c c o rdin g to a ll th e s y m p
,

to m s p e rc e ptibl e to t h e s e ns es and th e m e a n s of cure

w e re t h e m o s t s uit a bl e a m on g th e H o m o p a th i c r e m
e di e s u s e d in th e ir s m al l e st dos e s w hich h a d b e e n s o far
,

p rov e d a s to th e ir p ur e t r u
,
e e ff e cts A n d a ll
. thi s w a s

don e without robbin g th e p a ti e nt of his fluid s a n d

st r e n gth as i s don e by th e a llo p a thy of th e co m m on
,

p hysici a ns ; s o th a t t h e p a ti e nt f u lly h ea
, l e d c ould ,

a ga in e nj oy g l a d s o m e d ay s Th e s e c u r e s i n d e e d h a v e
.

f a r e x c e ll e d a ll th a t a llo p athist s had e v e r i n r a r e —

—
c as e s b e e n a bl e to e ff e c t by a l u cky g ra b into th e ir
m e dicin e ch es t s .

T h e co m p l a ints yi e ld e d fo r th e m ost p a rt to v e ry
s m a ll dos e s of th a t r e m e dy w hi c h ha d pr ov e d i ts a bil
ity to p roduc e t h e s a m e s eri e s of m o r bid s y m p to m s in
t h e h e a lthy body ; a n d if th e di s e a s e w a s not a lto
,

g e th e r too inv e t e rat e a n d h a d not b e e n too m u ch a n d

in too gr ea t a d e g r e e m i s m ana ge d by a llo p a thy it oft e n ,

yi e ld e d for a con s id e r a bl e ti m e s o that m a nkind h ad ,

g ood r e ason to d e e m it s e lf fort u n a t e e v en for that

m uch h e l p and ind e e d it oft e n p r o c lai m e d i ts thank
, , ,

fu l n e ss A p ati e nt th u s tr ea t e d m i g ht a nd O ft e n did
.

consid e r hi m s e lf in p re tty g ood h ea l th w h e n b e fa irly ,

jud g e d of hi s pr e s e nt i m prov e d stat e a n d co m p a r e d it

w ith h i s far m or e p ainfu l condition b e fo r e H o m oe0 p
*
athy h ad a fford e d hi m its h e l p .

Of
'

thi s ki n d we e th e cu res of dis e ses c us e d by ps ora n ot

r a a a

ye t f u l l y d e ve l o pe d whi
,
c h h a d b e e n t r ea te d by m y f o ll o we rs with
rem edi es whi c h did n o t be l o n g to th e n u m b e o f th o s e whi c h r ,
 4 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S .

E v e n so m e g ross e rrors of di e t t a kin g co l d th e , ,

a pp e a r anc e of w ea th e r e s p e ci a lly rou gh w e t a n d cold ,

o r s tor m y or e v e n th e a pp roach of a ut u m n if e v e r so
, ,

m ild but m or e y e t wint e r and a wint ry S p r in g a n d

, , , ,

th e n s o m e viol e nt e x e rtion of th e body o r m ind but ,

p a r tic u l a rly s o m e sho c k to t h e h e alth caus e d by so me

s e v er e e xt e rn a l inj u ry or a v e ry sad e v e nt th a t bowe d
,

do w n th e s oul r e p e a t e d fri g ht gr e at gri e f so rro w and

, , ,

continuou s v e x a tion oft e n c a us e d in a w e ak e n e d body

,

th e r e a p p ea r a n c e of o n e or m o r e of t h e a il m e nts
-

whi c h s e e m e d to h a v e b e e n a lr e a dy ov e rco m e ; a n d
thi s n e w condition w as oft e n a g gr a v a t e d by so m e
quit e n e w conco m it a nt s w hich if not m o r e threa t e n
,

i n g th a n t h e for m e r on e s which h a d b e e n re m ov e d
h o m o p a t h i c a lly w e r e oft e n j u s t a s t r oubl es o m e and
now m o r e ob s tin a t e Thi s wo u ld b e e s p e ci a lly th e
.

c a s e w h e n e v e r th e s e e m in g ly c u r e d di s e as e h ad for its
fo u n d a tion a p so ra whi c h h ad b e e n m ore fully d e v e l
O ped Wh e n su c h a r e l a p s e wo u ld t a k e p l a c e th e
.

H o m oeo pa thi c p hy s ici a n wo u ld giv e th e r e m e dy m ost

fi ttin g a m on g th e m e di c in es th e n kno w n a s if dir ec t e d ,

l at e r ,
ro
p ve d to hi ef a n ti psora re m e di es ; becau se th ese
b e th e c -

r e m e di e s we r e n o t ye t k n o wn Th ey h ad be e n m e e l y tre ated
. r

with s u ch m e di c i n es as H o m m opath i c lly b es t co ve ed a n d t em po

a r

ra ri ly r e m o ve d th e th e n appa e n t m o d e ra t e s y m pt o m s th u s ca u s
r ,

i n g a ki n d o f a c u re whi c h b ro u g ht b ac k th e m a n i f es t ps o i n to a ra

l ate n t co nditio n a nd th u s prod uced a ki n d of h ealthy co nditi on ,

es pe c i ally w ith y ou n g v i g o ro u s pe s o n s s u ch a s wou ld appea r a s

,
r ,

re a l h e a lth to e ve ry o b s e r ve r wh o did n o t e x a m i n e a cc u ra te ly ;

a n d thi s s tat e o f te n l a s t e d f o r m a n y y ears Bu t w ith c h ro n i c d i s

.

ea se s cau se d by a ps o ra al re a dy f u lly d e v e l ope d th e m e di c i n es ,

whi c h we re th e n k n own n e v e r s u fi ce d f o r a co m pl e te cu re an y ,

m ore th an th es e sa m e m e di c i n es s u ffi ce at th e prese n t ti m e .
 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S ES . 25

a gain s t a n e w dis e a s e and this wou l d a ga in b e at

,

t e nd e d by p r etty g ood succ e ss which for th e ti m e,

wou l d a ga in b rin g th e p ati e nt into a b e tt e r stat e I n .

th e for m e r cas e ho we v e r in w hich m e r e ly th e trou

, ,

b l e s w hich s ee m e d to hav e b ee n r e m ov e d w e r e t e
n e w e d th e r e me dy which ha d b e e n s e rvic e abl e th e
,

first ti m e wou l d p rov e l ess us e ful and wh e n r e p e at e d ,

a g ain it wou l d h e l p s till l e s s Th e n pe rh a ps e v e n

.
,

und e r th e o p er a tion of th e H o m o p at h i c re m e dy
wh i ch s e e m ed b es t a d a pt e d a n d e v e n wh e r e t h e m od e
,

of livin g had b ee n quit e co r re ct n e w sy m pto m s of d i s

,

e as e w o u ld b e a dd e d which c o u ld be r e m ov e d only

inad e qu a t e ly and i m p e rf e ctly ; y e a th e s e n e w sy m p ,

to m s w e re a t ti m e s not at a ll i m p rov e d e s p ecially ,

wh e n s o m e of th e O b s t acl e s a bov e m e ntion e d h i nd ere d

t h e r e c ov e ry
.

S o m e j oyous occurre nc e or a n ext e rn a l c ondition of

,

C ircu m st a nc e s i m p rov e d by fortun e a p l ea s a n t j our ,

n e y a f a vorabl e s eas on or a dry u nifor m t e m pe ratur e

, , ,

m i g ht oc c asion a lly p roduc e a r e m ark a bl e p aus e of

sho r t e r or lon g e r d ura tion in th e dis ea s e of th e p ati e nt ,

durin g w hich th e H o m o p ath m i g ht con s id e r h i m a s

fairly r e co v e re d a n d th e pa ti e nt hi m se lf if h e g ood ,

natu re dly o v e rlook e d so m e pa ssabl e m od e rat e a il

m e nt s m i g ht consid e r hi m s e lf a s h e althy
, S til l su c h .

a favora b l e paus e wou l d n e v e r be of lon g duration ,

and th e r e t urn a n d r e pe at e d r e turns of the c o m

p lain t s in th e e n d l e ft e v e n th e b e st s e l e ct e d H o m oeo
p athic r e m edi es th e n known a n d g iv e n i n th e ,

m ost a p p ro p riat e do s e s th e l e ss e ffe ctiv e th e oft e n e r

,

th ey w e re re pe a t e d T h ey s e rv e d at l a st h a rdly e v e n
.

a s w e a k p a lliati v e s . But u s u a lly a ft e r re p e at e d at ,

3
26 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C H R O N I C D I S EA S ES .

t e m p ts to c onqu e r th e di s e a s e w hi c h a p p e a r e d in a
form alwa y s so m e wh a t c ha n g e d r e sidu a l co m p l aints ,

a p pe ar e d w hich th e H o m oeo pa thi c m e di c in e s hith e rto

p rov e d thou
, g h not f e w had to l e a v e , un e radic a t e d ,

y e a , oft e n undi m inish e d Thus th e r e .e v e r follo w e d

varyin g c o m p l a int s e v e r m or e troubl e so m e and as ,

ti m e p ro c e e d e d m o r e thr e at e nin g a n d this e v e n whil e

, ,

t h e m od e of livin g w a s cor r e c t a n d w ith a p u n c tu a l

obs er v a n c e of dir e c tion s T h e chroni c di s ea s e c ould
.
,

d e s pit e a ll e ff orts b e but littl e d e l a y e d in i ts p ro gr e ss

,

by th e H o m oeo pa thi c p hy s ici a n a n d gr e w w or s e fro m

y e a r to y ea r .

This was a n d r e m a i n e d th e q u ick e r or s lo w e r p ro

, ,

c e ss in s uch tr ea t m e nt s in a ll non v e n e r ea l s e v e re -
,

C h r onic di s e a s e s e v e n w h e n th e s e w e r e tr e at e d in
,

e x a ct accord a nc e w ith t h e H o m o p a th i C a r t a s h i t h
e rto kno w n .Th e ir b e ginnin g w a s p r o m i s in g t h e c o n ,

ti n u a ti o n l e s s f a vora bl e t h e out c o m e ho p e l e ss
,
.

N ev er t/i eles s tll i s tea ch i ng w a s f o u n d ed upon tlz e

s tea d f a s t pi lla r of tr u l /z a n d w i ll ev er m or e be so . T he
att e st a tion of i ts e x c e ll e n c e y e a of its infa llibility ( so
, ,

fa r as this c a n b e p r e di ct e d of hu m a n a ff a i rs ) it h a s ,

laid b e fo r e th e e y e s of th e world thro u gh f ac ts .

H o m o p athy a lon e t au ght fi r s t of a ll h ow to h ea l

t h e w e ll d e fi n e d idio p a thi c dis e as e s th e old s m ooth
-
, ,

sc a rl e t f e v e r of S yd e nh a m th e m o r e r e c e nt p u r p l e s
, ,

whoo p in g co ug h c r ou p sycosi s a n d a utu m n a l d ys e n

, , ,

te ri e s by m e a n s of th e S p ec ifi ca lly a idin g H o m oeo

,

p a thi c r e m e di e s E v e n. a c u t e p l e uri s y a n d t y p hous ,

co n t a gious e p id e m i c s m u s t now a llow th e m s e lv e s to

b e S p e edily turn e d into h e a lth by a f e w s m a ll dos e s of
ri ghtly s e l ec t e d H o m oeo p a thic m e di c in e
-
.
 ’
H A H N EM A N N S C HR O N I C D I S EA S ES . 27

Wh e nc e th e n this l e ss favora bl e thi s unf a vora bl e , ,

r e sult of th e continu e d tr e at m e nt of th e non v e n e r e a l -

chronic dis ea s e s e v e n by H o m o p athy ? Wh a t was

th e r e a son of t h e thous a nds of un s ucc e ssf u l e nd e a v ors
to h e a l th e oth e r dis e a s e s of a chronic n a tu r e so th a t
l a stin g h e a lth m i g ht r es ult ? M i ght thi s b e c a us e d ,

p e rh a p s by
,
t h e s till too s m all nu m b e r of H o m oe o

p athic r e m e di a l m e a ns th a t ha v e so f a r b e e n p rov e d
as to th e i r p ure a ction ? T h e follo w e rs of H om oeo
p a thy h a v e hith e rto th u s c o n sol e d th e m s e lv es ; but
this e x c u s e o r s o c a ll e d con s ol a tion n e v e r sati s fi e d
,
-
,

th e found e r of H o m o p a thy — rti ul rly b c us e

p a c a e a

e v e n th e n e w a dditi o ns of p rov e d v a lu a bl e m e d i c in e s ,

inc r ea si n g fro m y e ar to y ea r h a v e not adv a nc e d th e

,

h ea l i n g of chroni c ( non v e n e r ea l ) di s e a s e s by a S in g l e
-

st e p whil e a c u t e di s ea s e s ( u nl e ss th es e at th e i r c o m
, ,

m e n c e m e n t thr e a t e n u n a voidabl e d e ath ) ar e not only

,

p a ss a bly r e m ov e d by ,
m e a n s of a c orr e ct a pp lic a tion
of H o m o p a th i c r e m e di e s but with th e a ssistanc e of
,

th e n e v e r r e stin g p r e s e rv a tiv e vit a l forc e in o u r org a n

-
,

i s m find a s p e e dy a n d c o m p l e t e cur e
, .

Why th e n c a nnot thi s v ital forc e effi c i e n tlv af

, , ,

f e c t e d th r o u g h H o m oeo p a thi c m e dicin e p r od u c e a n y ,

t r u e a n d l astin g r e c ov e r y in th e s e chronic m a l a di e s
e v e n w ith th e a i d of t h e H o m oeo p a thic r e m e di e s w hi c h

b e st c ov e r th e ir p r e s e nt sy m p to m s ; whil e this s a m e
forc e which i s cr ea t e d for th e r e stora tion of o u r o r ga n
i s m i s n e v e rth e l e ss s o ind e f a ti ga bly a n d succ essfully
activ e in co m p l e tin g th e re cov e r y e v e n in s e v e re a cut e
dis e a s es ? What i s th e r e to p re v e nt thi s ?
T h e a nsw e r to this qu e stion w hich is so natura l , ,

in e vitably le d m e to th e discov e ry of th e n a ture of

th e s e chronic di s ea s e s .
28 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S ES .

To fi n d out th e n th e r e a son w hy a ll th e m e dicin e s

known to H o m oeo pa thy f a i l e d to b r in g a r e a l cure i n
th e abov e m e ntion e d di s e a s e s an d to g a in a n in s i ght
-
,

m o r e n e a rly corr e ct a n d if p o s sibl e quit e co r r e ct

, , ,

int o t h e tru e n a ture of th e thou s a nd s of C hronic dis

e as es whi c h still r e m a in uncure d d e s p it e th e i n c o n ,

t e stabl e tru th of t h e H o m o p a th ic L a w of C u r e this ,

v e r y se rious t a sk h a s occu p i e d m e s in c e t h e y ea rs 18 16

and 18 1 7 ni g ht and d ay ; a n d b e hold " th e Giv e r of

,

a ll g ood thi n gs p e r m itt e d m e w ithin thi s S p a c e of ti m e

to g radu a lly solv e this subli m e p robl e m throu gh u n re

m ittin g thou g ht ind e fa ti ga bl e i n q u i r y fa i thf u l o bs e r
, ,

vation and th e m o s t a cc u ra t e e x p e ri m e nts m a d e fo r

*
th e w e lf a r e of hu m a nity .

I t w as a c ontinu a lly r e p e a t e d fa ct th at th e non

v e n e re al c hronic di s e a s e s a ft e r b e in g ti m e a n d a ga in
,

re m o v e d H o m oe0 pa th i c a lly by th e r e m e di e s fully p r ov e d

u p to t h e p re s e nt ti m e a l w a y s r e tu r n e d in a m or e or
,

l es s v a ri e d for m a n d w ith n e w s y m p to m s o r re a p ,

p e ar e d a n n u a lly w ith a n i n c r ease of co m p l a ints This .

Y et I did not a ll o w th ese u n i n te m itte d e n dea vo s to

a n y of r r

beco m e k n own e ith e to th e wo rl d o r to m y f oll o we r n ot i n de e d

r s, , ,

be cause th e i n gratit ud e o f e qu e n tly s h o wn to m e p e ve n ted m e

s r r ,

fo r I h eed n e ith e r i ng ra tit u d e n o r pe rse c u ti o n s o n m y t rou bl ou s

p a th o f l i f e , w hi c h y e t h as n o t p ro v e d a l t o g e th e r j o y l e ss b e c a u s e ,

of th e g rea t goa l t o wa d whi c h I h a ve s t r i ve n

r N O I l e ft it n u
.
,

m e n ti o n e d b e c u e it i s i m pr ope r ye
a s h u rtf u l to s peak o write
,
a, r

of thi ng s s ti l l i m m tu r e
I N o t u n ti l th e y e r 1 8 2 7 did I c o m m u n i
. a

cate th e es s e n ti al s o f th e di s cove ry to tw o of m y pu pi ls w h o h ad ,

bee n of th e grea tes t s erv i ce to th e art of H o m e opathy f or thei r ,

o wn be n e fit a n d th a t o f th e i r pa tie n ts s o t h a t th e wh o l e di s c o v e ry
,

m ight n ot b e l os t to th e world i f pe rch a n ce hig h e r c a l l to e te r n itya

h a d call e d m e awa y b e fore t h e c o m pl eti o n o f t h e bo ok — a n e ve n t

n o t so v er y i m pro b a bl e i n m y s e ve n ty thi rd y ea - r .
 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S . 29

fa ct g av e m e th e firs t cl e w th a t th e H o m oeo pa thic

p hysicia n w ith such a C hronic ( non v e n e r ea l
-
) c a s e ,

y e a,
i n all c a s e s of ( non v e n -
e r ea l ) chroni c dis e a s e has,

n ot only to c o m b a t th e di s e a s e p r e s e nt e d b e for e his

ey e s ,
a n d m ust not vi e w a n d tr e at it a s if it w e r e a

w e ll d e fi n ed di s e as e to b e s p e e dily a n d p e r m a n e ntly
-
,

d e s t roy e d and h e al e d by ordin a ry H o m oeo pathi c re m e

di es but th a t h e h as al w a y s to e nco unt e r only so m e
,

s e parat e fr a g m e nt of a m ore d e e p s e a t e d ori g in a l d i s

-

e as e .

T h e gr ea t e xt e nt of this dis e a s e i s sho w n in th e n e w

sy m pto m s a p pe a rin g fro m ti m e to t i m e ; so th a t th e
H o m oeo p a thic p hy s i c i a n m ust not h O p e to p e rm a
n e n tly h e a l th e s e p a r a t e m a n if e s t a tion s of thi s kind in

th e p r e s u m ption hith e rto e nt e r t a in e d th a t th e y a re

, ,

w e ll d e fi n e d s e p ara t e ly e xi s tin g di s e as e s w hich ca n be

-
,

h e al e d pe r m a n e ntly a n d co m p l e t e ly H e th er ef or e.
, ,

m us t fi r s t fi n d ou t a s f a r a s pos s i ble th e w /z ole ex ten t

of a ll th e a cci d en ts a nd sy mptom s belon g i ng to tlz e

u n kn ow n p r i m i ti v e m a la dy b e fo r e h e c a n ho p e to d i s

cov e r one or m or e m e dicin e s w hi c h m ay H o m oeo p ath

i c a llyco v e r th e w hol e of t h e o ri g in a l di s e as e by m e a ns
of i ts p e c u li a r s y m p to m s By this m e thod h e m ay
.

th e n b e abl e V ictoriously to h e a l a n d w i p e o u t th e
m a l a dy in i ts w hol e e xt e nt con s e q u e n tly a l s o i ts s e pa
,

rat e m e m b e r s th a t i s all t h e fra g m e nts of a di s e a s e

,

a pp e a rin g in so m a ny va r iou s fo r m s .

But th a t th e o ri g in a l m a l a dy sou g ht f o r m us t b e
also of a m i a s ma ti c chronic n a tu r e c l e a rly a p p e a r e d
,

to m e fro m this ci rc u m stanc e th a t a ft e r it h as onc e

,

adv anc e d a n d d e v e lo pe d to a c e rtain d e g re e it c a n

n e v e r b e re m ov e d by th e st r e n gth of a n y r obust con
30 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S .

it c a n n e v e r b e ov e rco m e by t h e m o s t whol e
s t i t ut i o n ,

so m e di e t and o r d e r of lif e nor will it d i e out of its e lf , .

But it is e v e r m o re a g g ra v a t e d fro m y ea r to y e ar , ,

thro u g h a transition into oth e r a n d m or e s e rious sy m p

*
to m s e v e n till th e e n d of m a n s life lik e e v e ry oth e r
,
’

chro nic m i a s m a tic sickn e s s e g th e v e n e r e a l bubo

, , . .
,

whi c h h a s not b e e n h ea l e d fro m w ithin by m e rc ury ,

its S p e cifi c r e m e dy b u t h a s p ass e d ov e r into v e n e r e al

,

dis ea s e This l att e r a lso n e v e r pa ss e s a wa y of it s e lf

.
, , ,

but e v e n with th e m os t cor r e ct m od e of lif e a n d with

,

t h e m ost r ob u s t bodily c ons tit u tio n incr e a s e s e v e ry ,

y e ar a n d unfold s e v e r m ore into n e w a n d w o rs e s y m p

to m s a n d thi s a lso to th e e n d of m a n s lif e
, , ,
’
.

I h a d co m e th us far i n m y inv e s ti ga tion s a n d o b ser

va ti o n s w ith s u ch n o n v e n e r ea l p a ti e nt s w h e n I dis
-
,

cov e re d e v e n i n t h e b e gi n nin g th a t th e ob stacl e to

, ,

th e c u r e of m a ny c a s es w hich s e e m e d d e lu s iv e ly lik e
S p ec ific w e ll d e fi n e d di s e a s e s a n d y e t c ould not be
,
-
,

cu re d in a H o m o p athi c m a nn e r w ith th e th e n p r ov e d
m e di c in es s e e m e d v e ry oft e n to li e in a for m e r e r u p
,

tion of it c h w hi c h w as not u nf re q u e ntly c onf e ss e d ;

,

and t h e b e gi n n in g of a ll th e s u b s e q u e nt s u ffe rin gs

u s ually d at e d fro m th a t ti m e S o a l s o w ith s i m ilar .

ch r onic pati e nt s w h o did not c o nf e s s s uc h a n inf ec tion ,

o r w h a t wa s p r ob a bly m o r e f r e q u e nt w h o h a d f r o m
, , ,

N ot q ue n tl y ph th i s ns pas se ove i n to i n a n ity ; d ri ed u p

u n fr e s r s -

u l c e rs i n t o d o ps y or
p p
o l e xy ; ri nat e r m itt e n t f e ve r i n t o as th m a ;
afi e c ti o n s o f th e bdo m e n i n to pai ns i n t h e j o i nts o p r l ys i s ;
a r a a

a i n s i n th e li m bs i n t o h e m o rr h age e t c d it w as n o t di ffi c u lt
p a n , .

to di s c o e r th a t th e l te r di s e e s m us t a l s o h v e th e i r f o u n d a ti o n
v a as a

i n th e o rig i n al m l ady a n d c a n o n ly b e a pa rt o f a fa r g rea te r

a

wh o l e .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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i natt e ntion , not

c e iv e d it or at l e a st could not
p e r , , ,

re m e m b e r it Aft e r a car e fu l inqui ry it u s u a lly turn ed

.

o u t th a t littl e t r a c e s of it ( s m all p u s tul e s of itch ,

h e r p es e tc ) h a d sho w e d th e m s e lv e s w ith th e m f r o m
, .

ti m e to ti m e e v e n if but ra re ly a s a n indubit a bl e S i g n
, ,

of a for m e r infe ction of thi s kind .

Th es e circu m st a nc e s in conn e c tion with th e fa ct

,

*
that inn u m e ra bl e obs e rv a tion s of physi c i a n s a n d not ,

i nfr e qu e ntly m y o wn e x p e ri e nc e h ad s ho w n that an ,

e r u p tion of it c h s u p p r e s s e d by faulty p ra cti c e or o n e

which h ad dis a p p e a r e d fr o m th e S kin th r o u g h oth e r

m e a ns w a s e vid e ntly follo w e d in p e rs on s oth e r w is e ,

h e a lthy by t h e s a m e or s i m il a r s y m pto m s ; th e s e cir

,

c u m s ta n c es I r e p ea t co u ld l e a v e n o doubt in m y m in d
, ,

a s to t h e int e r n a l f o e w hi c h I h a d to c o m b a t in m y

m e di c a l t r e at m e nt of such c a s e s .

Gra du a lly I dis cov e re d m o r e e ffe c tiv e m e a n s a ga i nst

thi s o r i g in a l m a l ad y th a t c a us e d s o m a ny co m p l a ints ;
a g a inst this m a l a dy whi c h m a y b e c a ll ed by th e g e n e ra l
na m e of P s or a ; i e a g a i n s t th e int e r n a l it c h di s e a s e
. .
,

w ith or witho u t i ts a tt e nd a n t e r up tion on th e s kin It .

th e n b e c a m e m a nif es t to m e th r o u gh th e a i d a ffo rd e d
,

w h e n u s in g th es e m e di c i n e s in s i m il a r c hroni c dis e a s e s ,

in w hi c h t h e p a ti e nt w a s u n a bl e to S ho w a lik e c a u s e ,

th at a l s o th e s e c as e s in w h i c h t h e p a ti e nt r e m e m b e re d
no inf e c tion of thi s ki n d w e re of n e c e ss ity c a u s e d by a
P s or a w ith w hi c h h e h a d b e e n inf e ct e d p e r h a p s e v e n , ,

in h i s c ra dl e o r in s o m e oth e r wa y th a t h a d e sc a pe d
,

his m e m o ry ; a n d this oft e n re c e i v e d co rroboration on

a m o re c a r e f ul inquiry w ith th e p ar e nt s o r a ge d re la
ti ves .

*
So l
a so , m o re l a te ly , V O N A UT EN R I ET H (i n T a bi ng er Bla tte?
f u r N a tu r wi ssen selz af t u nd A rz nei ku n d e , 2 v ol . , 2 d par t) .
 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S ES .

M o s t p a inst a kin g obs e rvations a s to th e a i d a ff ord e d

by th e a nti p soric r e m e di e s , which w e re add e d in th e
firs t of th ese e l e v e n y e a rs hav e t a u g ht m e e v e r m or e ,

how fre q u e ntly not only th e m od e r a t e but a lso th e ,

m or e s e v e r e a n d th e m ost s e v e r e chronic dis ea s e s a re ,

of thi s ori g in This obse rv a tion tau ght m e that not

.

only m ost of th e m a ny c utan e ous e ru ption s w hich ,

Wi lla n di s tin g uish e s wit h s uch e xtre m e ca r e f r o m o n e

anoth e r a nd which h a v e re c e iv e d s e p a ra t e na m e s b ut
, ,

a lso a l m ost a ll a dv e ntitious fo r m a tion s f r o m t h e c o m ,

m o n wa rt on th e fi n g e r u p to th e l a r g es t sa rco m atou s
tu m o r fro m th e m alfor m a tions of th e fi n ge r nails u p
,
-

to th e s w e llin g s of th e bon es a n d t h e c urv a t u re of th e

S p in e a n d m a ny oth e r s oft e nin gs and d e for m iti e s of
,

t h e bon e s both a t an e a r ly a n d a t a m or e a dva nc e d

,

a g e a re ca u s e d by t h e P s o r a
, S o also fre q u e nt e p is .
, ,

taxi s th e acc u m ul a tion of blo o d I n th e v e in s of th e

, o

r e ct u m a n d th e a n u s di s ch a rg es of blood fr o m th e ,

sa m e ( blind or flo win g p il e s ) h e m o ptysis h e m a te m e , ,

sis h e m a turi a a n d d e fici e nt a s w e ll a s too fre q u e nt

, ,

m e n s tru a l di s c h a r ges n i g ht sw e a ts of s e v e ra l y e ars

’

d u r a tion p a rc h m e nt lik e d ryn es s o f th e ski n d i a r rh oea

,
-
,

of m any y e ars st a ndin g a s w e ll a s p e r m a n e nt c on s ti

’

p a t i o n a n d di fficult e v a c u a tion of t h e bo w e ls lon g ,

contin u e d e rra ti c p a ins c on v u l s ions oc c u rr i n g r e pea t,

e d ly f o r a n u m b e r of y e a r s chr o ni c u lc e rs a n d i n fla m .

m a tions sa r c o m a tous e nlarg e m e nt s a n d t u m ors e m a

, ,

c i a ti o n e x c e s s iv e s e n s itiv e n e s s a s w e ll a s d e fici e nci e s

,

in t h e s e n s e s of s e e in g h ea r i n g s m e llin g ta s ti n g a n d
, , ,

fe e lin g ; e xc e ssiv e a s w e ll a s e xtin g u i s h e d s e x u a l d e si re ,

dis e a s e s of th e m ind and of t h e s o u l fro m i m b ecility ,

u p to e cst a cy fr o m m e lancholy u p to r a g in g insanity ;

,
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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s w oons and v erti go ; th e S O c a ll e d dis e as es of t h e h ea rt ;

-

a bdo m inal co m p laints a n d a ll that is co m p r e h e nd e d

—
und e r hyst e ri a a n d hy p ochondri a i n short thousands ,

of t e di ous ail m e nts of h u m a n iiy c a l l e d by p atholo gy

w ith v a rious n a m e s a re w ith f e w e xc e ptions ; tru e d e
, ,

sc e n d a n ts of thi s m any fo r m e d P s or a a lon e

- I was .

thu s instruct e d by m y conti n u e d obs e rva tions c o m ,

p a ri s ons and e x p e r i m e nts in t h e last y e ar s th a t t h e ail

m e nts and i n fi r m i ti e s of body a n d s oul which in th e i r , ,

m anif e st co m p l a ints di ff e r s o r adical l y a n d which

, , ,

with di ff e r e nt p a ti e nts a p pe a r s o v e ry u nlik e ( if th ey

,

do n ot b e lon g to th e two v e n e r e al dis e a s e s sy ph i li s ,

and sy cos i s ) a r e b u t p ar ti a l m a nife s t a tion s of t h e a n

ci e nt m ias m a of l e p r osy and itch ; i e m e r e ly d es c e nd . .
,

a n t s of o n e a n d th e sa m e v a s t ori gi n a l m a l a dy th e ,

al m ost innu m e ra bl e sy m pto m s of which for m but o n e

whol e a nd are to b e re gard e d a n d to b e m e dicinally
t r ea t e d as th e p art s of on e a n d th e sa m e dis e a s e in t h e
sa m e way as in a g r e a t e p id e m ic of t y p h u s f e v e r .

Th u s in th e y e a r 18 1 3 o n e p ati e nt would b e p ro s tra t e d

, ,

w ith only a f e w sy m pt om s of thi s p la g u e a s e cond p a ,

ti e nt show e d only a fe w b ut di ff e r e nt a il m e nt s whi l e

, ,

a thi r d fourth e tc
, , .
, w ould c o m p l a in of s till oth e r ail
m e nt s b e lon gin g to this e pid e m ic dis e as e w hil e th e y ,

w e re n e v e r th e l es s a ll s ick w ith o n e and th e sa m e

, ,

p e s til e ntial f e v e,
r a n d t h e e ntir e a n d co m p l e t e i m a ge
of th e ty phus fe v e r r e i g nin g a t th e ti m e c o u ld only be
O bt a in e d by gath e rin g to ge th e r th e sy m p to m s of all or ,

at l e as t of m any of th e se pa ti e nt s T h e n th e o n e or .

*
two r e m e di e s found to b e ho m oeo pa thi c h e a l e d th e
*
I n th e ty ph us o f I S I 3 B ry on i a a nd Ri ms tox i cod en d r on were
th e spe c ifi c re m edi e s fo r a ll t h e pa ti e n ts .
34 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S .

whol e id e m y a n d th e re fore s ho we d th e m s e lv e s s p e
ep ,

c ifi c a lly h e l p ful w ith e v e ry p ati e nt thou g h th e o n e ,

m i g ht b e su ff e rin g fro m s y m pto m s di ff e rin g fro m thos e

of oth e rs a n d al m ost all s e e m e d to b e su ff e ri n g fro m
,

di ffer e n t di s e a s e s .

J ust s o only u p on a f a r la r g er s c a l e it i s with th e

, ,

P s or a this f u nda m e nt a l di s e as e of so m a ny chronic

,

m a l a di e s e a ch of w hi c h s e e m s to b e es s e nti a lly di ff e r
,

e n t f r o m t h e oth e r s b u t r e a lly is not a s m a y r e adily

, ,

b e s e e n fro m th e a g re e m e nt of s e v e r a l s y m p to m s c o m
m o n to th e m w hi c h a p p e a r a s t h e dis e a s e r un s its
co u rs e a n d a l s o fr o m th e i r b e in g h e a l e d throu gh th e
,

sa m e re m e dy .

A ll ch r oni c dis e a s e s of m a nkind e v e n thos e l e ft to ,

th e m s e lv e s not a g g ravat e d by a p e rv e rt e d t r e at m e nt
, ,

S how ,a s s a id s u c h a c on s t a n c y a n d p er s e v e ra nc e
, ,

th a t a s s oon as th e y h av e d e v e lo p e d a n d h a v e not
b e e n tho rou gh ly h ea l e d by th e m e dic a l art th e y e v e r ,

m o r e in c re a s e w ith t h e y e a r s a n d d u r i n g th e w hole of
,

m a n s lif e ti m e ; a n d th e y c a nnot b e di m ini s h e d by t h e

’

stre n gth b e lon gin g e v e n to th e m o st rob u s t c on s tit ution .

S till l e s s c a n th e y b e o v e rc o m e a nd e xtin g ui s h e d
Th u s th e y n e v e r p ass a wa y of th e m s e l v es b ut in c r e a s e ,

a n d a r e a g g r a v a t e d e ve n till d e a th Th e y m u s t th e r e
.

fo r e a ll h a v e for th e ir ori gin a n d f o u nd a ti o n c on s t a nt

ch r on i c m i a s m s w h e r e by th e i r p a ra s iti c a l e xi st e nc e in
,

t h e hu m a n o r g a ni s m is e n a bl e d to c o ntin u a lly r i s e a n d

grow .

I n E u r o p e a n d a l s o on oth e r c o ntin e nt s s o f a r a s
i s kno w n a c c ordin g to a ll inv e sti ga tions only thre e
, ,

c h r oni c m i a s m s a re fo u nd th e dis e as e s c a us e d by
,

w hich m anif e s t th e m s e l v e s thro u g h l oc a l sy m p to m s ,

 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S . 35

and fro m which m ost if not a ll th e chronic dis e as e s

, ,

o ri gin a t e ; na m e ly first S Y PH I L I S which I hav e also

, , ,

c a ll e d th e v en er ea l eli a n or e d i s ea s e ; th e n S Y C OS I S or ,

t h e fi g w a r t d i s ea s e a n d fin a lly th e chronic dis ea s e

-
,

which li e s a t th e foundation of th e e ru pt i on of itch ;

i e t h e PSO RA ; which I s h a ll t r e a t of first as th e m ost
. .
,

i m p ort a nt .

PSO RA is th a t mos t a n ci en t m os t u n i v er s a l m os t , ,

d es t r u c t i v e and yet mos t m i s a ppr e/z end ed chronic

,

m i a s m a tic dis e a s e w hich for m any thousands of y e ars

has disfi g u re d and tortur e d m a nkind a n d which du r in g ,

th e l as t c e nturi e s has b ec o m e th e m oth e r of a ll th e

thou sa nd s of in c r e dibly va r io u s ( a c u t e a n d ) chronic
( non v e n e r e al ) d i s eas e s by which th e w hol e civiliz e d
-
,

hu m a n ra c e on th e inh a bit e d g lob e is b e in g m or e a n d

m or e a fflict e d .

PSO RA is th e old es t m i a s m ati c c hronic dis e as e k n o w n

to us Ju st a s t e dious a s s y p hilis and sycosis a n d
.
,

th e r e fore not to be e xtin gu i s h e d b e fore th e l ast br e a th

of th e lon g e st hu m an lif e u nl e s s it is thorou ghly c u r e d
, ,

sinc e not e v e n th e m ost robust c onstitution i s a bl e to

d e st r oy a n d e xtin g uish it by its o w n p ro p e r str e n gth ,

P s or a or t h e I tch dis e a s e i s b e s id e this th e old es t a n d

, ,

m os t Izy d r a lt ea d ed of all th e C hroni c m i a s m a ti c d i s

-

e as e s .

I n t h e m a ny thous a nds of y e a rs du r i n g which it m ay

—
h a v e a ffli c t e d m a nkind for t h e m o s t a nci e nt histo r y
,
"

of th e m o s t a nci e nt p e o p l e d o e s not re ach to its

—
ori gin i t h as so m uch inc r e a s e d in th e e xt e nt of its
,

—
patholo g i c a l m anif est a tion s a n e xt e nt w hich m a y to

t S e e O rg a n o n of th e H e a li ng A r t, fi fth editi o n , 1 8 34, " 1 00 s qq .

 C HR O N I C D I S EA S ES
’
36 H A H N EM A N N S .

so m e d e gr e e be e x p l a in e d by i ts inc r ea s e d d e v e lo p
m e nt d u r in g s uch an inconc e iv a bl e nu m b e r of y e a rs i n
so m a ny m illion s of o r ga nis m s throu gh which it has
p a ss e d th a t,its s ec ondary
-
sy m p to m s a r e hardly to be
nu m b e re d A n d if w e e xc e pt thos e di s ea s e s w hic h
.
,

hav e b ee n cre at e d by a p erv e rs e m e di ca l p ra ctic e or by

d e l e t e r ious l a bors in quick s ilv e r L ea d A rs e ni c e tc , , , .
,

w hich a pp e a r in t h e co m m on p a tholo gy u nd e r a b u n
d re d p r o pe r n a m e s a s su p p o s e dly s e pa rat e a n d w e ll
d e fin e d dis e a s e s ( a n d a lso thos e S pr in g in g fro m sy ph i li s
and th e still ra re r on e s S p r in g in g fro m sy cos i s ) all th e ,

re m a inin g n a tural chronic di s e a s es wh e th er wit h ,

na m e s or without th e m find in PSO RA th e ir re al ,

o r i gin th e i r only s o u rc e
, .

T h e old e s t m onu m e nts of histo r y w hich w e p oss e ss

sho w th e P s or a e v e n th e n i n gr e a t d e v e lo pm e nt .

*
M os e s 3 400 y e a rs a g o p oint e d out s e v e r a l v a ri e ti e s .

A t th a t ti m e and l a t e r on a m on g th e I s r a elit e s t h e dis

*
In L iti c us n ot on ly i n th e thi rtee n th c h apte b ut a l so ( c h ap
ev r, .

2 I v e r e 2 0 ) wh e re h e s pea k s o f th e b o di l y d e fec ts whi c h m us t n ot

,
s

be fo u n d i n a p ri es t wh o i s to o ff e sac r ifi ce m a l i g n a n t itc h i s r ,

d esi g na ted by th e wo rd g a rab whi ch th e A l e x n d r ia n tran s la to rs a

P
,

( i n t h e S e p t u g i n t ) t a n s l a t
a ed w ith s o r a ag ri a b u t t h e V u l ga t e r ,

with sca bi es f ug i s T h e ta l m udi c i n t e rp e te r J o n a th n e plai n ed it

. r ,
a ,
x

as d ry i tch spr ea d o ver th e body ; whi l e th e e p e ss i o n y a leph ed i s u se d x r , ,

by M es f or li ch en letter herpes ( ee M R s e n m u elle S ch oli a

os , ,
s . o r,

i n L e vi t p I I ed i t sec p 1 2 4 )
.
, . .
,
T h e c o m m e n t a to s i n t h e so
. .
, . r

ca ll e d En g li s h Bib l e wo k a l s o a g re e wi t h thi s d e fi n iti o n Ca lm e t

- r , ,

a m o n g o th e rs s yi n g : L e p ros y i s s i m i l
,
a t o n i n v te te it c h ar a e ra

with v i l e n t it chi n g
o T h e a n c i e n ts l so m e n ti o n th e pec u lia r
. a ,

c h a a c t e r i s ti c voluptu ous it c hi n g whi c h

r tte n ded itc h th e n as no w a ,

whil e a ft e t h e s crat c hi ng a pa i n f u l b u n i n g f ol l o ws ; a m o ng others

r r

Pl a t o wh o call itch g ly hypi h r on whil e C i c ero m a ks th e d u lced o

,
s ,
r

o f sca bi es .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C H R O N I C D I S EA S ES . 37

e as e s e e m s to hav e m ostly k e pt t h e e xt e rn a l p ar ts of
th e body fo r its chi e f s ea t This wa s al s o t r u e of th e
.

m alady as it p r e v a il e d in uncultiv a t e d G r e e c e l a t e r in ,

A ra bia a nd l a stly in E uro p e d u r in g t h e M iddl e A g e s

, , .

T h e di ff e re nt n a m e s which w e re g iv e n by di ff e r e nt n a
t ions to t h e m ore or l e ss m a li g n a nt v ar i e ti e s of l e p ro s y
( th e e xt e r nal s y m p to m of P s or a ) w hich in m any ,

w ays d e for m e d t h e e xt e rnal p arts of th e body do n o t ,

c onc e rn us a n d do n o t a ff e ct th e m a tt e r S inc e th e n a ,

ture of this m i a s m ati c it c hin g e r u p tion a l w ays r e m a in e d

e ss e nti a lly th e s a m e .

T h e o cc id e nt a l P s or a w hi c h durin g th e M iddl e
, ,

A g e s h a d ra g e d in Eu r O p e for s e v e r a l c e nt u r i e s und e r
.

t h e for m of m a li g n a nt e r ysi p e l a s ( c a ll e d S t A n th o ny s
’
.

Fi r e ) r e a ssu m e d th e fo r m of l e pr o s y throu g h t h e
,

l e p r osy w hich wa s b r ou g ht b ac k by th e re tu r nin g c r u

s a d er s i n t h e thi r t e e nth c e nt u r y A n d thou g h it thus
.

S p r e a d in E u ro p e e v e n m or e th a n b e for e ( for in t h e

y e a r 12 2 6 th e re w e r e in Fra n c e a lon e ho u s e s
f or th e r e c e p tion of l e p e rs ) thi s P s ora w hich n ow
’

, ,

r a g e d a s a dr e a dful e r u p tion found a t l e a st a n e x

,

t e rn a l a ll e vi ation in th e m e a n s cond u civ e to C lea n li

n e ss which al s o w e re bro u ght by th e cr usa d e rs fr o m
,

t h e O r i e nt n a m e ly th e ( cotton ? lin e n ? ) shi r ts b e for e

, ,

unknown in E u ro p e a n d t h e m or e fre qu e nt us e of
,

wa rm b a ths Throu g h both of thos e m e a n s as w e ll as

.
,

throu gh t h e m ore e xqui s it e di e t a n d r e fin e m e nt in th e

m od e of l ivin g int r oduc e d by in c r ea s e d c ultiv a tion t h e ,

e xt e rnal horrors of t h e P so r a w ithin th e s p a c e of s e v

e ra l c e nt ur i e s w e r e at l a st s o f ar m od e ra t e d th a t a t ,

th e e n d of t h e fift e e nth c e ntury it a p p e a r e d only in,

th e form of th e c o m m on e ru p tion of it c h j u s t a t th e ,
38 H AH N EM AN N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S .

ti m e wh e n th e oth e r m i a s m a tic chronic dis e as e sy ph ,

i li s b e ga n ( in 1493 ) to ra is e its dr e adful h e ad

, .

Thus this e ru ption e xt e rn a lly r e duc e d in cultivat ed

,

countri e s to a co m m on it c h could b e m uch m ore ea si l y

,

r e m ov e d fro m th e skin throu gh v a rious m e a ns so that ,

with th e m e dicin a l e xt ern a l trea t m e nt sinc e introduc e d ,

e s p e ci a lly in th e m iddl e and hi gh e r c lass e s th r ou g h ,

b a ths wash es a n d oint m e nt s of s ul p hu r a n d l e ad a nd

, ,

by p r e p ara tion s of c o ppe r zinc a n d m e rcury t h e e x

, ,

t e r n a l m a nif e st a tions of P s os a on t h e skin w e re oft e n

so quickly s u p p res s e d a n d are s o n ow th a t in m ost
, ,

cas e s e ith e r of childre n or of g r o w n p e rsons th e his

, ,

tory of it c h inf e ction m a y r e m a in undisc ov e r ed .

B ut th e s t a t e of m ankind wa s not i m prov e d th e re by ;

i n m a ny r e s p ec ts it g r e w fa r w ors e For a lthou g h in
.
,

anci e nt ti m e s th e e r u ption of P s ora a p p e a rin g as le p

ro s y was v e r y t rou b le s u m e to thos e su ffe rin g fro m it ,

o win g to th e l a n c in a tin g pa in s in a n d th e viol e nt itch

i n g a ll a ro u nd th e tu m ors a n d sc a b s th e re st of th e
,

body e nj oy ed a fa ir s h a r e of g e n e ra l h e a lth This w as .

owin g to t h e ob s tin a t e ly p e rs ist e nt e r u p tio n on th e

skin w hi c h s e rv e d as a s u bstit u t e for th e i n t er nal
,

P s o ra A n d w h a t is of m or e i m p ort a nc e th e ho r ribl e
.
,

and di s gu s tin g a pp e ar a nc e of th e l e p er s m a d e such a

t e rr ibl e i m p r e ssion on h e a lthy p e o p l e that th e y d re ad ed
e v e n th e i r a p pr oa c h so th a t th e s e clu s ion of m ost of
,

th e s e p a ti e nt s and th e ir s e para tion in l e pe r ho s pit a ls

, ,

k e p t th e m a pa rt fro m oth e r hu m an soci ety a n d i n f e c

tion fro m th e m was thus li m it e d a n d co m p ar ativ e ly
rar e .

I n c ons e qu e nc e of th e v e ry m uch m ild e r for m of th e

P s or a durin g t h e fou rt e e nth and fift ee nth c e nturi e s ,
 H A H N EM AN N S
’
CHR O N I C D I S EA S ES . 39

wh e n it a p p e a r e d as itch th e f e w pust ul e s a p p e a r in g
,

aft e r inf ec tion m ad e b u t littl e S how and co u ld e a sily b e

conc e a l e d N e v e rth e l es s th e y w e re S c ra tch e d contin
.

u a lly b e c a us e of th e i r unb e a r a bl e it c hin g a n d thus t h e ,

fluid wa s di ff u s e d a r ound a n d th e p soric m i a s m a w as

.

co m m u n icat e d m o r e c e rt a i n ly a n d m o re e a sily to m a ny
oth e r p e rsons th e m o r e it was con c ea l e d ; for th e thin g s
r e nd e r ed uncl e a n by th e p so r ic fluid inf e ct e d th e pe r
sons w h o un wittin g ly touch e d th e m a n d th us cont a m ,

i n a te d f a r m or e p e rs on s t h a n th e l e p e rs w h o on ac , ,

count o f th e i r horribl e a p p e a ra nc e w e re c a re fully ,

avoid e d .

PSO RA h as th u s b ec o m e th e m os t i nf ecti ou s a n d m os t
g e n er a l o f a ll t h e C hroni c m i a s m as For th e m i a.s m
h a s u s u a lly b e e n co m m unic a t e d to oth e rs b e fo re t h e
o n e fro m w ho m it e m a n a t e s h as a sk e d f o r o r r e c e iv e d

any e xt e rnal re p re ss i v e re m e dy a ga inst his itchin g

e ru p tion ( l e a d w at e r oint m e nt o f th e w hit e p r e ci p it a t e
-
,

of m e rcury ) a n d w ithout conf e ss in g that h e h a d a n

,

e ru p tion of it c h oft e n e v e n w ithout kno w in g it hi m s e lf ;

,

y e a
,
w ithout e v e n th e p hysi c i a n s o r sur g e o’
n s kno w in g
’

th e e x ac t n a tu r e of th e e ru p tion w hich h a s b e e n r e ,

p re ss e d by th e lotio n o f l e a d e t c , .

I t m ay w e ll b e con c e i v e d th a t t h e p oor e r a n d lo w e r
C l a ss e s w h o a llo w t h e itch to s p r e a d on th e ir s kin for
,

a lon g ti m e until th e y b e co m e a n a bo m in a tio n to a ll

,

around th e m a n d ar e c o m p e ll e d to u s e so m e thin g to
'

re m ov e it m u st hav e in th e m e an whil e inf e ct e d m a ny

, .

M ankind th e r e for e is w ors e o ff fro m th e c h a n g e i n

, ,

th e e xt e r n a l fo r m of th e P s or a — fr o m l e p rosy do w n to
,

th e e r u p tion of itch — not only b e caus e this is l e s s visi

b le a n d m o r e s e cre t and th e r e for e m or e fr e qu e ntly i n
40 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S ES .

fec ti o us but al s o e s p e cial y b e caus e th e P s or a , no w

, l
m iti gat e d e xt e rn a lly into a m e r e it c h a n d on that a c
count m or e g e n e ra lly S p re a d n e v e rth e l e ss still r etains ,

unch a n ged i ts ori gin a l dre adfu l n a ture N o w a ft e r .

,

b e in g m ore e a sily re p r e s s ed th e dis e a s e g ro w s a ll th e ,

m or e un p e rc e iv e d w ithin and so in th e la s t th r e e ce n , ,

"
tu t i e s a ft e r t h e d e struction of its chi e f sy m pto m ( th e
,

*
The xte n a l e rupti o n o f itch m a y n o t o n l y be d ri ve n away by
e r

th e fa u l ty p a c ti ces o f phy s i c i a n s a n d q u ac k s b u t u n fo rt u nat e l y it

r ,

n ot u n f e q u e n t l y of i ts ow n a cc o rd w i thd ra ws f r o m th e S ki n (s e e
r

be l o w e g i n th e o bse r vatio n of th e o lde phys ic i ns N o s 9 I 7

, . .
,
r a , .
, ,

2 6 3 6 5o 5 8 6 I
, , 64 , Syph i li s a nd sy cos i s b oth h a v e a n d
, , ,
a

va n ta g e ov e r th e itc h di eas e i n thi s th t th e c h a n cre ( o b u b o ) i n

s ,
a r

th e o n e a n d th e fi g wa t i n th e o th e n e ver l e a ve th e e xt e rn a l part s
- r r

u n ti l th e y h a e be e n e ith e r m i sc hi e vo u s l y d e t ro y e d th r o u g h e
v s x

te rn al re pre ss i ve e m edi es or h v e be e n i n ati o n a l m n n e r re

r a a r a

m o v ed th ro u gh t h e s i m u l ta n eo u s i n t e rn a l c u e of th e wh ol e d i s r

ea se T h e v n r ea l di se s e c a n no t th e e fo re b ea k o u t so l o n g as
. e e a ,
r ,
r

th e c h a n c re i s n o t rtifi c i a ll y d e s t ro y ed by e xte n a l a ppl i c a ti on s

a r ,

n r c a n th e s e con d ar y
o il m en ts of s y cos i s b reak ou t so l o ng as th e
a

fi g wa rt h s n o t be e n d e t r oy e d by fa u lty pr c ti ce ; f o r th e s e l o ca l
-
a s a

s y m pto m s w hi c h a c t a s u b s t i t u t e s f r th e i n t er na l d i se se re m a i n
,
s o a ,

s ta n di n g e e n u n ti l t h e e n d o f m a n s li f e a n d pre ve n t th e b r ea k
’
v ,

i ng o u t of th e i n te r na l di s as e I t i s th ere f o re j u s t as ea y to h ea l
e .
, ,
s

th e m th e n e ve n i n th e i r wh o l e e xte n t i e th o o ug hly th ro ugh

, , . .
,
r ,

th e i r s pec i fi c i n ternal m edi ci nes whi c h n ee d o n l y to b e c o n ti n ued ,

u n ti l th e se l oca l s y m pt o m s (ch a n c re a n d fi g w art ) whi c h are i n -

,

th e i n atu re u n ch a ng ea ble e xce pt th ough artifi cia l e xter n al appli

r r

c a ti o n are th oro u g hly h ea l ed

,
The n we m ay b e qu ite c e rt i n that . a

we h a ve th o rou gh l y cu re d th e i n t e r n a l d i se ase i e syph i li s a n d , . .

,

sy cos i s .

Thi s good fe at u re Psor a h as l ost i n th e prese n t m ore a nd m ore

m iti ga ted na t u re o f i ts c hi e f s y m pto m whi c h h as c h n ge d f r o m ,
a

l ep osy to itc h i n th e l as t th ree ce n tu rie s T h e e r u pti o n o f itch by

r .

no m e a n s re m a i n s as pe rs i s t e n t l y i n i ts pl ace o n th e s ki n as t h e

ch an c re a n d fi g wart Even i f th e e ru pti o n o f itc h h as n ot (as i s

-
.
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S ES . 41

ext e rn a l skin e r u ption ) it p l a y s th e s a d r Ole of c a u s in g

innu m er a bl e s ec ond a r y s y m p to m s i e it ori ginat e s a , . .
,

le gion of c h ro ni c dis e a se s th e s o u r ce of w hich p hy s i ,

c i a n s n e ith e r s u r m i s e n o r unr a v e l an d w hich th e re , ,

for e th ey c a n no m or e c ur e than th e y could c ure th e

,

O ri g i n a l di s e a s e wh e n a cco m p a ni e d by i ts c ut a n e o us

e ru p tion ; but th es e ch r on i c di s e a s es a s d a ily ex p e r i ,

e nc e sho w s w e r e n e c e ssa r ily a g g r a vat e d by t h e m ulti

,

tud e of th e i r fa u lty r e m e di e s .

n ea r l y l wa ys th e case ) be e n d ri ve n w y f ro m th e s ki n th ro ugh
a a a

th e fa u l ty p c ti c es o f phy s i c i a n s a n d q u c k by m ea n s o f d es i cc at
ra a s

i n g was h e s s u l ph u r o i n t m e n ts d as ti c pu g at i ve s o r c u ppi n g it
, ,
r r ,

f req u e n t ly di s appe s a s we say of i tself i e , th ro u gh c a u s es

ar , , , . .

whi c h r e n o t n o ti c d
a I t o f te n di s ppe s th rou g h so m e u n lu c ky
e . a ar

p hy s i ca l o r
p s y c hi c l o c c u rr e na e th ro u g h a v i o l e
c n t f r
,
i g ht th ro u g h ,

c o n ti n u al ve x a ti o n s d e e ply a ff e cti ng gri e f th ro ugh catchi ng a

,
-
,

s e ve re co ld o r th r o ugh a c o ld t e m perat u re ( ee b e l o w o bse r va ti o n

, s ,

67 th ro ugh c o ld l u k e war m an d warm ri ve r b ath s o r m i n e ra l

,

bath s by a fe ve r a ri s i ng f ro m a n y cause or th ro u gh a di ffere n t

, ,

a c u te di e as e (e g
s s m a ll po x ; se e b e l o w o b s e rv ati o n
. . , th ou gh ,
r

p e r s is t e n t d i arr h ce a so m e ti m e s a l s o pe h aps th ro u g h a pec u li a r

,
r

wa n t o f a c ti vity i n th e s ki n a nd th e r es u lt s i n s u c h a c se a e j u s t
, a r

a s m i s c hi e v o u s a s i f t h e e ru ti o n h a d b e n d r i ve n a wa y e xt e n ll y
p e r a

by th e i r tio n l pr c tic e o f a phys i c i a n T h e sec ndary a i l m e n t s

ra a a . o

o f th e i n t e r n a l P so a a n d a n y o n e o f th e i n n u m e a bl e c h o n i c d i s
r r r

e a se s fl o wi n g f o m thi s or i i n wi l l th e n b ea k o u t s oo n e r o r l a t e r
r
g r .

Bu t le t n o o n e thi n k th a t th e P sor a whi c h h s b e e n th us m iti ,

a

gat e d i n i ts l o ca l s y m pt o m i ts c u t n e o u s e r u pti o n di ff ers m a te ri

,
a ,

a ll y f ro m a n c i e n t l e pros y Eve n l e pros y wh e n n ot i n v e t e ate

.
, r ,

c ou l d i n a n c i e n t ti m e s n o t se ld o m b e d r i ve n f rom t h e s ki n by c o ld

bath s o r by re pea ted dippi n g i n a r i ve r a nd th ro u g h wa m m i n e ra l r

bath s (s ee b e l o w N o , b u t l s o th e n t h e e vi l e ff ec ts es u l ti n g
. a r

we e as l itt l e rega rd e d a s th e m o re m o d e r n phy i c i a n s e g ar d th e

r s r

a cu t e di s e s e s a n d th e i n s idi o u s m a l di e s whi c h d o n ot f a il to d e
a a

velop s oo n e r o r l a t e r fro m th e i n d we l li n g Psor a wh e n a n e r u pti o n

o f th e pres e n t it c h di s eas e h as di s ppe a re d o f itse l f o r h as b ee n a

vi o l e n t l y d i ve n a way
r .
42 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C H R O N I C D I S EA S ES .

S o g re at a flood of nu m b e rl ess n e rvous tro u bl es ,

p ainful a il m e nts s p a s m s ulc e rs ( c a n c e rs ) a dv e ntitious

, , ,

form a tions dyscra sia s p ara ly s es consu m ptions a n d

, , ,

cri pp l in gs of soul m ind a n d body w e re n e v e r s ee n i n

,

anci e nt ti m es wh e n th e P s or a m ostl y c onfin ed its e lf to

its dr e adful cut a n e o u s sy m p to m l e p rosy O nly dur , .

i n g th e l as t f e w c e nturi e s has m a nkind b e e n flood e d

with th e s e i n fi r m i ti es o win g to th e c a us e s ju s t m e n
,

*
ti o n e d .

I t wa s thus that PSO RA b e c a m e th e m os t u n i ver s a l

m oth e r of chronic di s e a s es .

T h e P s or a w hich is now so e asil y a n d s o ra shly

,

robb e d of i ts a m e liora tin g cut a n e o u s sy m p to m th e ,

e ru p tion of it c h w hi c h a cts vi c a r io u s ly f o r t h e int e r n a l

,

dis ea s e h as b e e n p rodu c in g w ithin th e l a st th re e h u n

,

d r e d y e a rs m or e a n d m o re s e cond a ry sy m p to m s a n d , ,

ind e e d s o m a ny th a t a t l e as t s ev en ei g h th s of a ll th e
,
-

chroni c m a l a di e s s pr in g fr o m it a s th e i r o nly s ourc e ,

*
That th e d ri n ki ng of wa rm coff e e a n d C hin ese te whi c h h as a,

s prea d s o ge n er a l ly i n th e l as t two c e n t u r i es a n d whi c h h as s o ,

l arge l y i nc reas ed th e irr itabi l ity of th e m u c u l ar fib re s well as s a

th e e x cess i ve e x c ita bility o f th e n er ves h a s f u r th e r a ug m e n t ed th e

,

t e n de n c y o f thi s peri o d to a m u ltit u de o f c h ron i c di se ase s a nd h as ,

th u s a id d th e P sor a I l e s t o f all ca n d ou bt as I h a ve m d e pro m

e ,
a ,
a

i n e n t pe h p too pro m i n e n t th e par t w h i c h co ff e t a k e s w ith t e

,
r a s , e

s pe c t to t h e b o di l y a n d m e n t l s uff eri n g s o f h u m a n ity i n m y l i ttl e

a

wo r k o n T h e Eff e c ts o f C off ee ”
W K
'
“
(D i e i r ku ng e n d e s afi ec s
’
,

L e i p i g I SO 3 )
z ,
This perh ps u n d u e p o m i n e n ce gi ve n w s o w
.
,
a ,
r a

i ng t th e f a c t th a t I h ad n ot th e n a s y e t di sc o ve re d th e c hi e f
o

so u rc e of c h r o n i c di s e as es i n th e Psor a O n ly i n c o n n ec ti o n with
.

th e e x ce ss i v e u s e of c off e e a nd tea w hi c h b o th off e r pa l li ti es f o r

,
a v

s e v e ra l s y m pt o m s o f Psor a c o u ld Pso a s pr e ad s u c h i n n u m e ra bl e
,
r ,

s u c h o b s ti n a t e c h ro n i c s u fi e ri n gs a m o n g m an ki n d ; fo r Ps o ra a l o n e

cou l d n ot h a ve pro d u c e d thi s e ff e ct .

 H AH N EM AN N S
’
CHR O N I C D I S E AS E S . 43

whi l e th e r em a i n i ng ei g h th s p rin gs fro m s yphi li s and

sy cos i s or fro m a co m p l i c a tion of two of th e s e thr ee
,

m ia s m atic chronic dis e as e s o r ( which is ra re ) fro m a

,

c o m p lic a tion of al l thr ee of th e m E v e n sy ph i li s.

,

which on ac c ount of its e a sy curability yi e l ds to th e

s m a ll e st dos e of th e b e st p re pa r a tion of M e rcury a n d ,

sy cos i s which on account of th e sli ght diffi cu l ty in its

,

cur e throu g h a f e w dos es of Thuj a a n d N itric ac i d in

a l t e rnation on l y p ass into a t e dious m alady di ffi cu l t to
,

c u r e wh e n th e y a r e co m p lic a t e d with P sora Thus .

PSO RA i s a mong a ll d i s ea s es th e on e w h i ch i s mos t m i s

appr eh en d ed , a n d , th er ef or e , h a s been m ed i ca lly tr ea ted
i n th e w or s t m os t i nj u r i ou s m a n n er
a nd .

I t is in c r e dibl e to what a n e xt e nt m od e rn p hysi c i a ns

of th e co m m on school hav e s inn e d a ga inst th e w e lfar e
of hu m a nity sinc e with sca rc e ly a n e xc e p t i on t e ach e rs
, , ,

of m e di c in e a nd th e m ore p ro m in e nt m od e rn p hysicians
and m e dical wri t e rs hav e l a id do wn th e rul e and t a u g ht
it a s a n infa l l ib l e th e or e m t h a t : E v e ry e ru p t i on of
“

itch is m e r e ly a loca l ai l m e nt of th e S kin in wh ic h a i l ,

m e nt th e r e m ainin g orga nis m t a k e s no p art at all s o ,

th a t it m a y a n d m ust b e d r iv e n a wa y fro m th e s kin at

any ti m e a n d without a n y s c r u p l e throu gh local a pp li
,

c a tions o f s ul ph u r oint m e nt o r of th e yet m or e ac tiv e

oint m e nt of J ass e r throu g h s u l p h u r fu m i gations by
, ,

solutions of l ead a n d zin c b u t m ost quickly by th e

,

p r ec i p it a t e s of m e rcury I f t h e
. e ru p tion is onc e t e
m ov e d fro m t h e skin e v e rythin g i s w e l l and th e p e rs on
is r e stor e d a n d t h e whol e di s ea s e re m ov e d O f co u rs e .
,

i f th e e ru p tion is n e gl e ct e d a n d a llow e d to s p re ad U p on
th e skin th e n it m a y e v e ntu a lly tu r n out th a t th e m a
,

l i gnant m att e r m ay fi n d o pp ortunity to insinuat e its e l f

 H A H N EM A N N S
’
CH RO N I C D I S E AS ES .

t hrou gh th e abs orb e nt v ess e l s i nto th e mass of h um ors

a n d th u s to co rr u p t th e blood th e hu m o rs and th e .

h ea lth Th e n ind ee d m a n m ay fin a lly be a fflict e d

.
, ,

w ith ail m e n t s fro m th es e m ali g nant h u m ors tho ugh .

th es e m i ght soon a gain b e re m ov e d fro m th e body by

pu r g ativ e s and a blu e nt s ; but throu g h p ro m pt r e m ov a l
of th e e ru ption fro m t h e s kin all s e qu e l ae are p re v e nt ed
”
a n d th e int e rn a l body re m ain s e nti r e ly h e althy .

Th e s e horribl e u nt r uths h a v e not only b e e n a n d a re ,

still b e in g t a u ght but th e y a r e a lso be in g c a rri e d o ut

,

in p ra c tic e T h e c o n s e qu e nc e is th a t at th e p re s e nt
.

d a y th e p a ti e nts in all t h e m o st c e l e b r a t e d h o s p it a ls ,

e v e n in thos e c ountri e s a n d citi e s th a t s e e m m o s t e n

li g ht e n ed as w e ll as th e p r i v at e itch p a ti e nts of th e
,
-

lo w e r a n d hi gh e r cl a ss e s th e p a ti e nt s in a ll th e p e ni
,

t e n ti a r i es a n d o r p h a n a s ylu m s in oth e r c ivil a n d ,

m ilit a ry ho s p it a l s w h e r e v e r s u c h e r u p tio n s a r e fo u nd
,

in sho r t th e innu m e ra bl e m u ltitud e of p a ti e n ts with

, ,

out e xc e pti o n a re t r e at e d not only by p hysi c i a n s un

, ,

known to fa m e b ut by a ll e v e n thos e m os t celebr a ted

, , ,

*
with th e abov e m e ntion e d e xt e rn a l r e m e di e s u s in g ,

*
The n as th e s e g e n tle m e n d rea m i n th e i r pe r ve t ed m i n d s i n
, r ,

whi c h the y h a ve di s pos e d o f th e n t u e of thi s m os t i m po rta n t d i s

a r

eas e i n th e i r bit ra y wa y a n d with ou t co ns u l ti ng na tu the n

ar r re ,

th es e fr i v l ou s gen tl e m e n ass u re u s th e m atter of th e itc h h a not

o ,
s

y e t h a d ti m e to p e n e t t e i n wa r dly a n d
rat o b e r e ce i ve d by t h e a b
so r be n tv e sse ls to th e d e t r i m e n t o f th e wh o l e m a s o f h u m o s Bu t s r .

h o w th e n O h c o n s c i e n ti o u s m e n " i f e ve n t h e fi s t litt l e pu s t u l e o f
, r

itc h with i ts u n be ar b l e vo l u pt u ous itchi ng f o c i ng a m n i re

a ,
r a r

s i s ti b ly to s c a t c h
r n d with th e f o l l o w i ng b u r n i n g p i n i s i n every
,
a a ,

ca se a nd every ti m e th e proo f of a u n i ve s al it ch di s eas e whi c h h a s r -

bee n pre viously d e ve l o pe d i n th e i n te rio r o f th e wh o l e orga n is m ,

as we s h a ll see be l o w ? H o w th e n i f i n ac c ord a n ce with th i s f ac t

,
 H AH N EM A N N S
’
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p e rh a ps a t th e sa m e ti m e la r g e dos e s of flow e rs of
s ul p hur and stron g p ur g at i v e s ( to cl e ans e th e body as
, ,

t he y sa y ) Th e s e p hysici a n s think that the m or e

.

quickly th e se e r u ptions a re d r i v e n fro m th e skin the

b e tt e r T h e n th e y d is m i s s th e pa t i e nts fro m th ei r
.

tre a t m e nt a s cur e d w i th b raz e n a ssura nc e and th e.

*
d e lara ti o n th a t e v e rythin g is now a ll ri gh t wi th o ut r e ,

g a rdin g or b e in g w i ll in g to notic e th e ail m e nts w hic h

s o on e r or l at e r are s ur e to follow ; i e th e P s or a . .
,

wh ich sho ws it s e lf fro m w ithin in a thousand di ffe r e nt

d i s e as es f l I f t h e d ec e i v e d w re tch e s th e n s oo n o r or
l a t e r r e tu r n w ith th e m al a dy follo w in g un a v oi d a bly on

an y ex te I n a l re
p i
res s on ti o n ca n no t o n ly d o
Of th e i tc h -
e ru p

n o thi n g t wa d a ll e v i a ti n g t h e i n t e r n l g e n e ra l di s e a e b u t rath e r
o r a s ,

as th o u sa n d s o f f a c ts g o to p o e co m pe l it to d e ve l op a n d
r v ,

bre k f o rth qui c kly i n to i n n um e rable di ff e re nt ac ute s uff eri ngs

a , , ,

or g ad u lly I n t o c h ro n i c s u fi e ri n gs w hi c h m ak e m a n ki n d s h el p
'

r , o

l ess a nd m i s er bl e ? Ca n you th e n h e l th ese ? Ex pe ri e nce says

a a

n o ; yo u ca n n o t d o it .

*
I u so m e vi go r o u s it c h pa ti e n ts t h e v it al f o r ce fo l l o wi ng t h e ,

la w o f n a t u re o n whi c h i ts res ts ( h e i n s ti n c t s h o wi n g m or e wi sd o m
r

th a n th e i n te lli ge n ce of h e r d es t ro y e rs ) a f te r s o m e we e k s d r i ve s , .

ba c k to th e ski n th e e u pti on se e m i n g l y d es t roye d by itch o i n t

r

me n ts a nd p u rgati ves ; th e pati e n t re tu r n s to th e h o s pita l a n d th e

m i s chi ev o u s d es tr u c ti o n o f t h e e u pti o n by m e n s o f o i n t m e n ts
r ,
a

and l o ti o ns o f s o l u ti o n s o f L e ad a n d Z i n c i s re n e we d I h a ve se e n , .

i n m ilit r y h o spita ls thi s eru pti o n th u d es t o y e d i n an i rr t io n al

a s r a

a n d cr u e l m a n ne r th ree ti m es i n s u c ce ss i o n w ithi n a f e w m o n th s ,

whil e th e q u ac k wh o a ppli ed th e oi n t m e n t pre t e nd ed tha t th e pa

ti e nt m u s t h a ve b ee n i n f ect ed a ne w with i tc h th ee ti m es i n thi s r

s h or t pe i od whi c h was re a lly i m pos s ibl e

r , .

T I w ot e thi s s i x y ea rs ago b u t e ve n a t thi s d y th e ph ys i c i a n s

r . a

o f th e o ld sc h o o l co n t i n u e to ac t a n d t ea c h w ith th e s m e c r i m i n a l a

n e g li ge n c e I n thi s m ost i m po rta n t m e di c a l a ff a i r t h e y h a ve u p

.

to thi s d ay no t be co m e th e l eas t bit wi se r o m o re h u ma ne r .

46 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S ES .

such a tr ea t m e nt ; e g w ith sw e llin g s obstinat e p ain s

. .
, ,

in o n e p art or a noth e r w ith hy p ochond r i a c or h ys te r i ,

c a l troubl e s g o u t , con s u m ption tub e rc ul a r p hthi s is

, , ,

continu a l or s pa s m odic a s th m a blindn e s s d e a fn e s s , , ,

p a r a ly s is c a
, r i e s of t h e bon es u lc e r s ( c a nc e r ) S p a s m s , , ,

h e m orrha ge s di s e a s es of th e m ind and s oul e tc th e

, , .
,

p hysici a n s s m a g i n e th a t th e y h a v e b e for e th e m s ome

thin g e ntir e ly n e w a n d tr e a t it a ga in a n d a ga in a cc ord
i n g to th e Old ro u tin e of th e i r th e r a p e u ti cs in a u s e l e ss
and h u rtf u l m a nn e r di r e ctin g th e ir m e dicin e s a ga inst
,

p ha nto m di s e a s e s i e a g ain s t c a u s e s inv e nt e d by

. .
,

th e m f o r th e a i l m e nts a s th e y a pp e a r u n til th e pati e nt , ,

a ft e r m a ny y e a rs s u ff e rin g co n tin u a lly a gg ra v a t e d is

’

a t l a s t f r e e d f ro m t h e i r h a nd s by d e a th t h e e n d of a ll ,

*
ea r t hly m a l a di e s .

T h e O ld e r p hy s i c i a n s w e r e m o r e con s ci e ntiou s in thi s

m a tt e r a n d ob s e r v e d with l e ss p r ej u di c e Th ey sa w .

cl e ar ly a n d b ec a m e c on v inc e d th a t inn u m e ra bl e a i l
m e nt s a n d t h e m os t s e v e r e c hroni c d i s e a s e s follo w th e
d e s t r uc tion of t h e it c h e r u p tion fro m th e s kin A nd -
.

sin c e thi s e x p e ri e n c e c o m p e ll e d th e m to a s su m e th e
e xi s t e n c e o f a n int e rn a l di s e a s e in e v e r y c a s e o f it c h ,

By a cc id e n t ( fo th e y c n not gi e a ny b u t a f e ig n e d reaso n f or
r a v

th ei r c tio n ) th ey f o u n d o u t a e f uge whi c h te m p r i l y O f te n

a r o ra

a ll e i t es t h e s u ff r i ng s
v a f th e i r pati e n ts w h e n th e y c n n t d o a n y
e o a o

thi n g at h o m e with th e i r p e c ri pti o n s aga i n s t t h e u nk n own d i s

r s

eas e ; th t i th e y se n d h i m to o m e s u l ph u r b th o oth er
a s, s a r ,

wh e re th e pati e n t o f te n ge t ri d o f a m ll par t o f th e i P sor a a nd

s s a r ,

th u s a re a ls o at th e fi rs t us e o f th e b ath s f o r ti m e re lie e d o f th e i r a v

c h r o n i c di s e s e ; b u t a f t er wa d s th e y fa l l b c k i n t o th e s a m e o r a
a r a

ki n d r d ail m e n t a n d th e re pe titio n o f t h e b th th e n a vail s littl e or

e a

de ve l oped Psor a re q u i es a f ar m ore

,

n o thi n g b ec a u se th e c u re O f
,
a r

ad e q u te t r ea t m e n t th n t h e i m pe tu o u s u s e o f su c h ba th s
a a .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S . 47

th e y e nd e avor to e xtir pa t e this int e rn a l m a lady by

m e a n s of a m u ltitud e of int e rn a l r e m e di e s as g ood as ,

th e ir th e ra p e u tics a fford e d I t w as ind e e d but a u s e

.
, ,

l es s e nd e avor b e ca u s e t h e t r u e m e thod of h ea l in g
, ,

which it c ould only b e th e p re ro gativ e of H o m oeo pa thy

to di sc ov e r w a s un kno w n to th e m N e v e rth e l e ss this
, .

sinc e r e e nd e a vor wa s p rais e worthy si n c e it was ,

found ed on an a p pre c iation of th e g re a t int e rn a l d i s

e as e p r e s e nt to g e th e r with t h e e ru ption o f itch w hich
, ,

int e rn a l dis eas e it wa s n e c e ss a ry to r e m ov e This .

p r e v e nt e d th e i r r e li a n c e on t h e m e r e loc a l d e str u ctio n

of th e itch fr o m th e ski n a s pr a cti c e d by m od e rn p h y

,

s i c i a n s w h o think th at th e y c a nnot q u ickly e no u g h

,

—
d r i v e it a w a y a s if it w e re a m e r e e xt e rn a l di s e as e of
t h e s kin — without r e ga rdin g th e gr ea t inju ri es a tt e nd;
i n g such a c o ur s e T h e O ld e r p hysici a n s on th e oth e r
.
,

hand hav e w a r nin g ly laid th es e inj u ri e s b e for e our

,

e y es in th e ir w ritin g s g ivin g thou s a nd s of e x a m p l e s

, .

T h e obs e rv a tion s of tho s e hon e st m e n a r e too start

lin g to b e r ej e ct e d cont e m ptuously o r i gnore d by con
,

s c i e n ti o u s m en .

I s h a ll h e r e a dd uc e s o m e of th e s e nu m e rous ob s e rva
tion s h a n d e d d o w n to u s w hi c h I m i g ht incr e a s e by a n
,

e qu a l nu m b e r of m y o w n if th e fo r m e r w e r e not

a lr e a dy a b u nd a ntly s u ffi ci e nt to S ho w w ith wh a t fury

t h e int e rn a l P s or a m a nif e s ts i t s e lf w h e n t h e e xt e r n a l
loc a l s y m pto m w hi c h s e rv e s to a ssu a ge th e int e rn a l
m a l a dy i s h as tily re m o v e d Th e y a lso s how th at it
.

m u s t b e a m a tt e r of c on s ci e nc e for th e p hysi ci a n who

lov es h i s f e llo w m a n to di r e ct a ll h i s e nd e a vo r s to
-

cure firs t of a ll t h e int e rn a l m a l a dy wh e re by th e

, , ,

c u tan e o u s e r u p tion w il l a t t h e s a m e ti m e b e re m ov e d
48 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C H RO N I C D I S EA S ES .

a nd d e s troy e d and all th e s ub s e qu e nt innu m e r a b l e lif e

lo n g chronic su ffe rin gs s pri n gi n g fro m the P s or a be
p r e v e nt e d or if th e y ar e a l r e a dy e m bitt e ri n g th e l i fe
,

of the p ati e nt be c u r e d
, .

T h e dis e a s es pa rtly acut e but c hi e fly chro n ic s pr i n g

, ,

i n g fro m s u ch a o n e-sid e d d e struction of th e chi e f s k i n

sy m pt o m ( e ru p tion a n d itchin g ) whi c h a cts vica riou s l y
a n d a s su a g e s t h e int e rn a l P s or a ( w hich d e struction i s

e rron e ou s ly ca ll e d D r i v i n g th e i tch i n to th e body

ar e in n u m e r a b l e ; a s m a nifold a s th e p e culi a r it i e s o f

bodily constitutions a n d of th e out e r w orl d which m odi

fi es th e m .

A b r i e f surv e y o f th e m anifold m isfortun e s re su l tin g

th e nc e is g iv e n by th e e x p e ri e n c e d a n d hon e st L U D W I G
C HR I S TI AN J U N C KER in his D i s s er ta ti o d e D a m n o ex
S ca bi e R ep u ls a H a lle 1 7 50 p 1 5 1 8
, , ,
— . H e obs e rv e d
.

th a t w ith yo u n g p e o p l e of a s a n g uin e t e m pe ra m e nt
th e s u p p re ss ion of itch i s follow e d by p hthi s is a nd ,

with p e rs on s in g e n e ra l w h o a r e of a s a n guin e te m
p e r a m e n t it i s follo w e d by p il e s h e m,
o r rhoid a l col ic
and re n a l gra v e l ; with p e rson s of s a n gu ino c h o l eri c -

t e m p e ra m e nt by s w e llin gs of th e in guin a l gl a nds s t i ff ,

e n i n g of t h e j oints a n d m a li g n a nt ul c e rs ( c a ll e d i n

G e r m a n T od en br u ch e ) ; w i th fa t p e rs ons by a s u ffoc a t
i n g c a t a rr h a n d m u c o u s cons u m p t i on ; a lso by i n fla m
m a t o ry fe v e r a c u t e p l e u r i s y a n d infl a m m a t i on of th e
,

lun gs H e f u rth e r s t a t e s th a t in a uto psi es th e lun gs

.

h a v e b e e n fo u nd ind ura t e d a n d f u ll o f c y s t s c on ta inin g

p u s ; a ls o oth e r indur a tion s s w e lli
,
n g s of t h e bon e s a n d
ulc e r s h a v e b e e n s e e n to fol l o w th e s u p p re ss ion of a n
e r u p tion . P hl e g m a tic p e rs on s i n co n s e qu e nc e of s u c h
su ppr e s sion s s u ff e r e d chi e fly f r o m dro p sy ; th e m e ns e s
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D IS EA S E S . 49

we re d e l ay ed an d w h e n th e
itch was driv e n a w a y dur
i ng th e ir flow th e y w
,

e r e c h a n g e d into a m onthly
,

h e m o p tys i s P e
. r sons inclin e d to m e l a ncholy w e re

so m e ti m e s m a d e ins a n e by s uch r e p r e ssion ; if th e y

we re p r e g n ant th e foetus w a s usu a l ly kill e d Som e .

*
ti me s th e s u p pr e ss ion O f th e itch cau s e s st e rility in ,

nu rsin g wo m e n th e m i l k is g e n e r a lly l ac kin g th e ,

m e ns e s disa p p e ar p r e m at u re ly ; in old e r wo m e n th e
ut e rus b e co m e s ulc e ra t e d att e nd e d w ith d e e p burn , ,

i ng p ai ns w ith w a s tin g a w ay ( c an ce r of th e wo m b )
,
.

H i s e x p e r i e nc e s w e r e f r e q u e ntly c o nfi r m e d by t h e
L
o b s e r v a ti o n s ] of ot h e r s a s e g w ith r e f e re nc e to
, . .

A preg n a n J e wess th ad t h e c o n h e r a n s it h
h d a nd d o ve it r

a wa y i n th e e g i hth h
m o n t o f h e r pr e g n a n c s o y th t it m ight not
a

d i d
be s ee n u r ng th e pe r i o o f h e r e ve r d li y T ree a h d y s f te rward s . a

sh e wa s d e l i ve e d a n d t h e l oc h i a l di sc h a rge did n t appe r a n d

r o a

s h e was se i e d w ith a hi g h f e ve r
z s i n c e th a t ti m e f o r s e ve n y ea rs

s h e h a d bee n s ter i l e a nd h ad s u ff e re d fr om l e u co rh e a Th e n r

s h e bec a m e poo r a n d h ad t o wa l k a g e a t di s t n ce ba re f oo te d r a

h ere upo n th e itc h agai n ppea re d a nd s h e th u s l os t h e le u cor

a r

r h ce a a n d h e r o th e r hy s t e r i c a fle ct i n s ; s h e be c m e a i
'

g o p r eg a a n

n a n t a n d was s a fe l y d e li ve re d ( lu n ch er ibid ) , .

1 Wh e n writ i n g th e fi st e diti o n o f th e C h ro n i c D i sease I w s

'
r s, a

n o t s ye t a c q u ai n ted with A u t e n r i e t h s Ver s u ch e f ue r d i e h t

’
a
pr a .

H ei lku n d e a us d en Kli n i sh e n A n sta lten von T u bmg en ,

I SO S .

But I s aw on xa m i n i n g t h e wo k th t wh a t h e sa ys a bo u t d i s
e r ,
a

ease s f o ll o wi n g t h e d i v i n g a w y o f it c h th ro u gh l oc a l a
r l i
a
pp c a

ti o ns i s o n l y a c on fi rm ati o n f wh at I h ad a l read y f o u n d with

o

th e oth e r h u n d re d w it e r s H e a l s o h ad o bse ve d th a t th e e x te r
r . r

n al d r i v i n g a wa y o f itc h was f o l l o we d b u l c n t h f t u l
y rs e e e p e o
,

m o n ary co n s u m pti o n hy s te r i ca l ch l o ros i s with v ari o u m ns t ru a l

, s e

i rregu lariti es white s we ll i ng o f th e k nee d ropsy o f th e j o i n ts

,

, ,

e pile ps y a m a u r os i s with o b c u r e d co n e a ;
, , g sl a u c m a w ith
r co m o

p le te a m a u r
o s i s ; m e n ta l d e ra n g e m e n t pa r ly s i s p p
o l e xy , n d a ,
a a

cu rva t u r e o f th e n e c k ; th es e h e e o n eo us ly a tt ib u ted to th e rr r
50 H A H N EM A N N S
’
CHR O N I C D I S EA S ES .

Asthma, L entilitls M i s cell m ed pr a et T o m I p 17 6 . . . . .

, . .

Fr Hoffman A bh a nd lu ng v d Ki n d er h r a nhh ei ten

. . .
,

Frft 1 741 p 104

.
, Detharding in A ppen d a d Eph em
, . . . .

N a t C u r D ec III a n n 5 et 6 et i n obs pa r a llel a d

. . . .
, , . .

obs 58 . Binninger. Obs Cen t V obs 88

. Morgagni, . : .
, . .

de s ed i bu s e t ca us . m or b . Epi s t .
, XI V 35 . . Ad d Nat .

Cu r . T om . V . obs . 47 . J h
Con s p th er. ac er, k . . spec .

ta b .F H 31 . . . Ca s L Muz ell, Wa /z r n eh m S a m m l II
. . . . .

J Fr Gmelin in Gesner s S a m ml v B eo b V S
’
. . . . . . .

Hundertmark Zieger D i s s er t d e s ca bi e a r ti fi ci a le L i ps
-
.
, .

i tm e n t s l n e But h is o wn s low l oca l d i v i ng a way o f th e

o n a o . r

e r u pti o n by m ea n s o f s u l ph u re t o f t h n d f t w hi c h h e
po as a so soa p ,

i n va i n l l s h eali ng it i s i n n o way be t ter J us t as i f h i s treat

ca , .

m e n t we re a n ythi n g e lse th a n a l oca l d ri v i n g awa y o f th e e rup

ti o n f rom th e s ki n O f a ny tr ue c ure h e k no ws j us t as littl e as
th e oth e r A ll o p th s f o r h e w i t e s a It i o f co u s e a b s u rd to
,
r s, r ,

e n d ea vo r to c ure it c h ( sc a b ) by i n t e r na l r e m e di es N o " it i s
”
.

n ot o n l y b s urd b ut e ve n wre tc h ed to u n d r tak e to c ure an i n ter

a , e

n al itc h di e e whi c h c a n n o t b e c u re d b
- s as a u v loca l appli c ati o n v ,

th rough a ny b ut i nter na l m ea n s which alo n e ca n c ure th e d ise ase ,

th or o ug h ly a nd wi th cer ta i n ty .

A years o f a ge h ad bee n a ffi i c te d with th e itch a

m a n 30 to 40
l o ng ti b it h ad be e n d i ven a w y by o i n t m ents ; f rom
m e e fo r e a n d , r a

whi ch t i m e h e h ad be c o m e m o re a n d m ore s th m a ti c H i s r es a .

i t i n be c m e a t l as t e v e n wh e n n o t i n m o ti o n ve ry s h o rt a nd
p ra o a , ,

e xt r e m e l y l a b o re d e m itti n g a t th e sa m e ti m e , c o n ti n uo us hi ss a

i ng so u n d bu t a tte n d e d w ith o n ly l ittl e c u g hi ng

, H e was o r o .

d e re d a n i nj ecti on of o ne d rac h m of s qu il l s a n d t o ta k e i n te r nally ,

3 g ra i n s o f s q u ill s B u t b y m i s ta k e h e t oo
. k t h e d r c h m o f s q u ill s a

i n te rnall y H e was n ear l o si ng h i s li fe with a n i nd esc i bab l e

. r

na u s ea a n d r e t c hi n g S o o n af te r thi s th e it c h a ppea re d agai n o n

.

h i s h a nd s h i f eet a nd h i s wh o l e b ody i n g r t a b u nd nc e a n d
, s ea a ,

by thi s m ean s th e as th m a was a t once rem oved .

T h e vi o l e n t a th m a was c o m bi ned w ith gen e ra l s we lli ng a n d

s

f e ve r .
 H AH N EM A NN S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S . 51

1 7 58 , p .
—
Beireis Stammen . Di ss de . ca us i s cu r im
p r i m i s ple bs s ca bi e la bor e t . H e lm st .
, 1 792 , p .

Pelargns ( S tor ch ) Obs cli n . .

j ah r g . , 1 722 , p 435 . n
ls
438 . B r es la uer S a mmlu n g v .
j a h r e, 1 7 2 7 , p .

Ri edlin, t h e fath e r Obs

, . C en t . II .
, obs . 90 . Au gs b u rg ,

Suffocating Catarrh , Ehrenfr . Hagendorn, h i s t m ed phy s . . .

3
A m an ye ars h ad th e itch d r i ve n away by s ul ph u r oi n t
of 3 2

m e n t a nd h e s uffe red f or e le ve n m o nth s fr om th e m os t v i ol e n t

,

as th m a u n til by d ri n ki ng bi r c h j u i ce th e e ru pt i on was b ro u g ht -

bac k o n th e t we n ty thi rd day - .

A s t u d e n t was se i z ed w ith th e i tc h j us t as h e was g o i n g t o

d a n ce o n w hi c h
,
c cou n t h e h a d it d r i ve n o u t by a pra c titi o n e r
a

w ith s u l ph u r O i n t m e n t Bu t soo n a f ter h e was a tt ack e d by s u c h

'

.
,

a se vere as th m a th a t h e c o u ld o n l y d a w b rea th by th ro w i n g h i s r

h ead bac k an d was al m os t s uff o c a te d d u ri ng th e a ttack s

, A f ter .

th u s wr es t l i ng with d ea th f o r a n h o u r h e wo u ld co ugh u p littl e ,

c ar til a gi n o u s pi e c e s whi c h wo u l d eas e h i m f o r a ve ry s h o rt ti m e .

H a vi ng re t u rn e d h o m e to O t er od e h e u fi e red c o n ti n u a lly f or
’

s s

two ye ars o f thi s di sease b e i n g a tta ck e d bo u t te n ti m es a d ay

,
a ,

whi c h c o u ld n ot ev en b e m iti ga te d th ro ug h th e h elp o f h i s phy s i

ci an , Belre ls .

5
A boy y ears h avi ng s u fi e red fro m h i s c hi l dhood w ith
of I3

ti nea capi ti s h ad h i s m o th e e m o ve it f o r h i m b u t h e b eca m e

r r ,

v e r y s i ck withi n e ight o r ten d a y s s uff e ri n w ith s th m a v io le n t

g ,
a ,

p a i n s i n th e li m bs ba c k a n d k,n e e w hi c h w e r e n o t re li e v e d u ,
n til
an eru pti o n o f itc h b rok e o u t o v e r h i s wh o l e body a m o nth l a ter .

Ti nea capi ti s i n a l ittl e g i rl was d r i v e n a way by pu rgati e s a nd v

o th e r m e di c i n es b u t th e child w
, a tt a c k e d w ith pp r e ss
asi o n o f t h e

c h es t cou g h a n d gr ea t l ass it u d e
, I t was n ot u n til sh e s to pped .

taki ng th e m e di c i n es a n d th e ti n ea b ro k e o u t aga i n th a t s h e
, ,

r ec o e re d h e r c h ee rf u l n ess a n d thi s i n d e ed q u i c kly

v , , .

I
A bo y o f 5 ye ars s u fi ered fo r a l o n g ti m e fro m it c h a nd wh e n ,

thi s was dr i e n away by a s l ve it l e ft behi n d a se ve re m el nc holy

v a a

wi th a cough .
52 H A H N EH AN N S
’
CH R O N I C D I S E AS E S .

Cen t . I hi s t 8 , Pelargns, Obs . cli n . j ah rg .

, 172 8 ,
p .

Suffocations from Asthma, 1011 Phil Brende .Cons i li a m ed . . l .

Frf t 16 1 5 Cons 7 3
.
, Eph em N a t Cu r A nn I L ,
, . . . . .
, .

O bs 3 13 Will] Fabr V ilden, Obs Cen t I I I , Obs

. . . . . H . . . .

I ll R Vicat, Obs Fr a ct obs 3 5 Vi tod u r i 1 780

’ II
. . . . .
.
, , ,

J J Waldschmid. Oper a p
. . , .

3
i ng to ti nea capi ti s whi ch h ad bee n d ri ve n 06 by ru bbi ng
Ow ,

wit h a l m o n d oi l th er e arose a n e x ce ss i ve l a ss i tu d e o f all th e l i m bs

, ,

head ach e o n o ne s id e l oss of appe tite as th m a waki ng u p at n i gh t , , ,

with s uff oc a ti ng catar rh with se ve e ra ttl i n g n d whis tli n g o n th e ,

r a

c h es t a n d co n vu l s i ve t wi s ti n g f th e li m bs as i f a bo u t to d i e a n d o , ,

h e ma turia Wh e n th e ti nes brok e ou t aga i n h e recove re d f rom

.
,

all th es e ai l m e n ts .

A 3 y ear old gi r l h a d th e itc h f o r s e ve ra l we e k s ; whe n thi s was

- -
,

d ri ven o ut by a n O i n t m e n t s h e was sei z e d th e ne xt d ay by a s ufi o

c ati n g cat ar r h with s n o r i ng a n d with n u m b n ess a n d co l d n ess of ,

th e wh ol e b o dy f o m whi ch h e d i d n o t rec o ve r u n ti l th e itc h re

,
r s

re d
a
p pe a .

A g irll e y e ars h ad th e itc h wi th whi ch sh e h ad f rs

of t we v

e n tly s u ff e re d d i ve n awa y f r m th e s ki n by n o i n t m e n t wh e n
sg
( ,
r o a ,

e was s ei e d w ith a n a cu t e f e ve r with s u fl oc a t i ve ca t a r h as th m a

'

z r ,

a n d s we ll i n g nd ft e r w rd with pl eu r i s y
,
a S i d ay s a fterward
a a . x .

h a vi n g ta k e n a n i n te r n l m e di c i n e c o n tai n i ng su l ph u r th e it c h a .

aga i n a ppe are d a n d a ll th e a i l m e n t e x ce pt i g th e s we ll i n g di s s, n ,

appea re d ; b u t a f t e r t we n ty fo u d y s th e i tc h ag a i n d i ed u p - r a r ,

whi c h wa s f o ll o wed by a n e w i n fla mm a ti o n i n th e c h es t wi th
l e u r i s y a n d v o m iti ng
p .

T h e dy s pn ce a o f a y o uth 2 0 y e a s a u s ed by th e d r i v i n g a way
1°
,
r , c

of itc h w s s o gre t th t h e c o u ld n o t g e t a n y b rea th a n d h i s

a a a ,

p u l e sw as h rd l y p e r c e ptib l e
a i n c o n e q u e n ce o f whi c h h e s u fi o ,
s
‘

ca te d .

A m oi s t
h er pe s o n th e l e f t u pper a r m o f a yo u th of I 9 yea rs
was fi na l ly l ca l ly re m oved by m a n y e xte r n a l a ppl i cati o n s
o But .

soo n a f t e r th e re e n s u e d a pe r i odi c a l a s th m a w hi c h was

,
u dd en l y s

i n c rease d by a l e n gth y f oo t tou r i n th e h e t:o f su m m e e ve n to -

a r,

s u ff o t i o n with a pu ff e d u p b l u i s h re d fa ce a n d q u i c k we a k
ca ,
-
, ,

un e ve n pu l s e .

T h e d y s pn e
1’
f ro m th e d ri ve n o u t it ch c am e on ver y s u d d e n l y
a ,

an d th e pa ti e n t was s u ff oca t e d .
 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EAS E S . 3

Asthma wi th General Swelling Waldschmid, ibid Boech . .

s tetter, Obs D ec , obs 7 Frf t e t L i ps 16 74 p 2 48

. . III . . .
, , . .

Peargus, Obs Cli n j a h r g 1 72 3 p 504 . Riedlin, th e . .

, , . .

fath e r Obs Cen t , obs . . II .

, .

Asthma with D ropsy of the hest Storch i n A ct N a t C . . .

C u r T om V o bs 1 47
. Morgagni d e s ed et ca us i s
. .
, . .
'

, .

m or b X V I A rt
. Richard, R ecuei l d obs er v d e
.
, .
’
.

M ed T om.
p 3 08 a P III
a ris
. 1 7 7 2 Ha gendorn .a s, .
, , . ,

a bov e , Ce nt II . .
, hist . 15 .

Pleurisy and Inflammation in the Chest , Pelargus, as a bo v e ,

p . Bagendorn, as a bov e Cen t , . III .

, h i s t 58 . . Giseke ,

A 5- yea old g i r l h ad h ad f o so me ti me l a rge itch ves i c l es o n

r- r

t h e h a nd s w hi c h d r i e d u p o f th e m se l ve s
, S h o tly a f t e r s h e b e . r ,

c a m e s l e epy a n d ti re d a n d wa se i e d with d ys pn cn a T h e f ol l o w
s z .

i ng d ay th e as t h m a co n ti n u e d a n d h e r a bdo m e n b e cam e di s te n d e d .

A 50 y ea r o ld f rm e r wh o h ad be e n l o n g t o rt u r e d with th e
- - a ,

i t c h whil e h e was d ri v i n g it o u t by e xte r n a l a ppl i ca ti o n s was

, ,

se i z e d with a dy s pn ce a l oss of appetite a nd a s well i ng o f th e

,
a

wh ol e bo dy .

‘ 5
A gi r l i n B o l ogn a d rov e a wa y th e it c h with n o i n t m e n t a n d a

was se i z e d with th e m os t s e v e re as th m a with o u t fe ve r A fte r two . .

bl ood le tti n g h e r s t re ng th decrease d s o m uc h an d th e asth m a was

- s

s o m u c h a u g m e n t e d th a t s h e di e d o n th e fo l l o wi ng d ay Th e .

wh o l e ch es t was fi l l e d with bl u i s h wa t e r a lso th e pe ri cardi u m , .

‘3
A gi r l o f 9 y e ars w ith th e ti n ea capi ti s h ad it d r i ve n a wa y ,

wh e n S h e was se i e d wi th li nger i ng f e ve r ge n eral s we ll i ng

z a ,
a

a n d d ys pn cn a wh e n th e ti nea b ro k e o u t ag i n s h e reco ve re d a .

"
A m a n o f 46 d ro ve o u t h i s it c h with a su l ph u r o i n t m e n t Th ere .

upo n h e was se i z e d wi th i n flam m ti o n i n th e c h e s t with b l oo dy a ,

e x pe c t o ra ti o n d y s pn m a a n d gr ea t
, n gu i s h T h e f o l l o wi ng d ay a .

th e h ea t a n d th e an g u i s h be ca m e a l m os t u n b e ar b l e a n d th e pa i n s a

i n th e ch e s t i n c reas e d o n t h e thi rd d ay Th e n s wea t bro k e o u t . .

A f ter f o ur te en d ay s th e itch b ro k e ou t agai n and h e f e l t b e tter .

But h e h ad a re l aps e th e itc h d r i d u p aga i n a n d h e di ed o n t h e

, e ,

thi rtee nth d ay after t h e relapse .

64 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S .

H a m b. , p 3 1 0 i
A bh a nd l chard. as a bov e Pelargus.
. . . R .

m
a s abov e j a h r g , 1 7 2 1
.
, p 2 3 and 1 14, a n d j a h r g , . . .

1 72 3 , p 2 9,
m
a so i n j a h r g , 1 722 p
. lSemen. .
, .

pr a x i s med li b . . II
Ca p 6 , p 380 Jerz embsky, .
, P . III .
, . . .

D i s s S ca bi es s a lu br i s i n hy d r ope, H a lae , l 7 7 7
.
n
Karl .

Wenzel, D i e N a ch hr a nhh ei ten von z ur uchg etr etener '

Kr atz e Ba m b 182 6 , p
'

. , .
,

Pleurisy and Cough . Pelargns, as abov e Jah r g , .

, 1 722 , p .

33

Severe Cough Richard , . as abo v e . Juncker , Conspect .

m ed . th eor . et pr a ct ta b . 76 . Huudertmark, as abov e ,

p .

Hemoptysis Phil , . Georg Schroeder . , Opu s c . II .

, p . 32 2 .

Richard , as abov e . Binninger, O bs . C e nt V . .

, O bs . 88 .

Hemoptysis and C onsumption li n Max . C . . Spener, D i s s d e .

eg r o f ebr i m a li g ni ph th i s i compli ca ta la bor a n te, Gi ess ,

"
Athi n m an died of i n flam m a ti o n i n th e c h es t an d o the r ai l
m e n ts t we n ty d ays a fte r d ri v i ng o ut th e itch .

“
A bo y of 7 y ears wh ose ti n ea capi ti s a nd i tch d rie d u p di ed ,

af t er f o u r d ay s f ro m a n acu t e fe ve r a nd as th m a ac com a n i ed b
p y
e x pe c to ra ti o n .

”A y o u th wh o rem o ved h i s itc h with a lead O i n tm e n t died f our

,

da ys f terward of a diseas e of th e ch est

a .

21
A ge n eral d ropsy was qu i c kly c u re d by a r e tu r n O f th e itc h b ut ,

w h en thi s was su ppress e d by a se vere c old pl e u r i s y s u pe rve n ed ,

a n d d e th e n s u e d i n th re e d ay s
a .

”A yo u n as n t w tt k d wi th u t f w ith l i
g p e a as a a c e ac e e ve r
p e u r s y ,

a n d dy s n oea s i x da y s af ter d r i vi n g o u t an erupti o n of it c h wi th

p ,

s ul ph u r O i n t m e n t .

”A s ch oo l b o of I years w as se i ed wi th cou h a n d s ti tch es i n

y 3 g z

th e c h es t whe n h i s itc h d r i ed u p These ail men ts disappeared .

wh e n th e itc h b rok e o u t aga i n .

“
A m n of 3 6 y ears h ad th e it ch r em ove d s ixtee n m on th s ago
a

by a n oi n t m e nt of l ead a nd m er cu ry ; h e s ufi er ed si n ce f rom a
wh oo pi n g cough accom pan i e d by grea t angu is h .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S ES . 55

1 699 . Baglio , O p er a , p 2 1 5 Si celi ns , P r a x.i s cas u a l . .

Ex er c III . Ca s I Frf t e t L i p s , 1 743

. . Morgagni, as
. .

abov e XX I
.

, , A r t U n.z ers, A r z t C C C p . .

Karl Wenzel a s a bov e , , p 3 2

. .

Collection of Pns in the hest F A C . . . Waitz , M ed i c C h i .

r ur g . A uf s tttz T h I p 1 1 4 . .
, .
,
Preval , in th e
'

[ou r n a l d e M ed eo .
, L XI .
, p 491
. .

Cysts of For in the lntestines Krause , . Schubert, D i s s d e .

s ca bi e L i p s 1 779, p
h u ma na . . .

Great Degeneration of a Great art of the Intestines P . J ll . .

a
Schulze, in A ct N a t Cu r . . . T om .
, 1 o bs .
, 231
“
A yo u th of 1 8 years h ad th e itc h whic h h e fi n ally dr ove away ,

with a bl ac k l o o ki n g l o ti o n
- A f ew d a y s a f ter h e was se i z e d with
.

c hill s a n d h e a t l ass itu de O ppress i o n of th e h ea rt h ea dach e

, , , ,

n a u s ea v i o l e n t thi rs t c ou g h a n d d i mc u lty i n b rea thi n g ; h e e x pec

, ,

tors ted b l ood comm en c e d to speak d e l i ri ou s l y h i s face was dea dly

, ,

p a l e a n d s u n k e n t h e u r i n e was d ee p red with o u t se di m e n t

,
.

2“
A n e upti o n o f it c h i n a you th o f 1 8 y e ar s d r i ve n o u t by a m e r
r

c ur i l pl as t e r
a .

2°
I tc h whi c h disa ppe a re d f ro m th e S ki n o f its e l f was f o ll owed by
a li n ge ri ng f e ver a n d f a ta l e x pec t o r a ti o n o f pu s ; a t th e au t ops y th e

l ef t l u ng was f ou n d f u l l o f pu s .

"
A ro b u s t l oo ki n g c a n did a te f o r th e m i n is t ry wh o was abou t to
r e a c h i n a f e w d a y s a n d th e re f or e w i s h e d to f r ee him se l f f ro m h i s
p
old it c h ru bb e d h i m se l f o n e d ay w it h it c h o i n t m e n t a nd i n a f e w
,

h o u rs soo n af te r n oo n h e pass e d away with an xie ty d ys pn tr a an d

, , ,

te n es m us ; th e a u tops y Sh o wed tha t th e wh o l e o f th e l u ngs was

fill e d with liqu id p us .

28
Em py e m a f oll o wed th e d i vi ng a wa y th o u gh ext er nal m ea n s r ,
r ,

o f a n e r u pti o n o f i t c h whi c h h ad c o m e o u t a fe w y e ar s b e f o re a n d ,

appe a e d e s pe c i l ly i n M rc h a n d A pr il
r a a .

”A y ou n m a n wh o h ad b e e n wa n e d by th e oo d hy s i c i a n
g ( g p r

a n d ) P ro f K u e aga i ns t th e u se o f s u l ph u r o i n t m e n t fo r th e re
. ra s

a ppe ar i n g it c h did n o t f o l l o w h i s a d v i c e b u t ru bbe d hi m s el f with

, .

it wh e n h e die d o f co nsti pa ti o n I n h i s body at th e au topsy were

, .
, ,

f ou n d sacs of pu s i n h i s a bd om i n al v i s c e ra .

”A l so th e di a h rag m and th e li ver were dis ease d

p .
 56 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S ES .

Degeneration of the Brain Dimenbrock, Obs et C ur a t . . .

med o bs . 60, Benet, S epulch r etu m a n a t S ect I V

. . .
, .

obs 1 .
n
‘
l a nd , J Schuh e. a s a bov e . H . .

yH
dro cep ha us A c t a h el v e t V p l1 90 , .
, .
, . .

l
Ucers in the Stomach L Chn Juncker, D i s s d e s ca bi e . . . .

re p u ls a , 1 7 50 p Hall e , , .

l
Sphace us of the Stomach and Duodenum . Hundertmark , as

a bov e p 2 9 , . .

General Dropsical Swelling .

Dropsy of the hest C . Hessier in Karl Wenzel , as a bov e , p .

100 a n d 102 .

”A l ittl e pr i nce o f two y ea s h ad h i s ti nea capi ti s d r i ve n awa y ; r

i n c o n s e q u e n ce a fte r h i s d e ath m u ch b l oody wa te r wa s f o u n d u n

, ,

d e r h i s s k u ll .

3’
I n a wo m a n wh o h a d d r i ve n o u t t h e ti n ea by l o ti o n o ne h al f a ,
-

o f th e b ra i n was f o u n d pu tr e fi e d a n d fi ll e d w ith y e ll o w h u m o r .

33
A m a n o f r a n k o f a c h le ri co s n g u i n e t e m pe ra m e n t w as a f
,
o - a ,

fl i c te d with go u ty p i n o f th e bd o m e n an d pa i n s a s f r o m g a v e l
a s a r .

A f te th e r e m o va l o f th e gou t th ro ug h v ri o u s r e m edi es th e i tc h
r a

b ro k ou t whi c h h e d ro ve ou t th ro ug h a d es i ccati ng ba th o f ta n
e ,

bark ; a n u l ce r f o r me d o n h i s s to m ach whi ch s th e a u topsy , ,

a

s h o we d h s t e n e d h i
,
a d e th s a .

34
A bo y o f 7 we e k s a nd a y o u th o f 1 8 y ea rs di e d v e ry s u dd e n ly
fr o m n it c h d r i ve n o u t th ro u g h a s u l ph u r o i n t m e n t
a A t th e .

a u t o ps y i n th e c as e o f th e i n f a n t th e u ppe r par t o f th e s t o m ac h
, ,

i m m edi tel y be l o w th e o rifi ce was fo u n d d es tro ye d by gangre ne

a ,

an d i n th e s eco n d ca s e th a t pa r t o f th e d u od e nu m i n t o whi c h th e

bi lia y d uct a n d th e pa n c e ati c d u c t e m pty was f ou n d S i m i l ar ly

r r

di sease d A s i m i l ar f at l i n fl m m ti o n of th e s to m ach f ro m d ri ve n
. a a a

o u t it c h i n M org ag n i a s a b o ve L V
,
rt 1 1 , ,
.
,
a . .

”O f thi s i n nu m e ab l e cas e are fo un d i n a n u m be r o f writers o f

,
r s ,

whi c h I o n ly d es i e to m e n ti o n th e o n e re po r te d i n J D Fi c k
r . .
,

Ex er ci ta ti o m ed d e sca bi e r et opu lsa H ll e 1 7 1 0 " 6 wh e re a n

. r ,
a , , ,

e ru pti n o f it c h d r i ve n o u t by a
o li c a ti o n o f m e rc u ry l e f t be hi n d
pp , ,

it ge neral d opsy whic h was o n ly m itigate d by th e e appe ra nce

r , r - a

o f th e e u pti o n r .

T h e u tho r o f th e bo o k Epi d em i ou li b 5 N o 4 wh o g i ves h i s

a .
, .
,
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C H RO N I C D I S E A S E S . 57

Dropsy of the Abdomen , Richard , as abov e and with , sev

era l oth e r obs e rv e rs .

l
Swe ling of the Scrotum ( in boys ) Fr offman, M ed . . H .

r a t sy s t , I I I
.
p 1 7 5 . .
, . .

l
Red Swe ling of the Whole Body L entilitts, M i n med . . .

p r a et P a rt .I p,1 7 6 .
, . .

. l
Jaundice Ba dinger, Kr a nk/z ez ten ez u A r m ee p 2 2 6
’ '

. , . .

Job Rnd Camerarius, M em or a b Cen t X ,

. . 65 . .
, . .

Swe ling of the Parotid Glands

l Barette. in th e j ou r na l .

de XV I I I .
, p . 1 69 .

Swe ing of thell Cervical Glands , Pelargns, as abov e Jahrg , .,

17 2 3 , p . Unz er, A r z t .
, P a rt VI .
, St .
,

Obscuration of the Eyes and Presbyopia . Fr . Hoffman . Cou

s u lt . m eet , 1 Ga s .

n am e as fi rs t m entio ns th e sad res u lt of su c h a case

H i ppoc r at e s , ,

wh ere an A th e n ia n was s e i z ed by a vi o l e ntly itchi ng e r u pti o n

spr ea d ove r th e wh ol e body a n d es pe c ia lly o ver th e ge n ital or ga n s

h e e x pe l l e d it by th e u se of th e war m b a th s o n th e i s l a n d o f M e l os ,

b u t die d of th e resu lti ng d rops y .

”A bo o f 8 or y ears wh o h ad be e n s h o rtly before h eale d of

y 9 ,

ti nea s h owe d m a n y swe lli ngs o f th e gl a n ds of th e n ec k by whi c h

, ,

h i s nec k was d r awn c rook e d a n d s ti ff .

"
A you th of 1 4 y ears h ad th e itc h i n J u n e 1 7 6 1 H e ru bbe d with , .

a g ray o i n t m e n t a n d th e it c h pass e d a wa y U pon thi s th e gla n ds .

behi n d both of h i s e ars swelle d u p ; th e swel li ng on th e l e f t ear

p asse d a w a y o f itse l f b u t th e r i g h t o n e i n
, fi ve m o n th s b eca m e

m onst rous ly e n l a ged a n d abou t A u gu s t b ega n to pai n h i m

r A ll .

th e gl an d s o f th e n ec k were s wo l l e n O n th e o u ts id e th e l arge .

g l a n d was f u ll o f h ar d k n o ts a n d with o u t se ns iti v en e ss b u t i n te r ,

n ally th e re was a n o bt u se pai n e s pe ci a lly at n i ght ; at th e sam e ,

ti m e h e s u ff e red f ro m dy s pn oea a nd o b s tr u cted d egl u ti ti o n A ll .

m ean s u se d to prod u ce suppu ra ti o n were i n vai n ; it becam e so

l arge th at th e pati e nt was suffocat e d i n th e year 1 762 .

a"
A gi r l o f I 3 yea rs was se i z ed with th e it ch e s pec ially o n th e ,

li mbs i n th e f ace and on th e pud end a ; th i s was fi nally d r iven away

,

5
58 H AH N EM ANN S
’
C H R O N I C D I S EA S E S .

Inflammation of the Eyes, 6 W Wedel Snetter D i s s de . . . , .

Ophthalmia, J e n 1 7 10 Bal mann, in Kaen i g l Veten s kaps .

, . l .

H a nd ] f A X p. G .Chph S chill er, d e

. s ca bi e .
, . . .

i mm i d a , p 42 , E rford , 1 747 . . .

C
ataract, Chn Gott i eb Ludwi g, A d z/ em m ed . l . II . .
, p 1 5 7
. .

Amaurosis Northof D i s s d e s ca bi e , , , .
, Gottin g . 1 792 , p .

Chn G Ludwi g, a s a bov e

"
. Sennet t, pr a z li b I I I
. . . . .
,

S ect 2 Cap 44.

,Trecourt, c/z i r u r g Wa lz r n efi m u ng en
. . .
,

p . L e i p z 1 7 7 7 Fa bri ciu s ab i lden, Ce n t I

. I o bs, . H . .
, .

by oi n tm en ts of in c a nd s u lph u r wh e reu po n Sh e grad ual l y beca m e

z ,

we a k o f s i ght L ittl e d ar k b odi es floa t e d be fore h e r e yes a n d th es e

.
,

c ou ld al so b e see n f ro m with o u t fl oa ti ng i n th e a q ueo u s h u m o r o f

th e a n t er i o r c h a m be r o f th e e ye A t th e s a m e ti m e sh e c o u ld n o t .

rec og n i e s m a ll b o di es e x ce pt w ith s pe c t ac l es
z T h e pu pil s wer e .

dilated .

8 9
A gi r l h ad a v i o l e n t e ru pti o n o f it c h o n th e l egs with l a rge u l ,

ce rs i n th e be n d of th e k n ee Be i ng attac k e d with s m a ll po x th e .

itch was su ppre sse d This i ndu ce d a h u m id i nfl a mm a tio n of th e .

white o f th e e ye a n d of th e eye lid with it c hi ng a n d s u ppu rati on s,

o f th e sam e a n d th e vi s i on o f d a r k b o di es fl o a ti n g b ef o re h er e ye s ;
,

this l as ted f or two y ears Th e n fo r th ree days sh e pu t o n th e .

s t oc k i n gs of a c hi l d am i cted w ith th e itc h O n th e l as t d y a f e ve r . a

bro k e ou t with d ry c o ugh te ns ion i n th e ch es t with i n c l i na ti on

, , ,

to vo m it O n th e f ol l ow i n g d ay th e f e ve r a n d th e t e ns io n o f th e
.

c h es t di m i n i sh e d a n d a s we a t b rok e o u t whi c h i n cre as e d u n til e ry ,

s i pe l as b ro k e o u t o n bo th l e g s a n d o n th e f o l l o wi n
g d ay th ese ,

p a ss e d o v e r i n t o th e rea l it c h T h e e y es th e n i m pro ve d . .

“
A m a n wh os e it c h h ad bee n d ri ve n 06 b u t wh was of r o bu s t , o

co n s tit u ti o n was se i e d with c a ta ra c t

,
z .

‘1
From itch expe l le d by e xte n al appl i cati o n there arose am au r

ro s i s , whi ch pas se d a wa y w h e n th e e ru pti o n re appe a re d o n th e -

s ki n .

"
A vi goro u s m a n wh e n th e itch h ad b e e n e x pe ll e d f rom th e
,

sk i n w as s e i z e d w ith a m au r o s i s a n d re m a i n e bli n d to a n ad va nc ed
,
d
age .
‘i '
A m au r osi s f rom th e sa m e cau s e, with terrible h eadache .
 C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S
’
H A H N EM A N N S . 59

DeafnessThore in Capelle j o u r n a l d e S a n te T o m I
'
. , , . .

l
Danie , S y s t a eg r i tu d II p 2 28 Ludwig, as abov e
. . .
, . . .

l
i nf ammation of the Bowe s, undertmark, D i s s d e s ca bi e l H .

a r ti fi ci a li , 1 7 58 , p 2 9
L i ps . . .

Pi les H , emorrhoids, A cta lz elo e t

'
. V .
, p . Daniel ,

Sy s t . a eg r i tud . II .
, p .

Abdomina l Complaints , Fr . Hoffmann , M ed . r at . sy s t . I II

p .

Diabetes ( M e lli tari a ) , Com m en t L i ps X I V . . .

, p 36 5 . .

Eb li N a t Cu r D ec II a n n 10 p 1 6 2
. . . . .
, .
, . . C . Weber ,

Obs . f . I .
, p 2 6. .

Suppression of Urine, Sennet t, P r a x . lib . 3 , p 8 . . Mor

g g
a ni , a s a bov e , XL I .
, art . 2 .

Erysipe as Unz er A r tz T lil , . V .

, St .

Di scharges of acri d humors . Fr . Hoffman , Cons u lt . T om .

II Ca s . 12 5 .

B l ee din g pil es ret u r ned e very m o n th .

I n c on se q u e n ce of it ch d r i ve n O fl by e xt e r nal appli c ati o n s l o ss

'
45
,

of bl o od u p to e i g ht po u n d s withi n a f e w h o u rs co li c fe ver e tc , , .

“
A f te r th e e x puls io n of itch a m os t v io l e n t coli c pai n i n th e t e ,

g i o n o f t h e l e f t l owe r r ibs r e s tl ess n e s s li n ger i ng f e ve r a n xi e ty

, , ,

a n d o b s ti n a te co n s ti pa ti o n .

“
A y o u n g pe asa n t h a d dr i ve n ofi th e it c h with O i n t m e n t a n d ,

s h o tly a f te r h e s u ff e red f ro m s u ppre s s i o n o f u ri n e vom iti n g a n d

r , ,

at ti m e s f ro m a pa i n i n th e l ef t l o i n S ti ll h e a ft e r a w hil e pass e d .
, ,

u ri n e a f e w ti m es b u t o n ly a litt l e o f d a r k c ol o r a n d a tt e n d e d w ith
, ,

p a i n s I n va i n th e att e m pt was m a d e to e m ty it w ith a ca t h e ter

.
p .

A t l as t t h e wh o l e body s we ll e d u p di ffi c u lt a n d s l ow r es pi ra ti o n ,

e n su e d a n d h e di ed o n a bo u t th e t we n ty fi rs t d ay af ter th e s u pr es
,
-

s i o n of th e it ch T h e bl a dde r co n ta i n e d t wo po u n d s of u r i n e j u s t
.

as d r k a b u t th e abdom i na l ca v ity wa t e r whi ch wh e n h e l d f or

, , ,

a whil e o ve th e fi re thi c k e n e d i n to a s or t o f a lb um e n
r .

“
A m a n ru bb ed hi m se l f with m e r c uri a l o i n t m e n t agai n s t th e itc h ,

wh e n th e e f o l l o we d a n e r ys i pe l at o u s i n flam m ati o n i n th e n ec k o f
r ,

whi c h h e di e d af t e r fi ve week s .
60 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S .

Ulcers Unz er A r z t , . Ta . V .
, St . 301 . Pelargos , as

a bov e j a nr g ” 1 7 2 3 , , p . B r es la u er S a m m .
, 1 72 7 ,
p . 107 . Muz ell, Wa /i r n elz m I I , .
, Ca s 6 Riedlin, th e
. .

son Cen t o bs
, . .
—
Alberti Gorn , D i s s d e s ou bi .
p 24 .
, . .

H all e 1 7 18 , .

Caries Richard abov , , as e .

Swelling of the Bones of the Knee . l

Valsa va in Morgagni,
de s ed e et ca u s . m ar b . I . art . 13 .

Painin the Bones, H a m bu r g er M a g a z .

,
XV I I I .
, p 3 , 2 5
. 3 .

Rachitis and Marasmus in hildren, Fr C . Hoffman . Ki n d er

kr a u kli . L ei pz1 741 , p 132 . . .

Fever B , . V Faventinus, M ed i ci n a empi r

. .
p,
2 6 0 . . Rama:
zini , Con s ti t . ep i d . u r bi s . II . NO . 32 , 169 1 J . . C Carl
.

i n A ct N a t C u r . . . VI .
, o bs .

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i a l O i n tm e n t g i n s t itch h ad
us ng a m e rc u r a a ,

a p u t re s ce n t e u pti o n a ll ov e h e r b ody so th t w h ol e pi e ce s o f
r r ,
a

fl es h ro tt ed away ; s h e di e d i n a f ew d ay s with th e g r tes t pai n s ea .

5 A 0
yo u th of 1 6 y ea s h ad th e itc h f o so m e ti m e ; wh e n thi s r r

as se d a wa y u l c e rs b o k e o u t th l
p n e e g s r o
A f te r u bbi ng with a n oi n tm e n t ag i ns t th e itch th ere fo ll owe d
51
r a

w ith a m n o f 50 y ea s te ar i n g pai n s i n t h e l e f t S h o u l d e r f o r fi v e
a r

we e k s wh e n se v e ra l u l ce rs b ro k e o u t i n th e arm pi t
,
- .

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5
v e a t u d n t n i n t m a n t f o r th it c h f r o m w hi c h it
g s e a O e e ,

disappe re d i n de ed b u t i n ste d O f it a n i n cu r bl e ul ce bro k e ou t

a ,
a a r

i n th e m o u th .

3
A s t u d e n t wh o h d b e e n f o r a l o n g ti m e a mi c te d with th e itc h
5
a

d ro ve it O ff with a n O i n tm e n t n d i n s te d f th i s th ere b o k e ou t ,
a a o r

u l c e s o n h i s a r m s a n d l eg s
r n d gl a nd u l a s we ll i n g s i n th e a rm ,
a r

p it s Th
. e se u l c e w e r e fi n a ll y c u re d by e t e r n l a
rs
pp l i c a ti o ns x a ,

w h e n h e w s se i z ed with d y s pn ce a n d th e n with d rops y a nd f om

a a ,
r

th e h e di ed
se .

M n y O b s e vati o n s a e f ou n d th e r e
5‘
a r e s pe c ti n g c se s w h e re th e
r ,
r a

it ch b e i ng d r i e n o ff by oi nt m e n ts th ere f o l l o wed fe ve an d bl ac k
,
v , r

i sh u i ne n d wh e e wh e n t h e it c h w s b ou g ht b ac k to t h e S ki n
r ,
a r , a r ,

th e fe v e di sa ppe a re d a n d th e u r i n e b e c a m e lik e th a t o f a h ea lthy

r

rs o n
pe .

55 A m a n a n d a ti o n of i tch o n th e ha n d o f
wom a n h ad a n e ru p ,

m a n y y e s s t di ar O f te n a s it d i e d u p f e ve r a l wa y s e n
’
an n g , a n d as r

su e d n d as s oo n as thi ca m e to a n e n d th e e r u pti o n o f i t ch
,
a g ai n s a

r et u r n e d ; a n d ye t thi s it ch e xt e n d e d b u t t a s m a l l pa r t O f th e o

body a nd was n o t d ri ve n off by e xte rna l appl i c atio ns .

 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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Fever Reil M em or a b Fa s c I II
, , . . .
, p . Pelar n
g ,s

a s a bov e ; J a h r g 172 1 p .
, ,
. a n d i bi d j a nr g , . .

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, .

D i s s d e s co bi e lz u m i d a E rford
.
, , 1 7 47 p 44 , J J . . . .

Fink Ex , e r ci ta ti o m ed . de s ca bi e r etr op u ls a , H a ll e ,

1 7 10, l
Pe argos, as a bov e j a nr g , 17 2 2 , p
.
, .

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, 1 72 3 , p . 10 p , . 14
“
a nd p 29 1 . G L ud . C . .

‘5 I t ch was s uppressed by a f e ver th at set i n ; wh e n th e f ever w as

r e m o ve d it re t u r n ed .

5"
A m othe r pu t o i n t m e n t o n th e ti n ea of a bo y O f n i n e y e ar s ;
it passe d away b u t th e re fo l l owe d a v io l e n t f e ve r
, .

6"
A c hi l d o n e y ea r O ld h a d h ad f o r s o m e ti m e ti n ea capi ti s a n d
, ,

a n e r u pti o n o n th e f ace ; b o th th ese h ad Sh o t l y b e fo r e d ri e d u

p r ,

wh e n th e r e fo ll o we d h e a t co u gh a n d di arrh oea A re t u r n o f th e , .

e r u pti o n o n th e h e a d g a v e a ll e v i a ti o n .

“
A wo m a n o f 43 y ears l o n g a ffl i cte d w ith d ry itc h r u bb e d h e r
j oi n ts with an O i n tm e n t o f S u lph u r a nd M er cu ry an d th us d rove it
, ,

o ff ; thi s was f o ll o we d by pa i n s u n d e r t h e ri gh t r ib s lass it u d e i n a ll ,

t h e li m bs h e a t a n d f e ve ri s h i rr i ta ti o n
,
A f te r u si ng s u d ori fi c rem .

e di es f o r s i x d ay s l a rge vesi c l e s O f itch bro k e ou t all over th e

,

bod y .

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, ,

re m edy b u t th e y l o s t all a ppe tit e a d r y co u g h a n d a l i n g e r i n g

, ,

fe ve r s e t i n th e y b e c am e e m a c i ated a n d f e ll i n t o a Slu m b rou s

,

s t u po r s o th a t th e y wo u ld h a ve di ed i f th e e r u t i o n h ad
°

, p n o t
l u cki l y re appear ed o n th e s ki n .

Wi th a th re e y e ar old chi l d wh e n ti n ea capi ti s h ad di sappeare d

- -

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, ,

n es s a nd it o n l y r e c o v e re d w h e n t h e e r u pti o n r e a d o n th e
’

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, pp e are

h e ad .

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r r -
,

e r y d r o v e o ff h i s f re q u e n t it c h w ith L ea d o i n t m e n t
, S c arce ly was .

th e it h d ryi n g off i n co n s e q u e n c e wh e n h e was se i z e d with c hill s

c , ,

h eat d ys pn ma a n d a ra tt l i n g co u gh O f whi ch h e s u ff o ca ted o n t h e

, ,

f o ur t h d ay .
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’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S .

wi g , A d z/ er s . m ed . II .
, pp . 1 57 Morgagni as , ab .
,

X .
, art . XX L , art . XXXV I II art . L V .
,

art .

‘3 Aigo rous h e althy m a n of 30 ye ars was tak en with th e itc h

v ,

a n d d o v e th e eru ti o n f ro m th e s ki n b u t was th e n se i e d with a

r
p ,
z

c a tarr h a l fe ver w ith a n u n c on t ro ll abl e pe rs pi rati on ; h e was s l owl y

r e co ver i ng f ro m it wh e n h e was se i z ed w ith o u t a n y f u rth er cau se

by a noth e r f e ver T h e atta ck s be gan with an xiety a nd h ea d ch e

. a ,

a n d i n c re as e d with h ea t a q u i c k pu l se a n d m or n i n g s we ats
, Th e re .

was add e d a n u n u su a l s i n ki n g o f th e s tre n gth a nd d e li r i ou s speec h

—
, ,

a n xi ou s t oss i n g bou t a so bbi ng respi ratio n with suff ocatio n a

a ,

di seas whi c h d espite all m e dic i n es e nde d with death

e .

With a bo y th e it ch passed away of itse l f ; th i s was f o l lowed by

f ev e r T h e it ch n o w a ppe r e d m o re vi o l e n t an d th e f e ve r pa ss e d
. a

awa y b ut th e c hild g e w th i n
, n d wh e n t h e i t c h ag ai n d r i e d u p
r , a

th e re f ol l o wed diar rh e a co n vul si on s an d soo n af t e rwar ds death

,
.

“5
I tch di sappea re d f rom th e s ki n of itsel f on wh i ch li nge i ng ,
r

f e ve r e x pe c to r ti o n o f pu s a n d l as t ly d eath f o l l owed a n d at th e
,
a ,

au t o p y th e l e f t l u n gs were f o u n d f u l l o f pu s
s .

“ 3 A wo m a n o f 0 y e a rs h ad f o r a l o n ti m i n i t h l i m b a n d
3 g e pa n e s

a s t o n g e r u pti o n o f it c h whi c h S h e d ro v e off w ith oi n tm e n t wh e n

r , ,

s h e wa s a tta c k e d by fe ve r with v i o l e n t h e a t thi rs t a n d ragi n g ,

h eada c he whi ch was accom pan i ed with d el i ri o u s spe ec h u n con

, ,

tro llab le dy s pn oea t u m e fac ti o n o f th e bo dy an d g re at di s t e ns io n o f

,

th e a bd o m e n S h e di ed o n th e s ixth d a y O f th e f e ve r
. T h e abd o .

m e n co n ta i n ed m u ch ai r n d es pe c i all y th e to m ach wa s di s te n d e d
,
a s

with a i r fi ll i ng h a l f o f th e a bd o m e n
, .

“
A m a n wh os e ti nea capi ti s h ad p sse d 06 fro m I n t e n s e co l d a ,

was s e i e d a ft e r e i ght d ay s with a m ali g n n t f e ve wi th vo m iti ng

z a r, ,

acc o m pa n i e d a t l a s t with hi c co u gh ; h e di e d i n co n s e q u e n ce o n th e

n i n th d a y .

I n th e sa m e ar ti c l e M o r ga g n i m e n ti o n s th e c as e o f a m a n wh o ,

h avi n g scab s f rom itch o n th e a rm s a nd o n o th e r pa r ts d ro ve O ff .

n ea r l y t h e wh o l e e r u pti o n by a s u l ph u ra t e d s hi t b u t was se i z e d a t r ,

o n ce w ith d ra wi n g pa i n s o n th e wh o l e b ody c o m bi n ed w ith f e ve r ,

so th t h e c o u ld ne ith e r res t at n i ght n o m ove a bo u t i n th e d a y

a r

ti m e ; a lso th e to n gu e a n d th e fau ce s were th u s attac k e d With .

 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S ES . 63 ,

Fever L anz onus in Ep/z N a t C u r D ec I II a nn

. , . . .
,
. .
, .

9 and 10 obs 1 6 a n d 1 1 3 Hoechstetter Obs m ed D ec

, . .
, . .
, .

V I II G a s Tri ller Wehle D i s s n u lla m med i ci n a m

'

. . , .
, .

i nter d u m es s e opti m u m W i te m b Fick a s a b ,

.
, , .
,

Waldschmidt 0per a p 2 41 Gerbiz ins in Epn , .

, . . , .

N a t C a r D ec I II a n n 2 obs 1 6 7
. .
, Amatus L u s i t . .
, .
, . .
, .
,

Fr Hoffmann M ed r a t sy s tem
n
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C e nt II C u r at 33
. .
, . . . , . .
,

T III p
. .
, .

Tertian Intermittent Fever Pelargus as a b J a h r g . , .

,

1 722 p 103 Cf r with p 79

, . Juncker a s a b ta b 79 ;
, . . .
, .
, .

m u ch t ro u bl e th e eru pti o n was b rought o u t agai n on th e ski n and ,

th us h i s h ealth was res to red .

“
A m ali g n a n t fe ve r w ith O pi s th ot o n u s f r om d i vi n g O ff th e itch r .

A y o u ng m e rc h a n t h ad d r i ve n O ff th e it ch with o i n tm e n t wh e n ,

h e was s u dd e n l y s ei e d with s u ch h oa rs e n ess th at h e c o u l d n otz

spea k a l ou d wo rd ; th e n foll o we d d ry as th m a l oa thi n g o f fo od , ,

se ve re c ou gh tro u ble s o m e e s pe c i a ll y a t n i gh t an d ro bb i n g h i m of
,

s l ee p ; v i o l e n t i l l sm elli ng n i gh ts weats n d despite all me di cal

,
-
,
a ,

tre atm e n t d ea th , .

”A bu r om as te r 60 y ears of a e wa s i n f e cte d with th e itch and

g g , , ,

s u ff e r ed u n s pe a k a bly f ro m it th rou g h th e n i g ht s ; h e u se d m an y

m e di c i n e s i n v ai n a n d at l as t was tau ght by a b egga r a so call ed

,
-

i n f a llibl e re m e dy com pose d o f oleu m la u r i n u m flower s o f s u l ph u r

, ,

an d l a d r H av i n g ru bbe d with thi s se ve ra l ti m es h e was i n d ee d

.
, ,

f re ed f ro m th e e r u pti on b u t s oo n af t e r h e was se i z e d with a v i o l e n t

,

chill f oll o we d by a n e x c e s i ve h eat all o ve r th e bo dy ve h e m e n t

, s ,

thi rs t a gas pi ng as th m a s l eepl ess n ess v iol e n t t rem bli ng all o ve r

, , ,

th e body a n d grea t l as s it u d e s o th a t o n th e f o u rth d a y h e e x pi red , .

7
‘
From th e sam e ca use a f e ver com bi ned with i nsan ity prec i pi ,

tati ng d eath .

”A f ter d ri vi n off it ch m os t fre q u e n t l y acu t e f e ve rs with a reat

g g ,

s i n ki n g of th e s t r e ngt h f o l l ow I n o n e su c h cas e th e f e v e r l as te d .

se ve n da ys w h e n th e e r u pti o n of it c h e a ppe a red a n d s t oppe d th e

,
r -

f e v er .

”A bo o f yea rs f or a l on g ti m e h ad ti n ea i ti an d h ad
y 15 ca p s te
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’
C HR O N I C D I S EA S E S .

Ep/r . N a t Cu r . . D ec I . .
, a nn . 4 . Welsch Obs 1 5
, San . .

vages, S pec . 11 . De Hautesierk, Obs .

, T om I I p 300; . .
, .

Com m en t L i ps i en s es X I X p 2 97
'

. . .
.
,

" uartan F e ver, T ho m Barth oli nns , C a p 4, lz i s t 3 5 S en . . . .

nert, P a r a li p p 1 1 6 Fr offm an ,
. M e
, d r a t .sy s te m . . H . .

II I .
, p .

Vertigo and a Total Sinking of the Strength. Gabelchofer,

Obs M ed Cen t I I obs 42
. . . .
, . .

Vertigo Like Epilepsy, Fr offmann, Con s u lt . H . M ed . I

Ca s .

l
Epi epsy Like Vertigo, Fr . Hoffmann , as ab .
, p 30. .

c e i ved fro m P ela rg u s t a s ro ng u

p gr a ti ve to c u e it ; h e was se i ed r z

with pa i n i n th e b ac k c u tti n g , pa i n s d u ri n g m i c t u r i ti o n f o ll o we d ,

by tert ia n f e v er .

7‘
O ld pe o p l e h a e e s pe ci al ly d ry itch a nd i f th i s i s d ri ve n Off by
v ,

e xt e rn a l a ppli ca ti o n s u s u a lly q u r t a n f e ve r e n s u es whi c h va n i sh es

,
a ,

as s o o n a th e it c h r e appea rs o n th e s ki n
s - .

”A co u n t y ld h ad s u ff e red f or th re e y ea s with d ry itc h

57 ear s o , ,
r .

I t was d r i v e n o ff n d h e e n j o y e d f o r two y e ar s a n a ppa re n t l y g ood

,
a

h ealth o n ly h e h ad d u ri ng this tim e two att c ks of ve rti go whi ch

, a ,

g r ad u a l ly s o i n c r e a se d th t o n ce a f t e r fi n i s hi n g h i s m e
a a l h e wa s

se i z ed with s u c h ve rti go th a t h e wo u l d h a ve f a ll e n to th e fl oo r i f

h e h ad n o t be e n su pp r te d H e was c o vere d with a n i cy pe rs pi ra

o .

ti on h i l i m bs tre m bled a ll th e parts of h i s body we re as d ead a nd

,
s , ,

h e e pea t d l y vo m ite d u p a s u r s u bs ta n ce
r e A Si m i l a ttac k f ol
o . ar

lo we d Six we ek s l ater th e n o nc e m o n th f o th e e m o nth s H e ,

a r r .

i n d ee d e ta i n e d c o n s c i o u s n es b u t the re a l w y f o ll o we d h e avi n ess

r s, a s

O f th e h e a d a n d a d ru n k e n t u po r A t l a t the s e attack ca m e s . s s

d aily tho ugh i n a m i l d e r f m H e c o u ld n o t read n or thi n k no r

,
or .
, ,

t u r n ro u n d q ui ck l y no r too p do wn Th i s was atte nd ed with

a , s .

sa d n e ss o rr o wf u l
,
s n xi o u s th o ug ht s a nd s i g h s
,
a .

"
A wo m a n o f 3 6 y e ars h a d th e it c h d r i ve n f r o m th e s ki n a f e w
years b e fo e wi th m e rcu r ia l re m ed ies H e m e n se s beca m e i rreg
r . r

u l a r a nd we re o f te n i n te r u pt e d f or te n or e ve n fi f te e n wee k s ; S h e
,
r

was at t h e sa m e ti m e co n s ti pat e d Four years ago d uri ng preg .

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Convulsions , Juncker as , ab . tab 53 . Hoochstetter, Eplz .

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. .na t cu r d ec 2 a n n
. . . Ep/z . . . . , .

o bs 3 5 and a n n 5 obs 2 2 4
.
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, . . . . . .

n u lla m m ed i ci n a m i n ter d u m es s e opti m a m , Vi te b 1 7 54, .

,

13 Sicelius, D eca s Ca s u u m I , Ca s Pelargos,

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. .
,

a s ab j a lz r g 1
. 7 2
, 3 , p .
, .

n an c y sh e wa s se z e i d
with ve rtig o a n d s h e would s udd e n l y fal l ,

down while s ta ndi ng or wa l ki n g Whi l e S itti ng sh e wou l d r e ta i n .

h e r s e n se s d u ri ng th e ve rt i g o a n d co u ld s pea k , eat a nd d ri n k At .

h e r fi rs t a tta c k sh e fe lt i n h e r le f t foo t , a s it we re , a c raw li n g s e n

sati o n a n d f o r m i ca ti o n , whi c h t e r m i n a t e d i n a v i o l e n t j e r ki n g u p
a n d d o w n o f th e f ee t I n ti m e th ese a tta ck s t o o k awa y co n sc i o u s
.

n e ss a n d a f te r ward s , i n t ra ve li n g i n a c a rr i age , th e re ca m e a n a t
,

tac k o f rea l e pileps y , w hi c h r et u r n e d th ri ce i n th e f ol lo wi ng wi n

ter . D u r i ng th e s e a tt ac k s s h e c o u l d n o t s pe a k ; S h e did n o t, i n
d ee d , tu r n h e r. th u m bs i n ward , b u t ye t th e re was f o a m a t h er
m o u th T h e se nsatio n o f f o rm i ca ti o n i n th e l e ft f o o t a n n o u nc e d
.

th e a tta c k a n d wh e n thi s se ns a ti o n rea c h e d th e pi t O f th e s t o m a ch

,

it s udd e n ly brought o n th e fit Thi s e pil eps y was r em o ved by a

wo m a n with fi ve o wd ers b u t i n s t ead o f it h e r ve rti go re -ap pea red ,
p ,

b ut m u c h m ore V i o l e n t l y th a n be f o re I t a l so com m en ced with a

c r awli ng s e n s a ti o n i n th e l e f t f oo t W t h ro se u to th e h ear t ; thi s
p ,

was atte n d ed with g rea t a n xi ety a n d fea r , as i f s h e we re f alli ng

down f ro m a h e igh t an d whi l e s uppos i ng th at s h e h a d fal l en sh e .

l os t co n sc i ous n ess and spee c h ; a t th e sa m e ti m e h e r li m bs m o ved

c o n vu l s i ve l y Bu t , al so , o u ts ide of th es e a ttac k s th e l e as t to u c h O f
.

h e r f e e t c a u se d h e r th e m o st i n t e n s e pa i n , a s i f from a b oil This

was a tte n d ed w ith se ve re pa i ns a n d h ea t i n th e h ea d an d W i th l oss
o f m e m ory .

77
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an ,
a

i l m t d t t t ib l
O

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p o f o u n s w oo n a n d
r s o o n a f e r t h e m o s e r r e c
,
o n
vu ls io n s a n d d ea th .

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7 A
g i r l O f 1 7 i n co n se q u e n ce o f t
,i n ea ca p i ti s whi c h di sa pp e r e d a

o f i tse l f was se i e d with co n ti n u a l h ea t i n th e h ea d

,
z nd t ta c k s a a

O f h e ad a c h e S h e so m eti m es s u dde n l y s tart e d u p as i f f ro m f ri g ht

.
,

a n d whil e a wak e s h e was s e i z e d with co n v ul s i ve m o ti n s o f th e o

li m b es pe ci al ly o f th e a rm s an d h a n d as lso with o ppress io n i n
s, s, s
th e pi t o f t h e s t omach as i f h er b r ea t was l a ce d toge th e r with s
m oa n i ng ; th e n h e r li m bs wo u ld j e k co n vu l s i ve ly a nd s h e wou l d
, ,

r
s ta r t u p .

“
A f ul l g ro wn m an wh o h ad b ee n fo r so m e ti me afi e c ted with
-

tre m o r O f t h e h a nd s h ad h i s ti nea d ry u p H e was th e r e u po n .

se i z ed w ith g re a t l ass it u d e a nd r ed pa t c h es w ith o u t h ea t b ro k e , ,

out o n h i s bo dy T h e tre m or pa s se d o ve r i n to co n vul si ve S h a ki n g

.
,
66 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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Epileptic onvulsions a n d C
Epilepsy J ar in A ct N a t C u r V I , obs . EC C l
. . . . .
, . .

Hagendorn, a s abov e li i s t 9
m
Fr offmann, Con s u lt , . . . H .

m ed I Ca s . i bi d m ed r a t sy s t T I V P II I . . . . . . .
, . .
,

Cap I a n d in Ki n d er kr a n k/z ei ten p 108

. .
, Sauvages, , . .

N os ol spec 1 1 De Hantesierk, obs T I I p 300 Sen

. . . . . .
, . .

nert, p r a x II I Cap 44 Ep/t N a t C u r D ec I II

. .
, . . . . . . .
,

a n n 2 o bs . 29 Gruling obs fli ed Cen t I I I obs 7 3

, . .
, . . . .
, . .

Th Bartolin Cen t I I I Iz i s t 20 Fahr de i den, Cent

. , . . . . Hl .

I II obs .
, Riedlin, li n med a n n 16 96 M aj obs
. . . .
, ,
.

Lenti las, M i s cell m ed pr P I p 32 l G W . . .

, . .
, . . . .

l
Wede , D i s s d e a eg r o epi lepti co j eu . errm , .
, H .

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, , .
, ,

blood y m atte r was di sc h arge d from h i s n ose a n d h i s ea rs h e als o ,

c ou g h e d u p b l o o d a n d h e di e d o n 2 3d d y a m id s t co n v u l s i o n s
,
a .

”A m a n wh h ad d i ve n off a f re q ue n t l y occ u rri ng e ru pti o n o f

o r

itch with a n oi n tm e n t f e l l i n t o e pi l e pti c co n vu l sio n s whi ch d i sap ,

p e a r ed a g a i n w h e n t h e e u pti o n r e a pp e a re d o n th e s ki n r -
.

81
A yo u th o f 1 8 y ea s d r o ve 06 th e it c h with a m e rcu ri a l o i n t r

m e n t a n d two m o n th a f t e r h e was u n ex pec t ed l y se i e d with co n s z

vu ls i o n s w hi c h a tt ac k ed all th e l i m b s o f th e bo dy n o w thi s n o w
, , ,

th a t with pa i n f u l c o n s t i c ti o n o f th e b e as t a n d th e n e c k co l d n ess
, r r ,

O f th e li m b s a n d gr e a t we ak n e s s T h e fou r th d ay h e wa s se i z ed . ,

with e pi l eps y f oam i ng at th e m o n th whi l e th e l i m b s we re

, ,

s t r a n ge l y co n to t e d T h e e pi l e ps y o n l y yi e l d e d wh e n th e er u pti o n
r .

r e t u r ned .

3”
With bo y w h ose ti n ea h ad been dr i ve n off by r u bbi ng it with
a ,

a l m on d O i l .

33
With c hild re n com bi n ed with su floc ti ng catarrh ,
'

a .

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A s e r v a n t g i r l a f t e r twi c e ru bbi n g h e r it c h w ith o i n t m e n t h ad
an a tt a c k of e pile ps y .

85
A y ou th o f 1 8 wh o h ad d r i ven ou t itc h with m erc u ri a l r em
,

e di es was se i e d a fe w wee k s l a t er with e pi l e psy whi c h r e tu r n ed

,
z ,

a ft e r f ou r we e k s with th e n e w m o o n .
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p . T u pi us, o bs li b I C a p 8 l Th Thom pson, . . .

, . . .

M ed i c R a t/i pfl eg e L ei pz i g 1 7 7 9, p p 107 ,
. Hun , , .

dertmark, a s a b , p Fr offmann, Con s u lt m ed I

. . . H . .

Gas 28 , p . .

“
A b oy of 7 m o n th s was
i d with epil eps y whil e th e pare n ts
se z e ,

we re u n wi ll i n g to a c k n o w l e d g e th a t h e h ad h ad th e it ch Bu t .

wh e n th e phy s i ci a n e nq u i r e d m o re par ti c u la ly th e m oth e r c o n r

f e ss e d th at th e l ittl e bo y h a d s o m e ves i c l es o f it c h o n th e so l e o f
th e foo t wh i c h h ad s oo n yi e l d ed to l ea d O i n t m e nt ; th e child as
, ,

sh e sa id h ad n o o th e,
Si gn o f th e it ch T h e physic i n corre c tly
r . a

rec og n i ed i n thi s th e o n ly c au s e O f th e e pi l e ps y
z .

8 "T
wo c hi l d re n we re f ee d f om e pile ps y by t h e b e aki ng o u t o f
r r r

h u m id ti ne bu t th e e pi l epsy re tu r ned wh e n th e ti n e was i n can

a, a

ti ou S ly d i v en O ff r .

Fi ve year Old itch p sse d away an d thi s af te r several yea s

88 - - a , , r ,

p ro d u c e d e il
p p e s y .

”T h e itc h i n a you th of 2 0 ye rs was s u ppre s s ed by a pu rgati ve a ,

w hi c h was a l l o we d to act v i ol e n t l y f or s e ver a l d ay s a fte r whi c h h e ,

f o r two ye a rs s u ff e re d th e m os t v i ol e n t co n v u l s i o ns u n til th rou g h , ,

th e u se of bi rc h jui c e th e it c h was b rou g ht b ck to t h e S ki n

-
,
a .

”A y o u n m an of 1 y e a rs O f vi o ro us co ns tit u ti o n a nd o o d i h
g 7 g g ,

telli ge n ce was att a ck e d th r e e ye ars ag o a fte r itc h h ad b ee n d ri ve n

, ,

o u t fi rs t by h e m o pt y i s a n d th e n by e pil e ps y whi ch gre w wo rs e

,
s ,

th rou g h m e di c i n es u n ti l th e fi ts cam e on eve y two h ou rs A n r .

oth e r s u rg e o n th ou gh f req ue n t bl oo d l e tti n gs and m an y m edi

,
r -

c i n e s e ff e c t e d th a t h e r e m a i n e d f e e f o m e pi l e ps y f or f ou r wee k s
, r r ,

b u t s oo n af t e r wards th e e pi l e ps y r e t u r n e d whi l e h e w s taki n g h i s a

n oo n d ay n a p a n d th e pa ti e n t h ad t w o o r th re e fi ts i n th e n i g ht ;
-
,

at th e s a m e ti m e h e was a tt a c k e d w ith a v e y s e ve e c o u g h a n d r r

s u ff oc a ti n g c a t r rh es pe c i a l ly d u i n g th e n i g hts wh e n h e e pe c
a ,
r , x

torated a ve ry f e tid fl u id H e was co n fi n e d to h i s be d . A t l as t .

,

af t e r m u c h m e di c i n e th e di se ase i n c e as e d so m u c h th a t h e h ad
,
r

te n fi ts at n i ght a n d e ig ht d u r i ng th e d a y N e ver th e l e ss h e n e ve r .

i n th ese fi ts e ith e r c l e n c h e d h i s h a n d s o h ad foam at h i s m o u th r .

H i s m e m or y i s we a k e n e d T h e a t ta c k s co m e a t th e a pproa c h o f
.

m eal ti m e b u t m ore f re q u e n tly a f t e m e al s

-
, D u r i n g h i s n i ghtly r .

att ack s h e r e m a i n s i n th e d e e pe s t s l e ep w ith o u t a waki ng bu t i n ,

 C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S
’

H A H N EM A N N S .

Apoplex y . Cummins in Ep/t N a t C u r D ec I

. . . . .
, m m 1, .

o bs . 58 . Mobius, I n s ti tu t m ed . .
, p 65 . . J J Wepfer
. . , H is
tor . A poplect A m s tel . .
, 1 7 2 4, p 457 . .

Paralysis , Hoechstetter, Obs m ed D ec . . . VIII .

, 8, p obs . .

2 45 .
j ou r n a l d e fi l ed S e p t p 2 1 1:
, 1 7 60, .
, . Unz er A r e t
VI .
, S t 301 . . Hundertmark as abov e p , , . Krause .

Schubert D i s s d e s ca bi e lz u m a n i cor p L i ps 1 7 79 p
, . .
, .
, , .

Karl Wenze , a s a bo ve p 1 7 4 l , . .

Me ancho y Reil M emor a b Fa s c III p

l l , , . .
, .
, .

Insani ty Landai s in Roux j o u r n d c M ed i ci n e T o m 41

'

, , .
, . .

Amat L usitanus C u r a t m ed Cen t [I C u r 74

. J , . . . .
, . . . H .

l
Schu ze Bruno D i s s Ca s u s a li q uot m en te a li e na to r u m
, , .
,

H a ll e , 1 707 . G as . 1 p , . F . H . Waitz , m ed i c .
-
c/z i r u r g .

th e m o r n i ng h e f e e l s as i f bru i e d all o ve T h e o n l y warn i ng of a s r .

fit co n si ts i n h i s ru bbi ng h i n ose a nd d rawi ng u p h i s l ef t f oo t b ut

s s ,

th e n h e s udd e n l y f ll s d o wn a .

91
A wom a n fte r h av i n g t h e itc h d r i ve n o u t h ad pa a l ys i s o f o ne
,
a ,
r

leg a n d re m ai n e d l m e a .

”A f te d ri vi n off th e itch w ith s u l h u O i n t m e nt a m n O f

r
g p 53 r , a

y ea s h d he m i pl g i a
r a e .

“3
A m i n i s te r w h f o a l o ng ti m h d i n v i n u e d i n t e r n l re m
, o r e a a s a

e di e s a ga i n s t t h e itc h fi n a ll y e w ti d f it n d d v it o ff w ith
g e o a , e r r ro

O i n t m e n t wh e n h i s u xt m iti w i n m u ly d
,
pp e e es e e ,
a s r
r e p a ra ere r ,
ea ,
z

a nd h d thi c k s ki n f or m ed i n th
a ar , p l m s O f t h e h n d s f u ll o f e a a ,

bl oody ch a ps a n d i ns u ff e a bl e itchi ng r .

I n th e s m e pl ce th e a u th or m e n ti n s a l so
a a w o m a n wh o e fi n o a s

g e r s c n t raoc t e d f o m a n it c h d i ve n o u t r b y e xt e r n a l m e n s ; s h e r a

s u ff e e d f o m th m a l o n g ti m e
r r e .

“
H e f o u n d a n idi ti c m l a n c h o l y r i s i n co n s eq ue n ce f s up
o e a e o

p r e ss e d it c h ; w h e n th e it c h b o k e o u t g a i n t h e m e l a n h o l y d i s ap r a c

a re d
pe .

9“
t de n t 2 0 ye a s O ld h ad th e h u m i d it h whic h s o co ve red
A s u ,
r ,
c ,

h i h a n d s th a t h e be ca m e i n c ap bl e o f a tte n di n g to h i s wor k
s It a .

was d ri e n off by s u l ph u r O i n t m e n t
v Bu t S h o tly ft e r it a ppe are d . r a

h o w m u c h h i s h e l th h a d s u ff e e d f o m it H e bec a m e i n sa n e
a r r .
,
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A uf s atz
'

e, T /z . 1, p . A lten bu r g , 1 79 1 . Richter in
H u f el. j ou r n a l, XV .
, II . Grossmann in Baldinger
’
s n eu e m

M ag a z XI I .
,
.
, .

Who a ft e r m e dit a tin g on e v e n th e s e f e w e x a m p l e s

,

w hi c h m i g ht b e m uch incr ea s e d fro m th e w ritin gs O f

th e p hysi c i a ns O f th a t ti m e a n d f r o m m y e x p er i
*
e nc e would re m a in S O thou g htl e ss as to i g no r e th e
,

sa ng or l augh ed wh e re it was un be c om i ng and ra n u n til h e sa n k ,

to th e g ou n d f o m e xh au sti o n
r From d ay to d ay h e be ca m e m ore
r .

s i c k i n s o u l a n d bo dy u n til a t l as t h e m i pl eg i a c a m e o n a n d h e
,

di e d T h e i n te s ti n es we e f o u n d g ro wn togeth e r i nto a fi rm m s s
. r a ,

s tu dd e d with litt l e u l ce rs f u ll o f p o t u b e ra n ces so m e o f th e S i e o f r ,

z

wal n u ts whi c h w re fi l l e d w ith a s u b s ta n c e e s e m bli n g gyps u m

,
e r .

”T h e sa m e to y s r .

97
A m a n o f 50 y ea s with wh o m f t e d i vi n g away th e it c h b y
r ,
a r r

o i n tm e n t s ge n e ra l d ro ps y h ad set i n ; wh e n th e i t c h
, e appe a re d r -

a n d d r o ve a wa y th e s we lli n g h e d ro ve it a way ag ai n wh e n h e f e ll , ,

i n to ravi ng m ad ness whil e h ead a nd n eck swe lle d u p to s u ff oca

,

ti on ; at l s t b l i nd ness n d com ple te s u ppress i on of u ri n e were

a a

add ed A rtific ia l i r i ta nt applied to th e s ki n a n d a s t ro ng e m eti c

. r s

bro ught ba ck th e itc h ag i n ; wh e n th e e rupti o n e t e n d ed o ve r th e

a x

wh o l e body all th e f o rm er acc id e n ts di sappe are d .

*
A n o ppo n e n t o f th e o ld s ch oo l h as e p a c h e d m e th a t I h ave
, ,
r ro

n ot dd u ce d m y ow n ex pe ri e n ce to prove tha t th e ch ro n i c m al a
a

di es wh e n th e y re n ot o f syphi l itic o r sy coti c o i gi n s pri n g f om

, a r , r
th e m i as m a f itc h s s u c h p oo fs f o m e x pe i e n c e wo u l d h a v e
o ,
a r r r

bee n co n vi n c i n g O h o " I f th e e x m pl es h e e add u ced by m e f om

. a r r

bo th th e O ld e r an d f rom m o de rn n o n H o m oeop thi c writi n gs h a ve - a

n o t ye t e n o u g h co n i n c i n g proof I S h u l d l ik e to k n o w wh a t
v ,
o

o th e r e x am pl e s ( e ve n m y o w n n ot e x ce pt e d ) cou l d b e co n ce i ve d of as
m or e s t riki ng proo f ? H o w O f t e n ( a n d I m i ght sa y a l m os t a l way s )
s

h ave oppo ne n ts O f th e O ld sc h oo l ref u se d all c rede nc e to th e .

o bse rva ti o n s o f h o n o ra bl e H o m e o pa thi c phy s i c i a n s b e cau se th e y ,

we re n o t m a d e b e fo re th e i o w n e y e s a n d b eca u s e th e n a m es of r

th e pa ti e n ts w e re o n l y i n di ca te d with a l e tte ; as i f pr i va t e pa r

ti e nts wou ld a l l ow th e i r n am es to be u s ed " Why s h o u ld I e n d u re

th e l ik e ? A n d d o I n o t p o v e m y po i n t i n a m a n n er m o s t i nd u r

bitabl e and m os t f ree f om pa rti san hi p th rough th e expe ri e nce of

r s

s o m a n y oth e h o n es t prac titi o n e rs ?

r
70 H A H N EM AN N S
’
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g r e a t e vi l hidd e n within t h e P s or a of
, which e vil t
, h e

e ru p tion of itch a n d its oth e r for m s th e t i n ea capi ti s , ,

m ilk crust t e tt e r e tc are on l y i ndications a n n o u nc

, , .
,

i n g th e int e r n a l m onstrous di s e a s e of t h e w hol e

,

orga ni s m only local e xt e r nal sy m p to m s which a c t

,

vicario us ly and m iti gati n g ly for th e int e rn a l dis e as e ?

Who a ft e r r ea din g e v e n th e f e w cas es d e scrib e d
, ,

would h e sitat e to ackno w l e d ge th a t th e P s or a a s ,

a l r e a dy stat e d is t h e m os t d es tr ucti v e of a ll chronic

,

m ias m a s ? Who would b e S O stolid a s to d e cl a r e with ,

t h e l a t e r allo p a thic p hysi c i a ns th a t th e itch e r u p tion

,
-
,

tin e a a n d t ett e rs are only situat e d su p er fi c i a lly u p on

th e S kin a n d m ay th e r e fo r e w ithout f e a r b e dri v e n
, , ,

o u t throu g h e xt e r nal m e a ns S in c e th e int e r n a l O f th e

body h a s no p a rt in it a n d re tains its h e a l th ?

S u r e ly a m on g a ll th e c r i m es w hi c h th e m od e rn ph y
,

s i c i a n s of t h e old s chool a r e g uilty of thi s is t h e m ost ,

h u rtful sha m e ful a n d u n pa rdon a bl e "

,

T h e m a n w h o fro m th e e xa m p l e s giv e n and fro m

,

innu m er abl e oth e rs of a lik e nat u r e is not w illin g to ,

s e e th e e xact O pp osit e of that as s e r tion blind s hi m s e lf

on p u r p os e and works int e ntion a lly for th e d e struction

of m a nkind .

O r a r e th e y S O litt l e in s truct e d a s to t h e n a tu r e O f a ll
th e m i a s m atic m a ladi es conn e ct e d w ith di s ea s e s of th e
skin th a t th e y do not kno w that th e y all t a k e a S i m il a r
cou r s e in th e i r o r i gin ? A n d th a t a ll such m i a s m as b e
co m e first int e r n a l m a l a di e s of th e whol e syst e m b e
for e th e ir e xt e rn a l a ss u a gin g sy m p to m s a pp e a r on the r

S kin

W e S hall m or e C los e ly e l u cid a t e this p roc e ss and in ,

cons e qu e nc e w e S h a ll s e e that a ll m ias m atic m aladi e s

 H A H N EM AN N S
’
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which S how p e cu l i a r loca l ail m e nts on th e skin are

a l wa ys p r e s e nt as i n te rna l m al a di e s in th e sys t e m be
f o r e th e y show th e ir loca l sy m p to m s e xt e rn a lly u p on
th e S kin but that only in acut e dis e a s e s aft e r t a kin g ,

th e i r cou rs e throu g h a c e rtain nu m b e r O f d a ys th e ,

loc a l sy m p to m to g e th er wit h t h e int e r na l di s e as e is

, ,

wont to dis a p p ear which th e n l e av e s th e body fr e e

,

fro m both I n chronic m ias m as ho we v e r th e out e r

.
, ,

local sy m pto m s m ay e ith e r b e driv e n fro m th e s kin or

m a y disa p p e a r of i ts e lf whil e th e int e r n a l di s e as e if
, ,

uncur e d n e ith e r w holly nor in p a rt e v e r l e a v e s th e

,

sy s t e m ; on th e cont ra r y it c ontinu a lly in c r e a s e s w ith

,

th e y e ars u nl e ss h e a l e d by a r t
,
.

I m ust h e r e dw e ll t h e m o r e C i r cu m s t a nti a lly on thi s

p ro c e ss of n a tur e b,
e caus e t h e co m m on p hy s ici a ns os ,

p e c i a lly of m od e rn d a ys a r e S O ,d e fici e nt in vi s ion ; or ,

m o r e corre c t ly stat e d S O blind th a t althou g h th e y

,

could as it w e r e h a nd l e and f e e l this p r oc es s in th e

, ,

ori gin and d e v e l o pm e nt O f acut e m ias m a tic e r u ptional

di s e as es th e y n ev e r th e l ess n e i th e r s u rm is ed nor O b
,

s e rv e d th e lik e p roc e ss i n C hronic di s e as e s and th e re ,

for e d e c l ar e d th e i r local sy m pto m s a s s e c ondary

g ro w ths and i m p u r iti e s e xistin g m e r e ly e xt e r n a lly on
t h e skin without any int e rn a l fund a m e nta l dis e a s e and
—
, ,

this as w ll withe t h e c hancr e a n d th fi g wart a s with

e

,
—
th e e ru ption O f itch a n d th e r e fo r e S inc e th e y ov e r
,

look e d th e C hi e f dis e as e or p e r ha ps e v e n bo l dly d e ni e d

—
i t by a m e r e e xt e rn a l tr e at m e nt a n d d e str u c tion of
th e s e loca l ail m e nts th e y h av e brou ght uns p ea kab l e
m i s fo rtun e s on su ff e rin g hu m a nity .

With res p e ct to th e ori g in of th e s e thr e e C hron i c

m a l a di es as in th e a cut e m i a s m atic e ru p tion a l dis
, ,
72 H AH N EM A N N S
’
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ea e s s three di ffe r e nt i m p o rt a nt m o m e nts are to be

,

m or e att e ntiv e ly con s id e r e d than has hith e rto b e e n

don e : Fi r s t the ti m e of infe ction ; s econdly th e pe riod
, ,

of ti me dur i n g which th e whol e or ganis m is b e i n g

p e n e tr a t e d by t h e dis e as e infus e d unti l it has de ,

v e lo p e d w ithin ; and tlz i r d ly th e br e akin g out of th e ,

e xt e rna l ail m e nt wh e re by n a tur e e xt e rn a lly d e m on

,

stra t e s th e co m pl e tion of th e int e rna l d ev e l o p m e nt of

th e m i a s m atic m alady th r ou g hout th e who l e o r g anis m .

T h e i nfe ction w ith m ia s m as as w e ll of th e acut e as ,

of th e a bov e m e ntion e d chronic dis e as e s take s p lac e , ,

without doubt in one s i ng le m o men t and th a t m o m e n t

, , ,

th e o n e m ost favora bl e f o r inf e ct i on .

Wh e n th e s m all po x or th e cow pox catch e s thi s

- -
,

h a pp e ns in th e m o m e nt wh e n m vaccination th e m or
bid fluid in th e bloody scra tch of th e skin co m e s in
cont a ct w ith th e e x p os e d n e rv e which th e n i rre v oc , ,

a bly , dyn a m ic a lly co m m unicat e s th e dis e a se to th e

vit a l forc e ( to th e whol e n e rvous syst e m ) in th e sa m e
m o m e nt A ft e r thi s m o m e nt O f inf ection no ablution
.
,

c a u t e rizin g or burnin g not e v e n th e cuttin g o ff of th e

,

p a r t which has cau g ht and r e c e iv e d t h e i nf e ction can ,

a g a in d e stroy or undo t h e d e v e lo p m e nt of t h e dis e as e

within .S m al l p ox c o w p ox m easl e s e tc n e ve r th e
-
,
-
, , .
,

l e s s will co m p l e t e th e ir C ours e w i thin a n d th e fe v e r ,

p ec uliar to e ach will br ea k out with its s m all p o x cow -

,

*
p o x
, m e asl e s e t c ,af te r a f ew d.a y s wh e n th e int e rnal
, ,

dis ea s e has d e v elo p e d a n d co m p l e t e d its e lf .

W e m ay j us tly as k : I s th e e i n an y proba bility any m i as m a

r

i n th e wor ld whi ch wh e n it h as i n fected f rom with ou t d oes n o t

, , ,

fi rs t m ak e th e whol e organ i s m s ic k bef ore th e signs of it e xter nally

m a n i fe s t th e m se l ves ? W e ca n on ly ans wer thi s qu es ti o n wi th n o , ,

th ere i s none "

 H AH N EM A N N S
’
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T he sa m e is th e c as e not to m e ntion s e v e ra l oth e r

,

acut e m ias m a s also w h e n th e S kin of m a n is co n

,

ta m i n at ed with t h e blood of catt l e a ff e ct e d with

anthrax I f a s is fr e qu e nt l y th e c a s e th e anthra x
.
, ,

has inf e ct e d a n d c a u g ht on a ll a blutions of th e skin ,

a r e i n v a in ; th e bl a ck or g a n g r e nous blist e r n e arl y

,

alw a y s fa t a l n e v e rth e l e ss a l w ays co m e s out a ft e r four

, ,

or fi v e d a ys ( us ua lly in th e a ff e ct e d S p ot ) ; i e as . .
,

soon a s th e w hol e l ivin g o rga nis m h a s tra nsform e d

its e lf to this t e rribl e di s ea s e .

( I t i s j u st so w ith t h e inf e ction of h a lf a cut e m i a s m a s -

witho u t e ru ption A m on g m a ny p e rso n s bitt e n by

.

—
m ad do g s th a nks to th e b e ni g n rul e r of t h e w o r ld
only f e w a r e infe c t e d ra re ly th e t w e l fth ; oft e n a s I
, ,

D oe s it n o t t a k e th re e f o u r o r fi ve d ay s af te r va cci n a ti o n i s e f
,

f e cte d be f o re th e va cc i n ate d s pot b e co m es i n fl am e d ? Does n o t

th e so rt o f fe ve r d e ve l o pe d—th e S i g n o f th e co m p l e ti o n o f th e d i s
,

ea s e — appea r e ve n l a te r wh e n th e pro t ec ti n g po c k h as b ee n f u lly

,

f o r m ed ; i e o n th e s e ve n th o r e i ghth d a y ?
. .
,

D o es i t n ot t ak e te n to t we l ve d a y s af te r i n f e c ti o n with s m a ll

p o x,
b e f or e th e i n fl a m m a t o r y f e v e r a n d th e o u tb r ea k o f th e s m a ll

p o x o u t h e S ki n ta k e pl a c e ?
Wh a t h as n atu re be e n d o i ng with th e i nf ec ti o n re cei ve d i n th ese
te n o r t w e l ve d a y s ? W as it n o t n e c ess a r y to fi rs t e m bo dy th e d i s
e a s e i n th e w h o l e o rga n i s m b e fo r e n a tu r e was e n abl e d to ki n dl e

th e fe ve r a n d to b ri n g o u t th e e ru pti o n o n th e s ki n ?
,

M e as les a l s o re qu i re te n or twe l ve da ys af te r i n f e cti o n or i noc u

l ati o n be f or e this er u pti o n with i ts f e ver a ppears A f te r i nf e cti on
.

with s car l e t f ev er s e ve n d a ys u s u ally pass b e fo re th e sca r l e t f e ve r ,

with th e re d n ess of th e S ki n b r ea k s o u t , .

What the n did n atu re d o with th e r e ce i ved m ias m a du ri ng th e

i n terve n i ng day s ? What els e bu t to i n corpo ra te th e wh ol e di seas e
o f m e as le s o r sca rl e t fe v e r i n th e e n ti r e li vi n g o r ga n i s m b e fo re s h e

h ad c om pl e ted th e wo r k s o as to b e e n abl e d to pr od u ce th e m ea
,

s l es a n d th e sc ar l e t f e ve r with th e i r e r u pti o n .

6
74 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C HRO NI C DI S EAS E S .

m ys e lf hav e obs e rv ed only o n e out of t w e nty or thirty

,

p e rsons bitt e n T h e oth e r s e.v e n if e v e r S O badly ,

m an g l e d by th e m a d d o g usu a lly a ll r e cov e r e v e n if , ,

th e y ar e not tre at e d by a p hysici a n or B ut

with who m so e v e r th e p oison acts it has ta ke n e ffe ct ,

in th e m o m e nt w h e n th e p e rson w as bitt e n and th e ,

p oison h a s th e n co m m uni c a t e d its e lf to th e n e a r e st

n e rv e s and th e r e fore w ithout contra dicti on to th e
, , ,

whol e sy s t e m O f t h e n e rv e s a n d a s soon as th e m a l a dy ,

h a s b e e n d e v e lo p e d in th e w hol e or ga nis m ( f or this

d e v e lo p m e nt a n d co m p l etion of th e dis e a s e n a tur e r e
qui r es at l e ast s e v e ra l d a ys O ft e n m a ny w e e ks ) th e , ,

m a dn e ss bre a ks out a s an a cut e q u ickly f at a l dis e a s e , .

N ow if t h e v e no m ous S p ittl e of th e m a d d og h as re a lly

tak e n e ff e ct th e inf e ction usually h a s tak e n p l a c e irr e
,

voca bly in th e m o m e nt of cont a g ion f o r e x p e r ienc e ,

S hows th a t e v e n t h e i m m e di a t e e x c i s i o n l a n d a m puta
'’

tion O f th e infe ct e d p a rt do e s not p rot e ct fro m th e

p ro g r e ssion of t h e dis e a s e w ithin nor fro m th e br ea k ,

—
i n g out of t h e hyd r o p hobi a th e r e for e a lso t h e m a ny , ,

We i n debted espec ia lly to th e caref u l Engli s h a nd Am eri

ar e

ca n phy s i c i a n s f or th es e c o m f o r ti n g e x pe r i e n c e s — t o H UN T ER a n d
H O UL S T O N ( i n L on d on M ed j ou r n a l V ol . a n d to V A UG H A N
, .
,

S H A D W EL L a n d P ER C I V A L wh o s e o b se rvati o n s ar e r e c o d e d i n
,
r

Jam M . e as e s
’
On th e H y d r oph obi a , Ph i l d a el
ph i a ,

TA n ight year O ld g i rl i n G l asgow was bitten by a m ad d og on

e - -
, ,

th e z l s t of M arch 1 792 A s u rgeo n i m m ed i a tely ex sected th e

, .

wou n d a ltog eth er k e pt it s u ppu rati n g a n d gav e M e rcu r y u n til i t

,

p r o d u c e d a m i ld sa li va ti o n w hi c h w as k e p t
,
u p f o r t wo w e e k s ;
n e ve rth e l es s hyd rop h obi a b ro k e o ut o n th e a7 th o f A p r i l a n d th e

p a ti e n t di e d o n th e 2 9 th o f A pri l M D U N C A N S M e d C o
. m m e n t .
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,

D ec I I
. .
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,
1 7 93 , an d T h e N ew L on d on M ed .

Ion m .
, II .
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’
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h u ndre d s O f oth e r m uch l a u d e d e xt e r n a l m e a ns for

C l e a n s in g , c a ut e r izin g a n d s u p p uratin g t h e w o u nd O f

th e b i t e c a n p r ot ec t j u st a s littl e fro m t h e br e a kin g

out O f th e hyd ro p hobi a .

F r o m th e p ro gr e s s O f a ll th e s e m i as m atic dis ea s e s
w e m a y p l a inly s e e th a t a ft e r t h e cont a g ion f r o m
,

witho ut t h e m a l a dy conn e ct e d w ith it in t h e int e r iors

,

of th e whol e m a n m u s t first b e d e v e lo p e d ; i e th e . .
,

whol e int e r io r m a n m u st fi rst h av e b e co m e tho ro u g hly

sick of s m a ll p o x m e a s l e s or s c a r l e t f e v e r b e for e th es e
-
, ,

v ar io u s e r u ptions c a n a p pe a r o n th e S kin .

Fo r a ll th es e a cu te m i a s m a tic di s e a s e s th e h u m an
con stit u tion p o s s e s s e s th a t p r oc e s s w hi c h a s a r u l e is , , ,

S O b e n e fi c e nt : to w i p e th e m o u t ( i e th e S p e cifi c f e v e r
. .
,

to g e th e r w ith th e S pe cific e ru ption ) in th e cours e of

fr o m tw o to th r e e w e e k s a n d O f its e lf to e xtin g uish
,

th e m a ga in th r o u g h a kind of d e cision ( cr i s i s ) fro m

, ,

th e o r ga ni s m S O th a t m a n th e n i s w ont to b e e nti r e ly
,

h e a l e d of th e m and ind e e d in a sho r t ti m e u nl ess h e

, , ,

*
b e kill e d by th e m .

*
O r h a ve th e s e v a i o u s a c u te h a l f s pi r itu a l m i as m s th e pe c u l i ar
r -

—
, ,

c h ara c te r i s ti c th t a af te r th e y h a ve pe n e t ra t e d t h e v it a l fo rc e i n

th e fi rs t m o m e n t o f th e c o n tag i o n ( a n d e a c h o n e i n i ts o wn wa y
h as pr o d u c ed di se as e ) a n d th e n l ik e pa ras ite s h a ve q ui c k l y gro w n
, ,

u p withi n it a n d h a ve u s u a l ly d e v e l o pe d t h e m s e l v es by th e i r pee n

lia r fever af te r pr od u ci ng the i r fr u it ( th e m at ure c u ta n eo u s c r u p

ti o n whi ch i s aga i n ca pab l e o f produ ci n g i ts m i as m a )—th e y agai n
d i e o u t a n d l e a ve th e li v i n g o rga n i s m aga i n f ree to re co ve r ?
O n th e o th e r h a n d a re n o t th e c h ro n i c m i a sm as d i se as e par as it e s
,
-
,

whi c h c o n ti n u e to l i ve as l o n g as th e m an s ei z e d by th e m i s a li ve ,

a n d whi c h h a v e th e i r f r u it i n t h e e r u pti o n o ri g i n a l ly prod uc e d by

the m ( th e itc h pu stu l e th e c ha n cre a n d th e fi g wa r t whi ch i n tu rn

-
,
-
,

are capa bl e of i n f ec ti n g o th e rs ) a n d whi c h d o n ot d i e o ff o f th e m

,

s e l ves lik e th e ac u te m i a s m as b ut c a n o n ly be e xte r m i n a te d a n d

,
76 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EA S E S .

In th e chronic m i a s m a tic
dis e a s es natur e obs e rv e s
th e s a m e co u r s e w ith r e s p e ct to th e m od e O f con t a g io n
and th e a nt e c e d e nt form a tion O f th e int e r n a l di s e ase ,

b e fo r e th e e xt e r n a l d e cla ra tiv e s y m p to m s of its int e r

nal co m p l e tion m a nife s t s its e lf on th e surfac e of th e
,

body but th e n th a t g r e a t r e m ark a bl e di ffe r e nc e fr o m

,

t h e ac ut e dis e a s e s sho ws it s e lf th a t in t h e ch r onic ,

m i a s m a t a th e e ntir e int e r n a l di s e a s e as w e h a v e m e n ,

ti o n e d be fo r e r e m a in s in t h e o r ga ni s m d u rin g th e
,

whol e life y e a it incre a s e s w ith e v e r y y e a r if it is no t

, , ,

e xt e r m in a t e d a n d tho r o u g hly cu r e d by a r t .

O f th es e c hronic m i a s m a t a I s h a ll f o r this p u r p os e
only a dd u c e tho s e tw o w hi c h w e kno w s o m e w h at m o r e
e x a ctly n a m e ly t h e v e n er ea l ch a n cr e a n d t h e i tch
, , .

I n i m p u r e c o ition th e r e a r is e s m os t pr ob a bly a t th e ,

v e ry m o m e n t in th e S p ot w hi c h i s tou c h e d a n d r ubb e d ,

th e S p e c ific c o n t a g i o n .

I f th i s c o nt a g i o n h a s t a k e n e ffe ct th e n th e w hol e ,

li v i n g body i s i n co n s e q ue n c e s e iz e d w ith i t I m m e d i .

a t e ly a ft e r t h e m o m e n t O f c ont a g ion t h e fo r m a tion of

t h e v e n e r e a l d i s e a s e i n th e whol e of th e int er io r b e g i n s .

I n th a t p a r t O f th e s e x u a l o r g a n s w h e r e t h e i n f ec ti o n
h a s t a k e n p l a c e n othi n g u n n a t u r a l i s notic e d i n th e fi r st
d a y s n othi n g di s e a s e d i n fl a m e d o r c o r rod e d ; s o a ls o
, ,

a ll w a s h i ng a nd l
c ea n s i n g o f th e pa r ts i m m ed i a tely
af ter t h e i mp u r e coi ti o n i s in va i n . T h e S p ot r e m a i n s
h e a lthy i to a pp e a ra n c e o n ly th e i n t e r n a l o r
ac c ord n g ,

g a n i s m i s c a ll e d i n to a c ti v ity by t h e inf e c tion ( w hi c h

a n n i h i l t e d by
a co u n ter i nf ecti on by m e a n s o f th e po te n c y o f a
a -
,

m ed i c i n a l di s e s e q u it e i m i l
a to it a n d t ro n g e r th a n it ( th e a n t i
s ar s

o i c ) S O th a t th e ti t i d l i re d f r o m th e m a n d r e c o ve r s h i s
p s r , p a e n s e v e

he a l th
 NI C DI S E AS E S
’
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occu r s u su a lly in a m o m e nt ) s o a s to incor p orat e th e ,

v e n e re a l m i a s m a and to b e co m e thorou ghly dis e as e d

with th e v e n e r e al m a l a dy .

O nly w h e n this p e n e tration O f a ll th e o r ga n s by th e

di s e a s e cau g ht h a s b ee n e ff e ct e d only wh e n th e w ho l e ,

b e in g h a s b e e n ch a n ge d i nto a m a n e n ti r e ly v e n e r e a l ,

i e w h e n th e d e v e lo p m e nt of th e v e n e r e al di s e a s e h a s
. .
,

b e e n c o m p l e t e d only th e n di s e a s e d n a t u r e e nd e a vors
,

to m iti ga t e th e int e r n a l e vil a n d to sooth e it by p ro

d u c i n g a loc a l sy m p to m w hi c h fi r s t S h o w s it s e lf a s a
,

v e si c l e ( u s u a lly in t h e S p ot o r i g in a lly inf e c t e d ) and ,

l at e r br ea ks o ut into a pa i n f u l u lc e r c all e d th e ch a n c re ;
this d o e s n o t a p p e a r b e fo re fi ve s e v e n or fo u rt e e n ,

d a y s s o m e ti m e s thou g h ra re ly n o t b e for e th r e e four

, , , ,

o r fi v e w e e k s a ft e r t h e inf e c tion Thi s i s th e r e for e .

, ,

m a nif e stly a c h a nc re ul c e r w hi c h a c t s vic a r io u s ly for

,

t h e int e r n a l m a l a dy a n d w hich h as b e e n p r od u c e d
,

fro m w ithin by th e o r ga ni s m a ft e r it h a s b e c o m e v e n e
r e al th r ou gh a n d th r o u gh a n d i s a bl e th r o u g h i ts to u ch
,

to c o m m unic a t e a l s o to oth e r m e n t h e s a m e m i as m a i , .

e . th e v e n e re a l di s e a s e
, .

N o w if t h e e nti re dis e a s e th u s a r isin g i s a ga in e x t i n

,

g u i s h e d th r o u g h t h e int e r n a lly g i v e n S p e c ifi c r e m e dy ,

th e n th e ch a nc re a l s o i s h e a l e d a n d th e m a n re c ov e I s .

But if th e c h a n c r e i s d e s t roy e d th r o u gh loc a l a p p li

* —
tion s b e fo r e th e int e r n a l di s e a s e is h e a l e d and thi s is
*
T he l di ease n ot o n ly b e ak s ou t th o ugh th e re mo va l
v e n e re a s r r

of t h e c h a n c re by th e ca ut r y — i a whic h c a s e s m e wre tc h e d cas u

e o

i s ts h a ve c o n s id e re d s y phili s as e s u lti n g f m th d ri v i n g bac k o f

r ro e

th e po i s o n o u t o f th e c h a n cre i n t o t h e i n te r ior O f th e bo dy whi ch

up to thi s ti m e i s su ppos ed by th e m to h a ve be e n h ea lthy—
,

n o e ve n ,

af t e r th e q u i c k re m o v l o f t h e c h a nc re wi t h o u t a n y e xt e r n al s ti m u
a
78 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C H R O NI C DI S EA S E S .

still a dai l y p ractic e with p hysicians of th e old s chool

—th e m ia s m atic chronic v e n e re a l di s e as e re m ains in
, ,

th e or g ani s m a s sy p hilis and it is a gg ra vat e d if n ot , ,

th e n cure d int e rn a lly fro m y e a r to y ea r u ntil the e n d ,

of m an s lif e e v e n th e m ost robust constitution b e in g

’

un a bl e to annihil a t e it within its e lf .

O nly throu g h th e cu r e of th e v e n e r e al d i s ea s e w hich ,

p e rv a d e s t h e w hol e int e rnal of t h e body ( a s I h a v e

t a u g h t and p ractic e d for m any y e a rs ) th e chancre its , ,

l ocal sy m pto m w ill also s i m ult a n e o us ly b e c u re d in th e

,

m ost e ff e c tiv e m a nn e r and this i s b e st a ffe ct e d w ithout ,

th e u se O f a n y e xt e r nal a p p li c ation for its r e m oval

whil e th e m e re ly local d e st r uction of th e chancre ,

without a n y p re vious g e n e ra l c u re and d e liv e ranc e of

m a n fro m th e int e rn a l dis ea s e is follo w e d by t h e m os t ,

c e rtain o u tbre a k of sy p hilis with its s u ff e rin gs .

P s or a ( it c h dis e a s e ) lik e sy ph i li s i s a m ia s m ati c , ,

C hr oni c di s e a s e a n d its o ri g in a l d e v e lo p m e nt i s si m il a r
, .

T h e itch dis e a s e i s how e v er a l s o t h e m os t con ta , ,

g i o u s of a ll ch r onic m ia s m a t a f a r m or e infe ctious tha n ,

t h e oth e r t w o chroni c m i a s m a t a th e v e n e r e a l chancre ,

dis e a s e a n d th e fi gw ar t d is e a s e To e ff ec t th e i n f ec .

tion w ith th e l a tt e r th e re i s r e q u ir e d a c e rt a in a m ount

of friction in th e m o s t t e nd e r pa rts O f th e body whic h ,

l a n ts ,
th e l di se ase b ea k s o u t whi ch gi ves addit i onal co n
v e n e r ea r ,

fi r m a ti o n i f thi s w r e n e e d ed o f t h e i n d u bitabl e pre e xi s te n ce of

,
e -

Peti t cut off a p rt o f th e la bi a m i nora

,

s y phi l i s i n th e s ys t e m
“
. a ,

i n whi ch f o r so m e d a y a ve n e re a l c h a n c re h ad a ppe a re d ; th e wo u nd
s

h eal ed i n deed b u t th e ve n e real disea e b o k e o ut no twi th s ta n d

, ,
s r
”
i ng . M . s . Fa br e, L ettr es , s u ppl"m e n t a s on tr a i t" des m aladi es

v"n "r i en n es , P ar i s , 1 786 . Of co u rse " be ca u se th e ve n ereal dise as e

was pre se n t i n th e wh o l e i n te r i o r o f th e body e ve n be fo re th e o u t
break of th e c h anc re .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S . 79

ar e th e m o s t ric h in n e rv e s and cov e r e d w ith th e thin

n e s t cuticl e a s i n th e ge n i t a l or ga ns unl e ss th e m i a s m a
, ,

s hould touch a wound e d S p ot But th e m i a s m a of th e

.

i tch need s on ly to tou ch th e g en er a l s h i n e s p e ci a lly with ,

t e nd e r childr e n T h e dis position O f b e in g a ff e ct e d with

.

th e m ias m a of th e itch is found w ith al m ost e v e r yon e

and und e r al m ost all circu m st a nc e s which is not th e ,

ca s e with th e oth e r two m i a s m a ta .

N O oth e r ch r onic m i a s m a inf e cts m ore ge n e ra l ly ,

m or e sur e ly m or e e a sily and m or e absolut e ly th a n th e

,

m ias m a of itch ; as a lr e ady stat e d ,it is th e m ost conta

g io n s of all .I t is co m m unic a t e d S O e a s ily that e v e n
th e p hy s ici a n hu r ryin g f r o m o n e p ati e nt to anoth e r
, ,

i n f e e ling t h e p u ls e h a s unconsc iously inoc u lat e d oth e r

*

p a ti e nts w ith it ; w a sh w hich is w a sh e d w ith wa s h i h

fec te d w ith t h e itch ; T n e w g lov e s which h a d b e e n tri e d

,

on by an itch p ati e nt ; a stran ge lod g in g p l a c e a ,

st ra n g e to w e l u s e d for dryin g on e s e lf hav e co m m uni

os t e d this tind e r of conta gion ; y e a oft e n a bab e wh e n , ,

b e in g born is inf e ct e d w hil e p a s sin g thro u gh th e or

,

g ans of t h e m oth e r w h o m a
, y b e i nf e ct e d ( a s is not i n

fr e qu e ntly th e c as e ) w ith this di s e as e ; or th e ba b e r e

c e i v e s thi s unluc ky inf e ction th r ou g h t h e h a nd of th e

m id w if e w hich has b e e n infe ct e d by anoth e r p a r turi e nt

,

wo m an ( o r p re vio u s ly ) ; o r a ga in a sucklin g m ay b e
, ,

i nf e ct e d by its nurs e or w hil e on h e r ar m by h e r

, , ,

ca r e ss e s or th e c a r e ss e s of a st ra n g e p e r son w ith u n

cl e a n h a n d s not to m e ntion th e thousands of oth e r

,

p ossibl e wa ys in w hi c h thin gs p ollut e d w ith this invisi

*
CA R M
. Oper a d e tu m or i bus , Cap 2 0
US I T A N I ,

N
. .

TA S W I L L I S h as n o ti ced i n TUR ER , des m a lad i es d e la pea u ,

’
P
tr ad u i t de l a ng loi s , a a r i s 1 7 83 , To m I I Cap 3 , p 7 7
, . . . .
80 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S .

b le m i a s m a m ay touch a m a n i n th e cours e of his l if e ,

and which O ft e n can in no way b e a ntici p at e d or

g uard e d a g ainst s,o th a t m e n who h a v e n e v e r b e e n i n

fec te d by th e P s or a ar e th e e xc e p tion W e n ee d not.

to hunt for th e ca u se s of inf ec tion in c rowd e d hos p i

tals fa ctori e s p r ison s or in o r ph a n hou s e s or in th e
, , , ,

fi l thy h uts O f p a u pe rs ; e v e n in a ctiv e life in re ti r e ,

m e nt a n d in t h e r ich c l a ss e s th e itch c r e e ps in
, , T he .

h e rm it on M onts e rr a t e sca p e s it a s ra r e l y in his r ocky

c e ll a s t h e littl e p rin c e in his sw a ddlin g c loth es of
ca m b r i c .

A S soon a s th e m i a s m a of itch e g ,to u ch e s th e

. .
,

h a nd in t h e m o m e nt wh e n it h as t a k e n e ffe ct it no
, ,

m o r e r e m ains loc a l . H e nc e forth a ll w a shin g and

cl e a n s in g O f th e s p ot a v a il nothin g N othin g is s e e n
.

on th e S kin du r i n g t h e fi r s t d a y s ; it r e m a in s un c h a n g e d ,

and a c cordin g to a p p e ar a nc e h e a lthy Th e r e is no

, , .

e r u p tion o r it c hin g to b e noti c e d on t h e body durin g

th es e d a ys not e v e n on th e S p ot I nf e c t e d T h e n e rv e
, .

which w as first a ff e c t e d by th e m i a s m a h a s a lr ea dy
co m m u ni c a t e d it in a n invi s ibl e dyn a m i c m a nn e r to th e
n e r v e s of th e res t O f th e body a n d th e livin g orga nis m
,

h a s a t onc e a ll un p e rc e iv e d b e e n s o p e n e tra t e d by
, ,

this S p e c ific e x c it a t i on th a t it h a s b e e n c o m p e ll e d to
a p p r o p r i a t e this m i a s m a gra du a lly to it s e lf until th e
ch a n g e of th e w hol e b e in g to a m a n tho r ou g hly p s oric ,

and t hus th e i n t ern a l d e v e lo p m e nt O f th e P s or a has ,

r e a c h e d c o m p l e tion .

O nly w h e n t h e w hol e or ga nis m f e e l s it s e lf tran s

fo r m e d by thi s p e c u li a r c hronic m i a s m a tic dis e a s e th e
-
,

dis ea s e d vit a l fo rc e e nd e a vo rs to a ll e vi a t e a n d to sooth e

t h e int e rn a l m a l a dy th r o u g h th e e st a blish m e nt of a
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI SEA S E S .

s uit a bl e local sy m p to m on th e s kin th e itch v esicl e s ,

- .

S O lon g as this e r u p tion contin u e s in its no r m al fo r m

th e int e r na l P s or a with its s e c ondary a il m e nts cannot
, ,

bre a k forth but m ust r e m a in cov e r e d S lu m b eri n g

, , ,

la t e nt an d bou n d .

U s u a lly it tak e s S i x s ev e n or te n p e rh a p s e v e n four

, ,

t e e n d a ys fro m th e m o m e nt of infe ction b efore th e

tran s form ation o f th e e ntir e int e rnal o r ganis m into
P sor a has b e e n e ff e ct ed Th e n on l y th e re fol l ows a ft e r
.

a S li g ht or m o r e s e v e re chill i n t h e e v e nin g and a g e n

e ral h e at follo w e d by p e r s pi r ation in t h e followin g
,

ni ght ( a littl e fe ve r which by m a ny p e rs on s is a s crib e d

to a cold a n d th e re fore di s re g a rd e d ) th e outbr e ak O f ,

th e v e sicl e s of it c h a t first fi n e a s if fro m m iliary f e v e r

, , ,

* —
but a ft e rwards e nl a r gin g on th e skin fi rs t in th e re
g i on of t h e s p ot fir s t inf e ct e d and i nd e e d a cc
, o m p a n, ,

i od w ith a voluptu ou s ly ti chli ng i tch i ng w hich m a y b e ,

ca l l e d u n bea r a bly a g r eea ble ( G r i mmen ) w hich co m p e l s ,

th e p ati e nt so irr e sistib l y to r ub a n d to sc r atch th e v e s

i cles of itch th a t if a p e rson r e str a ins h i m s e lf forcibly
, ,

fro m r u bbin g o r sc r atchin g a S hudd e r pa ss e s ov e r th e

,

s kin of t h e whol e body This r u bbi ng and s cr a tch i ng

.
,

ind ee d sa tisfi e s so m ew h a t f o r a f e w m o m e nt s but th e re

, ,

th e n f ollow s i m m ed i a tely a lo ng con ti n u ed bu r n i ng of -

th e pa r t afi ected L a t e in th e e v e nin g a n d b e for e m i d

.

ni ght this itchin g is m ost fr e q u e nt and m ost unb e a r

ab l e .

*
Far f ro m bei ng an i n de pend e nt m ere ly l ocal c u taneou s di s
, ,

ease t h e ves i cl es o r pu s t u l e s o f it c h a re t h e re li ab l e proo f th a t th e

,

com pl e ti o n o f th e i n te n al Ps or a h as a l re ady b e e n e ff e c te d an d th e
r ,

erup ti o n i s m e re ly a n i n tegra ti ng f a c t o r o f th e s m e f o r thi s pe en a ,

li ar eru pti o n an d this pe cu l iar itc hi ng mak e a part o f th e essen ce

of th e wh ol e di se ase i n i ts n atu ra l l ea s t d a ng er ou s s tat e
, .
82 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S .

T he v e s icl e s of i tch co n t a i n in th e first hours of th e ir

for m a tion a ly m p h cl e ar as wat e r but this quickly ,

chan g e s into pu s which fi lls th e ti p of th e v e sic l e

, .

T h e itchin g not only co m p e ls th e p ati e nt to ru b but ,

on ac count of i ts vio l e nc e as b e for e m e ntion e d to rub

, .

and scra tch O pe n th e v e sicl e s ; a n d th e hu m or p re ss ed

out f u rni s h es a bundant m a t e ri a l for inf e ctin g th e s ur
roundin gs of th e pa ti e nt a nd a lso oth e r p e rsons n ot
ye t inf e ct e d
. T h e e xtr e m iti e s d e fi le d e v e n to an i m
p e rc e p tibl e d e g ree w ith this ly m p h s o also th e wash
, ,

th e c loth e s a n d t h e ut e nsils of a ll kinds wh e n touch e d

, ,

p ro p a g a t e th e dis e a s e.

O nly this S kin sy m p to m of th e P s or a which has p er

m e at e d t h e w hol e organis m ( and which is m ore m ani
fe stly f a llin g und e r th e co g nizanc e O f th e s e ns e s h as
th e n a m e of thi s e ru p tion a s w e ll a s th e
,

so re s w hich lat e r a ris e f r o m it a nd a r e a tt e nd e d on

th e ir bo r d e rs w ith th e itchin g p e culi a r to P s or a a s ,

also th e h e r p es w hich h a s this p e culiar itchin g an d

w hich b e co m es hu m id w h e n ru bb e d ( th e t e tt e r )
—
,

as a l so th e ti n ea ca pi ti s th e s e alon e c a n p ro p a gat e
v

this dis e a s e to oth er p e rs on s b ec a u s e th e y a lon e con

,

t a in th e co m m unic a bl e m ia s m a O f th e P s or a But th e .

r e m a inin g s e cond a ry s y m p to m s O f t h e P s or a whi c h in ,

ti m e m anif e s t th e m s e lv es a ft e r th e dis a p p e a ranc e or

t h e a rtifici a l e x p ul s ion of t he e ru p tion i e t h e g e n , . .
,

e ral P s or i c a il m e nt s c a nnot a t a ll co m m unicat e thi s

,

di s e as e to oth e rs Th e y ar e S O far a s w e know j u s t as

.
, ,

littl e a bl e to tra nsf e r th e P s or a to oth e r s a s th e ,

s e cond a ry s y m p to m s of th e v e n e re al dis ea s e a r e ab le
to inf e ct oth e r m e n ( as fi rs t O b s e rv e d a n d t a u g ht by J .

H U N T ER ) w ith sy p hilis .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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Wh e n t h e itch-e ru ption has only l at e ly brok e n out

and is not ye t wid ely S p re a d on th e s kin nothin g ,

of th e g e n e ral int e rn a l m al a dy O f th e P s or a is a s ye t
to b e notic e d in t h e s t a t e of th e p ati e nt T he er u p .

ti o n a l s y m p to m a c ts a s a s u b s titut e fo r th e int e rnal

m a l a dy and k e e p s t h e P s or a w ith i ts s e condary a i l
*
m e nts as it w e r e l a t e nt a n d c o n fi n e d .

I n this s tat e th e dis e a s e i s m o s t e asily cure d thro ug h

,

S p e cific r e m e d i e s int e rnally a d m ini s t e r e d .

But if th e dis e a s e is a l lo w e d to advan c e in i ts

p e c u li a r cours e w itho u t t h e u s e O f an int e rn a l cur a tiv e

re m e dy or a n e xt e r n a l a p p lic a tion to d riv e a way th e

e ru p tion t h e w hol e di s e a s e within r a pi d ly in c r e as e s
, ,

and this incre a s e of th e int e r n a l m a l a dy m a k e s n e c e s

sary a co r re s p ondin g in c re a s e of th e S kin sy m p to m .

T h e itch e ru p tion th e re for e in ord e r to b e abl e

-
, ,

to sooth e a n d to k e e p lat e nt th e increa s e d int e rn a l

m alady h a s to S p r e a d a n d m ust fin a lly cov e r t h e
,

whol e s u rfac e of th e body .

Y e t e v e n a t thi s a c m e of t h e dis e as e th e p ati e nt s till

a p p ea rs h ea lthy in e v e r y oth e r r e s p e c t ; a ll th e s ym p
to m s O f th e int e rn a l P s or a n ow S O m uch incr e a s e d
, ,

still re m a in cov e r e d a n d a ss u a ge d th r o u g h th e S kin

sy m p to m a u g m e nt e d in th e sa m e p r o p ortion But s o .

As l
a so ha ncre wh e n n o t e xpe l led acts v i cari o usly a n d
th e c , ,

so o thi n g ly f or th e s y phili s withi n a n d d oe s n ot pe m it t h e v e n e

, r

rea l di se ase to b r e ak o u t so l o ng as it r e m a i n s u n di s t u rb e d i n i ts
,

p l ace. I e x a m i n ed a wo m a n wh o was f re e f ro m a ll th e s e co n d ar y

sy m pt o m s o f th e v e n e re al di seas e ; w ith h e r a c h a n c r e h ad r e m a i n e d

i n i ts pl ac e u n t rea te d fo r two y ears a n d h a d gra d u a ll y acqu i re d

,

th e s i e o f a l m os t a n i n c h i n di am e te r
z T h e be s t pre para ti o n of
.

M er cu ry i n t e na lly ad m i n i s te re d so o n a n d e n ti re ly h e al e d n o t
, r , ,

o n ly th e i n t e r n al m a l a dy b u t al s o th e c h an c re
, .
84 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EA S E S .

gr e at a to rt u re as is c a us e d by so unb e a ra bl e an i tch
,

i n g s p r e a d ov e r th e whol e body e v e n th e m ost robust ,

m a n c a nnot continu e to b e a r H e e nd e a vors to fr e e

.

hi m s elf fro m th e s e tor m e nt s a t a n y p ri c e a nd as th e re , ,

is no tho r ou g h h e l p fo r hi m with th e p hysici a ns of t h e

old school h e e nd e avo rs to s e cure d e liv e ranc e at l e a s t
,

fro m this e ru ption whi c h itch es so unb ea ra bly ev e n

, ,

if it sho u ld co s t his lif e ; a n d th e m ea n s a re soon fur

ni s he d h i m e ith e r by oth e r i g norant p e rs ons or by
, ,

A l lo p athi c p hysicians and s u r g e ons H e as ks d e liv e r .

anc e fro m h is e xt ern a l tort u r e s without s u s pe ctin g th e ,

g r e at e r m isfo r tun e w hich u navoid a bly follo w s and is ,

bound to follo w on th e e x p ulsion of th e e xt e rn a l skin

,

sy m pto m s ( which hith e rto h as act e d vi ca riou s ly for th e

int e rn a l e nl a r ge d P s or a di s e a s e ) a s h as b ee n suf
-
,

fi ci e n tly p r ov e d by th e ob s e r v ations m e ntion e d b e for e .

But w h e n h e thus d riv es a w a y such a n e r u p tion of itch

by e xt e rn a l a p plication s h e e x p os e s hi m s e lf to a
,

S i m il a r m i s fo r t u n e and a cts j ust as u n r e as on a bly a s a

, ,

p e rs on who in ord e r to b e quickly d e li v e r e d fro m

p ov e r ty a,n d th u s as h e s u pp os e s to m a k e hi m s e lf
ha p py st e a l s a g re at s u m of m on e y a n d i s th e re for e
, , , ,

s e nt to th e dun g e on a n d th e g a llo ws .

T h e l o n g e r th e itch di s e a s e h as a lr ea dy l a st e d
‘
-
,

wh e th e r th e e ru ption as i s u sually th e c as e has S pr e a d

, ,

o ve r th e gr ea t e r p art of t h e skin or wh e th e r owin g to , ,

a p e c uli a r l a ck of acti v ity in th e S kin ( a s in so m e cas e s )

th e e r u p tion h as b e e n confin e d to a f e w v e sicl e s of
*—
itch ln both c a s es su p p osin g only th a t th e P s or a t o
,

g e th e r w ith its S kin sy m p to m- h a s g ro w n O ld th e e x ,

*
S e e th e o bser vatio n to N o . 86 , p 6 7
. .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S . 85

p ulsion of t h e e r u p tion of itch w h e th e r g r e a t e r or ,

s m all e r O r e v e n a s s m a ll a s y o u p l e as e i s a tt e nd e d w ith ,

th e m o s t d e str u c ti v e c ons e q u e n c es on a c c ount of t h e

int e r n a l itch dis e a s e ( P s or a ) w ith i ts u ns p e a k a bl e s uf
-

f e r i n g s w hi c h th r ou g h i ts lon g c ontinu a n c e h a s i n
, , ,

cre a s e d to a hi g h d e gr e e a n d th e n u navoid a bly b r ea ks

forth .

But th e i g nor a n c e of th e uninst ru ct e d l a y m a n m a y b e

p a rdon e d if h e d r iv es o u t t h e it c h e r u p ti o n a n d t h e -

tro u bl e so m e it c hin g by a cold s ho w e r b a th by r ollin g ,

in s n o w by c u pp in g o r by r u bbin g th e w hol e s ki m or
, , ,

only t h e S kin a ro u nd th e j oi n t s w ith S u l ph u r m ix e d ,

w ith l ar d ; f o r h e d o e s n o t kno w to w h a t d a n g e r o u s ac
c i d e n t s a n d o u tb r e a k s O f th e P s or a di s e a s e th a t l u r ks ,

within h e th ere by O p e ns t h e d o o r a n d in gr e ss B ut
,
.

who w ill p ar don th e m e n w hos e O ffi c e a n d d u ty it i s to

kno w th e e xt e nt of th e in e vit a bly follo w in g illi m it a bl e ,

m isfort u n e r es u ltin g fro m th e e xt e rn a l e x p u l s ion

,

of t h e itch e ru p tion o w in g to th e P s or a w hich is

-
,

th e n a ro u s e d fr o m th e w hol e or ga ni s m a n d w h o o u g ht ,

to h a v e g u a rd e d a g ain s t it in e v e ry w a y by a th o ro u gh
int e r n a l c u re O f th e w hol e O f thi s wh e n we

Fo r e ve nh e n th e itc h di se s e h as re c h ed this hi g h d egree

w -
a a ,

th e e r u pti o n t og eth e w ith th e i n te n a l m a l dy i n o n e w o r d th e

r r a

wh o l e Psor a m y till b e h ea l d by th e i n ter n l s pe c ifi c h o m oeo

, , ,

,
a s e a ,

p a thi c r e m e di e s w ith g r
, e a t e r d i mc u lty i n d e e d th n i n th e b e g i n, ,
a

n i n g i m m e di a t e ly a ft er i ts o r i gi n
, b u t s ti l l f a r m or e easi ly a n d
,

cer ta i n ly th a n f te r a c o m pl e t e e x pu l s i o n o f th e e u pti o n by m e r e
a r

e xte r n l appl i c ti o n s wh e n w e m u s t c u e th e i n te n a l Psor a as it

a a ,
r r

brin gs f o rth i ts seco n da y s y m ptom s an d d e ve l ops i n t o n a m e l e ss

r

c h r o n i c di seas es T h e itc h di s e se th u g h it m a y hav e a d v an ce d

.
- a ,
o

s o f ar m ay n e ve r th e l e ss i n i ts en ti r e s ta t e h e m os t eas i ly c e r
, , , ,

t a i n ly a n d th oro u ghl y c u re d toge th e r with i ts ex te r na l e r u pti on

, ,
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see th e m tr e at t h e itch p ati e nt s a ll in th e s a m e e r

ro me o n s m a nn e r ; ye a w ith e v e n m o r e v i o le n t i n te rn a l
'

and e xt e rn a l re m e di e s w ith s h a r p p u r ga tiv es w ith , ,

throu gh th e s u it abl e i nt e na l re m e di es with o u t th e l e s t l oca l ap

r a

j
,

p l i c ti
a o n u s t a s t h e
, v e n e e a l c h an c re di s ars e m a y m os t s u r e ly a n d e

eas i ly b e th or o ug h l y c u e d o f te n by t h e l eas t s i n g l e d os e o f t h e
r ,

best pre pa atio n of M e c u ry i n ter na ll y ad m i n i te e d —

r r w h e n th e s r

c h a n c r e w ith o u t c a l li n g i n th e ai d of th e l e s t e xt er n a l r e m e dy
,
a ,

q u ic k l y be c o m es a m i l d u l cer a n d i n a f e w da ys h e al s o f itsel f so , ,

th t n o trace o f s eco n dary s y m pto m s ( ve n e re l dise e ) th e n e ver

a a as

a ppe a s or ca n appe a
r s i n ce t h e i n t e r n l s y m pto m h as be e n c u r e d
r, a

toge th e with th loc l sy m pto m s I h ve ta u ght f r m a n y years

r e a , a a o

o ra ll y a n d i n m y w riti n g s n d h a ve r o v e d by m y c u res o f thi s

p ,
a

ki n d .

H ow c an we e x c u se th e wh o l e h os t o f phy i c i a n s wh o hith e r to s , , ,

af te t e ti n g thi s g e n e ra ll y
r r a p e a d v e n e e l di s e sse rf o r m o r e th arn a a

th ree h u n dre d yea s n e ver th e l e ss e m i n so ig n or n t i n r c g ni

r , r a a e o z

i n g i ts n t u r e th t i n l oo ki n g t a c h a n c e th e y e ve n to thi s d ay
a ,
a a r

a c k n o wl e dg e n o thi n g di e se d i n th e i n f e c t e d p ti e n t s a b u t this a ,

s a m e c h n c re a n d d o n o t s ee th e s y phi l i s w hi c h wa s a l e a dy pres
a , ,
r

e n t w ithi n n d h a d bee n d e v e l o pe d i n th e wh l e o ga n i s m e ve n
a o r ,

be f ore th e b re aki n g o u t f th e c h a n c e ; a n d so th ey b l i n d ly s u p
O r

p o s e ,th t th e c h an c e i s t h e o an l y r
v e n e l e v i l whi c h i s to be ex re a

ti pate d a n d th a t thi s n ee d s b u t to b e d es tr o y e d by e xte r n l a p

r , a

p li c a ti o n s i n or d e r to ,
b e a bl e to d e c l r e t h e m a n c u re d ; a nad th i s

with o u t be i n g i ns t ru ct e d by th e m n y th u sa n d cas es i n th ei r ex
,
a o

p e r i e n c e th a t by t h,
e l o ca l e xt m i n a ti o n o f th e c h a n c re th e y h ave
er

n e ve r d o n e a n ythi n g b u t i n j u y s th e y h a ve o n ly d e p i ve d th e
r , a r

S y phi l i s p e e xi s ti n g withi n o f i ts di ve r ti n g l o ca l s y m pt o m a n d
r -
,

h av e th ereby co m pe l l d th e i n ter n al m l ady to brea k o u t o n ly th e

e a

m o e ce rt i n ly a n d d e d f u ll y ( n d i n
r a r a m a n n e r m o re d i fi c ult to
a a

cu r e ) a s ve n er e al di s e as e ?
,
H o w c an s u c h a u n i ve rs a l per n i c i o u s ,

obliqu ity of v i s i o n b e e x cu s e d ?

O wh y did th ese phys i c i a n s n e ve r r e fl e c t o n th e o r i gi n O f th e

r

fi g wa rts ? Why did th e y a l wa ys o v e l oo k th e i n te r n a l u n i versa l

- r

m al ady whi c h i s th e c u se o f th e s e e x c res ce n ces ? I t i s o n ly

,
a

wh e n thi s i s re c ogn i ed th a t it ca n b e th o ro ug h l y c u re d by i ts
z ,
 HR O NI C DI S EA S E S 87
’
H A H N EM A NN S C .

th e J oint
asse rm e nt with lotions of ac e tat
,
e O f L e ad ,

with th e subli m at e of M e rcury or su l phat e of Z in c but ,

e s p e cially w ith anoint m e nt p r e pa r e d of fat w ith flow e rs

h om te opath i c re m e di e s
whi c h th e n ca use th e fi g w rts to b e
,
-
a

h e al ed witho u t th e appli catio n of an y e xte rn a l m ea n s o f dest ru o

,

ti o n .

But e ven i f a S ha do w o f a n e x cu s e m ig ht b e ofl ere d f or thi s sad

'

n eg li ge n ce a n d i gn o ra n ce a n d i f a n y o n e wo u ld c l i m th a t th ese
,
a

p hy s i c i a n s h a ve o n ly h ad th re e a n d o n e h a l f ce n t u i e s i n whi c h to - r ,

discern clea l y th e tru e n at u re o f syphi li s a nd th t th ey m ig ht

r ,
a

ha ve l earn e d thi s t r u th af te r a s till m ore e xte nd ed p acti ce (still I r

h ave e n d e a vore d th o u g h i n vai n to c o n vi n ce th e m o f the i r e rro r

, ,

a n u m be r of y ea s ago a n d s i n ce th e n f ro m ti m e to ti m e ) n e ve r
r ,

th e les s th at g e n era l n eglige n ce o f pre vio us phys ic i n s a n d I m ay

,
a ,

we ll say th e i r o bs ti n ate bli nd n ess are q u ite with ou t e x c u se i n

, , ,

th at they did n o t re c ogn iz e th e i n te rn al pre exi sti ng m l ady th e - a

Psor a which lies at th e bottom of th e itch disease whi ch h as i n

,

-
, ,

f ec ted m e n fo r se ve ra l th ousan ds o f y ea rs a nd th a t th e y ig n ore d ,

i n th ei r proud l e v ity a ll th e f ac ts whi c h po i n t to it s o th a t th ey ,

m ight con ti n u e th e d e l u si on a n d l e ve th e world i n i ts d es tr u cti ve a

i n fatu ati o n tha t : the u n bear ably i tch i ng pustu les a r e on ly a m ere
p fi
s u er ci a l a i lm en t o f th e ski n , and by th ei r loca l d estr u cti on m a n
i s deli vered f or m th e whole d i sea se, a n d h as f u lly r eco ver ed .

N o t pe rch a n ce m e re m edi c al S c ribbl er s , n o , th e gre a te s t a n d m os t

ce l e b rat e d phy s i c i an s o f m od e rn a n d m os t m od er n da ys h ave
m a de th e m se l ves g u i l ty of this gr i e vo u s e rror (o r S h a l l I s ay of
thi s i n ten ti onal i m e ) fro m V O N H EL M O NT e ve n to th e latest ad
cr ,

voca tes of th e A l l opathi c m e di ca l pra c ti ce .

By th e u se of th e above me n tio ned re m edi es th e y i n dee d -

, , ,

u s u ally reac h e d th e i r ai m ; i e th e d r i v i n g a way o f t h e e r u p ti o n

. .
,

a n d of th e itc hi n g f o m th e s ki n a n d th e y su
r d i n th e i n t ox i
ppo se ,

ca ti on of th e i r s pi r it ( or a t l eas t th ey prete n d ed ) the y h ad ,

des tr oyed th e diseas e itse l f a nd i n dee d totally a nd th e y se nt , , ,

awa y th e pati e n t s th u s ab used ass u r i n g th em th a t th e y were

, ,

agai n h ealthy .

A ll th e s u ff er i ngs wh i ch f oll ow th e o ne s ide d d es t ru c ti o n o f th e

,
-

cu ta n eous e r uptio n w hi c h be l ongs to th e n at u ra l f orm of th e Psor a

, ,
88 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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of S ul ph u r or w ith a p re p ara tion of M e rc ury ; wi th whic h

th e y li ght l y and c ar e l es s ly d e stroy t h e e ru p tion d e ,

c lari n g thi s is m e re l y a n i m purity loc a t e d in th e S kin ,

and m ust b e driv e n out ; th e n e v e r ythin g w ill b e w e l l

and th e m a n will b e h e a l thy a n d fr e e fro m e v ery ai l
”
m e nt Who c a n p a rdon th e m if th e y are not w illin g
.

to l e a rn f r o m th e m a ny w a r nin g e xa m p l e s r e c o rd e d by
t h e O ld e r m o re co n s ci e ntious obs e rv e r s nor by t h e
, ,

m a ny tho u s a n d s of oth e r e xa m p l e s w hi c h fr e qu e ntly , ,

y e a , a l m ost d a ily co m e b e for e th e ir e y e s ? Y e t th ey

,

c a nnot s e e nor b e convinc ed as to th e c e rtain quickl y ,

fa t a l or lif e lon g in s idio us m i s fo rtun e th e y b r in g u p o n

-

t h e it c h p a ti e nt th r ou g h th e d e st r u c tion of h i s c ru p
-

tion as th e y thu s m e r e ly unfe tt e r t h e int e rn a l m a l a dy

,

( P s or a ) which i s l a d e n w ith innu m e ra bl e a il m e nts

, .

Thi s di s e a s e i s n e ith e r d e st roy e d nor c ur e d ; a n d s o

thi s tho us a n d h e a d e d m onst e r in s t e a d of b e in g con
-
,

q u er e d i s i n e xo ra bly le t loo s e a g a in s t th e d ec e iv e d
,

p a ti e n t to h i s d es t r u ction by t e ari n g down th e ,

b a r ri e r s th at S h u t it in .

I t m a y e as ily b e i m a g in e d as e x p e ri e nc e also ,

t e a ch e s th a t th e m or e m onth s a n e g l e ct e d itch er up
,
-

th e y pass ed O ff s n wl y ari s e n dise as e o win g to q u ite an o th er

a a e ,

origi n I n th e i n arr o wn ess o f m i n d th e y n e ver r eg r d d th e i n

. r , a e

n u m e r b l e pl ai n t e s ti m o n i e s o f h o n es t O b s e rve r s o f e ar l i e r d a y s
a , ,

whi c h e c o d th e s d co n se q u e n ces of th e l oc a l e xpu l s i o n o f th e

r r a

itc h e r u pti o n whi ch of te n fo l l owed S O c l os e ly th t a m n w u l d

-
, ,
a a o

h a ve to d e n y h i s re aso n o e l se c k n owl e dge the m as th e i m m e

,
r a "

diate es u l t of th e i n d we l li n g se ve e m a l ady (th e Psor a ) which

r r ,

h ad b ee n d e pr i v e d of th e l o c a l s y m pt om (th e c u ta n eo u s e r u pti o n ) ,

d es ti n e d by n tu re to a l l e vi ate th e i n te r nal m alady wh en ce th e

a ,

u n cu e d i n te r n a l di seas e h as b ee n com pe ll e d to a m an i f es t o ut
r

break of i ts secon dar y sym ptom s .

 H AH N EM A N N S
’
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tion h as flou rish e d on th e skin th e m or e su r e ly h as i n

,

t e rn a l P s or a w hi c h u n d e r li e s it b e e n a bl e to r e a ch
, , ,

—
in e v e n a m o d e r at e S p ac e of ti m e a g r e a t a n d fin a lly
,

—
i ts gr eat e s t d e gr e e w hich d r e a df u l inc r ea s e it also
,

th e n p r ov es throu gh th e m o r e d a n ge r ou s con s e q u e nc e s ,

whi c h th e e x p u l s ion of s o inv e t e r a t e a n e r u p tio n u n

avoid a bly d ra ws a ft e r it in e v e r y c a s e
'
.

O n t h e oth e r hand it is j u s t a s c e rt a in th a t th e
,

e r u p t i on o f a f e w v e sicl e s of it c h w hich h a s b r ok e n

out only a f e w d a y s b e f o r e in con s e q u e nc e of a r e c e nt

,

inf e ction m ay b e e x p e ll e d w ith l e s s i m med i a te d a n g er ;

,

a s th e int e r n a l P s or a th a t h a s s p r u n g u p in t h e w hol e

orga nis m h as n o t y et h a d ti m e to gro w u p to a hi g h

d e g r e e a n d w e m u s t c o nf e s s th at th e e x p u l s i o n of a
,

f e w v e s i c l e s of itch th at h a v e j u s t ar is e n oft e n S ho ws
, ,

no i m m ed i a te m a nif es tly st r on g e vil c on s e q u e nc e s

, , .

Wh e r e fo r e w ith d e lic a t e a n d ar i s toc ratic p e rs ons or ,

th e ir c hild r e n it u s u a lly r e m a in s unkno wn th a t a

, ,

sin gl e v e s i c l e o r a f e w v e sicl e s itchin g viol e ntly whi c h ,

show e d only a f e w d ays a n d w e r e a t on c e t re a t e d by

th e c a r e ful p hy s ici a n w ith L ea d oint m e nt or a L otion
of L e ad a n d which di s a pp ea r e d th e follo win g d ay
, . ,

h a d it c h for th e i r fo u nd a tion .

H o we v e r s mall th e int e r n a l P s or a m ay b e a t t h e
ti m e of th e q u ick s up p r es s ion of a n itch e r u p tion -
,

w hi c h h a s only d e v e lo p e d a f e w v es icl es a n d w hi c h is
th e n follo w e d by only m od e ra t e a il m e nt s and c o m
p l a int s ( w hich are th e n u s u ally fr o m i g nor a n c e a s
, ,

c r i b e d by t h e do m es tic p hy s ici a n to oth e r c a u s e s of

littl e i m p or t ) : th e int e rnal m a l a dy of P s or a a ltho u g h .

as ye t of s li ght d e g r e e r e m a ins in its ch a ra ct e r a n d in

,

its c hronic natu r e th e s a m e ge n e ral p soric di s e as e of

7
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’
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th e whol e org anis m ; i . e .

, w i th ou t th e ai d o f ar t it is
i n er a d i ca ble, a nd ca nnot be ex ti r pa ted by th e s tr eng th
of ev en th e bes t a nd m os t r o bu s t bod i ly con s ti t u ti on ,
a nd i t w i ll i ncr ea s e to th e en d o f th e pa ti e nt lif
’
ev e n s e .

I t is usu a lly th e
as e ind e ed th a t this dis e a s e d e
c , , ,

p r i v e d a s e a r ly a s p os s ibl e of t h e fi r st tr a c e s of its c u

t a n eo u s sy m p to m by loc a l a p p lic a tions w ill g r o w b u t ,

.

S lowly in t h e b e g innin g a n d w ill m a k e but S lo w p r o g

—
r e ss in th e or g a ni s m m u ch S lo we r p ro g r ess th a n
wh e r e th e e r u p tion h as b e e n a llo w e d to r e m a in f o r a
lon g ti m e o n t h e S kin ; for i n th e l att e r c as e th e p r o g
re ss of th e int e rn a l P s or a i s of i m m e ns e r a p idity ; but
th e dis e a s e n e v e rth e l e s s incr e a s es unc e a s in g ly
, , an d ,

e v e n in t h e b e s t c a s e s a n d u d e r t h e m o s t f a vo r a bl e e x

t e rn a l ci rc u m s t a nc e s q u i e tly a n d oft e n f o r y e a rs n u
,

p e r c e iv e d by t h e e y e s ; so th a t a nyo n e w h o do e s n ot ,

kno w t h e S i g ns of i ts l a t e n t p r es e nc e w o u ld s u p p os e ,

and d e cl a r e s u ch p e r s o n s to b e h e a lthy a n d fr e e fro m

a n y int e r n a l m a lady O ft e n fo r y ea rs it do e s n o t
.

m a nif e s t di s e a s e s .

M a ny h u n d r e d ob s e r v a tion s h a v e g ra d ua lly a o
*
q ua i n t e d m e w ith t h e s i g n s by w hi c h t h e int e rn a ll y ,

I t w a s m o re y to m e th n to m n y h u n d e ds o f others t o
e as ,
a a r

fi n d o u t a n d to e cog n i e th S i g n s o f t h e Psor a s we l l w h e n l t e n t
,

r z e a a

and as ye t l u m be i n g withi n a s wh e n it h s g ro wn to c n s id e a bl e
s r ,
a o r

c h ro n i c di e se s by a n a c cu ra t e c o m pa r i s o n o f th e s t t e o f h ea l t h
s a ,
a

o f a ll s u ch pe on
rs with m y s e l f wh o as i s s eldo m th e cas e h a v e
s

n e ve r b e e n a ffl i c te d w ith t h e Psor a
, , ,

a n d h a e th e re f o e f r o m m v r
y , ,

bi rth e ve n u n ti l n o w i n m y e ighti eth yea bee n e n ti e l y f ee f rom r, r r

th e (s m al l e r n d gr ea te ) i l m e n ts e n u m e rat e d h e e a n d f u rt h e r
a r a r

b e l ow alth o u gh I h ave b ee n o n th e w h o le ve y apt to cat ch ac u t e

, , ,
r

e pid e m i c di s e a es a n d h a ve b e e n e x pos e d to m a n y m e n ta l e e r
s ,
z

ti o ns an d th o u sa n d f o ld ve xati o n s of s pi it r .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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sl u m b e rin g hith er to l a t e nt P s or a ( it c h m a lady ) m ay

,
* -

b e r e co g niz e d e v e n I n tho s e c a s es w h e r e it h a s not y e t

m anif e st e d its e lf in any s t a rtlin g dis e a s e s o th a t I a m ,

abl e to root out a n d to thoro u g hly c u re thi s m a lady

with its r oot s m o r e e a s ily b e for e th e int e rn a l P s or a
,

h a s ris e n to a m a nif e st ( ch r onic ) di s e a s e a n d h a s d e ,

v e lo p e d to such a f e arful h e i g ht th a t t h e dan g e ro u s

condition s m a k e t h e cur e di ffi c u lt a n d in so m e cas e s

i m p o s s ibl e .

Th e r e ar e m a ny S i g ns of th e P s or a w hi c h i s gr a du
ally inc r e as in g within b ut i s a s y e t slu m b e r in g a nd, ,

h a s not y e t c o m e to th e f u ll o u tb r ea k of a m a nif es t dis

e a s e ; but no o n e p e r s on h a s a ll th e s e sy m p to m s ; t h e

o n e h a s m o r e of th e m th e oth e r a s m a ll e r n u m b e r ; t h e
,

o n e h a s a t p r es e nt only o n e of th e m b u t in t h e co u rs e ,

of ti m e h e will a l s o h a v e oth e rs ; h e m ay b e f r e e fr o m
so m e a c c ordin g to th e p e c u li a r dis p osition of h i s body
,

*
A ll opathy h as also assu m e d h i d d en (la ten t) c o n diti o ns of d i s
eas e i n pa ti e n ts i n o rd e r to e x pl a i n o r at l e a s t
,
to e x c u s e i ts
, , ,

bli n d i n road s with v i o l e n t m edi c i n es b l oo d l e tti ng a n ody n e s etc

,
-
, , .

Th es e S O call e d qu a li to tes occu lta Fer n eli i ar e h owe ve r wh o lly

- ’
, ,

s u ppos iti ou s a n d i m agi n a r y a s (ac c o r di n g to th e s t at e m e n t of thi s

,

s a m e phy s i c i a n ) th e a r e s u ppose d n o t to b e r ec o n i ab le by a n
y
g y z

m a n i f e s t a tio n s a n d s y m pto m s Bu t w h a t e ve r doe s n ot m a k e

.

k n o wn i ts hidd e n i m agi nary e xis te n ce by a n y S ign does n ot e xi s t

,

f or u s m e n wh o a re li m it e d by o u r C e a to r i n o u r c ogn i z a n c e of r

—
,

thi ngs to ob se rva ti o n s i t i s c o n s eq u e n t l y a ph a n to m o f a ro v i n g

f a n cy. I t i s qu ite di ff e r e n t with th e v a r i o u s fo r c es slu m beri ng

( la ten t) i n n a t u r e ; d e s p i t e th e i r o r di na y oc c u lt n e ss th e y rn e v e r , ,

th ele ss S h ow th em se l v es wh e n th e r e q u i s ite c i rcu m s t a c e s a n d

,
n

c o n diti o n s a ppear ; e g l aten t h eat ev en i n m etal s th a t f ee l c old

. .
,

i s m an i fes te d wh e n th e y are r u bb e d j u s t as th e Rsor a m a n i f es ts

, ,

itse l f ; e g as a d rawi ng pai n i n th e s h eath s o f th e m u scl es wh en

. .

th e pe rs o n i n f e ct ed with Psor a h as b e e n e xpose d to a d rau ght e tc

, ,

.
,
92 H A H N EM A N N S
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br accordin g to th e e xt e rna l circu m stanc e s of di ff e re n t

p e rsons .

S YM P TO M S O F L A T EN T P S O RA .

M o s tly with childr e n ; fre q u e nt di s char ge of a s ca r id e s

and oth e r w orm s ; uns u ff e r a bl e itchin g cause d by th e
latt e r in t h e r e ctu m .

T h e a bd o m e n O ft e n dist e nd e d .

N ow insati a bl e h u n g e r th e n a gai n want of a pp e tit e

, .

P al e n e ss of th e f a c e a n d re l a x a tion of t h e m uscl e s .

Fr e qu e nt i n fla m m ati o n s of th e e y e s .

S w e llin gs of th e c e rvi c a l gl ands ( scrofula ) .

P e rs p ir a tion on th e h e a d in th e e v e nin g aft e r g oi n g

to S l e e p .

E pist a xis w ith gi r l s a n d youths ( m ore rar e l y w it h

old e r p e rs on s ) oft e n v e ry s e v e re
, .

U s u a lly c old h a nd s o r p e rs p iration on th e p al m s

( burnin g in th e p a l m s ) .

C old dry or ill s m e llin g sw eaty f e e t ( burn i n g in t h e

,
-
,

so l e s of th e f e e t )
T h e a r m s or h a nds th e l e g s or f e e t are b e nu m b ed
, ,

by a sli g ht c a us e .

Fr e qu e nt cra m ps in th e c a lv e s ( th e m usc l e s of th e
ar m s a n d h a nd s ) .

P a in l e s s s ubsultus of v a r io u s p ort ions of th e m u sc l e s

h e r e a n d th e r e on th e body .

*
Fr e qu e nt or t e dious dry or fl u ent coryza or ca tarrh ,

or i m p ossibi l ity of c a tchin g a co l d e v e n fro m th e m os t

*
Th e idem i c catarrh al f evers an d catarrhs whi c h se i e al m os t
ep ,
z

e very o n e e ve n t h e h ea lthi es t pers o n s ( G r i ppe I n fl u e nz a ) d o n o t

, , ,

bel ong to this category .

 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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se v e r e e x p osur e e v e n w hil e oth e rwis e havin g cont inu

,

ally a il m e nts O f this kind .

L on g continu e d obstr uction of o n e or both nost r ils

- .

U lc e rat e d nostrils ( s ore no s e ) .

D is a gr e e a bl e s e ns a tion of dryn e ss in th e no se .

Fr e qu e n t infl a m m ation of th e th r o a t fre qu e nt ,

ho a rs e n e ss .

S hort tussicul a tion in th e m ornin g .

Fre qu e nt att a ck s of dys p n oea .

P r e dis p o s ition to c a t c hin g cold ( e ith e r in t h e who l e

body o r only in th e h e a d th e thro a t t h e bre as t th e , , ,

abdo m e n th e f eet ; e g in a dra u ght ( u s ually wh e n

, . .
,

th e s e p a r t s are inclin e d to p e rs p i ra t i on ) a n d m any ,

oth e r s o m et i m e s lon g continuin g ail m e n ts a ri s in g

,
-

th er e fro m .

P r e di s p osition to strain s e v e n fro m c a rryin g or l ift

,

i n g a S li ght w e i g ht O ft e n caus e d e v e n by s tr e tchin g

,

u pward and r e achin g out t h e a r m s f or obj e ct s w h ich

are hun g hi g h ( So a l s o a m u ltitu d e of co m p laint s r e

s a l tin g fro m a m od e rat e s tr e tchin g of th e m usc l e s ,

h e adach e n a u s ea p r o s tra tion t e n s iv e p a i n in th e m us

, , ,

c l e s of th e n e c k a n d b a ck e tc , .

Fre qu e nt o n e s id e d h e a d a ch e or tooth a ch e e v e n fro m

-
,

m od era t e e m otion a l dist u rb a nc es .

Fre qu e nt flu s h e s of h ea t a n d r e dn e ss O f th e fac e not ,

u nfr e qu e ntly w ith a nxi e ty .

Fr e qu e nt fa llin g ou t of hair of th e h e ad d ryn es s of ,

th e s a m e m any scal e s u p on th e s c al p
,
.

P r e dis p osition to e r ysi p e l a s now a n d th e n .

*
Perso n s not a mi cted with P sora , though draughts d amp
and

cold ai r m a y n ot b e ag reea b l e to th em , do n ot s u ff e r a n y co l d s or

e vi l af te r eff e c ts th e r ef ro m
- .
94 H AH N EM AN N S
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A m e norrh oea , irre gu l a r iti e s in t h e m e ns e s too C o p i ,

o uS too scanty too e a rly ( too lat e ) of too l on g du r a

, , ,

tion too w at e ry conn e ct e d with va rious bodily ai l

, ,

m e nts .

T witchin g of th e li m b s on goin g to sl e e p .

W earin es s e arly on a wa kin g ; unr e fr es hin g sl ee p .

P e rs p i r a tion in th e m orn in g i n b ed .

P e rs p ira tion br e a ks out too e a sily du r in g th e d a y

ti m e e v e n w ith litt l e m ov e m e nt ( or in a bility to bri n g
,

out p e rs pi ra tion ) .

Whit e o r a t l e ast v e ry pa l e ton g u e ; s till m or e f r e

,

qu e ntly c rack e d ton g u e .

M uch p hl e g m in th e throat .

Bad s m e ll fro m th e m o u th fre qu e ntly o r a l m ost con ,

s ta n tly es p e cially e a rly i n th e m ornin g a n d du rin g th e

,

m e ns e s a n d this i s p e rc e iv e d e ith e r as insi p id or a s

, ,

sli ghtly so u r or a s if fr o m a sto m a ch o ut of ord e r or

, ,

as m ouldy a l s o as p ut rid , .

S our t a s t e in th e m outh .

N aus e a in t h e m o r nin g .

S e nsation of e m p tin e s s in th e sto m ac h .

Re pu g n a nc e to cook e d w ar m food e s p e cially to , ,

m ea t ( pr in c i pa lly w ith C hildr e n ) .

Re p u g n a nc e to m ilk .

At ni g ht o r in th e m o r nin g dryn e ss in t h e m o uth , .

C uttin g p a i n s in th e a bdo m e n fr e q u e ntly or d a ily ,

( p
e s e ci a lly w ith C hildr e n ) m or e fr e q u e ntly in th e
,

m ornin g .

H a rd sto o ls d e layin g usu a lly m o re than a day

, ,

clott e d oft e n cov e re d w ith m ucus ( o r n e a r ly a l ways

,

soft f er m e ntin g s tools li k e diarrh oea )

, , .

V e nous knots on th e anus ; passa ge of blood with th e

stoo l s .
 H AH N EM A NN S
’
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P as s in g of m ucus fro m th e a nus with or

, without
f en c e s
.

I tchi n g on th e anus .

D a r k u r in e .

S woll e n e nlar g e d v e in s on th e l e gs ( swo l l e n v e ins

, ,

v a ri ces ).

C hilbl a ins a nd p ains a s fro m C hilblains ev e n out s id e ,

of th e s e v e r e cold of wint e r e v e n also in su m m e r , , , .

P a in s a s of cor n s w ithout a n y e xt e rnal p inchin g of

,

t h e S ho es .

D i s p o s ition to c rack s tra in or wre nch o n e j oint or

,

anoth e r .

C ra c ki n g of o n e o r m o re j oint s on m ovin g .

D ra w in g t e nsiv e p a in s in t h e n e ck th e b a ck th e
, , ,

li m b s es p ec i a lly also in th e t e e th ( in da m p s to r m y
, , , ,

w e ath e r in northw est a n d north e a st winds a ft e r colds

, , ,

o v e r li f ti n g dis a g r e e ab l e e m otion s
, ,

R e n e w a l of p ains a n d c o m p l a i n ts w hil e a t re s t a n d ,

dis a p p ear a nc e of th e s a m e w hil e in m otion .

M o s t of t h e a il m e nts c o m e on a t ni ght a n d a r e i n ,

cre a s e d w ith a lo w b a ro m e t e r w ith no rth a n d north ,

-

*
e as t w i n d s in w i nt e r a n d to w a r d s S p rin g
, .

U n e a s y fri ghtf ul or at l e a st too vivid dr e a m s

, , , .

U nh e althy skin ; ev e r y littl e l e sion pass e s into sor e s ;

c rac k e d S kin of t h e h a nd s a n d of th e low e r li p s .

F r e q u e n t boils fr e qu e nt f e lon s ( w hitlows )

, .

D ry S kin o n th e li m b s ; on th e a r m s t h e thi gh s and , ,

a lso a t ti m e s on t h e ch e e k s .

H e re o r th e re a rou gh s ca lin g S p ot on th e S kin , ,

which c a u s es at ti m es a v ol u p tuo u s itchin g and a ft e r ,

t h e r ubbi n g a burn i n g s e n s a tion

, .

*
I n Eu rope n o rth eas t w i n d s a re co l d s harp an d d ry corres po n d
—
, ,

i ng to o u r wes t wi n d s T ra nsl . .
96 H A H N EM A N N S
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H e r e or th e re a t ti m e s thou gh s e ldo m a si n gl e i n
, ,

suff e r a bly p l e a sa nt b u t u nb e a ra bly itchin g v e s icl e at

, ,

i ts p oint s o m e ti m e s fill e d with p us and causin g a burn ,

i n g s e nsation a ft e r r ubbin g on a fin g e r on th e wr ist or

, ,

in so m e o t h e r p l a c e .

S u ffe rin g fro m s e v e ra l or fro m a g re at e r n u m be r o f

,

th es e a il m e nts ( e v e n at various ti m e s and fr e qu e n tly ) ,

a p e rson w ill still con s i d e r hi m s e lf a s h e a lthy a n d i s ,

su p p os ed to be so by oth e rs H e m a y a l s o l e a d a quit e
.

e nd u r a bl e lif e in s u c h a st a t e and w ithout m u ch hin ,

d r a n c e a tt e nd to his bus i n e ss a s lo n g a s h e is youn g or

,

still in h i s vi g oro us y e a rs a n d so lon g a s h e do es not

,

su ffe r a n y p arti c u l a r m ish a p fro m witho ut h a s a sati s ,

factory inco m e do es not liv e in v e xa tion or gri e f doe s

, ,

not ov e r e x e rt hi m s e lf ; but e s p e ci a lly if h e i s of q u it e a

ch e e r ful e q u abl e p a ti e nt cont e nt e d dis p o s ition Wit h
, , , .

s u ch p e r s on s th e P s or a ( int e rn a l itch m a l a dy ) w hi ch ,

m a y b e r e co gniz e d by a c on n ois s e u r by m e an s of a f e w
or by m o r e of th e a bov e s y m pto m s m ay S l u m b e r o n ,

for m a ny y e a rs w ithin without c a u s in g a n y c o ntin uin g

,

chroni c di se as e .

B ut still e v e n in s u ch f a vo ra bl e e xt e rn a l r e l a tions
, ,

as soon as th e s e p e rs ons a dv a nc e in a g e e v e n m od e r ,

at e cau s e s ( a s li g ht v e x a tion or a cold o r a n e rror in , ,

di e t e tc ) m a y p r od uc e a v i olen t a tta ch of ( h ow ever

. .

on ly a br i ef ) d i s ea s e : a viol e nt a tt a ck of colic i n fla m ,

m a tion of th e ch es t or t h e th r o a t e rysi p e las f e v e r and , ,

th e lik e a n d th e viol e n c e of th es e a tt a ck s s e e m s to b e
,

out of p r o p o rtion to i ts m od e ra t e ca u s e This is .

m ostly w ont to h a p p e n in fall o r w int e r but oft e n als o ,

by p re f e r e nc e in s p rin g ti m e .

But e v e n wh e re a p e rson w h e th e r a C hild or an ,

 H AH N EM A N N S
’
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adult , wh o h a s t h e P slu m b e rin g w ithin hi m

s or a ,

show s m u c h s e m blanc e of h e a lth but ha ppe ns u pon ,

th e O p p osit e of t h e abo v e d e s crib e d f a vo r a bl e condi -

tions of lif e wh e n his h e a lth a n d whol e o r ganis m h a v e

,

b e e n v e ry m uc h w ea k e n e d a n d S h a k e n by a p re val e nt
*
e p id e m i c f e v e r o r an inf e ctiou s a c u t e dis e as e s m a ll ,

p o x m
, eas l e s w hoo in
p g cou g h , sc a r l e t f e v e r p u r p l e , ,

ra sh e tc or thro u g h a n e xt e rn a l s e v e r e l e sion a
, .
, ,

shock a fa ll a wo u nd a con s id e rabl e b u rn th e b r e ak

, , , ,

i n g of a n a r m or a le g a h a rd l a bo r th e co n fin e m e nt
, ,

d u e to a dis eas e ( u s u a lly h elped on by th e i ncor r ect a n d

wea ken i n g a llopa th i c tr ea tm en t ) c onfin e m e nt a t a s e d ,

e n tar y occu p a tion in a g loo m y c los e r oo m w e a k e nin g , ,

th e vit a l fo rc e ; th e s a d loss e s of b e lov e d r e l a ti v e s b e nd

i n g dow n th e so u l w ith g ri e f o r d a ily v e x a tion a n d e m ,

noy a nc e w hich e m bitt e r th e l ife ; d e t e riora tion of th e

,

food or a n e ntire w a nt of w h a t i s n ec e ssa ry a n d indis

p e ns a bl e e x p os u r e,
a n d inf e r ior food b e a tin g do w n
m an s cou ra g e a n d str e n gth ; th e n t h e P sor a whi c h
’

h a s hith e rto slu m b e r e d a wa k e s a n d shows it s e lf in t h e

,

h e i g ht e n e d a n d a u g m e nt e d s y m pto m s e n u m e r a t e d be
low i n i ts t r an s ition to th e fo rm a tion of s e v e r e m a l a
,

di e s ; o n e O r a noth e r na m e l e s s ( ps oric ) chronic dis

*
te r m i n ati o n of a n a c ute f e ver th e re ofte n fo ll o ws as i f i n
A t th e ,

c i te d by s u c h a f e ve r a n appe ara n c e o f a n old P s or a r e s idi ng i n

,

th e bo dy as a n e ru pti o n o f itc h
, Thi th e phys i c i an s e x pla i n s a
. s a

n e w g e n e ra ti o n o f itc h i n t his i n di v id ua l b ody r e pl e te w ith bad

h u m o rs ( sci li cet) s i n c e th ey k n o w n othi n g of

,
Psora i n m a n whi c h a

m a y b e q u i es c e n t fo r a lo ng pe ri o d Bu t th e itc h di s ease ca n n o t
.
-

n o w b e ge n e r t e d o r a r i se o r b e c r e t ed a n e w of its e l f j u s t as n o
a a ,

s m all po x o r c o wpo x n o m e as l e s n o ve n e rea l c h a n c re di s ease etc

, , , .
,

ca n n o w m a k e i ts appeara n ce w ith a n y m a n with ou t p re v i o us i n a

fe c ti o n .
98 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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*
e as e s br e aks o ut a n d , m os t o f a ll, th r oug h w ea ken i ng
a n d ex h a us ti ng i mpr oper t r ea tm en t by a llopa th i c phy
th e y a re a gg rav a t e d fro m ti m e to ti m e without
s i ci a n s ,

int e rm ission oft e n to a f e a rful h ei ght if e xt e rn a l cir

, ,

c u m s ta n c e s favor a bl e for th e p ati e nt do not int e r p os e ,

a n d c aus e a m od e ra tion in t h e p roc e ss of th e m a l a dy .

*
T he o n e or th ethe r di ea se acco rdi ng to th e o r ig i nal bodil y
o s ,

co n s tit u ti o n a pe c u l i r m o d e o f l i v i n g a pe c u l i ar di s po s iti o n o f t h e
,
a .

m i n d o f t e n ari s i n g from th e i n di vid ua l ed u ca ti o n o a m o re e ce p

, r r

ti ve or m ore wea k e ned c n ditio n o f s om e pa rt o f th e body g i ves a

o ,

p ec u l i a r di re c ti o n t o t h e di se ase a n d th u s ca u s e s t
,
h e it c h di se as e

to l e d to t h e o i g i n o f th e o n e r th e th e r di se s e so as to Sh o w
a r o o a ,

itse l f pre fe rab ly i n th a t o n e di re c ti o n an d d e ve l op its e l f i n tha t

p a r ti c u l a r m o difi c a ti o n A p a .ss i o n t e p e e v i s h di s p o s itiao n g i v,
es a n

e xt rao rdi n a ry di iti n to t h e d vel o m e n t o f th e Psor a ; so

p r e s p os o p e ,

al s o pr e vi o u s e h au s ti o n th ro u g h f re q u e n t preg n a n ci es e x c e s s i v e
, x ,

n u rs i ng o f i n f a n ts e xt rao rdi n ,
y ha d shi ps ex h a usti ng er r oneous
ar r .

m ed i ca l tr ea tm en t d e ba u c h e y a n d a pro fl i gate m od e o f li vi n g
,
r , .

T h e i n t e r n a l it c h di s e as e i s as be fo re m e n ti o n ed o f s u c h a pec u li r
, ,
a

nat u re th t it m ay re m ai n s it we e ti ed do wn a nd c ve red u p
a ,
a r , o

for a l o ng ti m e th ro ugh e te n l f v ra ble s u rrou n di ngs s o th at a

x r a a o ,

m n m y s e e m to th e su pe rfi c i l o b se ve r h ea l thy f o r y e s e ve n
a a a r ar ,

f o r m a n y y e ars u n til c i c u m s t n ces u n f avo ra bl e to th e bo dy or th e

, r a

so u l o r to b o th m y a ri se a n d s e rv e as
, ,
a h os ti l e i m pu l s e to a w k e n a a

th e di se as e s l um be ri n g w ithi n a n d th u s d e v e l o p i ts ge m s H is r .

a c q u i n ta n ces an d h i s hy i ci t h ti n t h i m l f n n o t
a
p s n y e a e p a a e ,
se ca
, ,

th e n co m preh en d h ow h i h e l th cou l d so s u dd e n ly f l l i n t d e
s a a o a

c li n e . T o b r i n g so m e ex am pl e s fo r e x pl a n ati o n fr om m y o wn e x

p e r i e n c e : A f t e r a s i m p l e f ac t u re o f rli m b a tt e n d e d w ith c
a o n fi n e

m e n t to b ed fo r fi ve o r S ix w ee k s th e e m a y f o l l o w di s se d co n di ,
r ea

ti ns o f a nothe r ki nd th e cau s o f which c a n not be gu e e d which

o ,
e ss ,

di seased c on diti ons e ve n wh e n m ea s u rably re m o ve d n e ve th el e ss

, ,
r

re t u r n a n d whi c h
, e ve n with ou t
,
n y e ro r I n di e t n e ve rth e l ess at
a r ,

th e i r re t ur n S h ow agg ra v tio n Thi s i s m os tly th e case i n fall

a .

( w i n t e r ) a n d s p r i n g a n d b e c o m e s a t e di o u s a il m e n t i n c reas i n g f r o m
ye ar to year a l as ti ng cu re for which with out th e s ubs ti tuti o n o f a
‘

, ,
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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But e v e n if favorabl e e xt e r n a l cond i tions S hould

a g ain ch e c k t h e ra p id d e v e lo p m e nt O f a dis e a s e that

s till wors e di sease for it by a n ll o p thi c cu re h as be e n hith ert o a a ,

v a i n ly o u g ht f o r i n th e co u n c il s o f f o r m e r physi ci a n a n d a l so i n
s s

v i s it s to m i n e r a l spri n gs The e are i n m an s lif e i n n u m e rab l e ’

. r

s tu m b l i n bl -oc k or u n f vo a b l e o cc u rr e n c e s o f thi s ki n d whi c h

g s a r

s e rve to a w k e n th e Ps or a ( t h e i n t e n a l i tch di sea se ) whi c h till

a r -
,

t h e n h as b ee n s lu m be ri ng ( pe rh a ps f o r a l o n g ti m e pre vi o u s l y ) ,

a n d whi c h ca u se i ts ge rm s to d e vel op Th e y are of te n of s uch a .

n at u r e th a t th e g rav e e vil s whi c h g ra d u a l ly f o ll o w o n th e m ar e o u t

o f a ll pr o porti o n to th e m s o th a t n o ra ti o n a l m a n ca n co n s id er
,

t h os e occ u rre n c e s a s s u fi ci e n t ca u s e s fo r th e c h ro n i c di se s e s whi c h a

f o l l o w an d whi c h a re o f te n o f f e a r f u l c h r c te r
a Bu t s uc h a m n a a . a

i s co m pe l le d to ac k n o wl ed ge a d e pe r s ea t ed h osti l e c au s e o f th e se
e

a ppe ara n c es w hi ch c au s e h as o n l y n o w d e ve l o pe d i tse l f

,
.

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, , ,
r

a n d a c cordi ng to th e co m m on s t a n d d was h ealthy b ut wh o h ad

ar ,

i n h e c hildh o od be e n i n f ec te d with Psor a h a d t h e m i s fort u n e to

,

r ,

be th rown o u t o f h e r carr i age whil e i n th e thi rd m o n th of h er preg

n a n cy ,
fro m whi c h S h e s u ff e re d n o t o n l y s li ght i nj u ry a n d th e
f r i g ht b u t a l so a m i sca rr i age
, n d th e a tt e n di ng l os s of bl oo d g ve
,
a a

h e r a c o n s id e ra bl e s e t b ac k I n a fe w we e k s h o we ve r h e r y o u th
- .
, ,

f u l co n s titu ti o n h ad pre tty we ll e co ve re d n d s h e m i ght h a ve

r ,
a

bee n as s u re d o f a s peedy re tu rn to l as ti ng goo d health wh e n th e ,

a n n o u n c e m e n t o f t h e d a n e ro u i ll n f b l d S i t li v i n
g e s o a se o v e s se g r,

a t a di s ta n c e th re w h er bac k a nd a u m e n t e d h e r f o m e r ai l m e n t s r
, g ,

whi c h h ad n o t y e t be en q u ite re m o ved by th e additi o n o f a m u lti ,

tu d e o f n e rvo us di s o rde rs a nd co n vu l i o n s th us tu r n i n g th e m i n to s ,

a s e ri o u s ill n e ss Better ne ws f rom h e s i s te i n d e e d fo ll o wed nd

. r r, , ,
a

a t l as t goo d n e ws A t l as t h e r i st e r e n ti e l y re s t ore d h e rse l f pay s

. s ,
r ,

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.
,

s h e se e m s to r eco ve r f o r a wee k o r t wo h e r a il m e n t s n e ve rth e l ess ,

re t u r n with o u t n y a ppa re n t c u se
a Eve r y s u ccee di ng co n fi ne
a .

m e n t eve n w he n q u ite eas y e ve y h a rd wi n t er add s n ew a il m e n ts

, ,
r ,

to th e old o th e f o m e di s or d e rs c h a n ge i n t o o th ers s ti ll m o re
,
r r r

tro uble som e so that at l as t th ere en s u es a s eri ous ch ron ic i l l ness

, ,

tho ugh n o o ne can see wh y th e f u ll v i go r of y o u th a tte n de d by ,

100 H AH N EM AN N S
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,

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happy e xte n a l su r rou n di ngs s hou l d n ot h ave s oon wipe d ou t th e
r ,

c o n se q u e n ce o f th a t on e m i sc arr i age ; s til l l ess ca n it be e x pl a i n ed

wh y th e u n f o rt u n ate i m press i o n o f th ose sa d tidi n gs s h o u ld n ot

ha ve di appea red o n h ea ri ng of th e rec o ve y o f h e r sis te r or at
s r ,

leas t o n th e actual prese n ce o f h e r S i te r fu l l y res to ed s r .

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s a

co n s e q u e n ce as i s th e cas e i n n a t u re n o o n e c a n see h o w a f t e r th e
, , ,

r em o va l of th e ca u s es a ss a i l i n g h e h eal th th e res u ltin g a i l m e nts

r ,

co u l d n t o n l y c o n ti n u e b u t e ve n i n c r eas e f o m y e ar to y e a r if
o ,
r ,

th e i r c us e were n ot i n s o m e thi ng el se so m e thi n g deeper so th at

a , ,

th o se u n h appy oc cu rren ces (th e m i carriage a nd th e sad tid i n gs ) s ,

s i n ce th e y b o th di s a ppeare d o f th e m s e l ves a n d th e r e f or e c o u l d n o t

p o s s ibly yi e l d a s u fli c i e n t g r ou n d f or th e e n s u i ng c h r o n i c di s ease ,

ca n o n ly be r egard ed as th e o ccas i o n bu t n o t th e e ffi c i e n t cause of , ,

th e d e ve l o pm e n t of a h os til e po we r o f g e a t e r i m po r ta n c e pre-e r ,
x

i s te n t i n th e i n t er n a l o rg a n i s m b u t hith ert o q u i es ce n t
, .

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,
a a , ,

s pit e so m e tra c e s o f i n t e r n a l Psor a pe c eptib l e o n ly t , th e pr of es

r o

s i o u a l e xam i ne m a y i n c o n seq u e n c e o f u n l u c ky co m m e rc i al co n
r, ,

j u nc tu re s b e c o m e i nvol ved i n h i s fi n a n ce s e ve n s o as to approac h

, ,

ba n k r u ptcy a n d at th e sam e ti m e h e wi l l f all gr d ually i n to va ri

,
a

o u s a il m e n ts a n d fi n a l ly i n t o s e ri o u s i l l n e ss T h e d ea th o f a ri ch .

ki n s m n h o we ve r a nd th e g i n i ng o f a great pri e i n a l otte r y

a , , a z ,

ab u n d a n t l y c o ve r h i s co m m e r c i a l l os s es ; h e beco m e s a m a n o f
—
m e a n s b u t h i s ill n ess n e ve rth e l es s n ot o n ly co n t i n u es b u t i h
, , ,

creas es f o m y e a r to y ear d s pit e a ll m e di c l pr es c r i pti o n s i n s pite

r ,
e a ,

of h i s vi s iti ng t h e m os t fa m o u ba th s o r ra th e r perh aps with th e

s , , ,

a ss is t a n c e o f th es e two ca u s e s .

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, , ,

acc o u n te d q u ite h e l thy a was co m pe l l e d i n t o a m a rr i g e whi ch

,
a

m ad e h e r u n h appy o f s ou l a n d i n th e s m e d egre e h e r bodily

,
a

hea l th de c l i n ed with ou t a n y t r ce of ve n e rea l i nf ectio n N o al lo

,
a .

p a thi c m e di c i n e a ll e v i a tes h e r sa d a i l m e n ts w hi c h c o n ti n ua lly ,

w m o r e th re a te n i n g B u t i n t h e m i d s t o f thi s agg r a va ti o n af ter

g r o .
,

o n e y ear s su ffe r i n g th e c a u se o f h e r u n h a ppi n ess h er h at ed h us

’
, ,
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known , and th e custo m ary a llo p athic tre at m e nts with ,

t h e ir a g g r e ssiv e —
ina p p ro p ri a t e r e m e di e s s u ch as
,

baths M e rc u ry P ru ss i c ac id I odin e D i gita li s " u i

, , , , ,

b an d i s ta k e n f om h er by de a th an d S h e se e m s to re vi ve i n th e
,
r , ,

c o n v i cti o n th a t sh e i s n o w d e li ve re d f r o m e ve r y o ccas i o n o f m e n t a l

o r b odily i ll n e ss a n d h o pes f or a spee dy re c o ver y ;

,
ll h e f i e nd s a r r

h O pe th e sam e f or h e r a s th e e x c iti n g c a u se of h e r ill n ess li e s i n

,

th e gr a ve S h e a l so i m pr ov es s pe edily b ut u n e x pe c te dly s h e s till

.
,

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,
il , a

m e n ts b u t se ld om l ea ve h e r a nd a re re n e we d f ro m ti m e to ti m e
,

with ou t ny e xt e r n l ca u s e a n d th e y a re e ve n agg ra va ted from

a a ,

y ea to y ea i n th e ro ugh m on ths
r r .

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a

i n a s e r i ou s c r i m i n a l s u it n d wh o h ad b e f ore s ee m ed h ea l thy
,
a

with th e e x cepti o n of th e m ar k s o f l a te n t Psor a m e n ti o n e d a b ove

,

d u ri ng th ese h arass i ng m o n th s fe l l i n to v ar io u di se as e d s tates s .

B t fi n all y t h e i n n oce n ce of th e a ccu s e d i s a c k no w l e d g e d a n d a n

u ,

h on orabl e acqu itta l f o ll o wed W e m i ght s u ppose th at s u ch a .

h appy grati fyi ng e ve n t wo u ld n ecess rily g i ve n e w li fe to th e s e

,
a

c use d a n d re m o ve a ll bo dily co m pl a i n t s Bu t thi s d oe s n o t ta k e .

p l a ce th e pers o n s ti l l a t ti m es s u ff e s f r o m th e s e a il m e n t s
,
and r ,

th ey are e ve n re n e we d with l onger or b ie f er i n te rm i s io n n d are r s s, a

agg av a t e d w ith th e pass i n g ye ars es pe c i lly i n t h e wi n t ry s easo n s

r , a .

H o w S h a l l we e x pl a i n thi s ? I f th t di sag ree a b l e ve n t h ad bee n a e

th e c a u se th e sufi i ci en t c au s e o f th ese a il m e n ts o u ght n o t th e e f

, , ,

fec t i e th e dis ea se to h a ve e n ti re ly ceas e d o f n e ce ss ity af te th e

,
. .
, , r

re m ova l o f th e c au se ? Bu t t h ese a i l m e n ts d o n ot c e as e th ey a re ,

i n ti m e re n e we d a n d e ve n g r d u a ll y aggra va te d a n d it b e c o m e s
a ,

e v id e n t th a t th os e di sag ree a b l e e v e n ts co u ld n ot h ve b e e n th e su f a

fic e i n t ca u se o f t h e p r e s e n t a il m e n ts a n d c o m pl a i n t s — i t i s s ee n th a t
the y on ly ser ved a s a n occa s ion a n d i mpetus to wa r d th e d e velop
m en t of a m alad y, wh i ch ti ll th en on ly slu m ber ed wi th i n .

The r e c og n ition
thi s o ld i n tern al f oe whic h i s so fr equ e n tly
of ,

p re se n t a n d th e sc i e n c e whi c h i s a b l e to o ve r co m e it m ak e it m a n ,

i fes t tha t gen er ally a n i n d we l li n g itc h di s e as e ( Psor a ) was th e

,

r o u n d o f all th ese ail m e n ts whi c h ca n n o t b e o ve r c o m e e v n by

g , e

th e vigor of th e be s t cons tit ut ion b u t on ly th rough ar t , .

 H RO NI C DI S EA S E S
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nin e starvation and oth e r fa shionabl e r e m e di e s i h

—
,

c l ud e d only h a st e n d ea th th e e nd of al l thos e m ala

,

di e s which th e p h ysici a n c a nnot h e al .

Wh e n onc e und e r th e abov e m e nt i on e d unfa vo rabl e

,
-

out w a rd surroundin gs th e tra nsition of th e P s or a

,

fro m its s l u m b e rin g and bound condition to its a wa k

e n i n g a n d outbr e a k h a s t a k e n p lac e and t h e p a ti e nt ,

l ea v e s hi m s e l f to th e inj u rio u s activity of th e usua l

a llo p a thic p hysici a n who d e e m s it a p p ro p r i a t e to h i s
,

o ffic e a n d his inco m e to m e rci l e ss l y assau l t th e o rga n

i s m O i th e p a ti e nt ( as w e a r e sorry to witn e s s e v e ry
d ay ) with th e batt e rin g r a m s of his viol e nt i na p pr o
-
,

p r i a t e r e m e di e s and w e a k e n in g tr e at m e nt s — i n suc h
a c a s e th e e xt e rn a l ci rc u m s t a nc e s of th e p a ti e nt a n d
,

h i s S ituation with r es p e ct to his surro u ndin g s m ay

h a v e c han ged e v e r s o fa vo r a bly but th e a gg ra v a tio n
,

of th e dis e as e n e v e rth e l ess p r oc e e ds und e r such h a nd s

witho ut any e sca p e .

T h e awak e nin g of th e int e rnal P s or a w hich h a s

hith e rto s l u m b e r e d a n d b e e n la ten t and a s it w e r e , , ,

k e p t bound by a g ood bodily constitution a n d fa vor

a bl e e xt e rna l C ircu m s t a n c e s a s w e ll as its br e a kin g
,

o u t into m or e s e r ious a i l m e nts and m al a di e s is a n ,

n o u n c e d by th e incr e a s e of th e sy m p to m s g i v e n a bov e

a s indicatin g t h e slu m b e ri n g P s or a and a l s o by a

,

nu m b e rl e ss m u l titud e of v a rio u s oth e r si g n s a n d c om

p l a ints . Th e s e a r e v a r i e d a cco r din g to t h e di ff e r e nc e

in th e bodily constit u tion of a m an h i s h e r e dit a ry ,

di s p osition the v a ri o u s e rrors in his e d u c a tion and

,

habits his m ann e r of livin g a n d di et his e m p loy m e nts

, , ,

h i s turn of m ind his m ora lity e tc

, , .

Th e n wh e n th e it c h m a lady d ev elo ps into a m an i

-
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f es t s e cond a ry di s e a s e th e r e a pp ea r th e follo wi n g
sy m p to m s which I h a v e d e riv e d a n d O b s e rv e d a lto
,

g e th e r f r o m a c co u nt s of dis e as e s w hi c h I m y s e lf hav e

tre a t e d s u cc e s s f u lly a n d w hi c h confess e dly o r i g in at e d

fro m t h e c ont a gion of itch a n d w e r e m ix e d n e it h er
,

w ith s y p hili s n o r s yco s is .

I a m quit e willin g to b e li e v e th a t m a n y m o r e s y m p
to m s m a y hav e occ u rr e d in th e e x p er i e nc e of oth e rs .

I w ould only a d d f urth e r th a t a m on g t h e s y m p to m s

,

add uc e d th e re a re a l s o s uch a s are e nti re ly O pp o s e d to

e a ch oth e r t h e r e a s on of w hich m a y b e found in t h e
,

v a ryi n g bodily co n s titutions e xi s tin g a t t h e ti m e

w h e n t h e o u tb r ea k o f th e int e r n a l P s or a o c cu r r e d .

Y e t th e o n e v a r i e ty of s y m p to m s i s fo u nd m o re r ar e ly
th a n th e oth e r a n d it o ffer s n o p a rti c ul a r obs t r u ction
to a c u r e
V e rti g o re e lin g w hil e w a l kin g .

V e r ti g o ; wh e n c lo s in g th e e y e s e v e rythin g s e e m s ,

to t u r n a ro u nd with hi m h e is a t th e s a m e ti m e s e iz e d
w ith n a u s e a .

V e rti g o ; on t u r ni n g a r o u nd b riskly h e a l m ost fa lls ,

ov e r .

V e r ti g o a s if th e r e w a s a j e r k in th e h e ad w hich
, ,

ca u s e s a m o m e nt a ry lo ss of c o n s c io u sn e s s .

V e rti g o w ith fr e q u e nt e r u ct a ti o n s .

V e r ti g o e v e n wh e n only lo o kin g do w n on t h e l e v e l
g round or
,
w h e n lookin g u p w a rd .

V er ti go w hil e w a lkin g on a ro a d n o t e nclo s e d on

e ith e r s id e in a n O p e n p l a in
, .

V e rti g o ; S h e s e e m s to h e r s e lf n ow too l a r ge now ,

too s m all or o th e r o bj e cts h a v e this a p p e a ra nc e to

,

h er .

V e rti go , re e m s blin g a s w oon .

104 H AH N EM AN N S C
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V e r ti g o p assin g ov e r into unconsciousn e ss

, .

D izzin e ss ; in a bility to think or to p e rf o r m m e nt a l

labor .

H er thou ghts a re not und e r h e r control .

S h e is at ti m e s quit e without thou g ht ( sits lost i n

thou ght ) .

T h e O p e n air caus e s dizzin e ss and drow s in e ss in th e

h ea d .

E v e rythin g at ti m e s s e e m s d a rk and black b e for e

h i s e y es w hil e w a lkin g or s too p in g or wh e n ra isin g
, ,

hi m s e lf f ro m a stoo p in g p os ture .

R u sh of bl o
‘
od to th e h e a d .

H e a t in th e h e ad ( a n d in th e
’
A c old p r e ss u r e o n th e to p of t h e h e ad .

H ea dach e a dull p a in in th e m ornin g i m m e di a t e l y

,

on w akin g u p or i n th e a ft e rnoon wh e n w a lkin g ra p

,

idly or S p e akin g l o u dly .

H e a dach e on o n e S id e with a c ertain p e riodi c ity ,

( a ft e r 2 8 14 or a l e ss n u m b e r of days ) m or e f re
, ,

q u e ntly d u r in g full m oo n or d u rin g th e n e w m oon o r , ,

aft e r m e ntal e xcit e m e nt a ft e r a cold e tc a p re ss ure , , .

or oth e r pain on t o p of th e h e ad or insid e of it or a ,

‘
borin g pain ov e r o n e of th e e y e s .

Whil e
1
th e mi nd i s u n e as y , w ith an xi ety a nd di s i nc li n a tion to
wor k .

2
N ot u n f re que ntly ac co m pa n i ed with cold ness of th e h a nd s a nd
fee t .

3
Us u ally acco mpa n i e d with an xiety .

4
A t th e sa m e ti m e a gre t i n te r n al di s q u i e t a n d a n xi e ty espe
a
,

ci ally i n th e a bd om e n a l c k o f s t oo l s or fr eque n t sca n ty e va c u

a , ,

ati o n s a tte n d e d with a n xi e ty ; h e vi ne ss i n th e l i m bs q u i ve ri n

a i n
g ,

th e wh ol e body t e n s i o n o f a ll th e n erves with grea t i rr ita bi li ty

,

an d s e n si ti ve n ess ; th e e ye ca n n o t be a r an y li ght l ac h ry m a t i o n , ,
 HR O NI C DI S EAS E S 105
’
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H e a dach e daily at c e rtain hours ; e g a stitchin g i n . .

,

th e t e m p l e s .

A ttacks of throbbin g h e adach e ( e g in th e fore . .

,

h e ad ) with viol e nt naus e a a s i f about to S ink down or , ,

a l so vo m itin g ; startin g e a rly in th e e v e nin g s re

, ,

p e a t e d e v e ry fo r tni g ht or soon e r or lat e r ,

‘

’
H e ad a ch e as if th e S k u ll w e re a bout to burst o pe n .

’
H e a d ach e draw in g p ain s , .

H e adach e stitch e s in th e h ea d ( p assin g out a t th e

,

R oa r in g noi s e in th e b ra in s in gin g buzzin g h um , , ,

m in g th u nd e r in g e tc
, , .

T h e sc a l p fu ll of dandru ff w ith or without itchin g , .

E r u p tion on th e h e a d tin e a c a p itis m ali g n a nt tin e a , ,

with cr u st s of g r e a t e r or l es s thickn e ss w ith s e nsitiv e ,

s om e ti m es wi th swel l i n g of th e e yes ; th e f ee t ar e co ld ; at ti mes

att e n d e d with d r y cor y z a ; o f te n c hill s th e n aga i n a flyi n g h ea t ; ,

c on j o i n e d with t h i s co n ti n u o us n a u s ea a l o at ti m e s re t c hi n g a nd
, ,
s ,

vo m iti n g ; s h e li es e ith er as i f s t u n n e d or th rows h e rse l f a n xi o u s l y ,

fro m s id e to s id e th e a ttac k s l as ti n g f ro m t we l v e to t we n ty f o ur
,
-

an d m o re h ou rs A f ter the se attac k s e i th er gr ea t we ar i n ess with

.

sa d n ess o a f ee li n g o f t e n s i o n a ll o ve r th e bo dy
,
r Bef ore th ese .

a tta c k s th e re are f r e qu e n t j e rk s of t h li m bs d u ri ng sl eep an d e

s ta ti n g u p f ro m Sl e e p a n xi o u s d re a m s g na s hi n g of th e tee th i n
r , ,

s l ee p a n d t e n d e n c y to s ta r t at a n y s u dd e n n o i se .

1
Which a l so s well at ti m es with lac h ym ati on of th e o ne eye ,
r .

’
I n s om e cases a d awi ng pai n f ro m th e n ape of th e n ec k
r
.

towa rd th e occ i pu t a t ti m es also all o ver th e wh o le hea d an d f ace

, ,

whi ch i s of te n bl oa ted f ro m it whi l e th e h e ad ach es wh e n t ou c h e d

, ,

n ot i n fre q u e n tly a tt e n d ed with n a u se a .

”Us u a lly whil e wa lki n i lly whil w lki n d m i

g e s pec a e
, a g a n o v ng

af t e r m e a l s .

‘
A t th e same ti m e everyt hi ng fre q u e n tly appea rs dar k be f o re h er
face .

8
 ’
106 H A H N EH A N N S C H RO NI C DI S EAS ES .

st itc h es wh e n o n e of th e p lace s b e co m es m oi st wh e n
i t b e co m e s m o i st a viol e nt itchin g ; t h e w h o l e c ro w n o f
th e h e ad p a i nfully s e nsitiv e to th e O p e n a i r ; w ith i t
hard sw e llin gs of th e g lands in th e n e ck .

T h e hair of th e h e ad as if p a rch e d .

T h e h a ir of th e h e ad fr e qu e nt ly falls out m o s t i n ,

front on th e cro wn and to p of th e h e ad ; b a ld S p o ts or

,

b e gi nnin g baldn e s s of c e rtain s p ots .

U nd e r th e S kin are form e d p ainful lu m p s w hich ,

‘
co m e and pa ss a way lik e bu m ps a n d round tu m ors
, .

F e e lin g of c o ntraction in th e S kin of th e scal p a n d

th e f a c e .

P al e n e ss of th e fac e du r in g th e first S l e e p with b l u e ,

ri n g s around th e e y e s .

’
Fr e qu e nt r e dn e ss of th e fac e and h eat , .

Y e ll ow i sh ; y e llow co l or of th e fac e .

S a l low y e llow i sh co m p l e x i on .

’
E rysi p e las on th e fac e .

P r e ssiv e p a in on th e e y e s e s p e cially l a t e in th e e v e n
,

i ng ; h e m ust sh u t th e m .

H e cannot look l on g at anythin g e ls e e v e ryth i n g ,

fli c k ers b e for e h i m ; obj e cts s e e m to m ov e .

T h e e y e l i ds es p ecia l ly in t h e m or n i n g are as i f
, ,

clos ed ; h e c a nnot O p e n th e m ( for m inut e s ; y ea e v e n ,

1Which a l so i n rare case s pas s o ver i n to su ppu ratio n .

’
H e at ti m es al s o be co m es qu ite wea k a nd w e ar y f rom it o r
an x i o u s an d h e pe rs pi res o n t h e u pper pa rt of th e body ; h i s e y es
,

at ti m es be co m e d i m ; e ve rythi n g b eco m e s b l a c k be f o re h i s e y es ,

h i s m i n d i s s ad ; h i s h e ad al so fe e l s as i f too f u ll with b u r n i ng i n
th e tem pl es .

a
I n so m e c as es wi th m u ch f e ver a l so at ti m es with b u r ni n g i tc h
, ,

i n g s ti ngi ng watery bli ste rs i n the f ace wh i c h tu r n i n to scabs

, ,

Erysi pel as bull os u m ) .

 H AH N EM AN N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EA S E S . 07

for hours ) ; th e ey e lid s ar e h e avy as if p a r a lyz e d or

-

convul s iv e ly clo s e d .

T h e e y e s a r e m o s t s e n s itiv e to dayli g h t ; th e y are

l
p a in e d by it a n d clos e invol u nt a r ily .

S e ns a tion of cold in th e e y es .

T h e c a nthi a r e f u ll of p u s lik e m u cus ( ey e g u m )

- -
.

T h e e d g e s of th e e y e lids full of dry m ucus .

O n th e e d g e s of th e e y e lids infl a m m a tion of sin gl e

,

M e ibo m i a n g lands or s e v e r a l of th e m .

’
I n fla m m at i on s of th e e y e s of various kinds , .

Y e llo w n es s a r o u nd t h e e y es .

Y e llo w n es s of th e whit e of t h e e y e .

‘
D i m O p a q u e S p ot s on th e c orn e a
, .

D ro p sy of th e e y e .

O bscu r a tion of th e c r ystallin e l e ns c a t a ra ct , .

S quintin g .

F a r S i g ht e dn e ss h e s e es fa r in th e dist a nc e but ca n
-
,

not cl ea r ly di s tin gui s h s m a ll obj e ct s h e ld clos e .

S hort si ght e dn e s s ; h e can s e e e v e n s m all O bj ects by

-

holdin g th e m clo s e to th e eye b u t th e m or e distant ,

t h e obj e ct i s th e m or e indi s tinct it a p p e a rs and a t a ,

g r ea t dist a n c e h e do e s not s e e it .

F a l s e vi s io n ; h e s e e s obj ec t s do u bl e or m anifold or , ,

only th e o n e h a lf of th e m
-
.

B e fo r e his e y es th e r e ar e flo a tin g as it w e r e fli e s or ,

black p oints or d a r k st r e a ks or n etwo r ks e s p e ci a l l y

, , ,

wh e n lookin g into b r i g ht d ayli ght .

1
Us u a l l y with l ess i n fla m m atio n
m o re or .

T h e fi stu la lach ry m a li s h as p o bab l y n e ver a n y oth er cau se

’
r

than th e itc hi ng disease .

O r gra y co l o r o f th e s am e
a
.

Eve n with ou t havi ng h ad an y pr ev i ous i n flamma ti o n of th e

‘
‘

e yes .
108 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

T he y e s s e e m to look thro u gh a v e il or a m ist ; th e

e

si ght b e co m e s d i m at c e rtain ti m e s .

N i ght blindn ess ; h e s e e s w e ll in dayti m e but in th e

-
,

twili ght h e cannot s e e a t a ll .

Blindn e ss by d ay ; h e can only s ee w e ll durin g th e

twili ght .

‘
A m a urosis ; unint e rru pt e d di m n e ss of vision ih
cr e a s e d fin a lly e v e n to blind n e ss .

P a infuln e ss of v a rio u s S p ots in th e fa c e th e c h e c ks , ,

th e ch e e kbon es t h e lo w e r ja w e tc
,
w h e n to u ch e d ; , .
,

whil e ch e w in g as if f e s t e rin g in wa rdly a lso li k e

,

stitch e s a n d j e rk s ; e s p e ci a lly in ch e w in g th e r e ar e
’
j e rks s titch e s a n d a t e n s ion s o th a t h e c a nnot e a t
,
.

T h e h e a rin g i s e xc ess iv e ly ir r it a t e d a n d s e n s itiv e ;

s h e c a nn o t b e a r to h ea r a b e ll rin g w ithout tr e m blin g ;

h e i s th r o w n into conv u l s ions by th e b e a tin g of t h e

dr u m e tc ; m a ny so u nd s ca u s e p a ins in th e e ar
, . .

“
Th e r e a r e stitch e s in th e e a r out w a rdly ,
.

C ra w lin g s e n s a tion a n d itchin g in th e e a r .

D ryn e ss in t h e ea r ; d r y s c a bs w ithin w ithout a n y ,

e ar -
wa x .

R u nnin g fro m th e e ar of thin usu a lly ill s m e llin g

,
-

p u s .

P uls a tionin th e e ar .

‘
Variou s s o u nds a n d noi s e s in th e ear .

l
M ore fre qu e n tly with ou t opa c ity of th e c r s y tal l in e l e ns than
with it .

’
D ur i n g ch e wi ng or speaki ng the re i s at ti m es al so a Si m ilar
t witchi n g o n th e s id es of th e h e ad wh e e protu b e ran ces lik e pa i n
,
r

f u l b u m ps o f te n ar i s e Whe n th e pai n i s s ti ll m ore u n b earabl e a nd

.

at ti m es com bi n e d with a b u r n i n g pa i n it i s ca l led Foth rgi ll s

’
,
e

p a i n i n th e f a c e .

a
Es peci ally whil e walki ng i n th e o pen ai r .

‘
S u c h as cli n ki n g r us hi ng se ethi ng roar i ng h u m m i ng c hi r p
, , , , ,
 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C HRO NI C DI S EAS E S . 109

D e afn e ss of v a r ious d e gr ee s ev e n u p to total d e af

n ess with or w ithout nois e in th e e ar ; occa siona l l y
,

wors e a ccordin g to t h e w ea th e r
,
.

S w e llin g of t h e p a r otid gl a nds l

.

E p i s t a xis m or e or l es s p rof u s e ly m ore or l e ss ft c

, ,

qu e ntly .

’
T h e nost r ils a s it w e re sto p p e d u p .

S e ns a tion of dryn ess in th e nos e troubl e so m e e v e n ,

wh e n t h e air p as s es fr e e ly .

P oly p i of th e no se ( usu a lly with t h e los s of th e

p o w e r of s m e llin )
g ; th e s e m a y e xt e n d also throu g h
th e na s a l p a ss a g e s into th e f a u c e s .

S e n s e of s m e ll w ea k lo s t , ,
.

8
S e ns e of s m e ll p e r v e rt e d .

Too v iol e nt s e n s a tion O f s m e ll hi gh e r a n d hi gh est ,

s e nsiti v e n e ss f or e v e n i m p er c e p tibl e odo rs .

S ca bs in th e nos e ; disch a r g e of p us or h a rd e n e d
c l ots of m uc u s .
‘

F e tid s m e ll in th e nos e .

N o s trils f r e q u e ntly u lc e ra t e d surro u nd e d with p i m ,

p l es a n d s c a b s .

S w e llin g a n d r e dn e s s of th e nos e o r th e ti p of th e
n o s e f r e q u e n t o r contin u a l
, ,
.

U nd e r th e n os e o r on th e u pp e r li p lon g l a stin g , ,
-

scab s o r itchin g p i m p l e s .

i ng , i
r ng ng , i d ru m m i n g th u n de ri ng , , wh i z z i n g , fl u tter i n g ,
m ur
m ur i ng , e tc .

1
ten with sti ng i n g pai n s i n th e g la n ds
Of .

'
1
Eith er On e o r bo th or a lter n ate l y fi rs t o n e th e n th e o th er ;
, , ,

ofte n th e r e i s o n ly th e se n s a ti o n of be i ng s to d u w hil e th e a i r
ppe p ,

ca n b e f re e ly d awn i n th ro u g h it r .

‘
E g th e s m e ll of m n u re o r so m e o th e r pecu li ar s m e l l I S i n th e
. .
, a

n os e .

‘
S o m e ti m es l
a so a di scharge of ac r id m ucus f ro m th e n ose .
 1 10 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C H R O N I C DI S EA S E S .

T he r ed of th e li ps i s quit e p al e .

T he r e d of th e li p s is dry sca bby , , p ee lin g o ff i

; t
c ha p s .

S w e l lin g of t h e li p s e s pe ci ally o f th e u p pe r li p
,
1
.

T h e insid e of th e li ps i s lin e d with littl e sores o r

b l ist e rs ’
.

C ut a n e ous e ru p tion of th e b e ard and of th e roo ts of

th e h a irs of t h e b e ard with itchin g , .

’
E ru p tions of th e fa c e of innu m e rabl e kin d s .

Glands of th e l ow e r j aw s woll e n so m e ti m e s passi n g ,

ov e r into chronic su p p u ra tion .

Gland u l a r sw e llin g s down th e S id e s of th e n e ck .

Gu m s bl ee din g at a sli g ht touch .

Gu m s th e e xt e rnal or th e int e rn a l p ai n ful as if

, , ,

fro m wounds .

G u m s w ith e rosiv e itchin g

, .

Gu m s w hitish s w oll e n p ainful on to uchin g

, , ,
.

Gu m s re c e ssion l e a vin g th e front t e e th and t h e i r

, ,

roots bar e .

Gn a shin g of th e t e e th du r in g sl ee p .

L oos e n e ss of th e t e e th and m a ny kinds of d et or t ,

o ration of t h e t e e th e ve n w ithout toothach e , .

Tooth a ch e of innu m e ra bl e v a ri e ti es with v aryi n g ,

ca us e s of e xcit a tion .

S h e c a nnot re m aI n I n b e d a t ni ght owin g to toot h ,

ac h e .

O n th e ton g u e p a inful blist e rs and so r e p l a c e s

, .

‘
ti m es with a bu r n i ng biti ng pa i n
At , .

O ft e n ve r y pa i n f u l co m i n g a n d pass i n g awa y
’
, .

M ilk c r u s t
‘ -
p i m p l,e s bl o t c h e s h erp e s
,
a n d c ar ci n,o m atouo
ulce rs of th e n ose l i ps an d f a c e (a l so c a l l ed ca n cer ) with b ur n i ng
, ,

an d s ti ng i n g pa i n .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EAS ES . 1 11

Ton g u e w hit e coat e d whit e or furr e d whit e

,
.

T on g u e pal e bluish w hit e

,
- .

Ton gu e full of d e e p furro w s ; h e re and th er e as if ,

to rn abov e .

Ton g ue d ry .

S e ns a tion of dryn ess on th e ton g u e e v e n whi l e it i s ,

pr o p e rly m oist .

S tutt e ri n g sta m m e rin g ; also at ti m e s s udd e n at

,

tac ks of in a bility to S p e a k .

O n t h e insid e of th e C h e e ks p ainful blist e rs or

s or e s .

Flow of blood f r o m th e m outh ; oft e n se v e re .

S e nsa tion of dryn e s s of th e whol e int e rnal m o uth ,

1
or m e r e ly i n S p ots or d e e p down in th e throat
, .

F eti d s m e l l fro m th e m outh .

Burnin g in t h e throat .

C on s tant flo w of saliva e s pe ci a lly whil e S p e aki n g

, ,

part ic u la r ly in th e m ornin g .

C o ntinu a l S p itt i n g of saliv a .

Fr e qu e nt m ucus d e e p do w n in th e throat ( th e
fa uc e s ) w hich h e has to hawk u p a n d e x p e cto rat e fr e
,

quen tly duri ng th e d a y e s p e ci a lly in th e m ornin g

, .

Fre qu e ntly infl a m m a tion of th e thro a t and swe lli n g ,

of th e p a rts us e d in swallo w in g .

I nsi p i d sli m y tast e in th e m outh

, .

I ntol e rably s w e e t t a st e in th e m outh al m ost con ,

sta n tly .

’
B itt e r t a st e in th e m outh , m ostlyin the m ornin g .

l
C h i e fly o n wa ki ng u p a t n ig ht o r i n th e m or n i n g wi th or wi th ,

ou t thi rs t ; with a g rea t d ea l o f d r y n ess i n th e th roat o f t e n a pri c k ,

i ng pai n i n swall owi ng .

N ot rarely this i s co nsta n t .

1 12 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C H R O NI C DI S EAS E S .

S ou rish a n d sour tast e in th e m outh e s p ecial l y aft e r ,

1
ea tin g thou gh th e food t a st e d a ll ri g ht
, .

P utrid and fe tid t a st e in th e m outh .

Bad s m e ll i n th e m outh so m eti m e s m o u ldy so m e

'

, ,

ti m e s p ut rid lik e old ch e e s e or lik e f e tid foot sw e at ,

-
,

or lik e rott e n s our kra ut .

E ruct a tions w ith th e t a st e of th e food s e v e r al hours

, ,

a ft e r e atin g .

E ruct a tions e m p ty lo u d of m e r e air u n c o n tro ll

, , , ,

abl e oft e n for hours not in f r e q u e ntly at ni g ht

, , .

I nco m p l e t e e r uctation w hich c a us e s m e r e ly c o n v u l

,

siv e shocks in th e fa u c es w itho u t co m in g out of th e

m o u th .

E ructatio n so ur e ith e r fa s tin g o r aft e r food es

, , ,
‘

p e c ia lly a ft e r m ilk .

E ruct a tion w hich e xcit e s to vo m itin g

, .

E ru c t a tion r a ncid ( es p ec i a lly a ft e r e a tin g fat thin gs )

, .

E r uct ation p ut r id or m o uldy ea rly in t h e m o r nin g

, , .

F r e qu e nt e ru c t a tions b e fo r e m e a ls with a sort of ,

rabid h u n g e r .

H e a rt burn m o r e o r l e ss fr e qu e nt ; th e re is a burn l
-
,
-

i n g alon g th e c h e s t e s p e ci a lly a ft e r bre a kfa st or w hi l e

, ,

m ovin g t h e body .

Wat e r bra sh a g u s hin g dischar g e of a so rt of s a l i

-
,

vary fl u id f r o m th e sto m a ch pr e c e d e d by writhin g ,

p ain s in t h e sto m a ch ( t h e p a ncr e a s ) with a s e ns a tio n ,

of we a kn es s ( sh a kin e ss ) n a us e a c a usin g a s it w e r e a ,

swoon a n d ga th e rin g of t h e s a li v a in th e m o u th e v e n
, ,
’
at n i ght .

l
R are ly a n off e n s ve i ly s w ee t tas te i n th e m ou th ,
e ve n w ith o ut
ea ti ng o r d ri n ki n g .

’
This al so at ti m es t u r ns i n to v om iti ng of wa t e r , m u cus , or a
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S . 1 13

T he rulin g co m p laints in a n y p a r t of th e body are

e xcit e d aft e r e a tin g fr e sh f r u it e s p e ci a lly if this is
,

a cidulous a l so a ft e r A c e tic a cid ( i n s a l a ds etc

, , .

1
N a us e a e arly in th e m ornin g .

N a us e a e v e n to vo m itin g in th e m ornin g i m ,

m e diat e ly a ft e r risin g fro m b e d d e cr e as in g fro m

,

m otion .

N a u s ea a l ways a ft e r ea tin g fa tty thin gs or m il k .

Vo m itin g blood .

H iccou gh aft e r e a tin g or drinki n g .

S w a l l owin g i m p e de d by s p a s m s e v e n causin g a m an ,

to d i e o f h u n g e r .

S pas m odi c invol unt a ry s w a llo w in g

, .

Fre qu e nt s e n s a tion of f a stin g and of e m p tin e ss i n

th e sto m a ch ( o r a bdo m e n ) ,not u nfr e qu e ntly w ith
m uch s a liv a in th e m outh .

Rav e no u s hun ge r ( ca nin e h u n g e r ) e s p e ci a lly e a r l y ,

i n th e m o r nin g ; h e h a s to e a t at o n c e e l s e h e g rows
faint e xh a ust e d and S h a ky ( or if h e i s in th e o p e n air
,

h e h a s to li e st r a i ght do w n ) .

R a v e nou s h u n g e r w ith ru m blin g a n d g r u m blin g in

th e a bdo m e n .

A p p e tit e w itho u t h u n g er ; S h e h a s a d e si r e to sw a l
low do w n in h a s te v a r io u s thin gs w ithout th e r e b e i n g
any cr a vi n g th e r e fo r i n th e sto m a c h .

A so r t of h u n ge r ; b u t w h e n s h e th e n e a ts e v e r s o
l ittl e S h e f e e ls at onc e s a ti a t e d a n d f ull
, .

Wh e n S h e want s to e at S h e f e e ls full in th e c h e st
,

and h e r thro a t fe e ls a s if fu l l of m u c us .

g us h of a c r id ac id — m o r e f r e q u e n t l y a f t e r e a ti n g fl o u r d u m pli n gs ,

veget ab l e s c au s i n g fl a t u l e n c e b a k e d pru n es e tc
, , .

l
of te n co m i ng ver y s u dd e n l y .
1 14 H AH N EH AN N S
’
C H RO N I C DI S EAS E S .

W ant of a p pe tit e ; only a so rt of gnawin g turn i ng ,

and wr i thi n g in t h e s to m ach ur ge s h e r to eat .

R e p ug nanc e to c o ok e d war m f oo d e s pe ci a ll y to , ,

boi l e d m e a t and ha rdly a n y l o n g in g for anythi ng but

,
l
ry e - bre ad ( with butt e r ) or for p otato es , .

I n t h e m ornin g at onc e thirst ; const a n t thi rst

, , .

I n th e p i t of th e sto m ach th e re is a s e n s ati on of

swe llin g p ainf ul to th e touch
, .

S e nsa tion of co l dn ess in th e p i t of th e s to m ac h .

P r e ssur e in t h e sto m ach or in th e p i t of th e st o mach ,

as fro m a ston e or a con s trictin g p ain

,

I n th e sto m ach b e atin g a n d pu l sa ti on e v e n wh en

, ,

fastin g .

S p as m in th e sto m a ch ; p ain i n th e pi t of t he stomach

’
as if drawn to g e th e r .

Gri p in g in th e sto m a ch ; a p ainful g ri p i n g i n th e

sto m ach it sudd e nly constricts th e sto m ach e s peci ally ,

aft e r cold drinkin g .

P ain in th e sto m ach as i f sor e wh e n e atin g even , ,

th e m ost har m l e ss kinds of foods .

P r e ssur e in t h e sto m a ch e v e n wh e n fasti n g but , ,

m or e fro m e v e ry kind of food or fro m p art ic u lar ,

dish es fr u it gre e n v e g e tabl e s rye br e ad foo d con

, , ,
-
,

“
ta inin g vin e ga r e tc , .

Es pec i a lly yo u th a nd c hildh ood

in .

‘
I n so m e ca ses e ve n whil e f as ti ng a n d ca u si ng h i m to wak e u p ,

o u t of s l ee p at n ig ht s o m e ti m es o ppres s i n g th e b rea thi n g

, .

Usu ally a sh o rt ti m e af te r ea ti ng .

‘
N o t i n f req ue n tly with v o m iti n g of m u c u s a n d wa ter wi th out ,

wh ic h i n su ch a c ase th e g ri pi n g i s n ot a l l e v ia te d .

Eve n af te r par ta ki ng of th e s l ig hte s t quan tity of such th i ngs ,

th e e m ay al so e n s u e c o l i c pa i n o r n u m b n ess of th e j a ws teari ng
r , ,

p a i n i n th e t ee th C O pi
,
o u s a c c u m u l a ti o n o f m u c u s i n th e th roat ,

etc .
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D u ri n gatin g fe e l s dizzy a n d giddy thre at e nin g to

e , ,

fall to o n e S id e .

A ft e r th e S li g ht e st s u pp e r nocturnal h ea t in b ed ;
°

i n th e m ornin g consti p a tion and e xc e e din g lassi

,

tud e .

A ft e r m e als a nxi e ty and co l d p e rs p ira tion with

, ,
1
anxi e ty .

D u rin g e a tin g p e rs pira tion , .

I m m e diat e ly aft e r e atin g vo m itin g , .

A ft e r m ea ls p r e ss u r e a nd burnin g in t h e st o m ach
, ,

or in th e e p i ga striu m a l m ost lik e h e a rtburn ,

.

A ft e r e atin g bu r n in g in oeso p h a g us fro m b e low up

,

wa rd .

’
A ft e r m e als di s t e nsion of t h e a bdo m e n
, .

”
A ft e r m e als v e ry tire d and S l e e p y
, .

A ft e r m e als a s if intoxic a t e d , .

Aft e r m e a l s h e a d a ch e , .

A ft e r m e als p a l p it a tion of th e h e a rt
, .

A ll e viation of s e v e r a l e v e n r e m ot e co m p laints fro m

, ,

e atin g .

T h e flat us do e s not p a ss o ff but m ov e s about caus , ,

4
i n g m any a il m e nts of body a n d of S p irit .

1
Th ere m ay al so b e pai ns re ne we d n o w a n d th e n ; e g s titc h es
, . .
,

i n th e li ps gr i pi ng a nd digg i n g i n th e abd o m e n press u re i n th e

, ,

c h es t h e a vi n ess i n th e b a c k a nd th e s m a ll of t h e b a c k e ve n to
, ,

n au se a ; wh e n n o thi n g b u t a n ar tifi c i a lly e x c it e d vo m iti n g wil l

g i ve r e li e f With .so m e th e a ng ui s h i s aggrava t e d a f t e r e a ti n g ,

e ve n to a n i m pu l e to d es t r oy th e m se l ves by s tra n gu l ati o n

s .

With thi s a t ti m es wea ri n e ss i n th e ar m s and l egs

, , .

O f te n u n ti l th e pa ti e n t l i e s d o wn a n d s l ee ps .

‘
A t ti m e s d r awi ng pa i n s i n th e li m bs e spec i ally i n th e l owe r ,

l i m bs or s titc hes i n th e pi t of th e s tom c h or i n th e s ide of th e

,
a ,

a bd om en etc , .
1 16 H A H N EM AN N S
’
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l
T he abdo m e n is dist e nd e d by flat us th e a bdo m e n ,

f ee ls full e s pe ci a lly aft e r a m e al

, .

S e nsation as if th e fla tus a sc e nd e d ; fol l o w e d by

e ruct a tions — th e n oft e n a s e n sa tion of burn in g in th e
throat o r vo m itin g by d a y and by ni ght
, .

P ain in th e hy p o c hond ria wh e n touch e d and in m o ,

tion o r also du rin g r e st

, .

C onstrictin g pa in in th e e p i ga s triu m i m m e di a t e l y ,

und e r th e ribs .

C utti n g p ains in th e a bdo m e n as if f r o m obst r uct e d ,

'

flat a s ; th e re is a con s tant s e ns ation of fuln e s s in th e

a bdo m e n — t h e fl a tu s ris e s u pw ar ds .

C uttin g p a in s in th e a bdo m e n a l m o s t d a ily e s p ec i a ll y ,

w ith c hildre n oft e n e r in th e m ornin g than in oth e r

,

p art s of th e d a y so m e ti m e s d a y a n d ni ght wi thout

, ,

diarr h oea .

C u ttin g pa in s in t h e a bdo m e n e s p e ci a lly on th e o n e ,

’
sid e of th e a bdo m e n or th e g r oin , .

I n t h e a bdo m e n q u a l m i s hn es s a s e n s atio n of v oid

, ,
3
n e s s di s a g re e a bl e e m p tin ess ; e v e n i m m e di at e ly a ft e r
,

e atin g h e f e lt a s if h e h a d n o t e a t e n a nythin g
, .

F r o m th e s m a ll of t h e b a ck a ro u n d th e a bdo m e n , ,

e s p e c i a lly b e lo w t h e sto m a ch a s e ns a tion of c o n s tri c ,

tion a s fr o m a b a n d a g e a f ter S h e h a d h a d n o stool for

,

s e v e ra l d a y s .

1
T h e fl a tu s o f en t d s ; l ess f re qu e n tly gr ea t q uan tity of
a s ce n a

flatu s i s di s ch a rge d e s pe c i a l ly i n th e m or n i n g w ith o u t s m e l l a n d

, ,

with o u t a ll e vi ati ng th e o th e r ail m e n ts ; i n o th e r cas e s fl a t u l e n c e ,

with a g reat q u a n tity o f e x ces s i v e l y f e tid fla tu s pas s i n g off .

T h e c u tti ng pai n al s o a t ti m es pa sse s d o wn i n t o th e rec t u m a n d

3

down th e thigh .

I n so m e ca ses a lte r n a ti n g with a co n trac ti ve pa i n i n th e a bd o

3 -
r
.

m en .
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P a in in th e liv e r w h e n touchin g th e r i ght S id e of th e

,

abdo m e n .

P a in in th e l iv e r a p r e s su r e a n d t e n s ion a t e nsion
,
—
b e lo w t h e r ib s on th e r i g ht sid e .

B e lo w th e l a st r ibs ( in th e hy p ochondria ) a t e nsion ,

a n d p r e ss u r e a ll o v e r w hich ch e c ks th e b r e athin g a n d
,

m ak e s th e m ind a nxio u s a n d s a d .

—
P a in in th e liv e r stitch e s m ostly wh e n stoo p in g
,

quickly .

I nfl a m m a tion of th e liv e r .

1
P r e s s u re in th e a bdo m e n a s f r o m a ston e .

H a r dn e ss of th e a bd o m e n .

C r a m p y c oli c a g r a s p in g p a in in t h e bo we l s
, .

I n coli c coldn e ss on o n e sid e of th e a bdo m e n

, .

A cl u cki n g c r o a kin g a n d a udibl e r u m bli n g and

,
2
g ru m blin g in th e a bdo m e n .

S O c a ll e d u t e r in e s p a s m s lik e l a bo r p ains gr a s p in g
-
, ,

p a in s oft e n co m p e llin g th e pa ti e nt to li e do w n ft c ,

qu e ntly q u ickly dist e ndin g th e a bdo m e n w ithout flatu

l en ce .

I n th e lo w e r a bdo m e n p a in s p r e s sin g down to wa rd

,

“
th e g e nit a ls .

I n gu in a l h e rni as oft e n p a inf ul w hil e S p e a kin g and

,

4
sin gin g .

1
Whi c h of te n ri ses to th e pi t of th e stom ach diggi n g and caus ,

i n g vom iti n g ,

1
A t ti m es o n ly i n th e l e f t s id e o f t h e a bd o m e n pa s s i ng u pwa r ds ,

with th e i n s pi ra ti o n a n d d o wn war d w ith th e e x pi rati o n .

3
Pre ssi ng d o wn as i f to cau se a pro laps u s a nd w he n it i s pas sed ,

sh e f e els he avy i n a ll h e r li m b s th e li m b s go to Sl ee p , s h e m us t

s tr et c h a n d e xt e n d h e r li m b s .

I n g ui n al h er n ias r i s e as a r u l e o n l y f r o m i n ter nal Psora e x ,

cepti n g t h e f e w cas es wh e n th e s e pa rts ar e i n j u red by g rea t ex

,
1 18 H AH N EM A N N S
’
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S w e l l i n gs of th e in g uina l gl ands which so m eti m e s ,

turn into su p pura tion .

C onsti patio n d e lay e d stoo l s so m eti m e s for s e v e ra l

d a y s not infr e q u e ntly with r e p e at e d in e ff ec tua l u rgi n g
,

to stool .

S tools h a rd as if burnt in s m a ll k n ot s l ik e S h e e p
, , ,

dun g O ft e n cov e r e d w ith m ucus so m e ti m e s also e n

, ,

ve lo p e d by v e inl e ts of blood .

S tools of m e re m ucu s ( m uco u s p il e s ) .

P ass a ge of round w or m s f r o m th e a nus .

D isch a r ge of p i e c es O f ta p e w or m -
.

S tools in th e b e g innin g v e ry h a rd and troubl e so m e

, ,

follo we d by diarrh oea .

V e ry p a l e w hitish s t ool ,
.

Gray stool s .

Gr e e n s tools .

C l a y color e d stool s
-
.

S tool s w ith p utrid so u r s m e ll , .

A t th e stools c uttin g p a ins in th e r e ctu m

, .

S tools S ho w di a rrh oea for s e v e ra l w e e ks m onths , ,

l
y e a rs .

Fre qu e ntly r e p eat e d di a rr h oea w1th cuttin g p a i ns , .

in th e abd o m e n la s t i n g s e v e ra l d a ys , .

A ft e r a s tool es p e ci a lly a ft e r a s oft e r m or e co p io us

, ,
’
e v ac u a tion gr e a t a n d s u dd e n p r o s tra tion
,
.

tern l vi ol e nce o r w hen th e h er n ia aris es from su perh u man e z er

a ,
'

ti o ns of th e body th ro ugh li f ti ng or pus hi ng qu ic kly while i n a ,

g r ea t f r ig ht .

1
Us u l l y preced ed by r u m bli ng or fe me n t ation i n the abdom e n
a r

c hie fly i n th e m o r n i ng .

1
Es pec i ll y wea k n es s i n th e pi t o f th e s tom ac h an xi e ty rest
a , , ,

lessn ess a l so at ti me s c hill s i n th e a bd om e n or th e s ma ll of th e

,

bac k etc
,
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’
HR O NI C DI S EA S E S . 1 19

Di arrh oea soon , so w eak e ni n g t hat S h e can not wa l k

,

a l on e .

P a i nl e ss and p a i nfu h e m or rhoidal var i c e s o n th e l l

anus in th e r e ctu m ( b ind p il e s )

, l .

Bl e e din g h e m orrhoidal varic e s on th e a nus or in th e

r ec tu m ( runnin g p il e s ) e s p e ci a lly durin g stoo l s aft e r
’
, ,

which th e h e m orrhoids oft e n p ain viol e nt l y for a l o ng

ti m e .

W i th bloody d i schar ge s i n th e a nus or in th e re c

t u m e b u llition of blood throu g h th e body and S hort
,

bre ath i n g .

Form ica tion and itchin g for m ica tion in th e re ctu m ,

w ith or w i thout th e dischar ge of a scarid e s .

I tchin g a nd e rosion in th e anus and th e p e rin aeu m .

P oly p i in th e r e ctu m .

D urin g m icturition anxi ety also at ti m e s p rostra , ,

t i on .

At ti m e s too m uch u ri n e i s discha r ge d succ e e d e d by ,

’
gre a t w e arin ess .

P a inful re t e ntion of urin e ( with C hi l dr e n and o l d

peopl e ) .

Wh e n h e i s chill e d ( f e e ls cold throu gh and t h rou gh ) ,

h e cannot urin a t e .

At ti m e s o w in g to flatu l e nc e s h e cannot urinat e , .

T h e ur e th r a is const rict e d in p a rts e s p e cially in th e ,

‘
m o rnin g .

1
Whic h i nf requ e n tly h ave a s l i m y fl u id oo i ng f rom th em
n ot z .

Fi stula i n a no h ave prob ab l y n e ve r a ny o th e r c ause th an this

1

mal a dy es pe ci ally wh e n to thi s th ere are add e d a s ti m u l ati ng di et

, ,

an ex cess i n s pi r it u o u s liq u o rs f r e qu e n t l a x a ti ves a s e d e n tary

, ,

occu pati o n a n d a b u se of th e Se x u a l i n s ti n ct .

D i a betes whi c h wi th A ll opa thi c rem e di es i s usually so f atal

1
, ,
has pro ba bly n e ve r a n y o th e r o ri gi n th a n this m a l a dy .

T h e u ri ne f re q ue n tly pa ss es ofi as thi n as a th re a d o r th e ,
1 20 H AH N EM A N N S C
’
HR O NI C DI S EA S E S .

P re ssure on th e bl a dd e r a s if fro m an ur gi n g to u ri
,

n at e i m m e diat e ly a ft e r drinkin g
, .

H e cannot ho l d th e urin e for any l e n gt h of ti m e i t ,

p r e ss e s on t h e b l add e r a n d p ass e,s o ff whil e h e wa l k s ,

s n e e z e s cou g hs or lau gh s
, .

Fr e qu e nt m icturi tion at ni ght h e has to get u p ft c

qu e ntly at ni ght for that p ur pos e .

U rin e p ass e s off in sl e e p invol untari l y .

A ft e r urinatin g th e u r in e cont i nu e s t o dri p out f or

,

a lon g ti m e .

Whitish urin e with a sw e et i sh s m ell a n d tast e

, ,

p as se s o ff in e xc e ssiv e abundanc e with p rostration , ,

e m a ciation and in e xtin g u i s h a bl e hi r st ( diab e t e s )

t .

D u rin g urination burnin g a lso lancinatin g p ains i n

, ,

th e ur e thra and th e n e ck of th e bladd e r .

U r in e of p e n e tra tin g S h a r p odor , .

T h e urin e quickly d e p osits a s e di m e nt .

T h e urin e disch a r g e d is a t onc e turbid l i k e wh e y .

With th e urin e th e re i s di s char g ed fro m t i m e to ti m e

a r ed sand ( kidn e y gr it s ) .

D a r k y e llow urin e
- .

Brown urin e .

Bl a ckish urin e .

U rin e with blood p a rticl es a l so at ti m e s co m pl e t e ,

h e m a tu r ia .

t
s r ea m s pread s ou t ; ly d is c harged i n j e rk s at lOng
i
th e u r n e i s on

i n te rval s ; th es e i n t e ru pti o n s a re f requ en tly ca use d by a spas m i n

r

th e n e c k of th e bl adde r whi c h a n tagon iz es th e ac ti o n o f th e bla d

d er a n d s pr i n gs f rom th e sa m e Pso ri c m al ady S o a lso i n fl a m m a .

ti o n o f th e bl a dder f ro m s tr i c t u res of th e u r eth ra a nd th e fi s tula ,

i n ves i ca are al ways of Ps or i c orig i n th ough i n are cas es sy cosi s

, r

m ay be com pli cated wi th th e Ps or a .

 H AH N EM A N N S
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C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S . 12 1

D i s charg e of p rostatic fl uid aft e r urin a tion but e s p e ,

c i a lly aft e r a di ffi c u lt stoo l ( a lso a l m ost c o n s t a nt dr i p

1
p gin o f t h e s a m e ) .

N oc turnal p as sa g e of s e m e n too fre q u e nt o n e two , , ,

2
or th r e e ti m es a w e e k or ev e n e v e ry ni g ht , .

N i g htly dis c h a r g e of th e g e nit a l fl uid in a wo m an ,

with volu p tuo u s dr e a m s .

N octurnal p oll u tions e v e n if not fre qu e nt ye t i m , ,

’
m e di a t e ly att e nd e d by e v i l co n s e qu e nc e s .

S e m e n p ass e s o ff al m ost i nvoluntarily in d a yt i m e ,

wi th littl e e x c it a tion oft e n e v e n without e r e ction

, .

E r e ctions v e r y f r e q ue nt lon g c on t inuin g v e ry p ain , ,

f u l w ithout p oll u tions .

T h e s e m e n i s not disch a r g e d e v e n durin g a lon g ,

4
continu e d coition a n d with a p r o pe r e rec tion but it ,

p a ss e s O ff a ft e r w a r d in noctu r nal pol l utions or with th e

u r in e .

A ccu m u l ation of wat e r i n th e tunica va g in a lis of th e

t e s ti c l e ( hydro c e l e ) .

Th e r e is n e v e r a co m pl e t e e r e c tion e v e n with th e ,

m o s t vol u p t u o u s e x c it e m e nt .

1
ti
S o m e m es a l so c o n s u m pti o n f ro m t h e c o n s ta n t o o i n g ou t o f z

t h e p os ta t ic fl u id
r .

1
With h eal thy c has te y ou ng m en po l l u ti on s n atu rally o n ly ta k e ,

p l a c e e ve y t we l ve o r f o u t e e n d ay s with o u t a n y a tte n di n g t ro u bl es
r r , ,

a n d th e y are f oll owe d by c h e e rf u l n ess a n d a f ee l i n g o f s t re ng th

a n d s er e n ity .

a
G loo m i n ess o bt us e n ess di m n ess of th e thi n ki n g powe rs di
, , ,

m i n i s h e d vi vid n ess o f th e i m agi na ti o n wan t o f m e m o ry d e , ,

p re ss i o n m e l n c h o ly ; th e v i s i o n i s w e a k e n e d as we ll a s th e di ges
, a ,

tio n n d th e appe tite ; s tools are r etai n ed a ru s h of bl ood to th e

a ,

h ead e n s ues also to wa rd th e anus etc

, , .

4
T h e t es ti cl es i n s u c h a c as e a re n e ve r dr a wn up to th e b ody b u t ,

h ang down m ore o r l ess .

12 2 H A H N EM A N N S C
’
HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

P a inful twitch e s in th e m uscl es of t h e p e nis .

I tchin g of th e scrotu m which is so m e ti m es b e s e t ,

with p i m p l e s and sc a bs .

O n e or both of th e t e sticl e s chronically swoll e n or ,

sho win g a knotty ind ura tion ( S a r cocele ) .

D windlin g di m inution disa pp e aranc e of on e or bot h

, ,

t e sti c l e s .

I nd u ra tion and e nl ar ge m e nt of th e p rost a tic gl a nd .

D ra w in g p ain in th e t es ticl e a n d t h e S p e r m a tic

C ho r d .

P ain a s fro m contusion in th e t e sticl e .

L ack of s e x u a l d e sir e in both s e x e s e ith e r fr e qu e nt ,

l
or constant .

’
U ncontroll a bl e ins a ti a bl e lasc i viousn e ss with a c a ,

c h e c ti c co m p l e xion a n d sickly body .

S t er ility i m p ot e n c e w it h out a n y ori gin a l o rga ni c

, ,
8
d e f e ct in th e s e xu a l p a rts .

l
O f te n f o r years ,
e
y ,a y y ears T h e m al e a n d th e f em ale
f or m a n .

g e n it a l p ar t s c a n n o t th e n b e e x c it e d t o an y agr e e a bl e o r v olu pt u

o u s se n sati o n — th e b o dy o f th e m a l e pe n i s h a n gs d o wn e l a x e d i s r ,

thi n n er th an th e g la n s pe n is whi c h fee l s cold a n d i s of a bl u is h o r

,

white col o r ; i n th e f e m l e par ts th e l a bi a are n o t e x c ita bl e th e y

a ,

a re r e l a x e d a n d s m all ; th e v a gi n a a l m os t n u m b a n d i n se n s ibl e a n d ,

u s u al l y d r y ; s om e tim es th e re i s a fa ll i n g o u t o f th e h ai r of th e
p u d e n d a o,
r a n e n ti r e b a r e n e ss o f t h e f e m a l e g e n it a l par t s .

1
M e t ro m a n ia a n d N y m ph o m an i a a r e of th e sa m e or ig i n .

1
T oo f re q u e n t co iti o n f ro m i m po t e n t l as c i v i o u s n e ss with to o ,

s u dd e n a pass i n g off o f i m m a t u r e w a t e r y se m e n o r l ac k of e rec

, ,

ti o n o r l ac k o f th e i ss u e o f se m e n or l ac k of s e x u al des i re
, ,

m e n s es too c opi ou s o r a co n sta n t fl o w o f bl oo d ; wat ery s can ty o r

, ,

defi ci e n t m e n ses ; copi o us di s ch rge of m u c u s fro m th e vagi n aa

( le u c o r r h cxe a ) i n,
d u a t erd o v a i e s r t h e b ,
e a t s h av re es ith e r d w i n dl e d
dow n or be com e k n otty ; i n se nsibi l ity or m e re ly pa i n f u l se nsibi l ity
,

o f th e g e n ita l orga n s ar e m ere ly t h e pr xi m at e u s u al s y m pt om s o f

,
o

s te r ility or i m po te n c e with th e o n e se or t h e o th er
x .
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’
C HR O NI C DI S EA S E S . 12 3

D isord e rs of th e m e nstrual function ; th e m e ns e s d o

not a pp e ar r e g ularly on th e tw e nty e i g hth day aft e r -

th e i r las t a pp e aranc e th e y do not co m e on without oth e r

,

ail m e nts and not a t onc e and do not continu e st e adi l y ,

for thre e or four days with a m od e r a t e quantity of

h e althy colored m ild blood until on t h e fourth d ay it
-
, ,

i m p e rc e p tibly co m e s to an e n d witho u t any di s turb

anc e of th e ge n era l h e alth of body and s p i r it ; nor ar e
th e m e ns e s continu e d to t h e fo rty e i g hth or fifti e th -

y e a r nor do th e y c e as e g ra du a lly a n d without any

,

troubl e s .

T h e m e ns e s a re S lO W in s e ttin g in aft e r th e fift ee nth

y e ar a n d l at e r or a ft e r a p p e a rin g on e or m ore ti m e s
, ,
1
th e y c e a s e for s e v e r a l m onths a n d for y e a rs .

T h e m e n s e s do not k e e p th e ir r e g ular p e riods th e y ,

e i th e r co m e s e v e r a l d a ys too e a r ly so m e ti m e s e v e r y ,
’
thre e w e e ks o r e v e n e v e r y fortni ght
, .

T h e m e ns e s flow only o n e day only a f e w hours or , ,

in i m p e rc e p tibly s m a ll qu a ntiti es .

T h e m ens e s flo w for fi v e S i x e i ght a n d m or e days , , ,

but only int e r m itt e ntly a littl e flow e v e ry six tw e lv e

, , ,

t w e nty fo u r ho u rs a n d th e n th e y ce as e fo r half or
-
,

whol e d a y s b e for e m ore i s disch a rg e d

, .

T h e m e ns e s fl o w too stron g ly for w e e ks or r e turn , ,

a l m ost d a ily ( bloody

1
Co n se q u e n t sall ow pa len ess a n d tu m efacti on of th e f ace h eavi ,

n ess o f th e li m bs swe lli ng o f th e f ee t c hilli n es s weari n ess a s th m a

, , , ,

( c hl o r o s i s ), e tc .

1
T h e m e n se s rarely c o m e se v eral d a ys too l ate a nd fl o w th e n i n ,

to o gr e at a bu n da n ce with pros t ra ti n g wea ri ness an d m an y o th e r

,

ai l m e n ts
.

‘
O fte n fo ll o we d by s we lli n g of th e f ace o f th e h an d s a n d f ee t , ,
 24 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S .

M e ns e s of wat e ry b l ood or of brown c l ots of blood .

M e ns e s of v e ry f etid blood .

M e ns e s acco m p ani e d with m any a i l m e nts swoon s ,

or ( m ostly stitchin g ) h e a d a ch e s or contractiv e S p as , ,

m odic cuttin g p a i ns in t h e a bdo m e n and in t h e s m al l

,

o f th e b ac k ; s h e is obli ge d to li e do w n vo m it etc , , .

P oly p i in th e va gi n a .

L e ucorrh oea fro m th e v a g ina o n e o r s e v e ral d a y s ,

b e for e or soon aft e r th e m onthly flow of blood or

, , ,

durin g th e who l e ti m e fro m th e o n e m e nstru a l dis

charg e to t h e oth e r w ith a di m inution of th e m e ns e s
, ,

or con tin u in g sol e ly in s t e ad of th e m e ns e s ; th e flow is

l ik e m ilk or like whi te or y e ll ow m ucus or lik e acrid
, , , ,

or so m e ti m e s l ik e f e tid w a t e r l
, .

a i n f u l s pa s m s i n th e b reas t a n d th e a bd o m e n i nn u m e ra bl e a i l
p ,

m en ts f rom n er v ou s de bility e x cess i ve s e n s iti ve n ess as we ll i n

, ,

e n e r al as o f part i c u l ar s e n so r y o rga ns e tc a n d b ef ore th e a p

g , , .
,

a ran ce o f th e fl o w a n xio u s d rea m s f r e qu e n t a wa k e n i n gs wi th a

p e , ,

ru s h o f bl oo d to th e h ea d pa l pit ati o n , r e s tl ess n ess e tc

, With a , .

m ore vi ol e n t fl ow of bl ood f ro m th e u te ru s th er e ar e of te n c u tti n g ,

a i n s i n th e o n e s id e o f th e a bd o m en a n d i n th e g ro i n ; th e c u tti n g
p
p a i n so m e ti m e s d esce n d s i n t o th e re c tu m an d i n t o th e thig h ; th e n

S h e fre q u e n tly ca nn ot u r i n at e . or s i t d o w n ,
o n a c co u n t o f h e r
,

p a i n s ; a f t e r th e se pa i n s th e a bd o m e n a c h e s a s i f it w e re f e s t e r i n g .

1
L e u co rrh txea e s pec ially t h e m o re m al ign a n t ki n d i s a ecom
, ,

p a n i e d by a n i n n u m era bl e m u ltit u d e of a il m e n ts N o t to m e n ti o n .

th e l es ser o n es ( u ch as th e it c hi n g of th e pu d e n da a nd th e v agi n a
s ,

with e x c o r i ati o n on th e o u ts id e of th e pu d e n d a a n d th e ad j a
ce n t par t o f th e thi gh es pe c i a lly i n walki n g ) hy s t e ri c a l s t a t es o f
, ,

all ki n d s f ol l o w th e m o re s e ve re cases of thi s tr ou bl eso m e fl u x as ,

a l so di s t u r ba n c es o f th e m i n d a n d s pi rit m e l a n c h o ly i n san ity epi

, , ,

leps y etc O f te n it com es i n th e for m o f a n attac k an d th e n it i s

,
.
,

p r e ce d e d by a di ggi n g i n th e o n e s id e of th e abd o m e n or by b u m ,

i ng i n th e s to m ach i n th e l o wer a bd om e n i n th e v ag i na or s titc h es

, ,

i n th e vagi n a an d i n th e m o u th of th e u t er u s or a cons tri c ti ve ,

 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S . 12 5

P r e m atur e bi rths .

D urin g p r e g n a nci es g r e at w e arin e ss naus ea f re , ,

qu e nt vo m itin g swoons p a inf u l varicos e v e in s on th e

, ,

thi g hs and th e l e gs a nd also at ti m e s on th e labia

, ,

hyst e ric ail m e nt s of v a rious kind s etc , .

C o ryza at on c e w h e n e v e r S h e co m e s into th e O p e n
,

air ; th e n usually a stu ff e d co r yza w hil e in h e r roo m .

D ry coryza a n d a stu ff e d nos e oft e n or al m ost con ,

sta n t ly a lso so m e ti m e s wi th int e r m issions

, .

Fl u e nt coryza at th e l e ast takin g of cold th e r e for e , ,

m o s tly in th e incl e m e nt s e a son a n d w h e n it is wet .

Flu e nt co r yza v e ry oft e n or al m ost constant l y

, , ,

also in so m e cas e s unint e r ru p t e dly .

H e ca nnot tak e c old e v e n thou g h th e r e hav e b e e n

,

stron g p re m onitory sy m p to m s of it s i m ult a n e ou s ly ,

with oth e r gr ea t ail m e nts fr o m th e itch m alady .

H o a rs e n ess a ft e r t h e l e a s t a m ount of S pe akin g ; S h e

,

m ust vo m it in ord e r to cl e a r h e r voi ce .

H oa rs e n e ss also so m e ti m e s a p hony ( S h e cannot

,

S p e a k lo u d b u t m u st w hi s p e r ) a ft e r a sli g ht cold
, .

C on s t a nt ho a rs e n e ss a n d a p hony for y e ars ; h e can

not S p e ak a loud word .

S up p u ra tion of th e larynx a n d th e bronchi a ( lary n go

l
bronchial p h th i s i s ) .

H oa rs e n ess a n d ca t a rrh v e ry oft e n or al m os t con ,

sta n t ly ; his C h e s t is contin u a lly a ff e ct e d .

p a i n i n th e u t e r u s a n d p r e ss u r e t o war d th e va i n a as if e very thi n

g g
were a bo u t to f a l l o u t a ls o at ti m es m o s t k e e n pa i n s i n th e s m a ll
,

of th e bac k ; th e fl atu s i s o bs t r u c te d c a u s i n i n t H th
, g p a e c ,
as e.

so c al l e d
- u t e ri n e c a n ce r an y o th er o ri g i n than thi s ( Psora )
m alady ?
1
I n flam m atio n of th e lary n x crou p ) ca n no t ta k e pl ace with any
ch i ld tha t i s f re e f rom l ate n t Ps o ra o r h as be e n m ad e f ree f ro m it
by tre atm en t .
 12 6 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

fre qu e nt irr ita t ion and cra wlin g in th e

C ou g h ;
throat ; th e cou gh tor m e nts h i m until p e rs p ira tio n ,

br e aks out on his fa c e ( a n d on his hands ) .

C ou gh which d o e s not a b a t e until th e re is r e tchin g

,

and vo m itin g m o s tly in th e m ornin g or in th e e v e n

,

ing .

C ou g h , w hich t e r m in a t e s e v e ry ti m e w ith sn e e zin g .

C ou g h m ostly in t h e e v e nin g aft e r lyin g down a nd

wh e n e v e r th e h e ad li e s lo w .

C o u gh w a kin g th e p ati e nt u p aft e r th e first bri e f

,

sl e e p .

C ou g h e s p e ci a lly in th e ni g ht
,
.

C ou g h wo r s e a ft e r a wa kin g in th e m ornin g
, .

C ou gh w o rs e a ft e r e atin g
, .

C ou gh a t onc e w ith e v e r y d e e p b r e ath

, .

C ou g h c a u sin g a s e n s a tion of sor e n e ss in th e ch e st

, ,

or at ti m e s stitch e s in th e sid e of th e ch es t or th e ab
do m e n .

D ry cou gh .

C ou gh with y e llo w e x p e ctoration r e s e m blin g p u s

, ,
1
with o r w itho u t S p ittin g of blood .

C o u g h w ith e x c es s i v e e x p e c tora tion of m ucus a n d

,

sinkin g of th e s t r e n g th ( m u c ous p hthisis ) .

’
A tt ac k s of w hoo p in g c o u gh .

1
S u ppu ra tive pu l m on a y phthi s i s h as probab l y seld o m an y o the r
r

cau se th a n thi s m al ady e ve n wh e n it se e m s a s i f th e f u m e s o f

,

qu ick s i l ver o r rs e n i c h ad cau se d it at l eas t m os t of th e se case s o f

a

su ppur ti ve phthi s i s o ri g i n a te i n pn e u m o n i as m i s m a n age d w it h

a

bl oo d l e tti n g an d thi s dis eas e m ay always be co ns id ere d as th e

-
,

m a n i f es ta ti o n of l a te n t Pso r a .

1
S h e i s s u dd e n ly com pe ll e d to c o u gh b u t ca n no t d o s o as h er
, ,

bre ath f a il s h er eve n to s u ff ocati o n with a dark red bloated face ;

, ,
-
,

us u a lly t h e oes oph ag us i s th e n a l s o co n s t r i c t e d so th a t n o t a d rop

,
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S . 12 7

Viol e nt a t ti m e s unb e arabl e stitch e s i n th e ch e st at

, ,

e v e ry br e ath cou g h i m p ossibl e fo r p a in without i n

fla m m a tor y f e v e r ( S p urious p l e urisy ) .

P a in in th e ch e st on w a lkin g as if th e ch e st was ,

a bout to burst .

P re s s iv e p a in in th e ch e st a t d e e p br ea thin g or at ,

sn e ezin g .

O ft e n a sli ghtly cons trictiv e p a in in th e ch e st which , ,

wh e n it do e s not quickly p a s s c a us e s t h e d e e p e st d e ,
l
je c t i o n .

B u rnin g pa in in th e ch e st .

Fre q u e nt stitch e s in th e ch e st w ith or w ithout ,

cou gh .

Viol e nt s titch e s in th e si d e ; w ith gr e a t h eat of th e

body it is al m o s t i m p o s s ibl e to br ea th e on acco u nt of
, ,

stitch e s i n t h e ch es t w ith h e m o p ty s i s and h e ad ach e ;

h e i s confin e d to his be d .

N i ght m a re ; h e u s ually s u dd e nly aw a k e s a t ni ght

-

fro m a f r i g htful d rea m but ca nnot m ov e nor c a ll nor , , ,

S p e a k and w h e n h e e nd e a v o r s to m ov e h e su ff e rs i h
, ,
’
tol e ra bl e p a ins a s if h e w e r e b e in g to r n to p i e c e s
, .

O b s t r uc tion of th e b r e a th w ith s ti tc hin g p a in s in ,

t h e c h es t a t th e s li g ht e s t a m o u nt of w a lkin g h e can
not g o a st e p far th e r ( a n gin a p ec to r is ) .

A s th m a m e r e ly wh e n m ovin g th e a r m s not w hil e

, ,

wal kin g .

o f wa ter w ill pa s s ; a ft e r e ig ht or te n m i n u t es th e r e f o l l o w e r u c ta ,

tio n s f ro m th e stom ac h a n d th e s pas m te rm i nates, .

1
Us ua l l y th e attack s las t f rom e ve n i ng to m orn i ng th e wh o l e ,

n i g ht .

1
S u c h a tt ack s i n s o m e case s a l s o o c c u r s e ve ral ti m es i n o ne
, ,

n ight espe c i a lly wh e n h e h as n ot be e n i n t h e ope n ai r d u r i n g th e

,

d ay .

3
Es peci ally wh e n a sce n di n g a height .
12 8 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S .

A tt ac ks of su ff oc a tion e s p e ci a lly a ft e r m idni g ht

th e p a ti e nt has to S i t u p s o m e ti m es h e has to l e av e,

his b e d st a nd st oo p in g forward l e anin g on his h a nds ;

, ,

h e has to o p e n t h e windows or go out into th e o p e n ,

air e tc ; h e h a s p a l p itation s ; th es e are follo w e d by

, .

e ructations or yawnin g a n d th e S p a s m t e rm i nat e s with

,

or w ithout cou ghin g a n d e x p e ctorat ion .

P a l p it a tion w ith a n x i e tv e s p e ci a lly a t ni g ht

, .

A s th m a loud di ffic u lt a t ti m e s a lso sibilant res p ira

, , ,

tion .

S hortn e ss of b r ea th .

A s th m a on m ovin g w ith or without cou gh

, , .

A s th m a m ostly w hil e S ittin g do w n

,
.

A sth m a s pa s m odi c ; w h e n S h e co m es into th e O p e n

,

a i r it t a k e s h e r br e a th .

A s th m a in att acks l a sti n g s e v e r al w e e ks

, , .

D windlin g of th e br ea s ts or e x c e ssiv e e nl a r ge m e n t,

of th e s a m e w ith r e t r o ce din g ni pp l e s
,
.

E ry s i p e las on o n e of t h e bre a sts ( es p e cially w hil e

nursin g ) .

A h ar d e nlar gin g a n d indura tin g g land with lancin

,
l
atin g p a ins in o n e of th e m a m m ae .

I tchin g a l s o m oi s t a n d s c a ly e r u ptions around th e

,

ni p p l e s .

I n th e s m a ll of th e b a ck in th e b a ck a n d in th e na pe
,

of th e n ec k drawin g ( t e a r in g ) t e n s iv e p ains
, , .

L a n c in ati n g c utti n g p a inful s ti ff n e ss of th e na p e o f

, ,

th e n ec k ; of th e s m a ll of th e b a c k .

P re s s iv e p a in b e t w e e n th e s ho u ld e r bl a d e s -
.

S e ns a tion of p re s s u re u p on th e S hould e rs .

1
I S it pro ba b l e th a t th e d i fl ere n t v a r i e ti e s o f ca n c e r o f th e b reas t
’

h ave a ny oth er or igi n th a n thi s Psora m al ady ?

 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S . 12 9

In th e li m bs drawin g ( t e a r in g ) t e nsiv e pains p artly

, , ,

in th e m usc l e s and p a rtly in th e j oints ( rh e u m a tis m ) .

I n th e p e riost e u m h e re and th e r e es p e cially in th e , ,

p e riost e u m of th e lon g bon e s p r e ssiv e and p re ssiv e ,

’
dra win g p ains .

’
S titchin g pains in th e fin g e rs a n d to es .

S titch e s in th e h e e ls a n d so l e s of th e f e e t w hil e
standin g .

B urnin g in th e so l e s of th e f e e t ’
.

I n th e j oints a sort of t e a rin g l i k e scra pin g on th e ,

bon e w ith a red hot s w e llin g which is p a i nfully s e n

, ,

sitiv o to th e touch a nd to th e a i r with unb e a ra bly ,

s e nsitiv e p ee vish dis p osition ( g out p oda gra c hira gra

, , , ,

g o u t in th e kn ee s ,

T h e j oints of th e fin g e rs swoll e n with p r e ssiv e ,

p ains p a, inful wh e n touchin g a n d b e ndin g th e m .

Thick e nin g of th e j oints ; th e y r e m ain hard swoll en ,

and th e re is p ain on b e ndin g t h e m .

T h e j oints as it w e r e sti ff with p ainfu l diffi cult

, , , ,
’
m otion th e li ga m e nts s e e m too short
, .

J oints p ainfu l on m otion

, .
“

1
These s po ts the n also pa i n o n b e in g tou ch e d as i f th ey were ,

b ru i sed or sore .

1
I n wo rse c h ro n i c ca se s thi s i s a gg ra va te d i n to a cu tti n g pai n
, ,
.

Es pe c ially at n ight un d er a f eath e r b ed .

1
T h e pa i n s a re e ith e r wo rse i n dayti m e o r at n ight A f ter e very , .

a t ta ck a n d wh e n th e i n fl am m a ti o n i s pas t th e j o i n ts o f th e h a n d
, ,

ar e pa i n f u l as also th os e o f th e k n ee th e foo t th ose of th e b i g toe

, , ,

wh e n m o ve d wh e n h e s ta n ds u p e tc th e y feel i n tol era bly be

, , .
,

n u m b e d a nd th e li m b i s wea k e n e d .

11 E
.
g t h.e ,le n d o A ch i lli s o n s ta n di n g e rec t s tifi n ess o f th e ,

ta rs u s o f th e k n ee s e ith er tr a n s i e n t ( af t er s itti ng wh e n ri s i ng ) o r
, , , ,

r m an e n t t ti
p e ( c o n r a c on
“
E g th e s h o uld er j o i nt o n ra is i ng th e arm ; th e ta rs us pa i n s
. .
,
-

o n t readi n g as if it was a bou t to b re a k .

1 30 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S .

J oints crack on m ovin g or th e y m ak e a sn a p p in g ,

noi s e .

]l
T h e joints are ea sily S p ra in e d or stra in e d
I ncrea sin g dis p osition to s tr a i n s and to ov er lif t on e
s e lf e v e n at a v e ry S li ght e x e rtion of th e m u s cl e s e v e n ,

in sli g ht m e c h a ni ca l work in re achin g out or str etch ,

i n g for so m e t h in g hi g h u p in lifti n g thin g s th a t a r e ,

not h e a vy in q u i c k t urns of th e body p ushin g etc

, , , .

S uch a t e nsion o r st re tchin g of th e m u scl es oft e n th e n

occasion lon g confin e m e nt to th e b e d sw oons a ll , ,
’
g r a d e s of hy s t e ri c a l troubl es f e v e r h e m o pty s is e tc , , ,

whil e p e rs ons w h o a r e not P s o ric lift su c h burd e ns a s

th e i r m u s c l e s a re a bl e to witho u t th e sli g ht es t aft e r ,
’
e ff e cts .

T h e j oint s a re e a sily S p r a i n e d a t a n y fals e m ov e

‘
m e nt .

1
E
.
g .
, th e tarsu s
i s t j o i
,
n t th
th e wr e j o i n t o f
- t h e th u m b , .

1
O fte n a l s o a t o n c e se e re h e da c h e i n th e c row n o f th e h e d
,
v a a ,

whi c h i s th e n a l s o pa i n fu l e xte n l ly wh e n to u c h e d o r s u dd e n ly a
r a ,

a i n i n th e s m al l O f th e b ac k or i n i n th e u t e r u s n o t u n fre
p p ,
a ,

qu en tly stitc h es i n th e s id e o f th e breas t or be twe e n th e S h ou l der ,

b l ade s whi c h c h ec k t h e res pi atio n o pa i n fu l stiff n es of th e n ec k

,
r ,
r s

o r s
p i n e f,
re q u e n tly a u dibl e e r u c t a ti o n s e t c , .

11
T h e co m m o n pe o pl e es pe c i al l y i n t h e co u n t ry se e k a l l e vi a ti o n
, ,

th ro ugh a s ort of m e s m e ric s t o ki n g bu t with ou t l s ti ng efl ec ts ;

r ,
a

th e te n d e nc y to o ve r li fti n g n e ve rth e l e s s em ins I t i s u s ua ll y a r a .

wom a n ( ca ll e d a s tr oki ng wom a n ) wh o m a k e s with th e ti ps o f h e r

th u m bs p sses o ve r th e s h o u l d e blad es towa rd th e Sho ul d e s or
a r r

a l o n g th e S pi n e so m e ti m es a l s o f r o m t h e pi t o f t h e s to m c h a l o n g
,
a

be l ow th e ib s o n l y th ey u s u ll y e xe t to o s t ro n g a press u e whi l e
r ,
a r r

s t ro ki n g .

‘
E g th e a n k l e at a f al s e s te p s o a l so th e Sho u ld e r j o i n t O f
. .
, ,
-
.

thi s ki n d i s al so th e gr ad u l l u x ti o n o f th e h i p joi n t ( e o f th e
a a a
z. .
,

hea d o f th e fe m u f ro m th e aceta bu lu m wh e n th e leg the n be

r ,

c om e s to o l o n g o r too S h ort ca u s i n g l i m p i ng ) , .
 H AH N EM A N N S
’
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I n th e joint of th e foot th er e is pain on tre adin g as ,

i f it would b r e a k .

S oft e nin g of th e bon es curvatu r e of th e S p in e ( d e ,

f or m ity h u n c hb a ck ) cu r va tu r e of th e lon g bon e s of

, ,

t h e thi gh s a n d l e gs ( m or bu s a ng li cu s rick e ts ) , .

F ra gility of th e bon e s .

P a inf u l s e n s itiv e n e ss O f th e skin th e m u s cl e s a n d of ,

l
t h e p e rio s t e u m on a m od er a t e pr e ss u r e ]
’
I ntol e r a bl e pa in in th e skin ( or in th e m uscl e s or ,

i n th e pe ri os t e u m ) of s o m e pa rt of th e body fro m a
sli ght m ov e m e nt of th e s a m e or of a m o r e di s tant
p art ; c g fro m wr itin g th e r e a r is e s a p a in in th e
. .
,

S hould e r or in t h e S id e of t h e n e ck e tc w hil e s a w in g , .
,

o r p e rfo r m in g oth e r ha r d l a bo r w ith th e s a m e h a nd

caus e s no p a in ; a s i m il a r pai n in t he a dj a c e nt p a rts ,

f ro m S p e a kin g a n d m o v in g th e m outh ; p a in in th e li p s
and in th e back at sli g ht tou c h .

N u m bn e ss of th e S kin or th e m u s cl e s of c e rtain p a rts

’
a n d li m bs .

1
As w h e n h e m ode rate l y s tr ik es aga i n s t so me thi ng it be co m es ,

ve r y p i n f u l a n d fo a l o n g ti m e ; th e parts o n whi c h h e l ies i n bed

r a

a e ve y
r a i n f u l w h f h f r q u n t l y t u n t n i ht ; th e
p r ,
er e o r e e e e r s o ve r a g
p o s te r i o r m u s c l e s o f t h e thi g h a n d th e b o n e o n w hi c h h e s its a r e

qu ite sore ; a Sl ight s tro k e with th e h n d on th e thigh s cau ses great a

p a i n . A S l i g ht k n o c k a g a i n s t a h ar d o b j e c t l ea v es b l u e m a r k s ,

s uff u si o n o f bl o od .

1
O f i n c re dib l e va ri e ty O fte n b u r n i n g j er ki n g l n c i n ati ng
.
, ,
a ,

b u t of t e n i n d esc riba b l e a re th e s e pa i n s w hi c h com m u n i ca te a

,

s i m il a i n to l e rabl e e xcessi ve sen s iti ve n ess to th e m i n d Th ese

r .

p a i n s th u s ff e c at c hi e fly t h e u pp e r p ar t s o f t h e b o dy o r t,
h e f a c e

( t i c d o u l ou r eu x ) o r th e s ki n o f t h e n e c k e t c a t e v e n a g e n tl e

t o u ch i n s peaki ng a n d c h e wi ng—i h th e sh o u ld er at a s l i gh t press

, ,

u re o r m ove m e n t o f th e fi n e r
, g .

1
T h e se n se of to u c h i s l ac ki ng ; th e pa rt s fe e l h ard a nd t u m id ,

e ith e r pe r i o di ca l ly or per m a n e n tly ( c o ns ta n t i ns e n s ib i l ity ) .

1 32 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C H RO N I C DI S EA S E S .

‘
D yin g o ff of c e rta in fin ge rs or of th e hands or f ee t .

C ra w lin g or a l s o p ricklin g form ication ( a s fro m l i m b s

g oin g to sl e e p ) in t h e ar m s in th e l e g s and
, in oth e r

p arts ( e v e n in t h e fi n g e r ti s
p )
-
.

A cra wlin g or whi rlin g or a n int e rnally itchin g

, ,

r es tles s n es s es p e ci a lly in th e low e r li m bs ( in th e e v e n

,

i n g in b e d or e a rly on a w a kin g ) ; th e y m ust b e

brou ght into anoth e r p osition e v e ry m o m e nt .

P ainful s e ns a tion of cold in variou s p arts .

B urnin g pa ins in various p a rts ( fr e qu e n tly w ith o u t

any chan ge in th e usu a l e xt e rn a l bodily t e m p e rature) .

C oldn e ss r e p e at e d or const a nt of th e w hol e bod y

, ,

or of th e o n e sid e of th e body ; so also of S in g l e p art s ,

c old h a nds cold f e e t w hich fre qu e ntly w ill not get

,

warm in be d .

C hillin e s s constant e v e n without a n y chan g e in th e

, ,

e xt e rn al bodily t e m p e ra tu r e .

Fre qu e nt flush e s of h ea t e s pe ci a lly in th e fac e m ore

, ,

fre qu e ntly with r e dn e ss th a n w ithout ; sudd e n viol en t ,

s e nsa tion of h e a t du rin g r e st o r in sli g ht m otio n , ,

so m e ti m e s e v e n fro m S p e a kin g with or w ithout p e r ,

S p i r atio n bre a kin g out .

W a rm a i r in th e roo m o r a t church is e xc ee din gly

r e p u gn a nt to h e r m a k e s h e r r e stl e ss cau s e s h er to
, ,

m ov e a bo u t ( a t ti m e s w ith a p re ssu r e in th e h e ad ov e r ,

th e e y e s n o t inf r e qu e ntly a l l e vi a t e d by e p i s t a xis )

, .

R ush es of blood a l s o a t ti m e s a s e nsation of thro b

,

bin g in a ll t h e a rt e ri e s ( w hil e h e oft e n looks q u it e p a l e ,

with a f e e lin g of p ro s tra tion th r o u gho u t th e body ) .

1
The l i m b th e n beco m es white b l oodl ess w ith ou t f ee li ng an d
, ,

q u ite col d of te n f or h ou rs e s pe cia l l y whi l e i t i s coo l ( s t ro ki ng

, ,

with a piec e of z i n c t oward th e ti ps of th e fi n gers o r th e t oes us u

al l y d r i ve s i t a wa y q u i c kly b u t o n ly as a pal l i a ti ve )
, .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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R us h of blood to th e h ead .

R ush of b l ood to t h e ch e st .

V a ri c e s v a ricos e v e ins in th e low e r li m b s ( varic e s

,

o n t h e p ud e nd a ) al s o on th e a rm s ( e v e n w ith m e n )
, ,

o ft e n with t e a r in g p a ins in th e m ( d u r in g s to r m s ) or ,

l
w ith itchin g in th e v a ri c es .

E ry s i p e l a s pa rtly in th e fa c e ( w ith f e v e r ) pa rt l y
, ,

o n th e li m bs on th e br e ast w hil e n u rsin g e s p e ci a lly i n

, ,

a sor e p lac e ( w ith a p rickin g a n d burnin g p a in ) .

Whitlo w p a ronychia ( sor e fin g e r w ith f e s t e rin g

,

skin ) .

C hilbl a in s ( e v e n w h e n it i s not w int e r ) on th e to e s

and fi n ge rs itchin g b u r nin g and l a ncin a ti n g p ains
, , .

C o r n s whi c h e v e n w itho u t e xt e r n a l p r e s s u r e ca us e
,

burnin g l a n c in a tin g p a ins

,

B oi ls ( fur u ncl e s ) r e t urn I n g fr o m ti m e to ti m e e s

, ,

p ec i a lly on t h e nat e s t h e thi g h

, s t h e u p p e r a r m s a n d ,

th e body Touchin g th e m c a u s e s fi n e stitch es in th e m

. .

U lc e rs on th e thi g hs e s p e ci a lly also u p on th e , ,

ankl e s a n d a bov e th e m a n d on th e lo w e r p a r t of th e
c a lv e s w ith itchin g gn aw in g ticklin g a r o u nd th e
, , ,

bo rd e rs an d a g n a w in g p a in a s f r o m s a lt on th e b a s e
,

o f th e ulc e r it s e lf ; t h e p a r t s s ur r oundin g a r e of bro w n

and bluish colo r w ith v a r ic e s n ea r th e u l c e rs w hich

, , ,

d urin g storm s a n d r ains oft e n c a us e t e a r in g p a i n s e s

, ,

p e c i a lly a t ni g ht oft e n , acco m p a ni e d w ith e r ysi p e las

aft e r v e xation o r fri g h t or a tt e nd e d with cr a m p s in ,

th e c a lv e s .

Tu m e facti on a n d su p pu ra tion of th e h um e rus th e ,

f e m ur th e p a t e ll a a lso of t h e bon e s of th e fin ge rs a n d
, ,

to e s ( spi n e: ven tos a ) .

‘
T h e s we lli ngs o f t h e a rt er i es (a n e u r i s m ata ) s ee m to h ave n o
oth e r ori gi n th a n th e Psor a .
1 34 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C H RO N I C DI S EA S E S .

Thick e nin g a n d sti ff e nin g of th e j oints .

E ru ptions e ith e r a risin g fro m ti m e to ti m e an d

,

p assin g a w a y a g ain ; so m e vol u p tuo u sly itchin g p u s

tu l e s e s p e ci a l l y on th e fin g e rs o r oth e r p a rts w hich

, , ,

aft e r scra tchin g burn and h a v e th e gre a t e st S i m il a rit y

,

to th e ori ginal itch e r u p tion ;

-

or nettler a s h lik e stin g s a n d w a t e r blist e rs

,
-
,

m ostly with burnin g p a in ;

or pi mples without pa in in th e fa c e th e c h e st , ,

th e b a ck t h e a r m s a n d th e thi ghs ;
,

o r h er pes in fi n e m ili a ry g r a ins clos e ly p r e ss e d

'

to g e th e r into ro u nd l a r g e r o r s m a ll e r,

S p ot s of m o s tly r e ddi s h color so m e ti m e s ,

d ry , so m e ti m e s m oist w ith it c hin g , ,

S i m il a r to t h e e ru p tion of itch and with

burnin g a ft e r rubbin g th e m Th e y con .

ti n u a lly e xt e nd furth e r to th e ci r cu m f e r
e nc e , w ith r e dn e ss w hil e th e m iddl e
,

s e e m s to b e co m e fr ee fro m th e e ru ptio n
a n d c ov e r e d w i t h s m ooth shinin g S kin ,

( h erpes T h e m oi s t h e r p e s
on th e l e g s are ca ll e d s a lt rh e u m ; -

or cr u s ts ra is e d a bov e th e s urroundin g S kin ,

ro u nd in for m w ith d e e p r e d p a inl e ss

,
-
,

bord e rs w ith fr e qu e nt viol e nt stit c h e s o n

,

th e p a rts of t h e s kin not y e t a ffe ct e d ;

or s m a ll r ou n d spots on th e S kin cov e r e d wit h
, ,

bra n lik e dry sca l e s w hich oft e n p e e l o ff

-
, ,

a n d a re a g ain r e n e w e d w itho u t s e nsation ;

or r ed spots of th e s h i n which f e e l dry with

, ,

burnin g p ain ; s o m e wh a t r a is e d abov e th e

r es t of th e S kin .
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’
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Fr eckles , s m a ll and round brown or bro w nish s p ots ,

in th e f a c e on th e h a nds a n d on th e ch e st w ithout
, ,

s e ns ation .

L i ver lar g e bro w nish S p ots which oft e n cov e r

s pots ,

whol e li m b s th e ar m s th e n e c k th e ch e st e tc w ith
, , , , .
,

out s e n sa tion or with it c hin g .

Y e llo wn e ss of th e skin y e llow S p ots of a lik e n a ture ,

around th e e y e s th e m outh on th e n e ck e t c w ith, , , .

,
l
out s e nsibility .

’
W a rts on th e fac e th e lo w e r a rm th e h a nds e tc , , , .

E n c yst e d tu m o r s i n th e S kin t h e c e llular tissu e b e ,

n e ath it o r in th e bu r s w m ueos w of th e t e ndons ( e x

,

ostos i s ) of v a rio u s fo r m s a n d s iz e s cold w i thout s e nsi

, ,
’
b i li ty .

Gl a ndul a r s w e llin gs a round th e n e ck in th e gr oin , ,

in th e b e nd of th e j oints th e b e nd of th e e lbo w O f th e , ,
‘
kn e e in th e a xill ae a l s o in t h e b r e a sts
, , .

D ryn e s s of th e ( s c arf ) skin e ith e r on th e w hol e body

with inability to p e rs p i r e th r ou g h m otion and h e a t or ,

5
only i n so m e pa r ts .

l
A f te r idi n g i n a ca rri age y e l lo wn ess of th e Ski n co m es o n
r ,

m os t q u ic kly i f it i s n ot ye t co n s ta n t b u t o n l o c cas i o n a l
,
y .

2
E pe c i a l ly i n y ou th M a n y re m ai n o n ly a s h or t ti m e a n d pass
s .

a wa y to g i ve pl a c e to a n oth e r sy m pt o m o f Psora .

3
T h e f u n g u s h e m atod e s whi c h h as l a t ely bec o m e su ch a ,

d readf u l plag u e h as acco rdi n g to th e co n cl u s io ns I am co m pel l ed

, ,

to d ra w f r om se ve r a l ca se s n o o th e r so u r ce th a n Pso a ,
r .

A t ti m e s th e y pas s ov e r af te r l a n c i na ti n g pa i n s i n t o a s or t of
, ,

ch o n i c s u ppu ra ti o n
r i n w hi c h h o we ve r i n s tea d o f pu s o n l y a
, , , ,

co l o r l e ss m u cu s i s sec r e t e d .

5
Es peci a l ly i n th e h a n ds th e o u t e r si d e of t h e arm s a n d l egs, ,

a n d ev e n i n th e f a ce ; th e S ki n i s d r r u h h d f l
y o g pa r c e e e s , , ,

c h appe d an d of t e n h as s ca l es lik e b ra n
, .
 13 6 HAHN E M AN N ’
S C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

D isa g re e ab l
s e nsa tion of d ryn e ss ov e r th e whol e
e

body ( a lso in th e fa c e a round and in th e m outh in , ,

th e throat or in th e nos e a lthou g h t h e br e ath p a ss e s

, ,

fr e e ly throu gh it ) .

P e r s p iration co m e s too e a sily fro m sli ght m otion ;

e v e n w hi l e sittin g h e i s a tt ac k e d with p er s p i r a tio n a ll
,

ov e r or m e r e l y on so m e p a r t s e g a l m ost c on s t a nt
, . .
,
1
p e rs p ira tion of th e h a nd s a n d f ee t S O also stron g ,
’
p e rs p i r a tion in t h e axill ae a n d a round t h e p ud e nd a .

D a i ly m ornin g s w e a ts oft e n causin g th e p a ti e nt to,

d ri p this for m any y e a r s oft e n with sour or p un ge nt

, ,

S ou r s m e l l
s
.

O n e S id e d p e rs p ir a tion onl y on o n e sid e of t h e body

-
, ,

or only on th e u p p e r p a rt of t h e body or only on th e ,

lo w e r pa rt .

I n cr ea s i ng s us cepti bi li ty to cold s e it he r O f th e w hol e ,

body ( oft e n e v e n fro m r e p eat e dly w e ttin g th e h a nds ,

n o w w ith w a r m w a t e r th e n with cold as in w as hin g

, ,

cloth e s ) or only susc e p tibility of c e rtain pa rts of th e

,

body of th e h ea d th e n e c k th e ch e st th e abdo m e n
, , , , ,

th e f e e t e tc oft e n in a m od e rat e or S li g ht dra u g ht

, .
, ,

or a ft e r s l i ghtly m oist e nin g th e s e p arts e v e n fr o m

The la tter i s usually ve ry fe tid a nd s o a b u n da nt th at af ter e ve n ,

a S h or t walk th e sol es of th e f ee t th e h ee ls and toes a re soak ed

, ,

a n d so r e .

N ot i n fre qu en tly of red c ol or or of a ran k sm e ll like th at of

h e go ats or th t o f ga rli c a .

3
H e r e b el o n gs t h e pe rs pi a ti o n o f Psori c child re n o n th e i r h ea d
r

a fte r go i n g to s l ee p i n th e e v e n i ng .

4
T h e a il m e n t s foll o wi n g fr o m it i mm edi at ely af terwa r ds a re , ,

th e n co n s id era bl e an d m an i f o ld Pa i ns i n th e li m bs h ead ache s , ,

ca t ar rh s o re th roat a n d i n fl a m m a ti o n o f th e th roa t co r y z a swe l l

, , , ,

i n g of th e gl and s o f th e n ec k h o a rse n ess cou gh d ys pn ma s tit c h es

’

, , , ,
 AH N EM AN N H RO NI C DI S EAS ES 13 7
’
H S C .

be i ng in a c oo le r roo m in a ra i ny at m os p h e r e or wi t h
, ,

a low baro m e t e r .

S O-ca l l ed wea th er pr ophe ts i e r e ne wed s ev er e

, . .
,

p a in s in p arts of t h e body which w e r e for m e r l y i n

j u r e d wound e d or brok e n thou gh th e y hav e si n ce

, , ,

b e e n h e al e d and cicatriz e d this re n e w e d p ain s e t s i n ,

wh e n g reat ch a n ge s of th e w e ath e r gr e at cold or a , ,

st or m are i m m in e nt or wh e n a thund e r storm i s i n the

,

air .

Wa t e ry sw ellin g e ith e r of th e f ee t alon e or in o n e

, ,

fo ot or in th e h a nds or the f a ce or th e abdo m e n o r

, , , ,

th e s crot u m e tc alon e or a g a in cutan e ous s w e llin g

, .
, ,

ov e r th e whol e body ( dro ps i e s ) .

A tt a cks of s u dd e n h e avin e ss of t h e arm s and l e gs .

Attacks of p a r a lytic w e akn e ss and p a ra lyti c l as si

t u d e of th e o n e ar m th e o n e hand th e o n e le g with
, , ,

out p ain e ith e r a risin g sudd e nly a n d p ass in g quick l y

, ,

or co m m e ncin g grad ually and constantly incre asin g .

S udd e n b e ndin g of t he kn e e .

C hildre n fa ll e a sily without a n y visib l e caus e

, A ls o .

S i m il a r a tt a cks of w e akn e ss with adults in t h e l e g s , , ,

s o th a t in w a lkin g o n e foot g lid e s this w a y and th e

oth e r that way e tc , .

Whil e walkin g in th e O p e n air sudd e n attacks of

1
faintn e ss e s p e ci a lly in th e l e gs
, .

i n th e c hes t f e ve r tr ou bl es o f diges ti o n co l i c vom iti ng di ar

, , , , ,

rh e a s t om ac h ac h e ri s i n g of wat e r f rom th e s to m a c h also s titc h es

, , ,

i n th e fa ce a n d o th e r part s j au nd i ce lik e c o l or of th e s ki n e tc
,
-
, .

N o perso n wh o i s not Pso ri c e ver s ufi e rs th e l eas t a f t e r e ff e cts f ro m -

s uc h c au se s .

1
A t ti m es t h e f ee li ng of f a i n t n e ss see ms to r i se u p e v e n to th e
scrobi cu l u s cordi s wh e re it t u r n s i n to a ra ve n o u s h un ge r whi c h
, ,

su dd en l y d e pr i ve s h i m o f all s t re n g th h e i s a tta c k ed with t re m or

a n d h as i m m e di ate ly to li e d own f o r a w hil e .
1 38 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S .

Whil e sittin g th e p ati e nt f ee ls intol e rably w e a ry

, ,

but st r on ge r whil e w a lkin g .

T h e p r e dis p osition to S p ra inin g a n d stra inin g th e

j oi n ts at a m i s st e p or a wron g g ras p incre a s e s at
-
, ,

ti m e s e v e n to dislocation e g in th e t a rsus th e , . .
, ,

S ho u ld e r j oint e t c
-
, .

T h e sn a p p i n g and cr ac kin g of th e j oint s a t a n y

m otion of th e li m b incre a s e s w ith a dis a g r ee abl e s e n
s a tion .

T h e g oin g to S l e e p of th e li m bs incr ea s e s a n d fol

l ows on sli ght c aus e s e g i n s u p p ortin g the h e ad
, . .
,

with th e ar m c rossin g th e l e gs w hil e sittin g e tc

, , .

T h e p a inful cra m p s in s o m e O f th e m us cl e s incr e a s e

a n d co m e on w itho u t a pp r e ciabl e c a us e .

S lo w s pas m odic stra inin g of th e fi e x o r m uscl e s of

,

t h e li m b s .

S udd e n j e rk s of s o m e m uscl e s a n d li m bs e v e n whil e

wakin g ; e g of th e ton g u e th e li ps t h e m u s cl e s of
. .
, , ,

th e f a c e of t h e p h a rynx of th e e y e s of t h e j a w s o f
, , , ,

th e hand s and of th e f e e t .

Tonic s hort e nin g of th e fl e x o r m u s cl e s ( t e t a nus ) .

I nvolunt a ry tu r nin g a n d t w istin g of t h e h e a d or t h e ,

li m bs w ith full c on sc io usn e ss ( S t Vit us d a nc e )

, .
’
.

S udd e n fai n ti n g S p ells and s inkin g of th e st r e n gt h ,

with lo ss of con s cio us n e ss .

A ttack s of t r e m or in t h e li m b s witho u t a nxi e ty , .

C ontin u o u s con s t a nt tr e m blin g a lso in so m e c a s es

, ,

b ea tin g wi t h th e h a nd s th e a r m s th e l e gs , , .

A tt a ck s of lo s s of con s cio u sn e ss l a s tin g a m o m e n t ,

or a m inut e w ith a n i n clin ation of th e h e a d to th e o n e

,

S ho u ld e r with or w i thout j erk s of o n e p art or t h e

,

oth e r.
 H A H N EM A N N S
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E pil e psi e s of v a r iou s kind s .

A l m o s t const a nt y a w nin g s tr e tchin g a n d strain i n g

,

of th e li m b s .

S l ee p in e ss d u r in g th e d a y O ft e n i m m e di a t e ly aft e r
,

sittin g do w n e s pe ci a lly a ft e r m e a ls
,
.

D i ffic u lty in fa llin g a s l e e p w h e n a b e d in th e e v e n

,

i n g ; h e O ft e n li e s a w a k e for ho u r s .

H e p a ss e s th e ni g ht s in a m e re s lu m b e r .

S l e e p l e ssn e ss fro m a nxio us h e a t e v e ry ni ght a n

, , ,

a nxi e ty w hi c h s o m e ti m e s r i s e s s o hi g h th a t h e m ust ,

g e t u p f r o m h i s b e d a n d w a lk a bo u t .

A ft e r th r e e o c lo c k in t h e m o r nin g no sl e e p o r at
’

, ,

l eas t no s o u nd S l e e p .

A S s oon a s h e c los e s h i s e y e s a ll m a nn e r of p h a nt a sti c

,

a p p eara n c e s a n d disto r t e d f a c e s a p p e ar .

I n goin g to sl e e p S h e i s di s qui e t e d by stra n g e

, ,

a nxio u s f a nci e s ; S h e h a s to g e t u p a n d w a lk a bo u t .

V e ry vivid d r e a m s a s if a w a k e ; or s ad f ri ghtf ul
, , ,

anxious v e xin g l ascivious d r e a m s

, ,
.

L o u d t a lkin g s c r e a m in g d u r in g s l e e p
, , .

S o m n a m b uli s m ; h e r i s e s u p at ni ght w hil e S l e e pin g ,

w ith C l o s e d e y e s a n d a tt e nd s to v a r io u s d u ti e s ; h e
,

p er fo r m s e v e n d a n g e r ous f e a t s w ith e a s e w itho u t ,

kno w i n g a nythin g a bo u t th e m w h e n a wak e .

A tt a c k s of s u ffoc a tion w hil e s l e e p i n g ( n i g ht m a r e ) .

V a r io u s sorts O f s e v e r e p a in s a t ni g ht or n o ct u r n a l ,

thi rst dryn e s s of th e th r o a t of th e m outh or fr e qu e nt

, , ,

u rin a tin g a t ni g ht .

E a r ly on a wa kin g dizzy indol e nt unr e fre s h e d a s if

, , , ,

h e h a d not don e s l e e p in g a n d m or e ti r e d th a n in th e
e v e nin g w h e n h e la y do w n ; it t a k es h i m s e v e r a l ho u r s
,

( a n d only aft e r r i s in g ) b e fore h e c a n r e cov e r f r o m this

w ea rin e ss .
140 H AH N EM A N N S C H RO
’
NI C DI S EAS E S .

a v e ry re st l ess n i ght h e O ft e n has m or e

A ft e r ,

str en gth i n th e m o r n i n g t ha n aft e r a qui e t s oun d , ,

l
S ee p .

I n t e r m i tt e nt f e v e r ven
th e re are n o cas e s
, e when
about e ith e r S p o ra d i c or e pid e m ic or e n d e m ic ; t h e
,
l
,

f o rm durati o n and ty pe of th e f e ve r ar e v e ry va ri o us ;
,

q uotid i an t e r tian, q u a r tan qui,n ta n or e v e ry s e v e n ,

days .

E v e ry e v e n i n g chills with blu e nai l s

, .

E v e ry e v e ni n g S in g l e chills
,
.

E v e ry e v e nin g h e a t w ith a r ush of blood to th e

, ,

h e ad with re d ch e e ks a lso at ti m e s an int e rve ni n g

, ,

chil l .

I nt e r m itt e nt f e v e r of s e v e ral w e e ks d ura tion f o l ’

l ow ed by a m oist itchin g e ru ption l astin g se v e ral

w ee ks but w hich is h ea l e d a gain duri n g a lik e p e riod
,

of int e r m itt e nt fe v e r and a lt e rn a tin g thus f o r y e ars

, .

’
D i s tu r ba n ces of th e m i n d a n d s pi r i t of a ll hi n d s .

M e lancholy by its e lf , or w ith in s anity lso at ti m e s , a

alt e rn a tin g w ith fre nzy and hours of r a tion a lity .

A nxious O pp r e ssion e arly on a w a kin g , .

A nxious O p p r e ss i on in th e e v e nin g aft e r g oin g t o

’
b ed .

Epide m i c
i nte rm itte n t feve rs proba bly n eve r sei z e a m an wh o i s
f ree f ro m Ps o ra so th a t wh e re v er th e re i s a su sc e ptibi l i t y to th e m
, ,

it i s to be accou n te d a s y m pt o m of Psora .

I h ave n e ve r eith e r i n m y prac tic e n or i n a ny i n sa ne as yl u m , ,

see n a pa ti e n t s uff e r i n g f r o m m e l a n ch o l y i nsan ity o r fre nz y ,

wh o se di sease did n o t h a ve Psor a as i ts f o u n da ti o n c om pl i cate d a t

,

ti m e s h oweve r th ough rare l y with s yphili s

, , , .

3
This causes s o m e p ti en ts to b reak ou t i nto a st ro ng pe rs pi re
a

tion ; othe rs f ee l f ro m i t m e rely flus hes of blood and th rob bi ng i u all

th e ar teries ; with o th e rs th e a n xio u s o pp ess i o n te n ds to co ns t ric t
, r
 H AH N EM AN N S
’
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A nxi e ty ,s e v e ral ti m e s a day ( wi th and without

p ains ) or at c e
, rtain hours of th e day or of t h e ni g h t ;
usually th e p ati e nt th e n find s no r es t but has to run ,

hith e r and thith e r and O ft e n fa l ls into p e rsp ira ti on , .

M e lan c holy p al p itation a n d anxiousn e ss c a u s e s h e r

,

a t ni g ht to wak e u p fro m S l e e p ( m ostly j ust b efor e th e

b e g innin g O f t h e m e ns e s ) .

l
M a nia of s e l f -d es tr u cti o n ( S p l e e n

th e th roat threate n i ng s u fi ocati o n while o th e rs ha ve a Se nsa tion

, , ,

as i f all th e bl ood i n th e i r art e r i es were s ta n di n g s til l c a u s i ng a n ,

g u i s h . With o th e rs thi s O pp re ss
,
i o n i s a ssoc i a t e d w ith n xi o u s a

i m age s a n d th o u ghts a n d se e m s to ri s e f r om th e m while wi th

, ,

o th e rs th e e i s o ppr e ss i o n with o u t an xi ou s id e as a n d t h ou g h ts
,
r .

This k i n d of dise ase o f th e m i nd o spi rit whic h i s al s o m e rely r ,

p sor i c ,see m s n o t t o h a v e b e e n t k e n i n t o co n s id
a e r ti o n With o u t a .

f e e li ng a n y a n xi e ty o r n xi ous th ou g hts th e e f o re a l so witho u t

, a ,
r , ,

a n y on e s pe ce i v i ng s uc h a n xi e ty i n th e m app re n tly i n th e f u ll
’
r ,
a

e xe rci se of th e i r reaso n th e y are i m pe l l e d u rge d yea c o m pe ll ed

, , , ,

by a ce rta i n f ee l i ng O f n ec e s ity to s el f d estr u ctio n Th ey are o nly

s ,
-
.

h ea l e d by a cu re o f P s or a i f th e i r u tte ran ce s a e n oti c e d i n ti m e

,
r .

I sa y i n ti m e f or i n th e l a t s t ages of thi s k i n d of i n sa n ity it i s

,
s

p e c u l i a r l y c h a a c t e r i srti c o f thi s di s e as e n o t t o u tt er a n ythi

,
n g
abo u t u c h a d e te rm i n a ti o n to a n y o n e
s Thi s f ren y m an i fes ts
. z

its e lf i n fi ts o f o n e h al f o o f wh o l e hou rs u suall y i n th e e nd

- r ,

d a ily o f t e n at c e r t ai n ti m e s o f th e d ay
, Bu t be s id es th ese fi ts o f
.

d es tru c ti ve m an i a u ch perso n s h ave u su al ly al s o fi ts of an xi ou s

,
s

O ppre ss i o n whi c h see m h o we ve r t o be i n d epe n d e n t of t h e f or m e r

, , ,

fi ts a nd c o m e t o th e r h o u rs a cco m pa n i e d pa tly with pu l sa ti o n

, a ,
r

i n th e pi t of th e s t om a c h b u t d u ri n g th e se th e y a re n o t t or m e n t ed
,

with th e d es i re of ta ki n g th e i r o wn li f e Th es e atta ck s O f a n xi e ty
.

whi c h se em to b e m ore of a bod ily na t ure a n d are n ot co n n e cted ,

wi th th e oth e t ra i n o f th o u g hts m a y al so b e l acki n g wh i l e th e

r , ,

fi ts o f s u i c id a l m a n i a r u l e i n hi gh d eg ree th ey m ay al so retu rn
a ,

w h e n th at m a n i a i s i n a g re a t part e xti n gu i s h ed th ro ug h th e a n ti
p s o r i c r e m ed i es so t h ,
a t t h e t w o se e m to b e i n d e p e n d e n t o f one

a no th e th ough the y have th e sam e or igi n al m alady f or th ei r

r,

f ou n d ati on .
 142 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EA S E S .

A we e p in g m ood ; th ey O ft e n w e e p f o r hours w it h
l
out kno win g a c a u s e for i t f
A tt a cks of f e a r ; e g f ea r of fi r e of b e in g a lon e of
. .
, , ,

a p o p l e xy of b e co m in g ins a n e etc
, , .

A tt ac ks of p as sion r e s e m blin g fre nzy , .

F r i g ht ca us e d by th e m e r es t trifle s ; thi s O ft e n c a us e s
p e r s p ir a tion a n d t r e m blin g .

D isin c lin a tion to w o r k in p e rsons w h o e ls e a re m ost ,

indu s t r io u s ; no i m p u ls e to occ u py hi m s e lf but r ath e r ,

”
t h e m o s t d e c id e d r e p ug na n c e th e r e to .

8
E x c e ss iv e s e n s itiv e n e s s .

a
I r r it a bility fr o m w e a kn e ss .

1
This i s a y m pto m h o we ve r whi c h se e m s to be cau se d by th e
s , ,

di se se d s ta te es pec i al l y o f th e f em l e se i n o d er to soo the

a , a x ,
r

te m po ra ily m o re a nd g reate ne vo u di so rders

r r r s .

‘S u c h a n w h n h d i d t b i n f h d m ti
pe rso e s e e s r e
, o eg n o e o e r o e s c

o cc u pa ti o n s w s se i e d w ith a n xi e ty a n d O ppress i o n ; h e r l i m bs
,
a z

t re m ble d a n d S h e be c m e s udde nl y so we a ry S h e h ad to li e do wn
, a , .

3
A ll phy s i c a l a n d ps y c hi c l i m p e ss i o n s e e n th e w ea k e r a n d a r ,
v

th e we ak es t c u s e a m o r bid e x c it e m e n t o f te n i n a hi g h de gre e
, a , .

O cc u e n ce a ff e c ti ng th e m i n d n o t o n l y s u c h as a e o f s ad n d
rr s , r a

ve x ti o u s ki n d b u t a l s o th os e o f a j o y o u s k i n d ca u se s u rpri s i n g
a , ,

ai l m e n t s a n d di so rd e s ; t o u c hi n g ta l es yea eve n thi n ki n

r o f t h e m
g , ,

a n d re c a ll i n g th e m c u s e a t u m u l t u o u s e x c it e m n t of th e n e rv es
, a e ,

an d d ri v e th e a n xi e ty i n t o th h e d e tc Eve n l ittl e eadi n g

.

e a , . a r

a bo u t i n diff e e n t thi n gs o r l o o ki n g
r tten ti ve l y at an o bj e c t ; 8 g
, a . .
,

whi l e se wi n g tten ti ve l y l i ste n i ng e ve n to i n di ff e re n t thi ngs too

, a ,

b ri ght l ight th e l o u d talki ng f se ve l peo pl e at th e sam e ti m e

a ,
o ra ,

e v e n s i n g l e t n e s o n a m s i ca l i n s t u m e n t th e r i n i n
o u f b l l s
g g o e r , ,

etc .
,c au s e h m f u l i m press i o n s : t re m b l i ng wea ri n e ss h e ad a ch e
ar , , ,

ch i l l s e tc , O f t e n th e s e n ses o f s m e ll a n d t as te a e i m m o d e ate ly
. r r

se ns iti v e I n m a n y cas es e ve n m o d e a te b o di l y m o ti o n o r S pe ak
. r ,

i ng , l so m od e rate wa m th c old ope n ai we tti n g th e S ki n with

a r , ,
r,

wa t e e tc r, N ot f e w s ufl e r e ve n i
. a the i r room f om a su dde n
’
n r

c h a n ge i n th e we a th e r w hil e m os t o f th e s e pa ti e n t c m l ai n d u r
, p s o
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EA S E S . 43

" uick ch a n g e of m ood s ; O ft e n v e ry m e rry and e x

u b era n t ly SO oft e n a ga in a n d ind e e d v e r y sudd e nly

, , , ,

d ej e ction ; e g o n a cco unt of his dis e a s e or fro m

. .
, ,

oth e r triflin g c a u s e s S udd e n tra nsition fro m ch e e r .

fu l n e s s to s a dn es s or v e xation witho u t a c a us e , .

T h e s e a r e s o m e O f t h e l e adin g s y m p to m s ob s e rv e d
by m e w hich if th ey ar e O ft e n r e p e at e d or b e co m e
, , ,

const a nt S ho w th a t th e int e rn a l P s or a is c om in g forth

,

fro m its l a t e nt st a t e Th e y ar e at th e s a m e ti m e th e .

e l e m e nts fro m w hi c h ( und e r u nfa v o rabl e e xt e rnal

,

conditions ) th e it c h m a l a dy a s it m a nif e st s its e lf c o m

-
, ,

p os e s t h e illi m it a bl e nu m b e r of C hroni c dis e as e s a n d ,

with o n e m a n a s su m e s th e on e fo r m w ith anoth e r a n ,

oth e r a cco rdin g to th e bodily constitution d e fe cts in

, ,

th e e d uc a tion h a bit s e m p loy m e nt a n d e xt e rn a l c i r

, ,

c u m s ta n c es a s a lso m odifi e d by t h e v a r ious p sychic a l

,

and phy s ical i m pr e ssions I t thus unfo l ds into m ani .

fold for m s of dis e as e with s o m a ny v a ri eti e s that , ,

th e y a re by no m e an s e xh a u st e d by th e di s e as e s y m p -

to m s e nu m e r a t e d i n th e p atholo g y of th e old school -

,

and e rro n e o u s ly d e s i gn a t e d th e r e as w e ll d e fi n e d con -

,

*
st a nt a n d p e culi ar dis e as es .

i n g s tor m y th e r f e w o f d ry weath e with a c l ear sk y

and we t wea ,
r .

T h e f u ll m oo n a l so with so m e pe rs o n s n d t h e n e w m o o n w ith ,
a

othe rs h as a n u n f av o ra b l e eff e c t
, .

*
They bear th e fol l owi ng n m es : S c rof u l a r ick ets s pi n a ve n tosa a , , ,

a t rophy m aras m u s co n s u m pti o n pu l m o n a r y c o n s u m pti o n as t h m a

, , , , ,

tabes m u cosa l a y n gea l phthi s i s ch o n i c ca tar r h c o ns ta n t c o ry z a

,
r ,
r , ,

d i fli cu lt de n titi o n worm s a n d con se q u e n t di s eas es dys pe ps i

, ah , a,

dom i na c am p hy poc h on d ri hys te i a d rops y d rops y of th e ah

, r s, a, r , ,

d o m e n l d ro ps y o f th e o var i es o f th e u t e r u s hyd r ocel e h yd ro ce , , ,

p h a lu s a
,m e n o r h ma d ys m re n o r rh c
e a u t e r i,
n e h e m o r r h ge s h e m ate ,
a ,

m es i s h e m optys i s a n d h e m or h age s v g i n a l h e m o h age s dys u ri a

, r ,
a rr , ,
 I DI S EAS ES
’
144 H AH N EH A N N S C H RO N C .

*
T h ese hara c t e ri sti c se co ndary sy m ptom
are th e c s

of t h e l n
o g- u n ac k n o w l e d g e d t h o a d h ead e d m o n
u s n -
,

ste r p g
, re n a n t w it h di s e as es th e P s or a th e ori gi n al ,

mi as m a ti c m a l ad y w h ich n ow m a k es i ts m a ni fes t a p
l
' ‘

p eara n c e .

i sc h uri a , e n ures s , i
di abetes ca tarrh of th e bl adder he ma tur i a , , ,

ne ph ra l gi a gra vel of th e k i d n e y s s t ri ctu re o f th e u ret h ra stri ct

, , ,

ure of th e i n tes ti n es bli n d and ru n ni ng pi l es fi stu la o f th e

, ,

re ctu m d i fi c u lt stoo l s co nsti pati o n ch ro ni c d i ar rh e a i n d u ra

, , , ,

ti o n o f th e li ve r j aun di c e c y a n osi s h eart d i seases pa l pi ta ti o n

, , , , ,

s pas m s of th e ch est d ro ps y o f th e c h es t a bortion st e r i l ity m e t ro

, , , ,

ma n i a i m pote n ce i n d u rati o n o f th e tes tic les d wi n d l i ng of th e

, , ,

test i c l es prol aps us u ter i i n ve rs i o n of th e wom b i ng u i n a l f em o r a l

, , , ,

an d u m bili cal h ern ias di s l oca ti o ns of th e j o i n ts f ro m a n i n ter n al

,

ca u se cu rv a t u re o f th e s pi n e
, ch ro n i c i n fl am mati o n of th e ey es , ,

fis t u l a la ch ryma li s sh o rt s i ghted ne ss and l o ng s i gh ted n ess d ay

,
- -
,

blin d ness and n ight bli nd nes s obscu ration of th e cornea cata , ,

r ac ts , g l a u co m a a m au ro s,i s d e a f n ess d e fi c i en t s m e
,ll o r t as te ,

ch ro n i c o n e s ide d h ead ac h e m egri m ti c d ou l o u re u x ti n e a capiti s

-
, , , ,

sca b c r u s ta l actea t e tte rs ( h e rpes ) pi m ple s n e ttl e r as h e n c ysted

, , , , ,

tu m o rs g o it re , va ri ces , a n e uri sm e ry si pe las

, sarco m as os teo , , ,

sarco ma sc i rrh us can c e r o f th e li ps c h ee k s breas t u ter us f u n gu s

, , , , , ,

h e matod es rh e u mati sm go u t i n th e hi ps k no tty go u t po dagr a

, , , , ,

apo pl ec ti c fi ts s woo n s ve rti g o raly s is o n tra c ti o n s t e t a nu s

, p a , c , , , ,

co n v u l s i o n s e pil eps y S t Vit us dan ce me lancholy i nsan ity i m ’

.
, , , , ,

b eci li ty n er vo us de bi l ity e tc
, , .

*
T h e s u pre m e ro ya l co u n c ill or Kopp a n A llo path wh o is n u , ,

willi n g ly a nd o n ly h a l f an d h l f a pproach i ng H o m e o path y pre a

t ends to have see n ch ro n i c dise ases di sappear of the mse l ves —h e

,

m ay h ave see n some parti c u lar sy m pto ms di sappe ar wh i c h sym p ,

toms th e old sc h ool i n i ts s h orts ighted f ashion co nsidered wi th

, ,

h i m as s o m a n y e n ti re di sea ses "

t I w i ll g ra n t th a t t h e d o c t ri n e t h a t a ll c h ro n i c n o n -ve n ereal
,

d i sease s whi c h are n ot e xti n gu i s ha ble by th e vi ta l forc e i n a n or ,

de rly co urse o f li fe wh i l e ex terna l ci rcums ta nces are f a vora ble but

, ,

wh i ch e ve n i n crease with th e years are of ps or i c ori gi n ”

i s for , ,
 H AH N EM AN N S C
’
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a ll wh o have n ot f u lly weigh ed m y reaso ns and for all n arrow

m i nd ed pe ople too great too o ve rwh e l m i ng
, ,
But i t i s n o n e th e
.

less true O r s h ou ld we re gard s uc h a ch ro n ic disease as n ot b ei n g

.

p s o r i c,
b eca u s e t h e p a ti e n t c a n n o t r e m e m b e r th a t h e at so m e

ti m e all th e way back to h i s bi rth h as h ad se veral or m ore (i n

, ,

t o lera b l e volu ptu ou sly) itchi n g pu tu l es o f i tch on h i s s k i n or

s ,

( si n ce th e it c h d
- i se as e i s co n s id e r e d as so m e th i n g di s g r a c e f u l ) si
n ot wil li ng to a ck no wl ed e it ? H i n o n ack n o wl ed gm e n t h e r e
-
g s

p ro v e s n o t hi n g to th e con t ra ry .

S i nce at a ll ti mes all th e i nn u m erabl e c h ro n i c di seases res u l ti n g

,

f ro m an ack n owledge d prece di ng itc h ( wh e n thi s h as no t bee n

c ured ) are i n e ra di ca bl e th rou h th e v it al forc e a n d a d va n ce i n
g ,

t h e i r eq ua bl e co urse as pso ri c ail m e n ts a n d con ti n u a lly aggr a ,

y a te d ; so l o n g as th e d ou bte rs of th e d oc t r i n e ca nn o t s h ow
p s o ra

m e a ny oth er sou r ce whi ch i s at l eas t as probabl e f or a ( n on

v e neri c ) a il m en t whi ch d es pit e o f fa vora bl e e xt ern a l con diti on s
, , ,

c orre ct di e t o o d m o ra lity a n d v i o o u s b o dily co n s tit u ti o n

, g g r ,

n e ve rth ele s s i ncreases every y ea r with o u t a n di n i n f ti n

, yp re c e g ec o

f rom itc h so f a r as m em ory goes ; so l o ng as I h ave o n m y s id e a n

o verpo we ri n n l o u b b il ity i 1 00 to I th a t a l s o th e
g a a g o s p ro a e , .
,

i n di vid u a l case s o f ch ro n i c d i sease w hi c h s h o w a li ke prog ressi on

, ,

p obably a l so are yea m us t be of a psor i c nat u re altho ug h th e

r , , ,

p a ti e n t can n o t or will n ot rem em ber a prec edi ng i nf ecti on .

I t i s eas y to doubt m atte rs whic h c a n n o t be l a id be fore ou r oc u

l ar vi s i on b ut i n itse l f thi s d ou bt proves n o thi ng at a ll f or acco rd
, ,

i ng to th e o ld r u l e of l ogi c n eg a n ti s est pr oba r e .

T o pro ve th e Pso ri c n atu re of th ese c h ro n i c d i s e ases with o u t

a c k n owl ed e d i n f ec ti on we d o n ot e v e n n ee d th e f ac t th t th e
g ,
a

a n ti pso ri c re m edi es
-
o v ff t u l t h i n t h i v e n ly lik e
p r e e e c a er e ; s se r s o

th e proo f to a c orre c tly so l ve d m a th e m a ti ca l pro bl em .

N ow s i n ce i n a dditi o n th e oth e r r e m edi es a lth o ug h al so se l ec te d

, , ,

a ccor di n t t h i m il ity f th i y m t m d n t by f r yi e l d
g o e s ar o e r s p o s o o,
a

so d u rabl e a n d th oro ugh a cu re i n s u c h c h r on i c di seas es a s th os e ,

whi c h are rec ogn iz e d as a n ti pso ri c n d whi c h are se l ec ted i n as

-
, a

H om oeopa thic a m an n er because th ese m or e tha n th e oth e rs are

,

a de q uate to t h e wh ol e exte n t o f th e en dl ess n u m be r of s y m tom s

p
of t h e g rea t Psora mala dy I d o n ot see wh y m en wil l d e n y to th e
latte r th e titl e of th e especi ally a n ti psor i c re medi es u nl ess t h i s -
,

spri ngs f rom d og m ati sm .

146 H A H N EM AN N S
’
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A nd j us t li ttle is th e re an y good reaso n f or con tradi cti ng m e

as ,

wh e n I ( Org a non a7 3 ) e xpla i n th e ac ute di sea ses w hi ch re tu r n

,

fr om ti m e to ti m e ; e g i n fl a m m ati o n o f th e th oa t o f th e c h es t
. .
,
s r ,

as fl a m i ng u p from a l a te n t Ps or a s i m ply bec use th e i r i n

,

e tc.
, , a

fl a m ma to ry st at e as t h ey say i s m os tly to be com ba tted by m e a n s

, ,

o f t h e a n ti phl ogi s ti c r e m e di es whi c h are n ot a n ti ps o r i c ; i e

-
,
- . .
,

A con i te Be ll a d o n na M erc u r y a n d th e lik e

, , These n evertheless
.
, ,

ha ve th e i r sou rce i n a l a te n t Pso ra becau se the i r c us t o m ary ret ur n

,

ca n n o t be pre ve n t ed by a n ythi ng b u t a fi n al c u r e w ith a n ti psor i c -

r e m ed i es .
 C UR E .

W e now p roc eed to th e m edica l H o m oeo p athic tr e at

m e nt of th e il l i m itably large nu m b e r of chronic dis
e as e s , which aft e r th e abov e g a i n e d know l e d ge o f
,

th e ir thre e fold nature has not ind e e d b e co m e e a s y

, , , ,

—
but wh a t without this kno w l e d ge w a s b efore i m po s
—
s i bl e has at l ast b e co m e pos s i ble S inc e th e h o m es
,

p a t h i ca ll S
y p e ci fi c r e m e di e s for e ach o n e of th e s e thr e e

di ffe re nt m ias m ata ha v e in g re at p art b e e n discov e re d .

T h e fi r st two m ias m a ta which c a us e by f ar t h e

,

s m al l er p art of th e chronic dis e as e s th e v en er ea l

—
,

( sy p hili s) and th e fi g wa r t a i s ea s e
’
ch a ncr e d i s eas e
-

( sycosis ) with th e ir s e qu e l ae w e w ill tre at first in

, , ,

ord e r t h a t w e m ay h a v e a fre e p a th to th e t h era p e u

tics o f th e i m m e asurably g re at e r n u m b er of th e v a rio u s
chronic dis ea s e s which S prin g fro m P s or a .
 SY C O S I S .

First th e n conc e rnin g s ycosis as b e in g th a t m ia sm a

, , ,

wh i ch has p roduc ed by far th e f e w est chronic dis e as es ,

and has on l y b e e n do m i nant fro m t i m e to t i m e Thi s

—
.

fig w a r t d i s ea s e which in l a t e r ti m e s e s p e cial l y dur

—
, ,

i n g th e Fre nch wa r in th e y e a r s 1809 18 14 wa s so

, ,

wid e ly S p rea d but w hich h a s S inc e S how e d its e lf m ore

,

and m or e r a r e ly was tre at e d a l m ost al w ays in an

, , ,

in effi ci e nt and in j urious m ann e r int e rna l ly with M e r ,

cury b ec aus e it was co n sid e r e d ho m o ge n e ous w ith th e

,

v e n e real c h ancre dis e a s e ; but th e e xcre sc e nc e s on th e

-

ge nitals w e r e tr e at e d by A llo p athic p hysicia n s a lways

i n th e m o st vio l e nt e xt e rna l w a y by caut er izin g burn ,

i n g and c u ttin g or by li gature s

, Th e s e e xcres c e nc es
.

usually first m anif e st th e m s e lv e s on th e ge nitals a n d ,

a p pe ar us ua lly but not al w ays att e nd e d wit h a sort

, ,

of gonorrh e a fro m th e ure thra s e v e ra l days or s e v e ra l

*
,

w ee ks e v e n m a ny w ee ks a ft e r inf e ction throu g h

,

coition ; m ore rar e l y th e y a p p e ar dry and lik e w a rts ,

m ore fr e qu e ntly so ft s po n gy e m ittin g a S p e cifically

,, ,

f etid flu i d ( sw e e tish and a l m ost lik e h e rrin g b rin e ) -

,

*
Us ually i n gon orrh e a of this ki n d th e disc harge i s f rom th e be
,

g i n n i n g thi c ki s h lik
, e pu s ; m i c t u r iti o n i s l ess d i mc u lt b u t t
, h e

body of th e pe n i s s wolle n so m e wha t hard ; th e pen i s i s al s o i n

so m e cases co ve r e d o n th e bac k w i th g l a n d u l a r t u berc l es a n d v ery
,

pa i n f u l to th e t o uc h .
1 50 H A H N EM AN N S
’
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b l e e din g e asily and in th e for m of a coxco m b o r a caul i

,

flo w e r ( br a s s i ca botry tes ) Th e s e w ith m a l e s S pr o u t .

, ,

forth on th e g l a n s and on or b e low th e p r e p uc e b u t , , ,

with wo m e n on th e p art s surroundin g th e p ud e nd a ; a n d

,

th e p ud e nd a th e m s e lv e s w hich a r e th e n s w oll e n a r e , ,

cov e re d oft e n by a g re a t nu m b e r of th e m Wh e n th e s e .

ar e viol e nt l y r e m ov e d th e n a tur a l p r oxi m a t e e ff e ct i s

, , ,

that th e y w ill usually co m e fo rth a ga in usu a lly to b e s u b ,

je c te d a g ain in vain to
, a S i m ilar p ainf
,
u l cr u e l t r e at , ,

m e nt B ut e v e n if th e y c o u ld b e root e d out in thi s w a y i t

—
.
,

would m e re ly h a v e th e cons e q u e nc e th a t th e fi g w a r t ,

d i s e a s e a ft e r havin g b e e n d e p riv e d of t h e local sy m p to m

,

w hi c h a cts v ic a rio u s ly i or th e int e r n a l ail m e nt w o u l d ,

*
a pp e ar in oth e r an d m u ch w ors e w ays i n s e cond a ry ,

ail m e nts ; for th e fi g wa rt m i as m w hi c h rul es in t h e

-
,

w hol e o r ga ni s m h a s b e e n in no w ay di m i nish e d e ith e r

, ,

by th e e xt e r n a l d es truction of th e abov e m e ntion e d -

e x c r e sc e n c e s o r by t h e M e r c u ry w hich h a s b ee n u s e d
,

int e r n a lly a n d w hich i s in no w a y a pp ro p riat e to

,

sycosi s B e s id es th e u n d e r m inin g of th e g e n e r a l
.

h e a lth by M e r c ury w hi c h i n this dis e a s e c a n only do

,

*
T he m ias m of th e oth e r co m m o n go n orr h e a s ee m s n ot to pe n e o

t rate th e w ho l e orga n i sm b u t o n l y to l oc al ly s ti m u late th e u r i na ry

,

o rga n s . Th ey yi eld e ith e to d os e of o ne d rop of f res h pars l e y

r a

j u i c e wh e n thi s i s i n di ca ted by a f re qu e n t u rgen cy to u ri n ate o r a

, ,

s m a ll d os e o f C a n n a bi s o f C n th arid es , o r o f th e C o pa i va b al m
a , ,

accordi n g t o th e i r di ff e re n t c o n s tit u ti o n n d th e o th er a il m e n ts a t a

te n di ng i t Th ese Sh ou ld h o wever be al w ys u se d i n th e high er

.
, , a

a nd h i gh e s t d y n am i a ti o n s ( po t e n c i es ) u n l ess a Ps ora s l u m b e r i n g
z , ,

i n th e bo dy O f th e pa ti e n t h as b ee n d e ve l o pe d by m ea n s o f a
,

s t ro ng ly aff e c ti n g i r rit a ti ng o r w ea k e n i ng t r e a t m e n t by A ll opa thi c

,

p hy s i c i ans I.n s u c h a case f r e qu e n tly s eco n d ar y

g o n o r r h e as t e

m a i n whi ch ca n o n l y be c u e d by a n a n ti psor i c t rea tm e n t

,
r - .
 H AH N EM A N N S
’
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inj ury and w hich is giv e n m ostly in v e ry l arge dos e s

,

a nd in th e m ost activ e p r e p a ra tions S i m i l a r e x c re s ,

c e nc es th e n br e a k o ut in oth e r p arts of th e body ,

e ith e r w hiti s h S p on g y s e n s itiv e flat e l e vations i n t h e

, , , ,

c avity of th e m o u th on th e ton g u e t h e p a l a t e a n d t h e
, ,

li ps o r a s l a rg e rais e d brown a n d dry t u b e rc l e s in th e

, , ,

axil l ae on th e n e ck on th e sc a l p e tc or th e re a rise
, , , .
,

o th e r ail m e n ts of t h e body of w hich I S h a ll o n ly m e n ,

tion th e contraction of th e t e ndons of th e fl e x o r m u s

c le S e s p e ci a lly of th e fi n g e rs
, .

T h e gono rr h e a d e pe nd e nt on t h e fi g w a rt m i a s m a as -
,

w e l l a s th e a bov e m e ntion e d e xcr e sc e n c e s ( i e th e

-
. .
,

w hol e sycosis ) a r e c u r e d m o s t s u r e ly a n d m o s t thor

,

*
o u ghly th r o u g h t h e int e r n a l u s e of Th uj a w h ich in , ,

this ca s e is H o m e o pathic i n a do s e of a f e w p e ll e ts as
, ,

l a r ge as p o p p y s e e ds m oist e n e d with th e dil ution

,

p ot e ntiz e d to t h e d e c i lli o n t h T d e g r e e a n d wh e n th e s e ,

h a v e e xh a ust e d th e ir a ction a ft e r fi ft e e n t w e nty t h irty , , ,

forty days alt e r natin g with j u st as s m a ll a dos e of

,

N itric a cid dilut e d to th e d e cillionth d e g re e w hich

, ,

m ust b e a llo w e d to a c t a s lon g a ti m e in ord e r to t e ,

m ov e t h e g onorrh e a and t h e e xc r e sc e nc e s ; i e th e . .
,

whol e sycosi s I t is not n e c ess a r y to u s e a n y e xt e r n a l

.

a pp lication e xc e p t in th e m os t i n v eter a te a n d d ifi i cu lt
,

cas e s wh e n th e large r fi g w arts m ay b e m oi s t e n e d

,
-

e v e ry d a y w ith t h e m ild p u r e j u ic e p r e ss e d fro m th e

,

g r e e n le av e s of Th uj a m ix e d w ith a n e q ual q u antity

,

o f A lcohol .

*
M t
a eri a dic a P ura Part V
M e , .

t I f fu rth e r d os es o f Th u j a are re qu i r e d th ey a re u se d m os t ,

em ci e n tly f ro m o th e r t n i s ( v iii vi a ch an g e o f th e
po e c e v .
, .
, .
,

m od i fi ca ti o n of th e re m edy whi c h facilitates a n d s tre ngth en s i ts

,

ab li ty of aff ecti n g th e v it a l f o rce .

 I
’
1 52 H AH N EM A N N S C H RO N C DI S EAS ES .

But if th e pat i e nt was at the sa m e t i me a fi e cted

l
wi th a noth er ch ro ni c a i m e n t , as i f us ua l a ft er the vi o
l ent tre a tme nt of fi g wa rts by Allopathic p hysi ci ans
-
,

th e n we o ft e n fi nd d e v e l o ped P sora co m p l ica t e d wit h

*

syc os i s w he n th e P s o ra
, as i s o f te n t h e c as e
, was ,

lat e nt b efore i n the pati e nt At ti m e s whe n a badly

.
,

tr e at e d cas e of v e n e r ea l ch a n c re d i se ase h ad p re ce d ed ,

b oth th e s e m i a s m ata a re con j o i n e d i n a thr ee- fold c om

p l i ca tio n with sy p hili s Th e n. it i s n ec ess ar y fi r st to
co m e to th e as sistanc e of t h e m ost a ffl icte d p a rt th e ,

P s or a wi th th e S p e cific anti pso ri c reme d i e s g iv e n b e

,
-

l ow and th e n to m a ke us e of the re m edi e s for sycos is

, ,

b e for e th e p ro p er d ose of th e b e st pre p aration of M er

cury a s w i l l be d esc r ib e d b e l ow i s gi v e n a g ainst th e
, ,

sy p hilis ; th e sa m e alt e rnatin g treat m e nt m ay be co n

tin ned unti l a co m pl e t e cure i s e fi ected O n l y e ac h
, .
,

o n e of th e s e thre e kinds of m e d i c i n e m ust b e gi v e n th e

p ro p e r ti m e to co m p l e t e its act i on .

I n th i s re l i abl e cure of sycosis fro m w i thin n o ex ,

t e rn a l re m ed y ( e xce p t th e j u ic e of T hu j a in inv e t e ra te
bad cas e s ) m ust b e a p p li e d or laid on the fi g warts -
,

only cl ea n dry l int if th e y are of th e m oist vari e ty

, , .

*
This Psora i s har dly ever f ou n d i n i ts developed state (and th us
ca pa bl e o f en t eri ng i n t o co m pli c ati o n with ot h e r m i as m a ta ) wi th

you n g peopl e wh o h ave j u s t be en i nfected and sei z ed by the fi g

wart dise as e and wh o h a ve n ot h ad to pass th roug h th e us u a l
,

M erc u r ia l t reatme n t whi c h n eve r r u ns i ts course wi th ou t th e m os t

,

v i o l e n t assau lts o n th e c o n s titu ti o n ; by thi s pe r n i c i ou s d e ran g e

m e n t o f th e wh ol e orga n is m th e Pso ra e ven if s l um beri ng ever so

, ,

so u n dly w i l l be a w k e n e d i f as i s of te n th e case it was pres e n t

,
a , ,

w ithi n .
 SY P H I L I S .

T he s e cond chron i c m i as m a which i s m or e wid e l y

,

s pr e ad than t h e fi gwart dis e a s e and wh i ch for thr e e

-
,

a n d a half [now four] c e ntu r i e s has b ee n th e sourc e of

m any oth e r chronic a i l m e nt s is th e m ias m of th e

,

v e n e re a l dis e as e p ro pe r th e chancr e dis e as e ( sy p h i lis )

,
-
.

This dis e a s e only caus e s di ffi cult i e s in its cure if i t ,

i s e ntan gl e d ( co m plicat ed ) with a P sora that has b e e n

a l r e ady f ar d e v e l o p e d
—with sycosis it is co m pl ic a t e d
but rar e ly but th e n usua l ly a t th e sa m e t i m e with
,

P sora .

I n th e cure of th e v e n e r e al dis e as e thr e e stat es are

,

to b e dist in g u i sh e d
.1 Wh e n sy p hilis is sti l l a l on e and att e nd ed w i th
i ts associat e d loca l sy m pto m th e ch a n cr e or at l e ast
, ,

i f this h a s b e e n re m ov ed by e xt e rnal a pp lications it i s ,

still as sociat e d with th e oth e r loca l sy m p to m wh i ch ,

i n a S i m ilar m ann e r acts vicariously for th e i nt e rna l

*
disord e r th e b u bo
, .

2
. Wh e n it is a l o n e ind ee d i e without any c om
, , . .
,

p l i cation with a s e cond or third m i as m a but h a s ,

a l re ady b e e n d e priv e d of th e vicarious l ocal sy m p to m ,

th e c h a n cre ( and th e bubo ) .

Ver y rarel y th e i m pu re co itio n i s at on ce foll owed by th e bu bo

a l on e with o u t an y prece di ng c h an cre ; u sua lly th e b u bo o n ly

Com es after th e des truc ti o n of th e c ha n cr e by l ocal appl i ca ti on s ,

a n d i s a v e r y t roubl eso me s ubsti t u te fo r th e sam e .

11
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3 . W h en l
i t i s a re a dy co m p i cat e d with a noth e r l
ch ro n ic d is ease, i e , wit h a P sora a re ady d e v e o pe d ,
. . l l
l l l
whi e th e oca sy m p t o m m ay e ith e r be y e t p r e s e nt o r ,

m a y h av e b e e n re m o v e d by oc a a p p l i cat i ons l l .

T h e chancre a pp ea rs , aft e r an i m p ur e coition us u ,

a lly b e tw e e n th e s e v e nth and fourt ee nth d a ys , r ar e l y

soo n e r o r l
at e r m ostly on t h e m e m b e r i n f ect e d wit h
,

the m i as ma, fi rst as a l i tt l e pust ul e w hi ch chan ges ,

i nt o an i m pure u lc e r with rais e d bord e rs and s tin gin g

p a i n s wh
, i c h if n o t c u r e d r e m ains stand i n g o n th e s ame

p l a c e d u r i n g m a n s l i f’
e t i m e on l y i n cr,e as i n g w ith th e
y e ar s wh
, i l e t h e s e co n da r y sy m p to m s of t h e v e n ere al
dis e as e sy ph ili s c a nnot br e ak out as l on g a s i t e x i sts
, , .

I n o rd er to h e l p i n s uch a cas e the AIIO pa th i c p hy s i ,

c i a n d es troy s th i s ch a ncr e by m e ans of corrodin g

, ,

caut e rizin g and d e siccatin g substanc e s wron g ly co n ,

c ei v i n g i t to b e a s ore a ri s i n g m e r e ly fro m with o u t

thro u gh a l oca l inf e ct i on thus ho l d i n g i t to b e a,

mere ly l oca l ulc e r s uch a l so i t i s d ec l ar e d to b e in

,

the i r writi n gs Th e y fals e l y s u p po s e th at wh en i t

.
,

a p pe ars no i nt e rna l v e n e r e al dis e as e i s as ye t t o b e

,

thou ght of so that wh e n l oca l ly e xt e r m inatin g t h e

,

ch an cr e th e y su p p os e that th e y r e m ov e a ll th e v e n e
,

re a l dis e as e fro m th e pati e nt at onc e if only h e wi ll ,

n ot p e r m it thi s ulc e r to r e m ain too l on g i n i ts p la c e ,

so th at th e a bs orb e nt v e sse ls d o not g e t t i m e t o tra n s

f er th e p oi so n int o th e int e rna l or gan i s m and S O c a us e ,

by d e lay a g e n era l infe ction of th e syst em with sy p hi l i s .

T h e y e v i d e ntly do not know that t h e v e n e r e al in te e

tion O f th e who l e b ody co m m e nc e d with th e v e r y
mom ent of th e i m p ure coition and was a l r e ad y c o m ,

p l e t e d b e for e th e a p p eara nce of th e c h a nc r e T he .

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A IIO p a th i C doctor d e s troy s in his blindn e ss throu gh ,

local a p plic a tion s th e vicarious e xt e rnal sy m p to m

,

( th e chancre u lc e r ) which kind nat ur e int e nd ed for

,

t h e all e vi a tion of th e int e rnal e xt e nsiv e v e n e r e al g e n

e r a l dis ea s e a n d so h e in e xorab l y co m p e l s t h e or gan

i s m to r e p l ac e th e d es troy e d first s u bstit ut e of th e i n

t e rnal v e n e re a l m alady ( th e chancr e ) by a f ar m or e
p ai n ful s ub s titut e t h e bubo w hich h a st e ns o n w a rd to
, ,

su p p u ration and wh e n th e A llo pa th as is u s ually t h e ,

c a s e a lso d r i v e s out this b u bo throu g h h i S inj uriou s

,

tr ea t m e nt th e n n a ture finds its e lf c o m p e l l e d to d e

,

v e lO p th e int e rn a l m a l a dy th r ou g h f a r m or e troubl e

so m e s e cond a r y a il m e nts th ro u gh th e outbr ea k of th e ,

w hol e c hronic s y p hilis a n d n a t u r e a c c o m p lish es thi s

, ,

thou gh s low l y ( f re qu e ntly not b efo r e s ev e ra l m onths

hav e e l a ps e d ) but w ith unf a i li ng cer ta i n ty
, I nst e ad .

of a ss istin g th e r e for e t h e A llo p a th do e s inj ury

, , .

John H unt e r s a y s N ot o n e p ati e nt o ut of fift e e n

will es c a p e s y p hili s if th e ch a ncre is d e stroy e d by
,

m er e e xt e rn a l a p p li c atio n s a n d in a noth e r p a ss a g e ,
L “
in his b o o k ] h e s a y s T h e r e s ult O f d e stroyin g th e
ch a n cr e e v e r so e a r ly a nd e v e n on th e fi rst d a y of its
,

a p p e a r a nc e if this is e ff ec t e d by local applic a tion s

, ,
”
was a l wa ys th e c ons e qu e nt outbr e a k of sy p hilis .

J ust a s e m ph a tica lly F a br e d e clar es zl

“
S y p hilis
alwa ys fol l o ws on th e d e str u ction of th e ch a n c r e by
loca l a pp lic a tion s H e r e l a t e s that P eti t cut o ff a p a rt
.

A bha n d l ii ber d i e
. ven er . K r a nkh ei t ( Tre a ti se on th e Ve n ereal
D i sease )
, L e p
i s i c , 1 7 8 7 , p 53 1 . .

t A bh a n d l fi ber d i e ven er Kr a nkh ei t L e i ps i c , 1 7 8 7 , pp 5 5 1 553

. .
-
, .

1 Fa br e ,
L ett r es , S u pp lem en t a son tra i t" d es m a la d i es v "n "r i e n

n es . P
ar i s , 1 7 86 .
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of th e labia of a wo m an who had th e r e on for a fe w ,

d a y s a v e n e re a l chancre ; th e wound h e al e d b u t ,

s y p h i l is n e v e rth e l e ss brok e out

, , .

H ow th e n cou l d p hy s ic i a ns d e s p it e a l l th es e
, , ,

facts and t e st i m oni e s c l ose th e ir e y es an d e ars to th e

,

truth : that th e wh o l e v e n e re al dis e as e ( sy p hi l is ) wa s

al r e ady d e v e l o p e d within b e fore th e chancre could
,

a p pe ar and that it was a m ost un p ardonabl e m ist a ke

,

to forward th e c e rtain outbr e ak of th e sy p hi l is a l r e ady ,

p r e s e nt within into t h,e v e n e r e al di s e as e by drivi n g ,

a way and d e stroyin g th e ch a ncr e b y e xt e rn a l m ea ns ,

and th e r e by d e stroyin g th e fair O p p ortunity aff ord e d

of curin g this dis e as e i n th e e a si e st a n d m ost convin e
i n g m ann e r throu g h th e int e rnal S p e cific r e m e dy
, ,

whil e th e chancr e w a s y e t fu l ly p r e s e nt " T h e dis e a s e i s

not cure d e xc e p t wh e n throu gh th e e ffe ct of th e i n
t e rn a l r e m e dy alon e th e chancre i s c u r e d ; but it i s
,

fully e xtin g ui s h e d a s soon as thro u gh th e ac tion of

,

th e int e rn a lly O p e ratin g m e dicin e a l o n e ( w ithout t h e

addition of a n y e xt e rna l re m e dy ) th e c h a ncr e i s c o m
p l e t e ly cur e d witho u
, t l e avin g any t r ac e of its for m e r

p r e s e nc e .

I h a v e n e v e r in m y p ractic e of m o r e than fift y

,

y e a r s s ee n any t ra c e of th e v e n e re a l dis e a s e bre a k

,

out S O lo n g a s th e ch a nc r e r e m a in e d untouch e d in i ts
,

p l a c e ,e v e n if this w e r e a S p a c e of s e v e ral y e a rs

( for it n ev e r p a s s e s a wa y of its e lf ) and e v e n wh e n i t ,

had larg e ly incr e as e d in its plac e a s is n a tural in ti m e ,

with th e int e r n a l au gm e ntation of th e v e n e re al dis

ord e r w hi c h incr e as e tak e s p l a c e in ti m e in e v e ry
,

chronic m i a s m a .

B ut wh e n e v e r anyon e i s S O i m p ru d e nt as to d e stroy ,
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t his vicarious l oca l sy m p to m th e organis m is re ady to

,

c aus e t h e int e rn a l sy p hilis to br e ak out into th e

v e n e re al di s e as e sinc e th e ge n e ral v e n e re a l dis e as e
,

d w e l l s in th e body fro m th e first m o m e n t of inf e ction .

For in th e S p ot into which at th e i m p ure coition th e

,

s y p hilitic m i a s m a h a d b e e n first r u bb e d in a n d had

b e e n c a u g ht it is in th e s a m e m o m e nt no m ore local ;
, , ,

t h e who l e livin g body has alre a dy r e c e iv e d ( p e rc e iv e d )

its p re s e nc e th e m ias m a has alre a dy b e co m e th e pro p
,

e rty of th e w hol e or ga nis m A ll wi p in g O ff and wash

.

i n g o ff ho w e v e r s p e e dy and w ith w h a t e v e r fluid this

, ,

b e don e ( a n d a s w e h a v e s e e n e v e n w ith t h e e xs e c
,

t ion of th e p a r t a ff e c t e d ) it is too lat e

,
— is in va in .

Th e re i s not to b e p e rc e iv e d ind e e d a n y m o r bid , ,

tra ns m ut a tion in th a t S p ot du r in g th e fi rs t d a ys but ,

t h e s p e ci fic v e n e r e al tran s for m ation tak e s p lac e in th e

i nt e rn a l of th e body irr e sistibly f r o m th e first m o m e nt
,

o f inf e ction until sy p hilis h a s d e v e lo p e d it s e lf thro u g h

o ut th e w hol e body a n d only th e n ( not b e for e ) n a ture

, ,

load e d do w n by t h e int e rn a l m a l a dy bri n gs forth th e ,

loca l s y m p to m p e c u li a r to this m a l a dy th e ch a n c re , ,

u s u ally in th e p l a c e fi r st inf e c t e d ; a n d this sy m pto m

i s int e nd e d by n a tu r e to s ooth e th e int e r nal co m p l et e d
m a l a dy .

Th e re fore a lso th e cu re of th e v e n e re al di s e a s e is
, ,

e ffe ct e d m ost e a sily a n d in th e m ost convincin g m a nn e r ,

S O lon g as t h e c h a nc r e ( th e b u bo ) h a s not y e t b e e n

d riv e n o u t by loc a l a p p lic a tions so lon g as th e ch a nc r e

,

( th e b u bo ) still r e m a ins unch a n g e d a s a vica rious s ym p

,

t o m O i th e i n t e rn a l sy p hilis I n this stat e a n d es p e

.
,

c i a lly w h e n it is not y e t co m p licat e d w ith P sor a it ,

m a y b e ass e rt e d fro m m anifold e x p e ri e n c e and w ith

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g ood r e a son , th a t th er e i s on ea r th n o ch r on i c m i as ma ,
n o ch r on i c d i s ea s e s pr i ng i ng f r om a m i a s ma , w h i ch i s
m or e cu r a ble a n d m or e ea s i ly c u r a ble th a n th i s .

I n this fi r s t si m p l e stat e and S i m p l e cure w h e n the ,

ch ancre ( or th e bubo ) is still p re s e nt and th e r e i s no ,

c o m p lica tion w ith a d e v e lo p e d P sora no p ro m i n e nt ,

chronic ail m e nt fro m a P soric ori gin ( usu a l l y th e re is

n on e s u ch w ith yo u n g l iv e l y p e rs ons ) and with l a t e nt
, ,

P sora sy p hilis co m bin e s a s littl e a s sycosis i n this —

fi r s t st a t e it n e e d s only o n e l ittl e dos e of th e b e st
m e rc urial r e m e dy in ord er to cur e tho r o u g hly and for
,

e v e r t h e whol e s y p hilis w ith its ch a ncr e w ithin four ,

t e e n d ays I n a f e w d a ys aft e r t a ki ng su c h a dos e of

.

m e rcury t h e ch a ncr e ( w ithout a n y e xt e rnal a pp l ica

,

tion ) b e co m e s a cl e a n s ore wi th a littl e m ild p us a n d ,

—
h e a l s of its e lf a s a convincin g p roof that th e v e n e r e a l ,

m al a dy i s a l s o fully e xtin g ui s h e d within ; a n d it d o e s

not l e av e b e hind th e l e ast s c a r o r th e l ea st S p ot , ,

showin g a n y oth e r color th a n th e oth e r h e a lthy s kin .

But the c han c r e w hi c h is not tr e at e d with e xt e rnal

,

a p p lic ation w o u ld n e v e r h e a l if th e in t e rn a l sy p hilis

, ,

ha d not b e e n a lr e a dy a nnihilat e d and e xtin g u i s h e d by

th e dos e of m e rcury ; f o r s o lon g a s it e xi s ts in i ts p l a c e ,

it i s th e n a t ura l a n d u n m i s t a k a bl e p r oof of e v e n th e
l ea st r e m a ind e r of an e xistin g sy p hili s .

I hav e i n d e e d in th e s e cond e dition of th e firs t p a rt

, ,

of M a ter i a M ed i ca P u r a ( D re sd e n d e scrib e d ,

th e p r e p a r a tion of th e p u r e s e m i oxid e of m e r cu ry -
,

and I s till c o n sid e r this to b e o n e of th e m ost e xc e ll e nt

a nti sy p hilitic m e di c in e s ; but it i s di ffi c u lt to p r e pa r e
-

it in s u ffi ci e nt p urity I n ord er th e r e for e to rea ch

.
, ,

thi s w i s h e d f o r g o a l in a still S i m p l e r m ann e r fr e e ,

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from a ll d e tours a nd y e t jus t a s p e rfe ct l y ( for i n th e

,

p pr e a ration of m e dicin e s w e cannot p r o c e e d i n to o .

si m p l e a m ann e r ) it is b e st to p roc e e d i n th e way

,

g i v e n b e low so
, that o n e g r a in of quit e p ur e runni n g
q uick s ilv e r is triturat e d thr e e ti m e s with 100 grai ns
-
,

of s u ga r of m ilk e ach ti m e u p to th e m illionth at

,

t e n ua ti o n in thr e e hou r s and o n e g rain of this third

, ,

t ri turation is dissolv e d a nd th e n p ot e ntiz e d thro u g h

,

tw e nty s e v e n dilutin g p hials u p to ( x ) th e d e c il l ion th

-

d e g r ee as is tau g ht at th e e n d o f th i s vo l u m e w ith re
'

, ,

S p e ct to t h e dyna m ization of t h e oth e r dry m e dici n es .

I for m e rly u s e d th e billionth dyna m ization ( ii ) of

this p r e p a ra tion i n 1 2 or 3 fi n e p e l l e ts m oi s t e n e d
,

with this di l u tion as a d os e a n d this was don e s uc

, ,

c ess f u lly for such c ur e s ; althou g h th e p re para ti o n of

th e hi gh e r p ot e nci e s ( iv vi vii ) and fina l ly th e d ec i ll

, , ,

i on th p ot e ncy ( x ) S how so m e advanta g e s i n th e ir

, ,

q u ick p e n e tratin g and ye t m ild action for th i s p u r p os e ;

,

but in ca s e s wh e re a s e cond or third dos e ( how e v e r

se ldo m n e e d e d ) S hould b e found n e c ess ary a low e r ,

p ot e ncy m ay th e n be t a k e n .

Just a s th e continu e d p r e s e nc e of th e ch a ncre ( or

th e b u bo ) d u rin g th e cure S ho w s th e cont i nu e d p re s
e n c e of s y p hilis so wh e n t h e chancr e ( a nd t h e bubo )
,

h ea l m e r e ly fro m th e i nt e rnally a pp li e d M e rcury with ,

o u t any addition O f a r e m e dy us e d for th e loc a l sy m p

to m and ye t th i s disa p p e ars w ithout l e avin g a n y trac e

,

of its for m e r p re s e nc e ; it is incontrov e rtibly s u r e that ,

a l so e v e ry tra c e of th e int e rn a l sy p hilis wa s e x ti n

g u i s h e d at th e m o m e nt of th e co m p l e tion of th e cure
of th e chancr e or th e bubo .

B ut j ust as inco n trov e rtibly do e s it fol l ow that e v e ry

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d i sa ppearanc e of th e chancre ( or th e bubo ) ow i n g t o

a m ere l l d es truction sinc e it was no real cure
oca ,

found e d on th e e xtir p ation of t h e int e rna l v e n e re a l d i s

ease throu g h t h e int e rnally giv e n a p p ro p riat e M e rc u ry

me dicin e l eav e s to us th e c ertainty that th e sy p hi l is

,

re m ains b e hind ; and e v e ry o n e w h o s u pp os e s hi m s e lf

h e al e d by any such m e re ly loca l p r e t e nd e d cure is to

, ,

be consid e re d as m uch v e n e r ea l ly dis e as e d a s h e wa s

b e for e th e d e s truction O f th e ch a ncre .

T h e s econd stat e in which as m e ntion e d a bo ve

, ,

s y p hilis m ay h a v e to b e tr e at e d is t h e rar e cas e w h e n

,

an oth e rwis e h ea lthy p e rs on a ffe c t e d w ith no oth e r

,

chronic dis ea s e ( a n d th u s without any d e v e l o p e d

P sora ) has e x p e ri e nc e d this inj udicious drivin g a w a y
,

of th e chancre throu gh loc a l a p p l ications e ffe ct e d by ,

a n ordinary p hysician in a S hort ti m e and without a t

tackin g th e organis m ov e r m u c h w ith int e rnal a n d e x

.
—
t e rnal r e m e d i es E v e n i n s uch a cas e as w e hav e ,

not as ye t to co m bat a n y co m plica tion with P sora a ll —

outbr e aks of th e s e cond a ry v e n e r e al dis e a s e m ay b e
a void ed a n d th e m a n m a y b e fre e d fro m e v e ry tra c e o f
.

t h e v e n e r e al m i a s m a thro u g h th e b e for e m e ntion ed -

S i m p l e int e r nal cu r e e ff ec t e d by a lik e dos e of th e

—
abov e m e ntion e d M e rc uri a l m e dicin e althou g h t he
-

c e rtainty of his cur e c a n no m o r e be so m anif e stly

p rov e d as if t h e c h a n c r e h a d s ti ll b e e n in e xist e nc e dur
i n g thi s int e rn a l cur e a n d as if it h a d b e co m e a m i ld
,

ulc e r s i m p ly throu gh this int e rn a l r e m edy a nd h ad ,

b e e n thus m a nif e stly c ure d of its e lf .

But h e r e a lso th e r e m a y be found a S i g n of th e no n

co m pl e t e d as w e ll as of th e c o m pl e t e d cure of th e i n
t e rna l sy p hilis which h as not ye t brok e n out i nto th e
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ve n e r e al dis ea s e ; but this S i gn will on l y m anif e st its e lf

t o an e xact obs e rv e r . I n c a s e th e ch a ncre has b e en
d r i v e n out th r ou gh l oca l a pp l i cation e v e n if th e r e m
,

e di e s us e d had not b e e n v e ry acrid th e re w ill al way s

,

r e m ain in th e p l ac e w h e r e it stood as a S i g n of t h e un
,

e xtin g uish e d int e rn a l sy p hilis , a discolor e d r e ddish

, ,

r e d or blu e scar ; whil e on t h e contr a ry wh e n t h e c ur e

o f th e whol e v e n e r e al dis ea s e has b e e n e ff e ct e d by th e

int e rnal re m e dy and if thus th e chancr e h ea ls of its e lf

,

without th e a ction of a n e xt ernal a pp li c ation and ,

wh e n it dis a p pe a rs b ec aus e it is no m or e n e e d e d as a
sub s titut e a n d a ll e vi a tor of a n i nt er n a l v e n e re al dis
o rd e r w hich n o w has c e a s e d th e n t h e s p ot of th e
,

for m e r c h a ncre c a n no m or e b e r e c o gniz e d for th e ,

s kin cov e r in g that p l a c e w ill b e j u s t as s m ooth and of

t h e sa m e colo r as th e r e s t S O that no tra c e c a n b e dis

,

c e r n e d of t h e S p ot wh e r e th e chanc r e had stood .

N o w if th e H o m e o pa thic p hysici a n ha s c a r e fully

tak e n co g niz a nc e of th e p r e s e n c e of th e di s colore d
s ca r r e m a inin g a ft e r th e q u ick m e r e l y local e x p ulsion
,

o f th e v e n e re a l loc a l s ym p to m a s a S i g n of th e u n e x
,

t i n gu i s h e d i n t e r n a l sy p hilis a n d if t h e p e r son to be
,

h e al e d is oth e rw is e in g ood h ea lth a n d c on s e qu e ntly

,

h i s v e n e r e al disord e r is not y e t co m p lic a t e d with P s o r a ,

h e will a lso e v e n n o w b e abl e to f r e e h i m fro m e v e r y

, ,

r e m a ind e r of th e v e n e r e al m ias m a by o n e dos e of th e

b e st p r e p a ra tio n of M e rcury as a bov e d e sc r ib e d a n d ,

h e will b e convinc e d th a t t h e cur e is co m p l e t e d fro m ,

th e fact th a t durin g th e ti m e of th e a ctivity of th e

S p e cific r e m e dy t h e sc a r w ill a g ain a ss u m e t h e h e althy

c olo r of th e oth e r skin and a ll discolora tion of that

S p ot will disa pp e a r .
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Eve n wh e n af t e r th e e x p u l s io n of th e c h a nc re by
,

loca l a p p lica ti o n s t h e bubo h as a l rea dy b ro ke n o ut

,

b ut th e p ati e nt i s n o t y e t s e iz e d w it h a ny o t h e r c h ro ni c
d i se a s e a n d c on s e qu e ntly th e i n t e rn a l s y p h i li s i s n ot
,

y e t c o m p lic a t e d with a d e v e lo p e d P s o ra ( w hi c h i s

n e v e rth e l e s s a ra r e ca s e ) th e sa m e tr ea t m e nt wi l l a l s o
,

h e re whil e th e bubo is only d e v e l o p in g p ro duce a

, ,

c ur e ; and its c o m p l e tion w ill b e r e co g nize d by th e

sa m e si g n s .

I n both cas e s if th e y hav e b ee n ri ghtly tre at e d th e

, ,

c u r e is a c o m p l e t e o n e and n o o utbre a k of th e v e ne
,

re a l dis e ase n e e d any m ore b e a ppre h e nd ed .

T h e m os t di ffi cult of all th ese cas e s th e th i r d i s sti l l , ,

t o b e tr e at e d : wh e n t h e m a n at th e ti m e of t h e
sy p hilitic infe c tion was alre ady labori n g u n d e r a
c hronic dis e as e S O th a t his sy p hili s was co m p lica te d
,

with P so ra e v e n whil e th e ch a ncre y et e xist ed or

, ,

wh en ev e n w hil e th e r e w a s no c hronic dis e a se in th e

,

body a t th e outb r e ak of th e cha ncre a n d th e indwe ll ,

i n g P s ora cou ld on ly be r e co g niz e d by its to ke ns a n ,

allo p a thic p hysici a n h a s n e v e rth e l e ss d e st roy e d th e

, ,

loc a l sy m p to m n ot only slo wly and with v e r y p ain f u l

,

e xt e r n a l a p p lications but h a s a lso sub j e ct e d h i m f or a

,

lon g ti m e to an i n t e rn a l t r e at m e nt w ea k e nin g a n d ,

s tron g ly a ff e ctin g h i m s o th a t th e g e n e ra l h e alt h h as

,

b e e n und er m in e d and th e P s o r a which has a s ye t b e e n

l at e nt within h i m h as be e n brou ght to its de v e lo p m ent
and h a s b r ok e n out into c hronic ail m e nts and th e s e irre ,

p r e s s i b ly co m bin e with t h e int e rnal sy p hilis t h e lo ca l ,

sy m p to m of which had b e e n at th e sa m e ti m e d e s troyed

i n s uch a n i rra ti o n a l m a nn e r P sora can only b e co m p l i
.

os t e d w ith th e v e n e r e a l dis e as e wh e n it has b e e n d e

v e lO p e d a n d w h e n it h a s ulti m a t e d its e lf in a m a nife s t

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chronic di s e as e ; but not wh e n it i s as ye t lat e nt and

s lu m b e rin g By th e latt e r th e c u re of sy p hilis is not oh
.

s truct e d but w h en co mpli ca ted w i th d ev eloped P s or a

, ,

i t i s i mpos s i ble to cu r e th e v en er ea l d i s ea s e a lone .

O nly too oft e n I S hould s a y do w e find th e sy p hilis

, ,

which ha s re m ain e d uncure d a ft e r th e m e r e ly local

d es tru ction of th e ch a ncre co m p lica t e d with a wak e n e d
,

P sora not a lwa vs b e caus e t h e P sora wa s alr e a dy d e

,

v e lo p e d b e fo r e th e v e n e r e a l inf e ction — for this is ra re ly

—
th e c a s e w ith yo u n g p e o p l e b u t b e caus e it is viol e ntly
a wa k e n e d a nd brou g ht to i ts outbr e ak by th e usu a l
t r e at m e n t of th e v e n e r e al di se as e By m ea ns of .

friction w ith M e r c u ry l a r ge do s es of C a lo m e l C o r ro
, ,

siv e subli m at e a n d S i m il a r a cr id M e rc u r i a l re m e di e s
( w hich o r i g ina t e f e v e r dy se nt e ric abdo m inal ail m e nts
, ,

chro n ic e xhaustin g s alivation pa ins in th e li m bs , ,

S l e e p l e ssn e ss e tc,
w ithout p oss e ssin g su ff i ci e nt anti
sy p hilitic p ow e r to cure th e ch a ncre m i a s m a m ildly -
,

quickly a n d p e rfe ctl y ) th e y a ssault t h e v e n e r e al pa

,

t i e nt oft e n for m a ny m onth s w ith th e int e rm e diat e ,

u s e O f m a n y w ea k e nin g w a r m b a ths a nd p ur ga tiv e s ;

so th a t th e int e r n a l slu m b e rin g P sora ( w ho s e n a tu r e

caus es it to br ea k forth in a ll g r e at convulsions a n d in
th e w e a k e nin g of th e g e n e ra l h e alth ) is a w a k e n e d b e
fore th e sy philis can b e cu r e d by such a n inj udicious
t r e at m e nt a n d th u s b e co m e s a s soci a t e d and co m p li
,

os t e d th e r e w ith .

Th e r e a ris e s in this m a nn e r and throu g h this c o m

bin ation w h a t i s ca ll e d a m a s hed s pu r i ous sy ph i li s , ,

and in E n g l a nd ps eu d o sy ph i li s a m on s t e r of a doubl e,

*
dis e as e w hich no p hysici a n hith e rto h a s b e e n a bl e to
,

Y ea af te r s u c h a t r ea t m e n t it i s e ve n m o re t h a n a d o u b l e di s
,

ease ; th e S h a rp M e rc u r i a l m e di c i n e s i n l a rg e a n d f req u e n t doses

, ,
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’
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cure b ecaus e no physic i an h i th erto has b e e n s e

,

q u a i n te d w ith t h e P sora in its g r e at e x t e nt and its n a

ture n e i th e r in i ts l a t e nt nor its d e v e l o pe d st a t e ; a n d

,

no on e sus pe ct e d this dre adfu l co m bination wit h

s y p hilis m uch l e ss p e r c e iv e d i t
, N o o ne th e re for e
.
, ,

co uld h e al th e d e v e lo pe d P sora th e only cause of th e

,

u ncurabl e n e ss O f this b a stard sy phi l is — n o r co u ld th e y

,

in cons equ e nc e fr e e th e sy p hi l is fro m this horribl e

co m binat i on so as to m a k e it c urabl e j ust a s th e P so r a ,

re m ains incurab l e if th e s y p hilis has not b e e n e x ti r

p at e d .

I n ord e r to re ach this s o ca ll ed m ask e d v e n e re a l d i s

-

e as e s ucc e ssfully th e followin g ru l e m u s t s e rv e th e

,

ho m e o p athic p hysici a n : A ft e r re m ovin g all hurtful i n

flu e n c e s that a ffect t h e p a ti e nt fro m with ou t a n d a ft e r
s e ttl i n g on a li g ht and ye t no u rishin g and stre n gt h e n
i n g di e t for th e p a ti e nt le t h i m fi rst g iv e th e a nti
,

p soric m e dicin e which i s ho m e o p a thically t h e b e st fi t

tin g to th e th e n p re va ili n g s t a t e of dis eas e a s w ill b e ,

S ho w n b e low and wh e n this m e dicin e has co m p l e t e d

,

its action a l so p rob a bly a s e cond m ost suitabl e to th e

, ,

still p ro m in e nt P so ra s y m p to m s and th e s e should b e

,

allo w e d t o a ct a ga inst th e P sora unti l th e y h a v e ,

e ff e c t e d all that can b e a t p r e s e nt don e a ga in s t i t — th e n

S hould b e giv e n th e dos e a bov e d e scrib e d of t h e b e s t

M e rc u rial p r e paration to a c t a g a inst th e v e n e r e a l d i s

e a s e fo r thr ee fi ve to s e v e n w e e ks ; i
, e so lon g a s it. .
,

w ill c ontinu e to p rodu c e a n i m p rov e m e nt in th e v e n e

re a l sy m p to m s .

h a ve al so added the i r medi c i na l di sease which wh e n we co nsider

,

i n additio n th e d e bility cause d by s u c h t reat m e n t m u s t place th e ,

p a ti e n t i n a m os t sa d s t a t.e I n s u ch a case H e pa r s u lph u ri s i s

p ro b a bly to b e pr ef e rre d t o t h e pu r e S u l ph u r .
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I n inv et e rat e and di ffi cult cas e s how e v e r this first , ,

cours e will hardly acco m p li s h a ll that is d e sire d Th e r e .

usu a lly still r em a in so m e a i l m e nts and di s ord e rs which ,

c a nnot be d e finit ely class e d a s p ur ely p so ric a n d ,

oth e rs w hich cannot b e cl a ss e d a s d e finit e ly sy p hilitic ,

and th e s e r e quir e still so m e a ddition a l a i d A r e pe t i .

tion of a S i m ilar proc e ss of cu re is h e r e re quire d ; i e . .

,

first a noth e r a pp lication of o n e or m or e of th e a nti

p soric r e m e di e s th a t h a v e not y e t b e e n us e d a n d ,

which are ho m e o p athically th e m ost a p pro p riat e ,

until w hat e v e r s e e m s still u n sy ph i li ti cally m o r bid

i e
. .
, p so r i c — m a y di s a pp e a r w h e n
, t h e b e fo r e m en
ti o n e d do s e of th e M e rc u r i a l r e m e dy but in a n oth e r ,

p ot e ncy S
, hould b e g iv e n a g a in a n d a llo w e d to c o m
p le t e i t s a ction until , t h e m a nif e st v e n e r e al sy m p to m s
( th e p rickin g p ainful ulce r of th e tonsils th e r ound
, ,

C O p per colo r e d S p ots that S hi m m e r th r ou g h th e e p i

-

d e r m is th e e ru p tiv e p i m p l e s which do not itch a n d

,

a r e found chi e fly i n th e fac e u p o n a bluish re d tounda -

tion th e p a inl e ss c u tan e o u s u lc e rs on th e S ca l p a n d

,

th e p e nis which a r e s m ooth p a l e c l e a n m e re ly

, , , ,

cov e r e d w ith m ucu s a n d al m ost l e v e l w ith th e h ea lthy

,

skin e tc a n d th e borin g ni ghtly pa ins in th e e x

, .
,

ostos e s ) hav e e ntir e ly p as s e d a wa y B u t S in c e th e .

s e conda ry v e n e re a l sy m p to m s a re S O ch a n g e a bl e t hat
th e ir t e m p o ra ry disa p p e ara nc e g i v e s no c e rt a inty of
th e i r co m p l e t e e xtinction w e m ust also w a it for that
,

m or e co n clusiv e S i g n of th e co m p l et e e xtir pation of th e

v e n e r ea l m i a s m a ff ord e d by th e re tu r n of th e h e althy
color a n d th e e ntir e d i sa p p e a ranc e of th e discolora tion
found in th e sca r which r e m a ins aft e r t h e e xtir p ation
of th e chancre by local corrosiv e a pp lica tions
, .
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’
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I h a v e i n m y pra ctic e found on l y two cas e s of th e

, ,
*

thr e e fo l d co m p l i ca tion of th e thre e chronic m i a s m s ,

t h e fi g wart d i s e as e w ith th e v e n e re a l ch a ncr e m i a s m

-
‘

and at th e sa m e ti m e a d ev e lo p e d P sora a n d th es e ,

ca s e s w e re cure d acco rdin g to th e sa m e m e thod ; i e . . ,

t h e P sora was tre at e d firs t th e n th e o n e of t h e oth e r

,

two chronic m ias m a t a th e sy m pto m s of which w er e a t

,

th e ti m e th e m ost p ro m in e nt and th e n th e last o n e , .

T h e r e m ain i n g p so r ic sy m p to m s had th e n still to b e

co m b a tt e d with s u it a bl e re m edi e s a n d th e n l a stl y ,

w h a t th e r e ye t re m a in e d of sycosis or sy p hilis by ,

m ea ns of th e r e m e di e s g iv e n abov e I wou l d a ls o
.

re m a rk that th e co m p l e t e cure of sycos i s w hich h a s

tak e n p oss e ssion of th e whol e organis m b e for e th e out
br e a k of its l oca l sy m p to m is d e m onstra t e d lik e tha t
, ,

of th e chancr e m i a s m a by th e co m p l e t e disa p p e ara nc e

,

of th e discoloration on th e s p ot of th e skin w hi c h dis ,

coloration re m ains a ft e r e v e ry m e re l y l ocal d e st r uctio n

of th e fi g— wart as a si g n of th e un e xtir pat e d s y c osi s .

A m as t er ti l e r f ro m th e S a x o n Erz M ou n ta i n s wh ose di sso l ute

-
,

wif e h ad i nf ecte d h i m with a ven e rea l d i sease i n h is g e n ita ls c o n ,

c e rn i ng whi c h it was n ot a ppa re n t f rom h i s d esc r i pti on w h e the r i t

was a ch an c re or a fi g wa t h ad be e n so m alt rea te d by v io le n t

- r ,

M er cu ri a l rem edi es th a t h e h ad l os t h i s u vu l a a n d h i s n o s e w s so
, a

afl e c te d th a t th e fl e s hy pa rt s h a d m os tly b een ea t e n a way a n d th e ,

r e m a i n i n g par t was s wo l l e n a n d i n fl a m e d a n d pi er ce d li k e a h o n e y

co m b with u l cers . Thi s was atte n d ed with great pa i n a n d a n i h .

to l e ably f etid s m ell I n additio n h e h ad a ps ori c u l ce r o n th e

r .

le g . T h e a n ti pso r i c r em edi e s i m pr o ved th e u l ce rs u p to a ce rtai n

-

deg ee ; th e y h eal ed th e u lce o n th e leg they t ook a way th e b u m

r r ,

i n g pa i n a n d m os t of th e f e tid s m e ll of th e n o s e ; a l s o th e re m ed i es
g i v e n to c u re th e s y c o s i s ca use d so m e i m pro ve m e n t— b u t a s to th e

s u m to ta l no th i n g f u rt h e r was e ff ec t e d u n til h e r e ce i ve d a s m a l l
d os e o f P ro toxid e of M e rc u y af ter whi ch e ver ythi ng was fu l ly
r ,

h eal e d and h e was res tore d to f u ll h ealth ex cepti ng th e i rreparable

,

l os s of h i s n os e .
 P S OR A .

I th i n k it n ec e ssa ry b efor e p roc e e din g t o th e d oc

t ri n e of th e th i r d chronic m ias m a th e m o st i m p ort a n t ,

o f a ll P sora to p r e m is e th e follo w in g g e n e ra l r e m a r k
, ,

For th e inf e ct i on with th e only thre e known chro n i c

m i a s m at i c dis e as es th e re is usua ll y n e e d e d but o ne
m o m e nt ; but th e d e v e lo p m e nt of this tind er of i n f e c
t i o n S O that it b e co m e s a g e n e ra l dis e a s e of th e e ntire
,

o rg a n i s m n e e ds a l on g e r ti m e
, N ot until a c ertai n
.

n u m b e r of days hav e e l a p s e d w h e n th e m ias m atic d i s

,

e a s e h a s r e c e iv e d i ts co m p l e t e int e rnal d e v e lo p m e nt i n
—
th e who l e m a n n ot until th e n fro m t h e fuln ess O f i n
,

t e r n al s ufi e ri n g th e l o c al sy m p to m br e a ks forth d e s
, ,

ti n e d by a kind nat u r e to tak e u p o n its e lf in a c e rt a i n

s e n s e t h e i nt e rnal dis e as e and in so far to div ert it in
,

a p alli a t iv e m an n e r and to sooth e i t so that it m ay ,

n ot b e ab l e to injur e a n d e nd a n g e r th e v ita l e cono m y

t oo m uch . T he l oca l sy m p to m h a s i ts p lac e on th e

le as t d an ge rou s p art of th e body th e e xt e rna l S kin , ,

a nd ind ee d on th a t p art of t h e skin wh e re duri n g t h e

, , ,

i nfection th e m i as m a had touch e d th e n e a r es t n e rv es

, .

T hi s p roc es s of natur e which r e pe ats it s e lf c o n

,

t i n ua lly a n d e v e r m or e in th e sa m e m ann e r i n chroni c

mi as m a ta — aye e v e n i n thos e which a r e a c u t e a n d
—
, ,

c ons tan t , o u g ht not to hav e e sc a p e d th e p e n e t ra tio n

o f p h ys ici a n s a t l e a st n ot in v e n e r ea l dis e a s e s to th e
, ,

treatm e n t o f wh i c h th e y h av e a p p li e d t h e m s e l v es n o w
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’
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for m or e than thre e hu n dre d y ears ; and th e n th e y

c o u l d not h a v e a void e d drawin g a c o nc l usion as to th e

p roc e ss of natur e i n t h e oth e r two chroni c m ias m a ta .

I t was th e r e fore
, , irration a l and un p ardonab ly
thou ghtl e ss of th e m to su pp os e that e v e ry cha n cr e
e v olv e d by th e organis m a ft e r s ev era l days oft e n ,

aft e r quit e a nu m b e r of d a ys as th e re sult o f th e ,

co m p l et e d int e rn al m a l ady was a th i n g m e re l y ad ven

,

ti ti o us fro m without a n d S ituat e d on th e S kin w ith o u t

a n y int e rnal conn e ction so that it m i ght b e si m p ly r e
,
“
m ov e d by c a ut e r izin g , S O as to p re v e nt th e p o i s o n

fro m th e ch a ncr e ( s ci li cet ) fro m b e in g a bsor b e d in t o

th e int e rnal pa r ts and th u
, s fro m causin g m a n to b e
aflli ct e d w ith th e v e n e r e al dis e a s e
”
I rrationa l a n d
.

un pa rdonably thou ghtl e ss was this fals e id e a of th e

ori gin of th e v e n e re a l chancre w hich ca u s e d th e i n,

ju r i o u s p r a cti c e of t h e e xt e rnal caut e rization of th e

chancr e p roducin g a s its unavoidabl e sha m e fu l e fi e ct
, , ,

th e br e akin g out of t h e v e n e r ea l di s e as e fro m th e i n

t e r n a l w hich ha s continu e d in i ts dis e as e d stat e Thi s .

has b e e n th e c a s e in s e v e r al hundr e d tho u sands of

c a s e s th e s e la s t thr e e c e nturi e s Just as irrational a nd
.

tho u ghtl e ss is th e notion of p hysici a ns of th e O ld

school e v e n of th e m ost m od e rn ti m e s th a t itch is
, ,

m er ely a d i s ea s e of th e s h i n in which th e int er n a l

,

p o r tion of t h e body tak e s no p art A ccordin g to thi s.

g roundl e ss su pp osition th, e r efor e nothin g b e tt e r c a n

,

b e don e th a n to r e m ov e this ail m e nt fro m th e su rfac e

of th e S kin a lthou g h th e e xtir pa tion of th e int e rn a l
,

P s ora dis e as e which caus e s th e cutan e ous e ru p tion i s

n e c e s s ary as an aid and wh e n this is cur e d also th e
,

cut a n e ous a i l m e nt b e i n g th e n e c e ssa r y cons e qu enc e

,
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of th e int e rnal dis e as e ,

w ill n atu r ally disa p p e ar
ces s a n te ca u s a , ces s a t e f ectu s .

For in its co m p l et e s tat e i e S O lon g a s th e ori gina l

, . .
,

e r u p tion i s still p r e s e nt on t h e S kin so as to a ssua ge

th e int e rn a l m a lady th e e ntir e dis e as e of th e P sora

,

m ay b e c ur e d m ost e asily q u ickly and s ur e ly , .

B ut wh e n by th e d e stru c tion of this ori g in a l cutan e

o u s e ru p tion w hich acts vicariously for th e int e rnal
,

m alady it has b e e n robb e d th e n th e P sora is p u t in

,

th e unn a tu r al p osition of do m in a tin g in a m e r e ly o n e

sid e d m ann er th e int e r n a l fin e r p arts of th e w hol e or
g a n i s m ,a n d th u s of b e i n g c o m p e ll e d to d e v e lo p its
s ec ond a ry sy m p to m s .

H ow i m p o rt a nt and n e c e ss a r y th e cut a n e ous c ru p

tion is f o r th e ori gin a l P sora a n d h ow ca r e fully in th e ,

only thor o ug h cu r e of itch that is th e int e rnal cur e , , ,

e v e ry e xt e rnal r e m ov a l of th e e ru p tion m ust b e

avoid e d w e m a y s e e fro m th e fa ct that th e m ost s e v e r e
,

ch r onic a il m e nts hav e follo w e d as s e conda ry sy m p

to m s of th e int e r nal P s ora aft e r th e ori g in a l itch
er u p tion has b e e n d r iv e n o u t a n d that wh e n i n con , ,

s e q u e n c e of a g r e at r e vol u tion in th e or ga nis m this ,

it c hi n g e ru p tion r e a p p e a rs on th e s kin th e s e cond ar y ,

sy m p to m s ar e so s u dd e n ly r e m ov e d that th e s e gri e vo u s ,

ail m e nts oft e n of m any y e a rs standin g are w ont to

,
’

disa p p e a r at l e a st t e m p or a rily as if by a m irac l e

, , .

S e e th e b e fore quot e d obs e rv ations of O ld e r p hysici a ns ,

N os 1 , 3 5, 6 8 ,
.
, , 16 , 2 3 , 33 , 3 5 , 39, 41 ,
54, 58 , 60 7 2 8 1 , 8 7 , 8 9
, , , 94 .

But let no o n e s u p p os e that a n int e rnal P so ra ,

whi c h aft e r th e e xt e r n a l d es t r uction of th e ori g ina l

,

cutan e o u s e r u p tion h as brok e n out i nto s e condary

,

12
1 70 H AH N EM A N N S
’
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chro n ic ai l m e n ts ca n throu gh th e rea p pe ara n c e o f

, ,

such an itch li k e e ru p tion on th e ski n co m e into j us t

-
,

as n or m al a st a t e a s b e fore or that it can b e cur e d ,

j u s t a s e a si ly as if it we re still th e ori gi n a l e ru p ti o n
and a s if this ha d not b ee n as yet re m ov e d .

This is not at all th e c a s e E v e n th e e ru p tion fo l

‘
.

l owin g i m m ediat e ly aft er the infe ction has no su ch un

chan gin g const a ncy and p e rtin acity on th e S kin a s th e
ch a ncre and th e fi gw arts S how on th e S p ots wh e re th e y
*
fir st a p p e ar but not infr e qu e ntly disa p pe ar s fro m th e
,

skin also fro m oth e r c a u s e s l th a n fro m a rtificia l r e m ‘ '

e di e s us e d p ur p os e ly fo r its d e struction and SO al s o ,

fro m oth e r cau s e s u n kn o w n I .

S o th a t th e p hy s ici a n m ust not wast e any ti m e e v e n

i n th e ori g in a l e r u ptio n if h e wo u ld co m pl e t e th e cu r e
,

w hil e th e itch di s e as e is still e nti r e by th e use of int er ,

nal anti p sor ic re m e di e s S uch a re s p it e c a n b e e x

-
.

p e c t e d still l e ss in this s e cond a ry e ru p tion whi c h h a s ,

b e e n brou ght out on th e S kin by any c a u s e a ft e r t h e

l oca l e xtir p ation of the e ru ption ; for th e s e cond e ru p
tion is w ont to b e far m o r e inconst a nt and ch a n g ea bl e ,

so th a t it oft e n p a ss e s aw ay on m u ch s li g ht e r p rovo c a
—
tion in a f e w day s a p r oof th a t it l acks m u c h of t h e
co m p l e t e qu a lity of th e p ri m i tiv e itch e ru p tion so that -
,

*
N eith er of th ese e ve r pas ses awa y o f its el f u n l ss d es tro y ed ex ,
e

ter n ally o n pu rpose o r th e e n ti r e di se as e i s h ea l e d i n te r n a l l y

, .

E
T g . . th,ro u g h c o ld see N o ,
6 7 o f t h e a.b o v e n a m e d o b s e r va -

tion s ; th ro ugh s m all po x N o 39 ; th rough war m b aths N o 3 5

,
.
, . .

t S ee N os 9 I 7
. 2 6
, , 5 0 5 8 6 1 6 4,
6 5 i n w
,
hi c h o b se. va,
ti o n,
s r

it m ay be s ee n at th e sam e ti m e th a t after s u ch di sappearance of

th e o r i gi n a l itc h e r u pti o n w ith o u t a ppre c i abl e ca u se j us t as m a n y
il l eff ec ts a re wo nt to f o ll o w as wh e n it h as bee n d ri ve n away a rti
fi ci ally th r ou g h l oca l a ppli ca ti o n s .
 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EA S E S .

t h e ph ysi c ian c a nnot c ount on it in th e thorou gh c u r e

Of th e P sor a .

Thi s p ron e n es s to c h a n g e in itch lik e e ru ption th e -

which h as b e e n call e d a s e cond ti m e to th e s kin s e e m s ,

e vid e ntly to b e c a us e d by th e f a ct th a t th e int e rnal

P s o ra a ft e r th e d es truction of t h e ori g in a l itch e r u p

,
-

t ion is un a bl e to g iv e t o th e s e cond a ry e ru p tion th e

,

f u ll q u a liti es b e lon g in g to th e p ri m a ry e ru p tion and i s ,

alre a dy m uch m or e in c lin e d to unfold it s e lf in a v ari e ty

of oth e r ch r onic dis e a s e s ; w h e re fo r e a thorou gh cur e is
n o w m u c h m or e di ffi c ult a n d i s S i m p ly to b e c onduct e d ,

a s if di r e c t e d a g a inst t h e i n t e r n a l P so r a .

T h e cur e is not th e r e for e a d v a n c e d by p rod u cin g

, ,

s u c h a s ec o n d a r y e r u p tion throu g h int e rn a l r e m e di e s ,

as h as so m e ti m e s b e e n e ff e ctu a lly a tt e m p t e d ( s e e N os .

3 9 59
, ,
or by its r e a p p e a r a nc e th r o u gh oth e r un
,
-

kno w n c a u s e s ( s e e N os 1 5 6 8 16 2 3 28 2 9 33 3 5 .
, , , , , , , , , ,

39 41 54 58 60 7 2 8 0 8 1 8 7 8 9
, , , , , , o r e s p e ci a lly
, , , , , ,

th r ou g h th e h e l p of a fe v e r ( s ee NO 64 a lso 55 56 .
, , ,

S uch a s e cond a r y e r u p tion is a lw a ys v e ry t ra n s itory ,

a n d S O un re li a bl e a n d ra r e th a t w e c a nnot b u ild o u r

h O p e of c u re o n it nor e x p e c t fro m it th e a dvanc e m e nt

,

O f a n y tho r o u g h c u r e .

But e v e n if by a n y m ea ns s u ch a s ec onda r y e r u p
, ,

tion m i ght a ft e r a f a shion b e p rod u c e d a n d e v e n

, , ,

w e re it in our p o we r to re t a in it on th e skin for a

'

lon g er pe r iod w e c a nnot at a ll count on it f o r a n a s

*
s i s ta n c e in t h e c u r e of t h e w hol e p s o r ic m al a dy .

Th e re w s a ti m e whe n n ot ye t f u l ly co n vi n ced of this fa c t I

*
a , ,

th ought that th e cu re o f th e e ntire Ps ora m i ght be re n de red eas ie r

by an a rtifi c i al re n e wal o f th e c u t n eous e ru ptio n eff e cted th ro ugh a

a s o r t of c h ec ki n g o f th e pe rs pi ra to ry f u n cti on of th e s ki n so a s to ,
1 72 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S .

I t re m a i ns th e re for e a n e stab l ish ed truth that th e

, ,

cure of th e e ntir e d e structiv e P sora throu g h a nti p soric

r e m e di e s is e ffe ct e d m ost e asily on l y whil e th e ori ginal
e ru ption of itch is still p r e se nt Fro m this it a gai n .

a p p e ars how unconscion a bl e it is of th e a llo p a thic p hy

s i c i a n s to d e stroy th e p ri m itiv e itch e ru p tion t hro u gh

e x c ite it h o m e opathi cally to th e re pro d uctio n of th e e ru pti o n For .

thi s pu rpose I f o u n d m os t se rv ic eabl e th e weari ng o f a pl as ter

m os t l y o n th e bac k (b ut w h ere prac ti cable a l so on o th er portions
of th e s ki n ) ; th e pl as t e r was p repa red by g en tly h ea ti n g s i x o u nces

of B u rgu n dy pitc h i n to whic h a f te r r em o vi n g it fro m th e fi e an

, , r ,

o u n c e of t u rpe n ti n e pro d u ce d f r om th e l arc h t ree (c a l l e d V e n e ti an

t u rpe n ti ne ) was sti rre d u nti l it was perf e ctly m ix ed A po r ti o n of .

thi s was spread o n a Ch m oi s s ki n (as be i ng th e so f tes t ) n d laid

a a

o n w hil e s till war m I nste d of this the re m i ght al so be u se d so

. a

c a ll e d t re e wax ( m a d e o f y e ll o w wa
- a n d c om m o n t u
x
pe n t i n e ) o r r ,

a ls o t aff e t a c o ve re d with e l as ti c r es i n ; s h o wi n g th t th e it chi ng a

er u pti o n e vo l ve d i s n ot d u e to a n y i r rit ati on c au se d by t h e s ub

s t a n c e appli e d n o r d e s th e pl s te r fi rs t m e n ti o n e d c a u s e e i th er
,
o a

e ru pti o n o r it chi n g o n th e s ki n o f a pe rs o n wh o i s n o t i I
p s o r c .

discovered th a t t hi s m e thod i s th e m os t efi ecti ve to ca u se s u ch an

ac ti vity of th e s ki n Y e t d e spit e all th e pati e n c e o f t h e s i ck
.
,

p er s o n s ( n o m a tt e r h o w m u c h th e y m i g ht i n t e r n a ll y b e a ff e c t ed
with th e Psora ) I n e ve r co u ld e vo l ve a co m pl e te e ru pti o n o f itch
, ,

l e as t of ll on e th at wou l d re m ai n fo r a tim e on th e S ki n Wh at
a .

c o u ld b e eff e c t e d w o n l y th a t so m e it chi n g pus t u l es a

as d
pp e r e a ,

whi c h soo n va n i s h e d ag a i n wh e n th e pl as t er was l e f t o ff M ore .

f r e qu e n tly th e re e n s ue d a m o i s t s o re n ess of th e s ki n o r at be st a ,

m ore or l es s v i ol e n t it c hi n g o f th e s ki n whi ch i n r a e cas es e x , , r ,

t e n d ed also to th e oth e r pa ts n ot co vered by th e pl s te This i n

r a r .
,

d ee d wou ld cau se fo r a ti m e a s triki n g all evi ati on o f e ve n th e m ost

,

s e v e r e c h ro n i c di s e as e s fl owi n g f om a ps or i c s o u c e e g
r s u ppu r
r , . .
,

a ti o n o f th e l u n gs Bu t thi s m u c h co u ld n o t b e tta i n e d o n th e
. a

s ki n o f m a n y pa ti e n t s ( f e qu en tly a ll th a t co u ld be a tta i n e d wa s a
r

m od e rat e or s m a ll a m ou n t o f it c hi ng) or agai n if I co u ld pr od u ce

, , ,

a v i o l e n t it chi n g th i s f req uen t l y be cam e too u n bear abl e f or th e

,
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C H R O NI C DI S EAS E S . 3

loca l lications i nst ea d of co m p l e t e l y e radicatin g

app

t his g rav e dis e as e fro m th e w hol e livin g organis m by a

c u r e fro m within which at that sta ge is as ye t v e ry
,

e asy and by thus chokin g O ff in advanc e a ll th e

,

wr e t c h e d cons e qu e nc e s th a t w e m ust ex pe ct fro m th i s

m a l a dy if uncur ed i e a ll t h e s e condary chronic
, . .
, , ,

n a m e l e ss su ff e rin gs which follo w it .

T h e e xcus e of th e p r i v a t e p hysician ( for th e p hysi

c i a n a t t h e hos pi ta l h as no e x c us e at al l ) a m ount s to

nothin g H e wil l say ind ee d : I f it is not kno w n

.
,

a n d h a rdly e v e r do e s it b e co m e d e m onstrably kno w n

w h e r e w h e n a t what occ a s i o n and fro m wh a t p e rson

, ,

a vo w e dly su ff e rin g fro m it c h th e inf e ction h a s b e e n

d e r iv e d th e n h e cou l d not di s cov e r fro m th e p r e s e nt

, ,

and oft e n insi gnificant littl e e r u p tion wh e th e r it wa s

r e al i tch so h e was not to b e bl a m e d for t h e e vi l c on
s e qu e nc e s if h e su pp os e d it to b e so m e t h in g e l s e a n d
,

e nd ea vor e d to r e m ov e it f ro m t h e S kin as soon a s p os

s ibl e by a l otion of l e a d s olution or an O int m e nt of ,

c ad m i a o r w hit e p r e ci p it a t e of m e rcury accordin g to

, ,
”
t h e w i s h e s o f th e a ristoc r a ti c p a re nts .

pa ti e n t t o s u s ta i n it f o r a ti m e s u ffi ci e n t to prod uce a n i n ter n al

cu e
r . Wh e n th e pl as ter th e n was re m o ved i n order to reli e ve h i m ,

e ve n th e m o s t vi o l en t it c hi n g t oge th e r with th e er u ti on re s e n t
, p p ,

d i sappe a re d v ery s oo n a nd th e c u r e h ad n o t b e en esse n ti a l l y a d

,

van ced by it ; thi s co n fi r m s th e o bse rv a ti o n m a d e abo ve th at th e

e r u pti o n i f e vo lve d a se co n d ti m e ( a n d SO a l so th e i tch i ng re pro
,

d u ced ) h ad n o t by a ny m ea n s th e fu l l c h a ra cte ri s ti cs o f th e er u p
,

ti o n o f th e it c h whi ch h ad origi n a l ly bee n re pressed and was th e re ,

f or e o f l ittl e ass is ta nce i n th e re a l a d va n ce m e n t of a th oro ug h c u re

o f th e Pso ra th r o u h i n ter n a l r em e di es whil e th e littl e ai d afi ord e d
g ,

loses a ll va l u e owi ng to th e o f te n u n be ara bl e i n fli ctio n o f th e ar ti

fi ci a lly prod u ce d eru pti o n a n d it c hi n g o f th e s ki n a n d th e wea k e n
i n o f t h e wh o l e body whi c h i s i n s epar a bl e from th e titi l l ati ng
g ,

pa i n .
1 74 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HRO N I C DI S EAS E S .

T his e xcu s e as a bo v e said a m ounts to nothi n g

, ,
.

For fi r s t of a ll no cu ta neou s er upti on of w h a tev er

, , ,

h i n d i t may be ou g ht to b e e x pe ll e d th r o u g h e xt e rna l
,

m e ans by a n y p hysici a n who wish e s to act c o n s c i e n

*
ti o us ly and ra t i o n a lly T h e h u m an S kin do e s n ot
.

e volv e of its e lf w itho ut th e c o-O p e r a tion of th e r e st o f

,

th e livin g w hol e a n y e r u p tion nor do e s it b e co me

, ,

s ic k in any w a y without b e in g induc e d a n d co m p e ll e d

,

to it by th e g e n e ra l dise as e d s t a t e by the l ac k of nor ,

m ali ty in th e whol e or ganis m I n e v e ry c as e th e re i s

.

at th e botto m a disord e rly stat e of th e w hol e int e rna l

l ivin g organi s m w hich st a t e m ust fi rs t be c on s id e re d
,

and th e re fore th e e r u ption is only to b e r e m ov e d by

int e rnal h ea lin g a n d cu ra tiv e r e m e di e s w hi c h ch a n g e
th e st a t e of th e w hol e t h e n a lso t h e e r u p tion w hich

i s b a se d on t h e int e rn a l dis e as e will b e cu r e d a nd

h e a l e d of its e lf w ithout th e h e l p of a n y e xt e rnal r e m
,

e d y and fr e qu e ntly m o r e qui c kly than it co u ld b e do n e

,

by e xt e rn a l r e m e di e s .

S econ d ly e v e n if t h e p hysi c i a n should not h a v e p r e

,

s e nt e d to hi m th e ori g in a l und e stroy e d fo r m of th e ,

e r up tion ,
— i e th e p ust u l e of itch w hich in th e b e gi n
. .
,

nin g is tr a ns pa r e nt th e n q ui c kly fill e d w ith p us wit h

, ,

—
a n a r r o w re d m ar gin a ll a r ound i t e v e n if th e e r up ,

tion S ho u ld c on s i s t only of s m a ll gr a nul e s lik e th e

m ili a ry e r u p tion or a p p e a r li k e s c a tt e re d littl e p i m
,

p l e s o r littl e sc a bs still h e c a nnot

, f o r a m o m e nt b e i n

doubt a s t o wh e th e r th e e ru p tion is itch if th e chi ld ,

or e v e n th e s u c klin g only a f e w d a ys O ld u nint e rru p t ,

e d ly rubs a n d s c r a tch e s th e S p ot o r if it is an a d u lt , ,

S ee O rga n o n of th e H ea li n g A rt ,
”
fi f th editio n ,
—
a1 8 7 2 03 .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S . 1 75

wh e n he co m p lains of th e titi llation of a volu p tuo us l y

itching e ru p tion ( or e ve n only a f e w p i m p l e s ) w hic h
i s unb e arabl e without sc ra tchin g e s pec i ally i n th e ,

e v e nin g a n d at ni g ht a n d w h e n this is follo we d by a

,

burnin g p ain I n such a c a s e we can n e v e r doub t a s

.

to th e inf e ction with itch thou gh in ge nt e e l a nd ,

we althy fa m ili e s we can s e ldo m s e cur e th e infor m a

tion and the c e rtainty as to h ow wh e re and from ,

who m th e infe ction has b e e n d e riv e d ; fo r th er e a re

i nnu m e r abl e i m p e r ce p tibl e occasi ons w h er e by this
i nf e ction m a y b e r e c e iv e d as t a ug ht a bov e
, .

N o w w h e n t h e f a m ily p hy s ici a n notic es this in ti m e ,

th e n without a n y int e rnal a p pli c a tion th e s i m p l e do s e ,

of o n e or tw o p ills a s l a r g e a s p o p p y s ee d s m oi s t e n e d
-
,

with th e p ot e ntiz e d sul phur in a l c ohol as d e sc r ib e d ,

b e lo w will f u lly and abund a ntly s u ffi c e to cure a child

,

and to d e liv e r it fro m th e e nti r e di se a s e of itch bo th ,

t h e e ru ption and th e int e rn a l i t c h m a l a dy ( P sora ) .

T h e ho m e o p athic p hysici a n in his p r iv a t e p ra cti ce

s e ldo m ge ts to s e e and to t r e at a n e r u p tion of it ch
S p r e ad ov e r a consid e r a bl e p a r t of th e S kin and co m in g

f ro m a fr e sh inf e ct ion T h e p a ti e n t s on account o f

.

th e intol e r a bl e itchin g e ith e r a p p ly to so m e old

wo m an or to t h e dr ug g is t or th e barb e r w h o on e a nd
, , ,

a ll co m e to th e ir a i d w ith a r e m ed y w hich a s th e y
, ,

su p p os e is i m m e diat e ly e ffectiv e ( e g l ard m ix e d

, . .
,

with flowe rs of sul p hur ) O nly in th e p ractic e o f th e

.

ba rr acks of p risons ho s pita ls p e nite ntia r i e s and

, , ,

o r p han asyl u m s thos e inf e ct e d have to a pp ly to th e

r esid e nt p hysici a n if th e sur ge on of th e house do e s

,

not a ntici pat e hi m .

E v e n i n th e m os t a nc i e nt ti m e s wh e n itch o ccurre d ,
1 76 H A H N EM A N N S C
’
HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

for it did not e v e rywh e re d e ge n e ra t e into l e p rosy i t ,

was acknowl e d ge d th a t th e r e w as a sort of S p e ci fi c

virtu e a gainst itch in s u lph u r ; but th e y kn e w of n o
oth e r way of a pp lyin g it but to d es troy th e itc h ,

t h rou gh an e xt e rnal a pp lication of it e v e n a s i s don e ,

n o w by th e g r e at e r p a rt of t h e m od e rn p hy s icians o f

th e old s chool A C C e lsus h a s s e v e ra l oint m e nt s

. . .

and s a lv e s ( V . so m e of w hich c onsist m e r e ly o f

s u l p hur m ix e d w ith t a r w hil e oth e rs cont a in a lso c o m
,

p ounds of C O pp e r a n d oth e r s ub s ta n c e s th e s e h e p e
r

scrib e s for th e e x p ul s ion of itch a n d thi s h e su p p os es ,

to b e i ts cu r e S o also th e m ost a nci e nt p hy s icia n s

.
,

lik e th e m od e r ns p re scrib e d for th e ir it c h p ati e nt s

,

ba th s of w a rm s u l p h u rous m in e ra l w a t er S uch p a .

ti e n ts ar e u s u a l ly a lso d e liv e r e d fro m th e ir e r u p tio n

by th e s e e xt e rn a l sul p hur r e m e di e s B ut th a t th e ir .

p a ti e nts w e r e not r e a l ly c ur e d th e r e by b e c a m e m a ni,

fe st e v e n to th em fro m th e m ore s e v e r e ail m e nts that

, ,

follow e d s uch as g e n e ra l d r o p s y with w hich an Ath e

, ,

ni a n wa s a ffl ict e d wh e n h e drov e o u t h i s s e v e r e c r u p
tion of it c h by b a thin g in th e w a r m s u l p hur b a th s of
th e i s l a nd of M e lo s ( n o w c a ll e d M ilo ) and of w hi ch ,

h e di e d . Thi s i s r e co rd e d by th e a utho r of B ook V .

,

Ep i d e m i o n w hich h a s b ee n re c e iv e d a m on g t h e w ri t
,

in gs of H i p po c ra t e s ( so m e thr e e h u ndr e d y e ars b e for e

C e lsus ) .

I nt e r n a lly th e a n c i e nt p hy s i c ian s g a v e no S ul p h u r
in itch b ec a u s e th e y lik e th e m od e rn s did not s e e
, , ,

th a t thi s m i as m a ti c di s e as e was a t th e s a m e ti m e a n d
,

es peci a lly a n int e rn a l di s eas e

, .

M od e rn p hysi c i a n s h a v e n e v e r g iv e n S u l p hur on ly ,

a nd int e rnally to c u r e th e itch b e c a us e th e y h a v e

, ,
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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ne v er r e c ogniz e d th e itch dis e as e a s b e in g a lso an i n

t e rnal a n d ind e e d ch i ef ly in t e rn a l dis e as e
, ,
Th e y on l y .

g av e it in con n e ction w ith t h e e xt e rn a l m e ans of d r ivi n g

a way t h e itch a n d ind ee d in dos es which w ould ac t
, , ,

a s p u r ga tiv e s — t e n t w e nty a n d thirty grains a t a dos e

, , ,

f r e qu e ntly r e p e at e d — S O that it n e v e r b e c a m e m a nif e st

,

h ow us e ful or h ow inj u rious this int e rn a l a p plication of

s uch lar g e dos e s in conn e ction w ith th e e xt e r n a l a p
,

p lic a tion h a d, b ee n ; a t lea s t t h e w hol e itch dis e as e

( P sora ) cou ld nev er b e th o rou g h l y h e al e d th e re by .

T h e e xt e rnal d r ivin g out of th e e ru p tion w as s i m p ly

a dv a nc e d by it a s by a n y oth e r p u r g a tiv e and With ,

th e s a m e inj urious e ff e cts a s if no S ul p hur a t a ll h ad

b e e n us e d int e r n a l l y For e v e n if S u l p hur i s us e d
.

o nly int e rn a ll y but in t h e a bov e d es crib e d l a r g e do s e s

, ,

w ithout any e xt e r n a l d es tructiv e m e a n s it c a n n e v e r ,

t horou g h l y h e a l P sora ; p a rt ly b e c a u s e i n ord e r to cur e

a s an anti p soric and ho m e o p a thic m e dicin e it m ust ,

b e g iv e n only in t h e s m a l l e st do s e s of a p ot e ntiz e d
p pr e a r a tion w hil e, in l a r g e r a n d m or e fr e qu e nt dos e s
*
t h e crud e S u l p hu r in s o m e c a s e s i n c r e a s e s th e m a l a dy

H er e i t i s pr o pe r to bj o i n th e wo rd s of n i m pa rti l a n d ev en
su a a

p rac ti c a l c o n n o i s s e u r o f H o m e o pa thy t h e d e e p thi n ki n g m a n y

,
-
,

s id ed sc h o l a r and i n d e f ati gabl e i n vestigat o r o f tru th C ou n t ,

Bu qu o y i n h i s A n r eg u ng en f ar ph
, w For s ch u ng en ( L e i p i g
. . z ,

1 8 2 5 p 3 86 A fte r assu m i ng tha t a d r ug whi h i n a n o rm a l c

s t at e o f h ea lth ca u s es th e s y m pto m s a b g —
.
, ,

i h a n a l og y w ith o th e r
, , ,

p hy s i o l o g i c a l p h e n o m e n a p r od u ce s th e s y m p t o m
,
s x y 2 w hi c h
a ppe ar i n a n ab n o rm a l s ta t e o f h e a l th —
, , , ,

c a n ac t u po n thi s ab n or m a l

s tat e i n s u ch a wa y th a t th e di se as e s y m pt om s x y z a e t ra n s , , ,
r

f orm e d i n to th e d r ug s y m pt om s a b g whi c h l att er h a ve th e pe, , ,

cu li a r c h arac t e ri s ti c o f t e m po ra r i n ess or t an s it or i n e ss ; h e the n r

c o n ti n u es : This t ra ns i tory ch arac te r be l ongs to th e gro up of

178 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S .

or a t l e a s t a dds a n ew m a lady ; p artly be c a us e th e vi t a l

force e x p e l s it a s a viol e ntly a g gr e s si v e r e m e dy th rou g h
p ur g in g sto o l s or by m e a n s o f vo m itin g without h a v ,

i ng p ut its h e a lin g p o w e r to a n y u s e .

No w if a s e x p e ri e nce t e a c h e s not e ve n t h e f re s h
, ,

i tch dis e a s e which is th e m ost e asy to cur e of a ll i e , . . ,

t h e int e rnal r e c e ntly form ed P so ra to g e th e r w it h t h e

,

e xt e rn al re c e nt e ru ption ca n b e thoro u g hly h e al e d b y

, ,

e xt e rnal a p plications acco m p a ni e d by lar g e q ua n t i ti e s

of flo w e rs of S ul p hur it m a y e as ily be s e e n th a t
, ,

t h e P sora aft e r it has b e e n d e p riv e d of i ts e ru p t i o n

,

a n d h a s b e co m e m e r e ly int e rn al and inv e te ra t e h a v ,

i n g d e v e lo p e d s econd a ry ail m e nts and thus havi n g

chan ge d into chronic dis ea s es of v a rious ki nds for th e ,

sa m e re a son can b e j ust as littl e c u r e d by a qua n t it y

of S ul p hur flo w ers or by a nu m b e r of b a ths in s u l
,

p h u ro u s m in e r a l w a t e rs or on, t h e oth e r ha n d b y ,

si m ult a n e ou s ly d r inkin g th e sa m e or a S i m il a r w a t er ;
in a w ord it c a nnot b e cur e d by a su p e rabund a n ce a n d
,

fr e qu e nt r e p e tition of this re m e dy a lthou gh it is of ,

*
i t s e lf a nti p so r ic
- . I t is tru e th a t m any such c hro n i c

sym ptom s o f th e m e dic i n e a b g whi ch i s s ubst it uted f or th e

, , ,

g r o u p o f s y m pt o m s b e l o n g i n g to th e di se ase m e r e ly bec a u se th e ,

medi c i ne i s u s e d i n a n ex traor d i n ar i ly sma ll d ose S h ou ld t h e .

h o m e opathi c phys i cia n g i ve th e pa t i e n t too la rg e a dos e o f th e

h om e o pathic re m e dy i n di cate d th e dise ase i t y z m ay i n deed
, , , , , ,

be t ra n s fo rm e d i n t o th e oth e r i e i n to a b g b u t th e n ew dis
, . .
, , , ,

eas e n ow s i ts j fi
u st a s r m ly
fi x ed as th e fo rm e r x , y, 2 ; so th at th e
or ga n i s m ca n j u s t a s li ttle f r ee i ts el
f f r om th e d i sea se a, b, g , as it
wa s a bl e to th ro w off th e or i gi n a l dis eas e x , y z I f a very larg e , .

d ose i s g i ve n , the n a ne w, of te n very d a ng erous d i sease i s pro d uced ,

o r t h e o r g a n is m doe s i ts u t m o st to f ree its e lf ver y q ui c kl y fro m th e

po i
so n ( th ro u gh di a rr h e a vo m iti
,
n g ,

Used i n s m al l d oses S ul phu r a s one of th e an ti

,
-
pso r c re m e i d i es
 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

p ati e nts by th e first tr e at m e nt a t th e baths se e m to get

r i d for so m e ti m e O f t h e sy m p to m s O f th e ir di s e a s e

( th e refore w e s e e an in c r e dibl e thron g O f m any

thous a nd s s u ff e r in g f ro m i n n u m e rab le di ffe re nt chroni c
— —
,

ail m e nts a T p litz Bad

t e ,
e n A i x
, l a C ha p e ll e N e un ,

d or f Wa rm brunn
, , y e t th e y a r e not on th a t a c i

count r e sto r e d to h ea l th but inst e a d of th e ori g ina l

,

c hronic ( p so r ic ) di s e as e t h e y h a v e f or a ti m e co m e
,

un d e r th e do m inion of a S ul ph ur dis e a s e ( anoth e r ,

p e r ha ps m o re b e a ra bl e m al a dy ) , This in ti m e pa ss e s
.

a w a y wh e n th e P sora a ga in lifts i ts h e a d e ith e r w ith

, ,

th e s a m e m orbid s y m p to m s a s b e fo r e o r w ith oth e rs ,

s i m ila r but gr a du a lly m or e tro u bl e s o m e th a n t h e fi r s t ,

or with sy m p to m s d e v e lo p in g in nobl e r p art s o f th e

org anis m I g no ra nt p e r sons wil l r ej oic e in t h e l att e r
.

cas e that th e ir for m e r di s e as e at l e a s t h as pa sse d

,

away and th e y ho p e tha t th e n e w dis e a s e als o m ay b e

,

re m ov e d by a n oth er j ourn e y to t h e sa m e b a ths Th e y .

do not know that th e ir ch a n g e d m orbid st at e is m e r e ly

,

a tra nsfor m a tion of t h e sa m e P sora ; but th e y a lw ays

fi n d out by e x p e ri e n c e t ha t th e ir s e cond to u r t o th e
,

baths ca use s e v e n l e ss a ll e vi a tion or ind ee d if th e , , ,

S ul p hu r bath s are u s e d in sti ll g rea t e r nu m b er th a t ,

t h e s e c ond t ri a l ca us e s a gg ra v a tion .

Th us we s ee th at e ith e r t h e e xc e ssiv e u s e of S ul
will n ot f a il to m ak e a b rie f be gi n n i n g o f a c u re of th e c h r o n i c
(n on ven er e a l a nd th ere f ore pso r i c ) dis ea se s
- I k n o w a phys i c i an
.

i n S ax o n y wh o ga i ned a g re a t r e pu t ati o n by m e re ly a ddi n g t o h i s

r esc r i pti o n i n n ear ly all c h ro n i c di s e ase s fl o we r s o f S u l ph u r a n d
p ,

thi s wi tho u t k no wi ng a reaso n f or it Thi s i n the beg i nn i ng o f

.

s u c h t rea t m e n ts i s wo n t to pro d u ce a s t r iki n g ly b e n e fi c e n t eff ec t ,

b ut of co u rs e on ly i n th e beg i n n i ng an d t h e re f ore a f t er tha t h i s

,

h el p was a t an en d .
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’
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p h u r in all its for m s or t h e

, fr e qu e nt r e p e tition of i t s

u se by allo p a thic p h ys i c i a n s i n th e tr e at m e nt O f a m u lt i

tud e of chronic di s e as e s ( th e s e cond a ry p soric a il m e n t s )

hav e t a k e n away fro m it a ll valu e and u s e ; a n d w e
m ay w e ll a s s e rt that to this d a y h a r dly a nythin g b u t
, ,

injury h a s b e e n don e by a llo pa thic p hysici a n s thro u g h

th e us e of S ul p hur .

B ut e v e n su p p osin g t h a t a nyon e S hould d e s i r e to

m a k e t h e only c orr ec t u s e of S ul p h u r in thi s kind of
dis e as e it will s e ldo m b e p ossibl e to do thi s w it h t h e
,

sa m e d e si re d s uccess as w h e r e th e ho m e o p athic p hy si
e i a n find s a r e c e nt c a s e of th e itch di s eas e w ith i t s still -

e xistin g e r u p tion E v e n w h e n owin g to its und e n i a b l e

.
,

anti p so ri c e ffe cts S ul p h u r m ay b e a bl e of its e lf to m a k e

,

th e b e g innin g of a c u r e a ft e r th e e xt e rnal e x p ulsi o n of

,

th e e ru p tio n e ith e r w ith t h e still hidd e n a n d l a t e n t

,

P sora or w h e n t his h as m o r e o r l e s s d e v e lo p e d a n d
brok e n o u t into its v a ri e d c hroni c di s e a s e s it c a n n e v ,

e rt h e le ss b e b u t ra r e ly m a d e u s e of for thi s p u r p o s e ,

b ec a u s e its p o we rs h a v e u s u a lly b e e n a l r e ady e x

h a us te d b e c au s e it h a s b e e n g iv e n to t h e p a ti e nt a l
r ea dy b e for e by a l lo p a thic physi c i a n s f o r o n e p u r p o s e
o r a noth e r p e r h a p s h a s b e e n al r ea dy giv e n r e p e a t e dl y ;
,

but S u l phu r li k e m o s t of t h e a n ti p s o r i c r e m e di e s i n
,

t h e tr e at m e nt of a d e v e lo p e d P s o r a th a t h a s b ec o m e
c hronic c a n h a r dly b e u s e d th r e e o r fo u r ti m es ( e v e n
,

a ft e r t h e i n t e r v e nin g u s e of oth e r a nti ps o r i c r e m e d i e s )

w itho ut c a u sin g t h e c u re to r e t r o g r a d e .

Th e f
cu r e o a n old h a P
s b ee n d
s or a ep r ith a t
v ed of i ts
er upti on w h eth er i t m ay be la ten t a n d q u i es cen t or a l
,

r ea dy br ohen ou t i n to ch r on i c d i s ea s es ca n n ev er be a c ,

compli s h ed w i th S u lph u r a lon e, n o r w ith sul p hur b a th s

-
,

e ith e r n a tura l or a rtifici a l .

 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S . 18 1

H e r e I m ay m e ntio n th e c uriou s circ u m st a nc e th a t

—
in g e n e ral with th e e xc e p tion of th e r e c e nt itch dis -

e a s e still att e nd e d w ith its unr e p r e ss e d cut a n e ous e r u p

*
tio n a n d w hich i s so e a sily c u r e d fro m w ithin
,
e v e ry -

oth e r p s ori c di a th es is i e th e P sora th a t is s till l a t e nt

, . .
,

within a s w e ll as th e P s ora th a t h as d e v e lo p e d into

,

o n e of th e inn u m e r abl e c hronic di s ea s e s S p r in g in g fro m

it is v e ry s e ldo m c ur e d by any S in g l e a nti p so r i c r e m

,

e d y but r e q u ir e s t h e u se of s e v e ral of th es e r e m e di e s
,

in th e wors t c a s e s th e u s e of q u it e a n u m b e r of th e m
o n e a ft e r t h e oth e r for its p e rf ec t c u r e
, .

Thi s ci rc u m s t a nc e n e e d not a stoni s h u s wh e n w e

co n s id e r th a t th e P s o r a i s a C h r o n ic m i a s m a of q u it e
p e c u li a r and es p e ci a l char a c t e r w hi c h in s e v e,
r a l thou
s a nd s of y e a r s h a s p a ss e d th r o u g h s e v e r a l m illions of
hu m a n o r g a n is m s a n d m ust h a v e a s s u m e d s uch a v a s t
,

e xt e nsion of v a ri e d s y m p to m s — th e e l e m e nt s of thos e
inn u m e ra bl e ch r oni c non v e n e r e a l a il m e nts und e r
, ,
-
,

—
whi c h m a nkind n ow g ro a ns a n d co u ld tran s m u t e i t
s e lf into s u ch a n ind e finit e m ultit u d e of fo r m s di ff e r in g

fro m o n e a noth e r a s it g ra d u a lly ulti m a t e d its e lf in t h e

v a r io u s bodily c on s tit u tion s of indi v id u a l m e n w h o dif
f e r e d f r o m o n e a noth e r i n th e i r do m i c il es th e i r cli m a ti c ,

p e c u li a rit i e s th, e i r e du c ation h a bit s occu p a tion a l , ,

R ece n t it c h di s ea s e w ith i ts s ti l l pr es e n t c u ta n eou s e r u pti o n h as

* -

b een c u re d at ti m es with ou t a n y e xte r n a l re m edy by e v e n on e ver y

s m a ll d o s e o f a prope r l y pote n ti e d pre pa ati o n z f S u l ph u r a n d
r o ,

th u s w ithi n two th ree o r f ou we e k ; o n ce a dose o f o n e hal f gra i n

,
r s -

o f Ca rb o v e ge ta b i li s po t e n ti e d a m i l li o n f o ld su ffi ce d fo r
,
z fa m ily
, a

of se ve n pe rs o n s a n d th r ee ti m e s a lik e d o se o f as hig h l y po te n
,

ti e d S e pi a was s u mc i e n t
z .

T] e oc cupati o n s whi c h c all e d m o re f u l ly i n to pl ay o n e o r a n

. .
,

o th e r o rga n o f th e b o dy o n e or a n o th e r f u n c ti on o f th e s pi r it a n d
,

m in d .
18 2 H A H N EM A NN S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

m od e s of lif e a ndof di e t a nd was m ould e d by v a ryi n g

,

b od ily a n d psychic r e l ation s I t is th e re for e not

.
, ,

stra n g e th a t on e S in g l e a n d only m e dicin e is in s u ffi ci e n t

to h e al th e e ntire P s ora and al l its for m s a n d that it ,

r e quir es s e v e ra l m e dicin e s in ord e r to r e s p ond by t h e ,

artifici a l m orbid e ff e cts p e culi a r to e a ch to th e u n n u m ,

b e re d ho s t of P sora sy m pto m s a n d thus to tho s e o f a ll ,

ch r onic ( n on v e n e re al ) di s ea s e s and to th e e ntire P s o ra

-
,

*
a n d to do this in a cu r a tiv e ho m e o p a thic m ann e r .

I t is only th e r e fo r e as alre a dy me ntion e d w h e n t h e

, , ,

e ru p tion O f itch is s till in its p ri m e a n d th e inf e cti o n is

in con s e qu e n c e s till r e c e n t that th e co m p l e t e c u r e c a n

,

b e e ff e ct e d by S ul p h u r a lon e a n d th e n a t ti m e s w ith ,

but a s in g l e do s e I l e a v e it und e c id e d w h e th e r this

.

can b e don e in e v e ry c a s e of itch still in full e r u p tion

on th e s kin b e c aus e th e a g es of th e e r u ption of it c h
,

i n f e c tin g pa ti e nts i s q u it e various For if th e e r u p tion .

has b e e n on th e S kin for s o m e ti m e ( a lthou g h it m a y

not h a v e b e e n tr ea t e d w ith e xt e r n a l r e p r e ssiv e r e m
e di e s ) it w ill of it s e lf b e g in to r e c e d e g ra du a lly fr o m
,

th e S kin . Th e n t h e i n t e r n a l P sora h as a lr ea dy in p a rt
g ain e d th e u pp e r h a nd ; t h e c ut a n e ou s e ru p tion i s t h e n
no m ore so co m p l e t e ly vicari ou s a n d ail m e nts of a n ,

oth e r kind a p p ea r p a rtly a s th e S i g n s of a lat e nt P so ra

, ,

p a r tly as chronic di s eas es d e v e lo p e d f r o m t h e int e r n a l

P s or a . I n s u c h a c a s e S u l p hur a lon e ( a s littl e a s a n y
I r e f ra i n f r o m hi n ti n g th ro u gh wh a t e x e ti o n s a n d th r ou g h h o w
r

m a n y care f u l ob se rv a ti n s i n ve s ti ga ti o n s re fl ec ti o n s a n d v ar i e d
o , ,

e x pe r i m e n ts I h a ve fi n a l ly s u c e e d e d a f t e r e l e ve n y ea r s i n fi l l i n g
c

u p th e g re a t c h as m i n t h e e difi c e o f t h e h o m e o pa thi c h ea li n g a rt ,

th e c u re o f th e i n n u m e ra bl e c h ro n c di seases a n d th u s i n co m p l e t
i
,

i n g as fa as pos s ibl e th e b le ss i n gs whi c h thi s art h as i n s to re f o r

r

s ufi e i n g h u m a n ity
r .
 H A H N EM A N N S
'
CH RO N IC DI S EAS E S . 18 3

ot h e r Si n gl e ant i psoric re m e dy ) is usuall y no lon ge r

su fli c i e n t to p roduc e a co m p l e t e cur e and th e oth e r ,

a n ti p soric r e m e d i e s o n e or anoth e r ac c ordin g to th e

, ,

r e m aini n g sy m p to m s m ust b e call e d u p on to giv e th e ir

,

ho m e o p athic aid .

T h e ho m e o p athic m e dical tr e at m e nt of th e c ount

le s s chronic dis e as e s ( non v e n e r e a l and th e re for e of
-
. ,

p s oric or i g in ) a gr ee s e ss e ntia ll y in its g e n e ral f e atur e s

w ith th e ho m e o p athic tre at m e nt of hu m a n dis e a s e s a s

t a ug ht in th e Or g a non of th eA r t of H ea li ng I S h a ll .

n o w ind i cat e w hat is e s p e ciall y to b e consid e r e d in t h e

tr ea t m e nt of chroni c di s e as e s .

A s to th e d i et a n d m od e of li v i ng O f p a ti e nts of this
kind I shal l only m ak e so m e ge n e ral r e m a rks l e a vin g ,

t h e s p e cial a p p l ication in any p articul a r c as e to th e

j ud g m e nt of th e ho m oeo p athic p ractit i on e r O f cou rs e .

e ve rythin g that would hind e r th e cur e m ust also i n

t h e s e cas e s b e re m ov e d B ut S inc e we h a v e h e r e to
.

tr ea t lin g e rin g so m e ti m es v e ry t e di o us dis e a s es whi c h

, , ,

c a n n ot b e q u ickly r e m ov e d and S i n c e w e oft e n hav e

,

c as e s of p ati e nts in m iddl e lif e a n d also in old a g e in ,

v a r ious r e l a tions of lif e which c a n s e ldo m b e totally

,

c h a n g e d e ith er in t h e cas e of r i c h p e o p l e or in th e c a s e
,

o f p e rsons of s m al l m ea ns o r e v e n with th e p oor

, ,

th e re fore li m itations and m odifi c ations of th e s t r ict

m od e of l i f e as r e g ularly p r e scrib e d by H o m e o pa thy
m ust b e a l lo w e d in o r d e r to m ak e p ossibl e th e cur e of
s uch t e dious dis e as e s with individuals so v e ry di ff e r e nt .

A strict ho m e o p athic di e t and m od e of livin g do e s not

,

c u r e chronic p a ti e nts a s our o p p on e nts p r e t e nd in

,

o rd er to di m inish the m e r its of H o m e o p athy b ut th e ,

m ai n cau se is the m edic al tr ea t m e nt This m ay b e

.
18 4 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C H RO N I C DI S EAS ES .

se e n in th e cas e of th e m any p ati e nts who trus t n ,

th e se fa l se a l l e gations hav e for y e ars obs e rv e d th e

,

m ost stri ct ho m e o p athic di et without b e i n g abl e t h e r e

by to di m i nish a p p re ciably th e ir chronic dis e a s e ; th i s
rath e r i ncr ea sin g i n S p it e of th e di e t as a l l dis e as e s o f ,

a chronic m i a s m atic natur e do fro m th e ir n a ture .

O w i n g to th e s e caus e s th e re for e and in ord e r t o

, ,

m a k e th e cur e p oss i bl e th e ho m e o p athic p ractiti o n e r

,

m ust yi e l d to circu m stanc e s in his p re scri ptions as t o

d i et and m od e of li v i ng and in s o doin g h e w i l l m u c h
,

m or e sur e ly a n d th e r e fo r e m or e co m p l e t e ly r e ach t h e
, ,

a i m of h e alin g than by a n obstinat e insist e nc e on st ric t

rul e s which in m any ca s e s cannot b e ob ey e d

, .

T h e daily l a bor e r if his stre n g th al l ows S hou l d co n

, ,

tinu s his l a bo r ; the arti sa n his h a ndiwork ; th e far m e r

, ,

S O f a r as h e is abl e h i s fi e ld work ; th e m oth e r of t h e

,

fa m ily h er do m e sti c occu p ations accordin g to h e r

,

stre n gth ; only labor s th a t w ould int e rf e r e wit h t h e

h e a lth of h e a lthy p er s on s should b e int e rdict e d Thi s .

m ust be l e ft to th e int e lli ge nc e of th e rational p h y si

oian .

T h e class of m e n who a r e usu a lly occu p i e d not wi t h ,

bodily l a bor but with fi n e work in th e ir roo m s usu al ly

, ,

with s e d e nt ar y work S hould be dir e ct e d durin g th e ir

,

c ur e to w a lk m or e in th e o p e n a i r without on t h a t , ,

account s e ttin g th e i r w o r k altog e th e r asid e

,

P e rson s b e lon gin g to t h e hi g h e r c l ass e s S hou l d a ls o

b e u r ge d to tak e w a lks m or e th a n is th e ir custo m .

T h e p hysician m ay a llo w this cla s s th e innoc e nt a m u s e

m e nt of m od e rat e and b e co m in g d a ncin g a m us e m e nt s ,

in t h e country that a r e re concil a bl e with a strict di e t ,

also soci al m e e tin gs with acqu a intanc es wh e re conv e r ,

 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C H RO N I C DI S EAS ES . 16 5

sa ti o n i s the c hi e f a m u se me n t ; h e wi l l n ot kee p the m

f ro m e n j oyin g h a rm l e ss m usic or fr o m l i s t en i n g to leo
tu res wh ic h a re n o t to o fa ti g u i n g ; h e ca n p er mi t th e
th e a tre only ex c e p tio n a l ly b u t h e c an n e ve r a l l o w the
,

p yl a i n g o f c a rds. T h e p hysici a n wi ll m o d e ra t e t o o f re

q u e n t r i din g a n d dri v in g a n, d S h o uld k n ow h o w to b a n

is h int erc o urs e which s ho uld p rov e to b e m o rally a nd

p s ychically in j urious ,a s this is al s o p hy s i c ally in j u r io u s .

T h e fli rtati o n S and e m p ty e xcita t io n s of s e n s ua l ity be

tw e e n th e s e x e s th e r e adin g o f ind e licat e nov e ls a nd
,

p o e m s o f a lik e ch a ract e r a s w, e l l a s s u p e rstitious a n d

*
en thusiastic books are to be alto g eth e r i nt e rdict e d
, .

S chol a rs ou ght also to b e ind u c ed to ( m o d era t e ly )

e x e rci s e in th e O p e n air a n d in bad w e ath e r to do so m e
,

li ght m e chanical work in doors ; but durin g th e m ed i

cal tr e at m e nt m e ntal occu pa tion should be l i m it ed to
work fro m m e m ory sinc e straini n g th e h ea d by re ad
,

i n g i s hardly e v e r to be al l ow e d o r at l ea s t o n ly wit h ,

g r e at li m it a tio n a n d a strict d e finition as to t h e qu a n

t i ty a n d qu a lity of what is re ad i e in trea ti n g a ny , . .
,

Ph ys ici ans f reque n tly wi sh to ass um e i m portan ce b y forbi ddi ng

wi th o u t e x cepti o n all se xua l i n te r c ou rs e to c h ro n ic pa ti e n ts wh o
are m ar r i ed . Bu t i f bo th pa rti es are a bl e a n d d i spose d to it su ch ,

an i n te rdi c t i s to sa y th e l eas t ridi c u l o u s as it n e it h e r can n o r wi ll

, , ,

be obe yed ( wi th o u t caus i ng a grea t e r m i sf ort u n e i n th e f am ily ) .

No legi slatu re sh ou ld gi ve laws th at ca n no t be k ept n or con tro lled ,

or whi c h wou l d cause e ve n g reater mi sc hie f i f k e pt I f on e party .

i s i ncapa ble of sex u a l i n ter cou rse thi s of i tse lf will stop s uc h i n ter
,

course . Bu t o f all f u n cti o ns i n marr i age s uch i n te rco u rs e i s wh at

m ay least be co mm a n d ed or for bidde n H om e o pa thy on ly i n ter
.

f eres i n th i s m att er th ro ug h m edi ci n e s so as to m a k e th e party ,

th at i s i n capable of sex u al in t ercou rse capabl e of i t th rou gh an ti ,

p so ri c ( o r a n ti- s yp h i l i ti c ) r em e d i e s o r o n th e oth er h an d to re
, , ,

d uce a n e x c i ta ble co ns ort s morbi d i ty to i ts natu ra l to ne

’
.

13
18 6 H AH N EM AN N S
’
C H RO N I C D S I EAS E S .

of t h e m o re v r
se e e c hro nic di s eas es I n m e nt a l d i s .

o r d e rs i t ca n n e v er b e al l ow e d .

A ll c l ass es of chron i c p ati e nts m us t b e forbidd e n t h e

u s e of a ny do m e st i c re m e di e s or th e us e of any m e d i

c i n e s o n th eir own accou n t W i th th e hi g h e r clas s e s

.
,

p e rfu m e ri,e s sc e nt e d w at e rs tooth p ow d e rs and o th e r

,
-

m e dicin e s for th e t ee th m ust a l so be forbi dd e n I f th e .

p a ti e nt has b e e n accusto m e d for a l on g ti m e to w oo le n

u nd e r c l othin g
-
, th e ho m oeo p ath i c p hysician cann o t
s udd e n l y m ak e a chan g e b u t as th e d i s e as e di m inish e s
,

th e woo l e n und e r gar m e nts m a y in war m w e a th e r b e

-

fi rst chan ged to cotton a n d th e n i n warm w e a th e r

, , ,

th e p ati e nt can p ass to lin e n Fontan e ls ca n b e

.

s to p p e d in chron i c dis eas e s of any m o m e nt only w h e n

, ,

th e int erna l cure has a lre ady m ad e p ro gr e ss e s p e ci a ll y ,

with p at ie nts of adva nc e d a ge .

T h e p hysician ca n not yi e ld to th e re qu e st of p a ti e n t s
for th e continuanc of th ir custo m ary ho e baths b ut
e e m -
,

a quick ab l ution a s m uch as c l e anlin e ss m ay d e m a n d

,

fro m ti m e to ti m e m ay be a ll owe d ; nor ca n h e p er m i t

,

any v e n e s ection or cu pp in g how e v e r m uch th e pa ti e n t

,

m a y d e clar e that h e h a s b e co m e accusto m e d th e re to .

As to d i et a ll class e s of m e n who wish to b e cu re d

,

of a lin ge rin g d i s e a s e c a n su ffe r so m e li m itation if

, ,

th e chronic d i s e as e do e s not consist of an ai l m e nt of

th e abdo m e n ; with t h e low e r c l ass e s th e r e n ee d b e
n o v e ry stri ct l i m it a tions e s p e c i ally i f th e p ati e nt i s
,

a bl e to r e m ain at work in his trad e thus givin g m otio n ,

to th e body T h e p o or m a n can re cov e r h e alth e v e n

.

with a di e t of sa l t a n d bre ad and n e i th e r th e m od e ra te

,

u s e of p otato e s , fl o u r p orri d ge nor fr e sh ch e e s e w i ll

-

hind e r his re cov e ry ; only let hi m l i mi t th e condi m e n t s

o f onions and p e p p e r w ith h i s m e a g r e di e t .
 H AH N EM A NN S
’
C H RO N I C DI S EAS E S . 7

H e wh o c a re s for his r e cov e r y can find dish e s e v e n ,

a t th e ki n g s t a bl e which a ns w e r a ll th e r e quir e m e nts

’

o f a natura l di e t .

M ost di ffi c ult for a h o m o pa thi c p hysi c i a n is th e

d e c i s ion as to d r inks C o ffe e h as in g rea t p art th e i n
.

j u ri o n s e ff ec ts on th e h e a l th of body a n d sou l w hi c h I
ha v e d es crib e d in m y litt l e book ( Wz r ku ng en d es
'

Kafi ees [E ff e ct s of C o ff e e ] L e i pzi g b u t it h as

'

, ,

b e co m e so m uch of a habit a n d a n e c e ssity to th e

g r e a t e r p a rt of t h e so ca ll e d e nli g ht e n e d n a tions th a t
-

it w ill b e a s di ffi c u lt to e xtir p a t e a s p r ej udi c e a n d

s u p e rstitio n u n l e s s th e ho m oeo p a thic p hysi c i a n in th e
,

cu re of ch r oni c di s e a s es in s i st o n a g e n e ra l a bsolute ,

int e rdi ct O nly youn g p e o p l e u p to th e t w e n ti e th

.

y e a r or a t m ost u p to th e thirti eth c a n b e s udd e nly

, ,

d e p r i v e d of it w itho u t a n y pa rti c ular di s a dvanta g e ;

but with p e rs on s ov e r thirty and forty y e a r s if th e y ,

h a v e u s e d co ffe e fro m th e ir childhood it is b e tt e r to ,

p ro p os e to di s contin u e it gradu a ll y a n d e v e ry day to

d r ink so m e w h a t l e ss ; w h e n 10 and b e hold " m ost of
th e m l e a v e it o ff at on c e a n d th ey will do so w ithout
,

any p e c u li a r t r o u bl e ( e xc e p t p e rh a ps for a f e w d a y s a t
, ,

t h e co m m e n c e m e nt ) A S l a t e as S i x y e ars a g o I still
.

su p p os ed that old e r p e rsons wh o ar e unwillin g to do

without it m i g ht b e a llow e d to u s e it in a s m a ll q u a n
,

tity B ut I h a v e S inc e t h e n b e co m e convinc e d that

.

e v e n a lon g continu e d h a bit c a nnot m a k e it h a r m l e ss

-
,

and a s th e p hysici a n can only p e r m it w hat is b est for

hi s p a ti e n t it m u st re m a in as an e stab l ish e d rul e that
,

chroni c p a ti e nts m u st alto ge th e r g iv e u p t h is part of

th e ir di et which i s insidiou s ly inj uri ous ; a n d this th e
,

p ati e nts hi g h or low who h a v e th e p r o p e r confid e nc e

, ,
188 II AII N EM AN N S
’
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l
i n th e ir p h ys i c i an , w h e n it i s p r o p e r y re p r e s e n t e d t o
th e m a l m o st
, wi th ou t e x c e p tion , do wil in g y a n d l l
g ladly , to th e gr e at i m p rov e m e nt of th e ir h e alth R y e .

l
or wh e at , roa s te d i k e c o ffe e in a dru m a n d th e n b o i le d

l
a n d p r e p a r e d ik e c o flee , h as b oth i n s m e ll and t a s t e

m uch re se m b l c e to co ffe e ; a nd ri ch a n d p oor a r e

an

usin g this sub stitut e willin gly in s e v e ra l c ou n t ri e s .

T h e li k e m a y b e s aid conc e rnin g th e e x p e nsiv e a n d

—
s o call e d fi n e sorts as w e ll a s conc e rni n g th e ch e a p
,

so rts of C hin e s e t ea which so flatte ri n g ly a l lure s th e

n e rv e s and so s e cr e tly and in e vit a bly inf e sts a n d

w e a k e ns th e m E v e n w h e n m ad e v e ry w ea k a n d
.

wh e n only a littl e i s drank only once a d a y it i s n e ve r

h a rm l e ss n e ith e r w ith youn g e r p e rsons n o r with O ld e r
,

on e s who hav e us e d it s inc e th e ir C hildho od ; a n d th e y

m u s t in s t e ad of it u s e so m e har m l e s s w ar m d r in k .

P ati e nts accordin g to m y e xt e nsiv e e x p e ri e n ce a re

, ,

al s o willin g to follow th e a dvic e of th e ir fa ithful ad

vi s e r the p hysici a n in w ho m th ey h a v e confid e n ce
, ,

wh e n t h i s a dvic e is fortifi e d with r e a son .

With r e s p e ct to th e li m itation in win e th e p rs c

ti ti o n e r can b e f ar m o r e l e n i e nt sinc e with chro n ic pa
,

ti e n ts it will be h a r dly e v e r n e c e ssary to a lto g e th e r

fo r bid it P ati e nt s who fro m th e ir youth u p ha v e
.

*
b ee n a ccusto m e d to a p l e ntiful u s e O f p ur e wi n e c an
n o t giv e i t u p a t onc e e ntir e ly and thi s th e l e ss t h e
,

O ld e r th e y a r e To do so wou ld p r oduc e a sudd e n

.

*
Even f or m e n i n qu ite goo d h ealth it i s i m prope an d i n m an y
r

wa y s i n j u r i ou s to d r i n k pu re w i n e as a c us to m ar y be ve rage a n d ,

morality o nly pe rm its i ts use i n s mall quanti ti es at f es ti ve oc ca

si o n s
. A y ou th can not kee p h i s sex u al d es ires u nd er contro l up to
h i s ma rri age un less h e alt ogeth er avo i ds b anqu ets . G o norrh e a
a n d ch a n c r e ar e d u e to s u c h e x cesse s .
 H AII N EM AN N S C
’
H RO NI C DI S EA S E S . 189

s in k in g O f th e ir stre n gt h and an O b stru ct i o n to th e i r

c ure and m i ght e v e n e nd a n g e r th e i r l if e
,
B ut th ey .

w i l l b e sa tisfi ed to drin k i t d uri n g th e fir s t w e e k s

m ix e d with e qu a l p art s of wat e r a nd l at e r g radua ll y
, ,

w in e m ix e d wi th two thr e e a n d four and fi nally with

,

fi v e and S i x p a rts O f wat e r a n d a l i tt l e s ug ar T he .

la t t e r m ixture s m a y b e a l low e d a l l c hron i c p a ti e nts as

t he ir usua l b e v e ra g e .

M or e absolut e ly n e c essary in th e cur e of th e chr o n ic

d is e a s e s i s t h e givin g u p of whisky or brandy T hi s .

w il l re quire how e v e r as m uch consid e ration i n d i m i n

, ,

i sh i n g th e q ua ntity us e d as firm n e s s i n e x e cutin g i t

, .

Wh e re th e st re n gt h a p pr e ciably di m inish e s at giv i n g

i t u p totally a s m al l p ort i on of g ood p ure win e m ust
, ,

b e u se d inst ea d O f i t for a littl e whil e b ut l a t e r w i n e , ,

m ixe d with s e v e ra l p arts of w a t e r accordin g to c i r ,

c um s tan c es .

S i n c e a ccordin g to an in v iolabl e l aw of nature our

, ,

v i ta l for c e alwa y s p roduc e s in th e hu m an or ganis m th e

o p p o s it e O f th e i m p r e ssions c a us e d by p hy s ical an d

m e dicinal p ot e nci e s in all th e c a s e s i n which th e r e are

s u ch O p p osit e s , it m ay ea sily b e und e rstood as as ,

c urat e O b s e r v a tion also t estifi e s that s p i rituo u s liquors

, ,

a ft e r havin g si m u l a t ed r e fr e sh m e nt and h e i g ht e n e d vit a l

w ar m th i m m e di a t e l y aft e r p a rt a kin g th em m ust hav e ,

just t h e O pp o s i t e aft e r e ff
- e cts o w i n
, g to thi s O pp os i t e

re action O f th e vita l forc e O f th e or ganis m W e akn ess .

a n d a di m in ution of th e vital war m th ar e th e in e vitab l e

c ons e qu e nc e s of th e ir us e — s tat e s which ou g ht to b e

re m o v e d as far a s p o s s i b l e fro m th e C hron i c pat i e n t

by e v e ry tru e p hysi cian O nly a n a ll o pa th w h o has

.

n e v e r acc usto m e d hi m s e l f to O bs e rvat i on a n d to re flec

190
’
n A n N EM A N N S C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S .

tion and w h o is un w illin g to ackno w l e d g e th e i nju r i

,

o us e ff e ct s of his p alliativ e s can a dvis e h i s ch r o n i c

,

p a ti e nts to daily d r ink stron g p ur e win e to st r e

, n g th e n

th e m s el v e s ; a g e nuin e H o m oeo p ath w ill n e v e r do t h i s

( r ed ex u ng ue leone m I ) .

T h e p e rm i s sion of b e e r i s quit e qu e stionabl e " S i nc e

th e a rt i fi c e s O f br e we rs in m od e rn ti m e s s e e m to i n
t e nd by th e ir addition O f v e g et a bl e substanc e s to t h e
,

e xtr a ct O f m alt n o t only to p r e v e nt it fro m so u ri n g

, ,

but al s o a n d e s pe cially to tickl e th e p al a t e and t o

caus e intoxica tion w ithout any r e ga rd to th e inj u rio u s
,

q u a liti e s of th e s e m a li g n a nt additions which O ft e n

d e e ply und e r m in e th e h e a lth w h e n daily u s e d a n d ,

which c a nnot b e discov e r e d by a n y ins p e ctio n th e ,

hon e st p hysici a n c a nnot a llow his p a ti e nt t o d ri n k

w hat s o e v e r is call e d beer ; fo r e v e n th e whit e b e e r
( thin b e e r ) a n d t h e p ort e r w hich on a cco u nt of th e i r
,

l a ck of bitt e rn e ss s e e m S O h a rm l e ss not i nf re qu e ntl y,

h a v e n a rcotic in gr e di e nt s a dd e d to g iv e th e m t h e
m u ch li k e d intoxic atin g q u a lit y in S p it e of th e ir di m i n
-

i s h e d qu a ntity of m a lt .

A m on g t h e arti c l es O f di e t w hich a re g e n e ra lly i n

j u rio ns to c h r onic p ati e nt s a r e a l s o a ll dish e s contai n
i n g vin e ga r or cit r ic a c i d Th e s e a r e e s pe ci a lly a p t t o
.

c a us e disa g re e abl e s e n s a tion s a n d troubl e s in t h os e

a ffli c t e d w ith n e rv o us a n d a bdo m in a l a il m e nts Th e y .

a lso e ith e r a nt a g o n iz e o r e xc es si v e ly inc re a s e th e

e ff e ct s of s e v e r a l m e dicin es Fo r s u ch p a ti e nt s a ls o
.

v e ry ac id fr u it ( a s sou r ch e rr i e s un r i p e g oo s e b e r ri e s
,

and c u rr a nts ) a re to be a llo w e d only in v e ry s m a l l

q u a ntiti e s and s we e t fruit s only in m od e ra t e qua ntity ;
,

S O a l s o bak e d p run e s a s a p a lliativ e a re not to b e a d

 ’
H AH N EM A N N S C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S . 19 1
"

vised to thos e inclin e d to consti p atio n To th e l a tt e r .

,

as a l so to thos e su ff e rin g fro m w e ak di ge stion v e a l ,

which is too youn g is not se rvi c e a bl e Th os e w h ose .

se xu l
a p o w e r s ar e low should li m it th e s
m e lv e s i n e at- f

i ng youn g chick e ns an d e gg s a n d S hould a void th e ir

,

r i ta ti n g s p i c e of vanilla also tru ffle s a n d c avi a re

, ,

which as p alliativ e s hind e r a c u r e L adi e s with scant y . .

m e ns e s m ust avoid th e u s e of sa ffron and cinn a m o n

for th e sa m e r e ason ; p e rsons wi t h we ak sto m ach s
s hould avoid cinna m on clov e s a m o m u m p e p p e r
, , , ,

gin g er a n d bitt e r s u bstanc e s w hich b e in g p a lliativ e s

, , ,

a r e a lso in j urio u s whil e u nd e r h o m o p a th i c tre at

m e nt . V e g et a bl e s cau s in g fla tu le n c y S hould be for
bidd e n in all abdo m in a l troubl e s a nd w h e re th e re is a n
inclination to con s ti pation and costiv e n e ss B e e f a n d .

g ood w h e at br e ad or ry e br e ad to ge th e r w ith cow s

’
- -
,

m ilk and a m od e rat e us e of fr e sh butt e r se e m to b e ,

th e m ost natural and h a r m l e ss food for m e n and als o ,

for chroni c p ati e nts ; only littl e salt should b e us e d .

N e xt to b e e f in w hol e so m e n e ss a re m utton v e ni s on , ,

g rown chick e n s a n d youn g p i g e ons T h e fl e sh

. and
fat O f g e e s e a n d ducks a r e e v e n l e ss to be p e r m itt e d
to chronic p ati e nts th a n p ork P ickl e d and s m ok e d.

m e ats should b e ra r e ly us e d a n d only in s m al l

quantiti e s .

S p rinklin g cho ppe d raw h e rbs on sou p s p uttin g ,

p o t
- h e rbs i nto v e g e tabl e s a n d , e a tin g O ld r a ncid ,

ch ee s e m ust b e a void e d .

I n usin g th e b e tt e r quality of fish th e ir p r e pa ra tion

shou l d b e e s p e cially look e d to ; th e y h a d b e st b e p re

p a r e d by boilin g a n d us e d s p arin g ly with sa uc e s not

m uch S p ic e d ; but no fish dri e d in th e a i r or s m ok e d ;
192
’
H AH H EH AN N S C H RO NI C D I S EAS ES .

l
sa t fi sh ( herri n g: a n d sard n esi ) on ly rar ly
e an d S pa r

fu g y l .

M od era ti o n i n t h i ngs e ve n i n harml es s on es i s

a ll , ,

th e c h i ef d uty O f c h ro n ic pa ti e n t s .

I n co ns i d eri n g d i e t ; th e use o f to bacco s h ould als o

be care fu ll y c o n s id e re d S m o k i n g i n so m e cases o f
.

chro n i c d i se a s e m ay be pe rm i t ted wh e n th e p a ti e n t ,

has b e e n accusto m e d to a n u ni nt e rru p t ed us e o f i t ,

an d if h e d o e s n o t e x p e c t o ra t e ; b u t s m o kin g s h o u ld

al way s b e l i m i ted and m ore s o i f th e m e n t a l a ct i vi t y

, ,

sl e e p di ge st i on or t h e e vacu a t i o n s are d e fe c ti v e
, If .

e vac u at i on s re gu l a r ly o n ly tak e p l a c e a f te r s m o ki n g

th e us e of thi s pall iativ e m u s t be a ll th e m o re c i r Cu m q

sc rib e d a nd th e s a m e re s ult m us t be O btai n e d i n a

'

lastin g m an n er throu g h th e a p p r op riat e anti ps o ri c

re m e d i es M ore o bj e ction a b l e yet ho we v e r i s th e
.
, ,

us i n g of s nu ff wh i ch is wont to b e ab u s e d as a p a lli
,

ativ e a ga in s t rh e u m and ob s truction of t h e n o s e a n d

i n s idiou s i nfla m m ation of th e ey es and which b e in g a ,

p a ll i a tiv e is a g r e a,t hind e ra nc e in t h e c u re of c hr o n i c

d i s ea s es ; it can th e re fore n o t b e a l low e d w ith s uch

, ,

p ati e nts but m,ust b e di m ini s h e d e v e ry d a y a n d a t l as t

s to pp e d An es pe ci a l r e a s on f or thi s i s al so tha t i n
.

s nu ff t h e m ed i cin a l liquors ( s auc es ) w i th which a l m o st

all snu ff i s m e di c at e d touch e s with its substa nc e t h e

ne rv e s of th e i nn e r n o se a n d inj ur es j u s t a s if a f o re i gn
m e dicin e w e r e tak e n w hich is l ess t he c a s e w ith t h e
,

burnin g s m ok i n g tob a cco i n wh i ch th e s tr e n gt h i s d i s

,
.

i nt e g rat e d by t h e h e at .

I now p a ss to th e o th e r hind e ra nces to th e c ure o f

ch ron i c dis e as e s w h ich m u s t be av oid e d as f ar as
p os s ib l e .
 193
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H AH N EH AN N S C H RO N C I I
D S EAS ES .

All those eve nts whi c h can bri ng the

i n h uma n l if e
l l
P sora ate n t a nd s um beri n g w i t hi n whi ch has h it h erto ,

l l
m a nif es t e d it se f on y by s om e of th e s i gn s m ent i oned
a b ov e , v a ri es fr om a stat e of
wh e r e i n th e p ati e nt
h ea lth s o as to bre a k o u t i n to O p e n c hro n i c di sea s es
, ,

t h es e sa m e e v e n ts i f th e y o ccur to a p erson a l re ad y a
c h ro n i c p ati e nt m ay n ot o nly au g m e n t h i s d i s e as e a nd

i n c r e as e th e d i ffi c u l ty O f curin g it but i f th e y brea k i n ,

o n hi m v i o l e n t l y m ay m ak e h i s di s e a s e i n c ura b l e if
, ,

th e u n t o wa rd c i rc u m s ta n c es are n o t su d d e n l y c h a n ged
f or t h e b e tt e r .

S uch e v e nts are how e v e r of v e ry vari o us n a t ure

, , ,

a nd t he re for e of d i fi e r e n t d e gr ee s of in j uri ou s i n
fi nanc e .

E x c essi v e hard s hi ps labori n g i n swa m ps g reat , ,

b od i ly i n j uri es and wou nd s e xc e ss O f c o l d or h eat a nd , ,

e ve n th e u ns at i s fi e d h u ng e r of po ve rty a nd i ts u n wh o l e

so m e f oo ds e tc are no t by a n y m e a ns v ery p o we rf u l
, .
,

i n ca u sin g th e fe arful m a l ady of P s o ra whi c h l i es i n

a m b u s h l ur ki n g in s e cre t to br e a k forth i nto s e ri ous
,

c h ronic di se as e s nor of gr e at con s e qu e nc e in a ggravat

,

i n g a c hro n i c di s e ase a l r e ady pr e s e nt ; yea an i n n oc e n t ,

m an ca n w ith l ess i n j ury to h i s lif e p ass te n y e ar s in

, ,

b od ily tor m e nt s i n th e basti l e or on th e ga ll eys rath er

t ha n p ass so m e m onth s i n a l l bodi l y co m fort i n a n un
h a pp y m a rri a ge or with a r e m ors e fu l con sc i e nc e A .

P so ra s l u m b eri n g within which still all o ws t he fav o rit e

,

o f a p rinc e to l i v e w i th t h e a p p e a ra n c e of a l m os t

bloo m in g h e a l th unfo l ds quickly i n to a c hro n i c ai l

,

m e nt of th e body or d i st ra ct s hi s m e n ta l organs i n t o
,

i nsa n i ty wh e n by a chan g e of fo rtun e h e i s h u rl e d

,

f ro m h i s b ri ll i a nt p i nn ac l e a n d is e x p ose d to cont e m pt
194 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

a nd p ov e rty . T h e s udd e n d e ath of a s o n c a u s e s t h e

t e n d e r m oth e r a l re a dy in ill h ea lth an inc u rabl e s u p ;

, ,

p u t a tion of t h e l un g s or a canc e r of t h e br e a st A .

youn g a ff e c tio n at e m aid e n a lre a dy hyst eri c al i s

, , ,

thrown into m e l a ncholy by a dis a p poi n t m e nt in lo v e [

H ow di fficu l t it is and how s e l d om will th e b e s t
,

a nti p so r ic tr e a t m e nt do anythin g to r e l i e v e such n u

-

fortunat e s "
By fa r th e m ost fre qu e nt e xcit e m e nt O f th e slu m b e r
i n g P sora into chronic dis e as e and th e m ost fr e qu e n t
,

a ggra v a tion of C hronic a i l m e nts alre ady e xi s tin g a r e ,

caus e d by g ri e f and v e xation .

Um n ter r uptea g r i ef a n d vex a ti on v e ry s o on increa s e

’
’

e v e n t h e s m a ll e st t r a c e s of a slu m b e rin g P sora i n t o

m or e s e v e re sy m p to m s and th e y th e n d e v e lo p th e s e
,

into an o u tbre a k O f a ll i m a ginabl e C hronic s u fi er i n g s

m or e c e rt a in l y a n d m ore fr e qu e ntly th a n a ll oth e r i n
j urio n s influ e n c e s O p e ra tin g on th e h u m a n organi s m i n
an av e ra g e hu m an lif e ; whil e th e s e two a ge nci e s j u s t
as sur e ly and fr e qu e ntly a u g m e nt a il m e nts already ex - a

i sti n g .

A s t h e g ood p hysician w ill b e p l e as e d wh e n h e ca n

’

e n liv e n a n d k e e p fro m e n n u i th e m ind of a p a ti e nt , i n

ord e r to a dvanc e a c ure w hich is n o t e nc u m b e re d w ith

such O bstru ctions h e w ill in such a c as e fe e l m ore
,

th a n e v e r th e duty incu m b e nt u p on hi m to do al l wit h

in th e p o we r of his i nflu e nc e on t h e p ati e nt and on hi s
r e lativ es a n d surroundin gs i n o rd e r to r e li e v e hi m of
,

g ri e f a n d v e x a tion . Thi s w ill a n d m ust b e a chi e f e n d

of his car e a n d n e i ghborly lov e .

B ut if th e r e l a tions of th e p a ti e nt c a nnot be i m
p rov e d i n this r e s p e ct a,n d if h e has not su ffi ci e n t
 H A H N EM AN N S
’
CH R O N I C DI S EA S E S . 19 5

p hiloso p hy r e li g ion ,a n d p o w e r ov e r hi m s e lf t o b e ar
p ati e ntly a n d w it h e q u ani m ity a ll t h e su ff e rin g s a n d
a flli c ti o n s for w hich h e i s not to b l a m e and whi ch it ,

is not in his p ow e r to chan ge ; if gri e f and v e xation

continu a lly b e at in u p on h i m a n d it is ou t of th e ,

p o w e r of t h e p hysician to e ff e ct a lastin g r e m o v al O f
th es e m ost activ e d e st r oy e rs of life h e had b e tt e r giv e ,

*
up t h e tr e at m e nt and l e av e th e p a ti e nt t o his fa t e ,

for e v e n the m ost m a st e rly m a na ge m e n t of th e c a s e

with th e r e m e d i e s th a t are th e m ost e xquisit e and th e
b e st ada pt e d to th e bodily a il m e nt will a v a il n othin g ,

nothin g at a ll w ith a C h r onic p a ti e nt thus e x p o s e d to

,

contin u a l sorro w a n d v e x a tion a n d in who m th e vit a l ,

e cono m y is b e i n g d e stroy e d by continuou s a s s a ults on

t h e m ind T h e continu a tion of th e f a i re s t e dific e is

.

foolish wh e n th e found a tion i s b e in g d a ily u nd er

‘

m in e d e v e n i f b u t g ra du a lly by th e pl a y O f t h e w a v e s
, , .

A l m ost as n e a r a n d O ft e n n e a r e r y e t to incurability
'

, ,

a r e t h e C hronic dis e as e s e s p e ci a ll y with g r e a t a n d rich

,

m e n who f o r s o m e y ea rs b e sid e s th e us e of m in e r a l
, ,

b a th S T h a v e p a ss e d th r o u g h th e h a nds of v a r io u s oft e n
, ,

*
Un l es s th e pati e n t sh o u ld h ave l ittl e o r no cau se f or h i s g rie f
a n d so rr o w o r h ar dly a n y i n c ite m e n t f ro m w ith ou t to ve x a ti o n
, ,

a n d i n c o n s e q u e n c e wo u l d n e e d m o e r ti c u l ar ly to be t rea t e d
pa r

with res pe c t to h i s m e n ta l di s or d e r by m ean s o f t h e a n ti pso ri c ,

-

r e m edi es whi c h a r e
, t th e sa m e ti m e s u ite d to t h e r es t o f h i s
a

c h ro n i c di se as e S u ch c se s are n ot o n ly c u rabl e b u t o f te n e ve n
. a ,

ea s ily c u rabl e .

TEvery ti m e th e ba th s are use d e ve n wh e n th e wate r i s n ot i n ,

itself u nsu itab l e to th e a il m e n t th e y re to be co ns ide re d as th e ,

a

us e of l a rge d o s e s o f te n re peat e d of o n e a n d t h e s a m e v io l e n t l y

ac ti n g m ed i c i n e th e vi ol e n t o pera ti o n o f wh i c h c a n Se ld o m b e
,

sal u t a ry a n d m u s t O f t en re s u lt i n th e aggrav a ti on o f th e m o r bid

,

s ta te yea e ve n to th e pa ti e n t s u tt e r d es t ru c ti o n
’
.
, ,
196 H AH N EH A N N S
’
C H RO N C I D I S EAS ES .

of ma ny , a llopath ic
p h y s i c i a n s w h o h a v e tr i e d o
, n

th e m on e a ft e r a n o th e r a ll th e f ashi o n a b e m od es o f l
c ure th e r e m ed i e s w hi c h are so bo as ti n g ly a ud e d i n
, l
l —
En g a n d Fra n ce and I ta y a s tro n g y act i n g m i x
, l , ll l
t ure s B y s o m an y un s u i tab e m e dicin es w h i c h a r e
. l ,

l
i nj u ri o u s by t h e ir vi o e n c e a nd th ei r fre q u en t r e p e t i
l
tio n i n arg e d o s es th e P so ra which a wa y s li es wi t hi n ,
, l
e v e n if n o t c o m bin e d w i th s y p hilis b ec o m e s e v e ry ,

y ea r m or e i n cu ra b e a s d ol a l s
, o t h e c hr o n i c a i m e n ts l
s pr in gi n g fro m it ; a nd aft e r t h e conti n u a tio n o f s uc h

irration a l m e dic a l ass a ults o n th e orga nis m for s e v e ra l

y e a rs it b e co m e s al m o s t q uit e incurabl e I t c a n n o t .

w e ll be d e cid e d sinc e th es e thin gs t a k e p ace in t h e

, l
d ark wh e th e r th es e h e roic u n h o m oeo pa thi c d o se s h a v e
,

a dd e d , a s m ay b e sus p e ct e d , n e w ail m e nt s t o th e

o ri g i n a l di s e as e whic h ail m e nts throu g h th e larg e n e s s

,

of th e dos e s and th e ir fr e qu e nt r e p e tition h a v e n o w

b e co m e lastin g and as it w e r e chronic o r w h e th e r ,

throu gh a bus e th e re h a s re sult e d a cri p p li n g of th e

di ffe r e nt fa culti e s of th e or ganis m z e thos e O f irri
'

.
,

ta b ili ty of s e n s a t i on a n d of r e production a nd s o
, ,

( p robably fro m both ca u s e s ) th e r e has a r is e n th e

m onst e r of v a riou s a il m e nts fus e d into on e a noth e r , ,

which ca n no lon ge r b e r a tionally vi e w e d as a S i m p l e

natu ral ail m e nt I n S ho rt this m any s id ed dish a r m on y
. ,

an d p e rv e rsion of p a rts a n d O f forc e s m ost i n d i S p e n

sabl e to l if e p res e nt a ch a o s O f a il m e nts which th e

h o m o p a th i c p hysici a n S hould not li ghtly d e clar e c u r
abl e .

By such tr ea t m e nts which are inc a pa bl e O f curin g

,

th e ori ginal dis e as e but a re e xh a usti n g and d e b i lit a t

,

i n g t h e a g gravat i on of t h e P s ora i s not o n ly ha s t en ed

,
 H RO NI C DI S EAS E S 197
’
H AH N EM A N N S C .

fro m within but n e w a rti fi cial a nd thr e at e nin g a i l

,

m e nts a re g e n e rat e d by s uch d e lu s iv e a llO pa thi c c ures ,

so th a t th e vital forc e th u s attack e d fro m two si d es

, ,

oft e n is un a bl e to e sc a p e .

I f i n such cas es th e sad con s e qu e nce s O f th e se indi

re ct a ssault s of t he old m e thods of cure w er e dyna m i c
disturba nces only th e y wo u ld sure ly e ith er dis a p pe a r
,

o f th e m s e lv e s wh e n th e tr e a t m e nt is discontinu e d or ,

th ey ou g ht a t l e ast to b e e xtin g uish e d ag ain e ffe ctiv e l y

throu g h h o m o pa th i c m e dicin e s But this is not at .

al l t h e c a s e th e y do not yi e ld V e ry lik e ly by th e s e
.

indire ct continuous a n d r e p e a t e d ass a ults on th e s e n

,

s i ti v e irrit a bl e fib e r by such i n j udic i ou s m e dicin a l dis

,

e a s e p ot e nci e s
-
, which ar e giv e n in l a rg e dos e s f re
q ue ntly re p e at e d th e vital force is obli ge d t o m ee t
,

this att ack and to e nd ea vor e ith e r to dyn a m ica l l y

c han g e th e s e t e nd e r int e rnal or gan s w hich a r e a s

s a u lte d so m e rcil e ssly or to r ec onstruct th e m m a t e

,

ri a lly so a s to m ak e th e m unass a il a bl e to such viol e nt

attacks and thu s to p rot e ct and S hi e ld t h e or gani s m

,

fro m g e n e r a l d e str u ction Thus e g this fo rc e

.
, . .
, ,

w hich in s tinctiv e ly p re s e rv e s lif e b e n e ficial ly S hi e lds

,

th e fi n e s e nsi t iv e S kin of th e h a nd with a c a llous c o v

e rin g of hard ho rn y S kin in p e rs ons with w ho m th e
,

S kin is e x po s e d to fre q u e nt in j uri e s durin g h a r d l a bor

wh e r e by th e s kin is in j ur e d by hard scratchi n g m a ,

f e r i als or by co rrodi n g substanc e s S O a lso in a lo n g

.

c onti n u e d allo p athic tr e at m e nt which ha s no tru e

,

h e a li n g p ow e r with re s p e ct to t h e di s e as e no di r e ct ,

pa thic ( ho m oeo pa thic ) re l a tion to th e p arts a n d p ro

c es s e s co nc e rn e d in th e chro nic di seas e b u t i n t e rnall y ,

assa u l ts o th e r d e li c at e pa rt s a nd or g an s of th e bod y i n ,
198
’
H AH N EM A N N S C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

su c h cas e s th e vita l forc e in ord e r to p rot e ct t h e

,

who l e fro m d estru ction dyn a m i ca ll y and org a n ica lly

,

trans m ut e s th e se fi n e orga ns z e e ith e r m ak e s th e m

'

. .
,

in a ctiv e or para l yz e s th e m or dulls th e ir s e nsitiv e n e ss

, ,

or m ak e s th e m a lto ge th e r callo u s O n th e o n e s id e .

th e m ost t e nd e r fib e r i s a bno r m a ll y thick e n e d o r ha r d

e n e d and t h e m or e vi g orous fib e rs consu m e d or a n n i
—
,

h i lated thus th e re a r i s e a rtificia ll y ad ve ntiti o us ,

organis m s m a l fo r m a tions and d e ge n e rations w hich a t

, ,

p ost - m ort e m e xa m in a tions are cunnin g ly a s crib e d t o

th e m ali g nancy of th e ori g in a l dis e as e S u c h an i nt e r
.

n a l stat e is not infr e qu e nt and is in m any cas es i nc u r

,

abl e O n l y wh e r e th e r e are s till suffi ci e nt vit a l p o w

.

e rs in a body not too m uch bow e d do w n by a g e ( b u t

w h e r e und e r an a llO pat hi c r "g i m e do w e not find t h e

p ow e rs wast e d ? ) u nd e r f a vorabl e e xt e r n a l ci r cu m
st a nc e s the vit a l forc e dyna m ica l ly fr e e d fro m i ts
,

ori g inal dis e as e by th e c a r e ful ho m oeo pa thic ( a n t i

p soric ) tr e at m e nt of a p r a ctic e d p hysi c ian m ay s u e ,

c e e d in g radual l y r e a s se rtin g its e lf a n d i n g r a du a l l y ,

absorbin g and t ra nsfor m in g thos e ( O ft e n nu m e rou s )

adv e ntit i ous s e cond a r y form ations whi c h it wa s c o m
p e lle d to for m S uch
. a transfor m ation is how e v e r , ,

only p ossibl e to a s till e n e r g etic vita l forc e which h a s ,

b e e n in gr e at p art s e t fr e e fro m i ts P so r a O nly .

,

how e v e r und e r favorabl e e xt e rna l circu m stanc e s a n d

, ,

aft e r th e la p s e of a con s id e rab l e t i m e and usually i n

only an i m p e rf ect m a n n er do e s th e vita l forc e succ e ed
,

in this al m ost cr ea tiv e e nd e avor E x p e ri e nc e p rov es.

d a ily that th e m ore ze alously t h e al l o p a th p uts i nt o

p ractic e in chronic di s e a s e s his p e rv e r s e d e str u ctiv e

art ( O ft e n w i th g re a t car e industry and p e rs ist e n c e )

, ,

th e m or e h e rui ns hi s p ati e nts in h e a l th and lif e .

 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C HR O N I C D I S EAS E S . 199

H ow can p erv e rsions introduc ed into pati e nts in

,

t h is m a n n e r fr e qu e ntly for y e ars b e t r a n sfor m e d in a

,

s ho rt ti m e into h e alth e v e n by t h e b e st i e , t h e tru e

. .
,

m ethod of cur e wh i ch has n e v e r assu m e d to its e lf th e

,

p ow e r O f d i r ec t ly influ e nc i n g or g anic d e f e cts ?

T h e p hysici a n has to m e e t in such c a s e s no nat u ra l ,

s i m p l e P s oric dis e as e H e c a n th e re for e p ro m is e an

.

i m p rov e m e nt only aft e r a lon g p e riod of ti m e but ,

n e v e r a full r e stora tion e v e n if th e vit a l p ow e rs a r e

‘

n ot ( as is so fr e qu e ntly th e ca s e ) alto g e th e r w a st e d ;

fo r wh e r e this is th e cas e h e wo u ld f e e l co m p e ll e d to
,

d e sist fro m tr e a t m e nt e v e n a t th e first g l a nc e First .

th e m any chronic m e dicin a l dis e as e s which p a ss ov e r

th e fluctuatin g stat e of h e a lth m ust gr a dually b e r e
m ov e d ( p e rha p s durin g a s e v e ra l m onths st a y in th e
’

c ou n try al m ost without m e dicin e ) ; or th e y m ust d e

p a r t as O f th e m s e l v e s thro u g h t h e activity O f t h e vita l
forc e ,
w h e n t e anti psoric tr e a t m e nt has to so m e d e
h -

g r e e b e g un , with an i m p rov e d m a nn e r O f livin g and a

re g ulat e d di e t For who could find re m e di es for a ll
.

th e s e ail m e nts artificially p roduc ed by a confu s e d m ass

o f stron g unsuit a bl e m e dicin e s ? T h e vit a l forc e m ust
fi rs t absorb and re for m what it h a s co m p ulsorily
d e for m e d b e for e th e tru e h eal e r will in ti m e s e e a gain
,

b efore h i m a p artially c l e ar e d m alady si m il a r to th e

o r i g i n a l o n e and which h e wi l l th e n b e a b l e to co m bat
, .

O n th e h er h an d th e m os t drea df u l di seas es o f eve ry ki n d

ot ,

wh i ch h ave not bee n s po il e d by an y m edi ca l fa tu ity i n th e f a m i ,

lies of f ar m l a borers a n d o th e r d ay l a bo rers on wh o m o f cou rse n o

,

ord i n ar y ph ys ici a n press es h i s s e r vi ces ar e qui te com m on ly a l m os t

, ,

as i f by a mi rac l e cu red by th e a n ti pso ri c re m e di es i n a s h ort

,
-

ti me and are tra n sf o r m ed i n to l as t i ng goo d h ea l th

, .
soo
’
H AH NEH AN N S C H RO N IC DI S EAS Es .

W oe to th e yo u n g h o m mo pathi c p h ys i c i an wh o h as
to f ou nd hi s f am e up on th e cure o f thos e d i seas es , o f
ri ch an d pr o m i ne nt whic h by a m a ss o f a llo
pe rs o n s ,

p a t hi c e vi a rts h av l
e d e g e n e ra t ed i nt o s uc h m o nstr os i

t i es " W i th all h i s care h e wi end i n fa i ur e " ll l

A l
si m i a r grea t h indr a n c e to a cure of f ar-advan c e d

c hro nic d iseas es i s o ft e n foun d i n th e d e bilit y a nd

wea k n ess int o wh i c h yo uths fa wh o a r e s p o i le d b y ll

ri ch par e nt s , b ei n g c a rri ed a way by th eir s u pe ra
bund anc e an d want o n ne ss , and s ed u c e d by w ic ked
c om p a n i ons th ro u g h d e st r u cti ve pass i on s a n d e x c es s es,

l
t h rou gh reve in gs , a b us e of th e sex ua i n st i n c t ga m l ,

bli n g, etc W itho ut t h e l eas t regard for life a nd

.

for c onsci e nc e , bo di es orgi nally ro bus t ar e d e h i li

t ated by s uch vi c e s i n to m e re se m b a n c e s o f h u l
m anity and are b e sid es m i n e d by p e rve rse tr eat m e nt
,

of th e ir v e n e r e a l
dis eas es s o that th e P s o ra w h i ch
, ,

l
fre qu ently urks within g rows up i n t o th e m o st p i ti ,

a bl e chro nic di s e a s es which , e v e n if th e m ora lity o f

,

th e pati en t s hould h a ve i m p ro ved , on acc ou n t of t h e

d e p re ss in g re m o rs e and t h e itt e rem n an t o f th e ir
, l l
l
wast e d vita pow e rs acc e p t a n t i psori c r e i e f only wi th
, l
th e gr e at es t di ffi culty S uch cas es Sh ou d be u n d er
. l
ta k e n by h omoeo pat h ic p hy s ici ans as c ura b e o n ly wi t h l
th e g r e at es t ca u t io n and re se rv e .

B ut wh ere the abo me nt i o ned O f te n a l m o st i n sar

v e -

m ountabl e obst acl e s to t h e cure of th e s e i nnu m er ab e l

*
ch r on i c dis e as e s a re n ot p res e n t, th er e i s ne ve rth e l e ss

O ne addi ti on al O bstacle to th e h om e opath i c cure of ch ron i c di s

*

eases , a n d o ne wh i ch i s n ot very rare, b ut i s sti ll u sually d n regarde d,

‘

is: 7 75: suppressed sex u al i ns ti nct wi th marriage able pers o ns of

i
e th e r sex , e ith er f rom n on -m arri age owing to vari ous ces ses not
 HR O N I C DI S EAS E S 2 01
’
H A H N EM A N N S C .

f ound at ti m es e s p e ci a lly w ith t h e low e r cl a ss e s of

,

p a ti e nts , a p e c u li a r O b s tru c tion to t h e c u r e which l i e

,
s

in th e s o u rc e of th e m al a dy its e lf w h e r e th e P s ora , ,

a ft e r r e p e a t e d inf e ction s a n d a r e p e a t e d e xt e r n a l t e

p r e ssi o n O f t h e r e s u ltin g e r u p tio n h a d , d e v e lo p e d

g r a d u a lly f r o m its int e r n a l stat e into o n e o r m or e s e

v e r e chroni c a il m e nt s A c u r e w ill ind e e d a l s o b e

. , ,

c ert a i n ly e ffe ct e d h er e if th e a bov e m e ntion e d O h

,
-

s tac le s do not p r e v e nt by a j udiciou s u s e O f th e a n ti

,

p s o r i c r e m e di e s , b u t only w ith m u c h p a ti e nc e a n d
con s id e r a bl e ti m e a n d only w ith p ati e nt s w h o O b s e rv e
,

t h e d i r e c ti o n s a n d wh o a r e not too a g e d or too m u c h

d e bilit a t e d .

B u t in th e s e di ffi c u lt c a s e s a lso t h e w i s e arra n g e
m e nt O f natur e i s m a nif e st e d in a i d O f o u r e ffo rt s if w e
only m a k e a g ood us e of th e f a vo ra bl e m o m e nt O ffe r
ing . Fo r e x p e r i e n c e info r m s us that in a c a s e O f itch
ar i s in g f r o m a n e w infe ction e v e n wh e n aft e r s e v e ra l
, ,

p r ec e din g inf e ctions a n d r e p r e s s ions of t h e e r u p t ion ,

th e P s o ra h a s m a d e consid e r a bl e p r o g r e ss in th e p r o
d u c tio n O f c h r oni c di s e a s es O f m a ny kind s th e itch ,

w hich h a s l a st a ris e n if it h a s o n ly still k e p t i ts full

,

p r i m itiv e e r u p tion u nhind e r e d on th e s kin m ay be ,

c u r e d a l m ost a s e a s ily a s if it w e r e th e firs t a n d th e

r em o va bl e by a ph ys i cia n or W h e re i n m ar ri ed pe rs ns s e x u a l i h
, o

te co u rse O f a n i n fi r m wi f e w ith a vi go ro us h u s ba n d o r of th e i n
r ,

fi r m h us b a n d w ith av i go rou s w i f e h as be e n a b so l u t e l y a n d f o e ver r

i n te dic te d by a n i nj u di c io u s phy s i c i a n as i s n ot i n f re qu e n tly th e

r ,

ca e
s . I n s u c h cas es a m o r e i n t e l li ge n t phy s i c i a n e co g n i i n g th e
,
r z

c i r cu m s ta n ces a n d th e n t u ra l i m pu l s e i m pl a n te d by th e C ea t or
a r ,

will gi v e h i s per m i ss i o n a n d th u s m os t i n f r e qu e n tly re n d e r cu rabl e

a m u ltit u d e O f hyste ri cal n d hy poc h on d ri ac states yea O f ten
a
, ,

e v e n m el a n c h o ly and i n sa n ity .
202 H AH N EM A NN S C
’
HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

on ly o ne , us u a l ly by m e re ly o n e or a f e w d o s es
i . e .
,

o f t h e a p p ro pri at e anti p soric m e dicin e and that by ,

suc h a cur e th e whol e P sor a of all th e p r e c e din g i n f e c

ti o n s to g e th e r with its o u tbr e a ks into chronic a i l

,

*
m e nts is cur e d, .

N e v e rth e l e ss it is not a dvisabl e to i n t e ntion a lly

caus e a n e w a rt ifi c i a l inf e c tion w ith itch e v e n i f t h e ,

p ati e nt f e lt no r e p u g n a n c e to it ( a s i s n e v e r t h e l e s s , ,

fr e qu e ntly th e cas e ) m e r e ly on ac count o f th e e a si e r

cur e in that cas e O f th e old P sora which had b e e n
s ev e ral ti m e s r e n e w e d ; b e c a us e in s e v e r e c h r onic d i s

e a s e s O f a non v e n e r e al a n d th e r e fo r e p soric ori g in

-
,

as e g s u p p ura tion O f t h e lun gs a co m p l e t e pa ra lyz a

. .
, ,

tion O f o n e or anoth e r p a r t of t h e body e tc — th e it c h , .

,

m i a s m a rare ly re t a ins its b o ld and as far a s e x p e r i , ,

e n c e S hows i t clin g s l e ss w h e n c a us e d by an a r ti fici a l

,

i no c u l ation than wh e n it ori g in a t es fr o m an a ccid e nt a l ,

un i nt e ntion a l inf e ction .

I hav e littl e f u rth e r to s a y to th e p hysici a n a lr e ad y

skill e d in t h e ho m oeo pa t h ic ar t a s to how h e i s t o
O p e r a t e in t h e c u r e O f chronic dis e as e s e xc e p t to di r e c t ,

i m to th e anti p soric r e m e di e s a pp e nd e d to this wo r k ;

T he sa m e i s th e di ng to th e merci f u l arrange m e n t o f
cas e , ac co r

n at u e
r with y phili s wh e e af te r a l oc al d es tr u c ti o n o f th e
,
s ,
r ,

ch a n c r e o r th e b u b o a n d a f te a c o n se q ue n t b r ea ki n g o u t o f th e
r

ve n er e l di sease a n e w i n f ec ti o n ta k e s pl a ce
a ,
T h e n e w i n f ec ti on .
,

whil e th e c h an c re rem a i n s u n di s t u rbe d m ay be c u re d toge the r , ,

with th e ve n e real di sease s p u n g f ro m t h e fo rm e i n fect i o n j u s t s

r r ,
a

eas i l y by a S i ng l e d ose o f th e b es t m e rc u r i a l pr e pa ra tio n as i f t h e

fi rs t c ha ncre were s till prese n t —

,

ro v i de d t h a t no c om plica ti on
p ,

wi th e ith er o f th e o th e r t wo c h ro n i c m i as m a ta e s pe c i a l ly th e ,

p s o r i c h as
, t ak e n pla ce ; f o r i n s u c h a c a s e as h a s be e n m e n t i o n e d ,

a b o ve th e Pso ra m u s t fi rs t b e re m ove d
, .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EA S E S . 203

for h e will kno w h o w to u s e th e s e r e m e di e s f o r this

nobl e e n d s u c c e ss fully I h a v e only to a d d a f e w
.

ca u t i o n s .

First of a ll th e g re at tr u th i s e stablish e d th a t all

,

ch r oni c ail m e n ts a ll gr e a t a n d t h e g r e a t e st lon g con

, , ,

t i n u i n g dis e a s e s ( e xc e p tin g t h e f e w v e n e r e a l on e s )
S pr in g fro m P s o r a a lon e a n d only find th e i r tho r o u g h

cur e in th e c u r e of th e P s or a ; th e y are cons e q u e ntly , ,

to b e h e al e d m o s tly only by a nti psoric r e m e di e s i e , . .

,

by tho s e re m e di e s w hi c h in th e i r p ro v in gs as to th e ir
p u r e a c tion on t h e h e a lthy hu m a n body m a n if e s t m ost
O f t h e s y m p to m s w hi c h a r e m o s t f r e q u e ntly p e r c e iv e d

in l a t e nt as w e ll a s in d e v e l o p e d P s ora .

T h e h o m o p a t h i c p hy s i c i a n th e r e fo r e in c u r in g a
, ,

ch r oni c ( non ve n e rea l ) dis e a se a n d in a ll a n d in e v e ry

-
,

sy m p to m a il m e nt a n d diso rd e r a r i s in g in thi s di s e as e
, ,

no m att e r w ha t s e ductiv e n a m e th es e m a y h a v e in
co m m on lif e o r in p atholo g y w ill usu a lly a n d e s pe ,

c i a lly look to th e u s e O f a n a nti p so r ic m e dicin e s e l e ct e d

a c c o r di n g to s t r i c tly ho m oeo p a thi c rul es in ord e r to ,

sur e ly a tt a in h i s e n d .

L e t hi m not think w hil e a w e ll C hos e n a nti p s o ric

,
-

m e di c i n e i s a c ti n g a n d t h e p a ti e nt so m e d ay f e e l s a
m od e r a t e h ea d a ch e o r e ls e a m od e r a t e a il m e nt th a t
, ,

h e m u s t g iv e t h e pa ti e nt a t on c e so m e oth e r m e di c in e ,

w h e th e r a n a nti p s o r ic or a noth e r r e m e dy ; o r if p er
ch a nc e a sor e thro a t should ar is e th a t h e m u st giv e ,

a n o th e r r e m e dy or on a cco u nt O f di a rr h oea o r a noth e r

, ,

on acc o u nt O f s o m e m od e r a t e p a in in o n e pa rt o r a n
oth e r e tc
, .

N O " th e h o m o p a thi C anti p s oric m e dicin e havin g

b e e n chos e n a s w e ll as p ossibl e to suit th e m orbid
204 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C H RO NI C DI S EAS E S .

sy m pto m s and giv e n in th e a p pro p ri a t e p o t e n c y and

,

i n th e pro p e r dos e t h e p hysician sho u ld a s a r ule

,

a llo w it to finish its action w itho u t disturbi n g i t by an

i nt e rv e nin g re m e dy .

For if th e sy m p to m s occurri n g d u rin g th e a ction Of

th e r e m e dy hav e a l s o occurr e d if not in th e l a st f ew ,

w e e ks at l e ast now a n d th e n so m e w e e ks b e for e or

, ,

so m e m onths b efo re i n a S i m ilar m a nn e r t h e n s uch oc ,

c u r re n c e s a re m e r e ly a ho m oeo p athic e x c itatio n t h rou gh ,

th e m e dicin e O f so m e s y m p to m n o t quit e u n u s ual to

,

thi s di s e as e of s o m e thin g w hich h a d p e r h a p s been

,

m or e fre qu e ntly t r o u bl e s o m e b e fo re a n d t h e y a re a ,

S i g n th a t this m e di c in e ac ts d ee p ly into t h e v e r y es

s e nc e of thi s dis e a s e a n d that cons e q u e ntly it w ill be

,

m o r e e ff e ctiv e in th e f u tur e T h e m e di c in e th e re
.
,

fo re S hould b e allo w e d to contin u e a n d e xh a ust its

,

a c tion undisturb e d w itho u t g ivin g th e l e a st m e dicin al

,

subst a n c e b e tw e e n i ts do s e s .

But if th e sy m pto m s a r e di ffe r e nt a n d h a d n e v e r be

for e oc c u rr e d O r n e v e r in this wa y th e r e fo r e are
, , ,

p e culi a r to thi s m e dicin e a n d n o t to b e e x p e ct e d in the

p roc e s s O f t h e di s e a s e but triflin

, g t h e ac tion
, of the

m e dici n e ou ght not for t h e p r e s e nt to b e i nt e rru p t ed .

S uch sy m p to m s fre q u e n tly pass o ff witho u t i nt e rru pt

i n g th e h e l pful a c ti v ity O f th e r e m e dy ; b u t if th e y are
O f a bu rd e nso m e int e nsity th e y a r e not to b e e ndured ;
,

in s u c h a cas e th e y a r e a S i g n that th e a nti p s o r ic m edi

cin e was not s e l ec t e d in th e corre ct h o m o p athic
m a nn e r . I ts a ction m u st th e n b e ch e ck e d by an anti
dot e or w h e n th e a ntidot e to it is kno w n anot her
, ,

a nti p s o r ic m e dicin e m or e accurat e ly a ns w e rin g its

sy m p to m s m ust be giv e n in its p l ac e ; in this c a s e th ese
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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f a ls e sy m p to m s m ay contin u e a f e w m ore day s or ,

t h e y m a y r e turn but th e y w ill s o on co m e to a final

,

e n d a n d b e r e p lac e d by a b e tt e r h e l p .

L e a s t of a ll n ee d w e to b e c onc e rn e d wh e n th e
,

us u a l c u s to m a ry sy m pto m s are a g gravat e d and S ho w

m o s t p r o m in e ntly on t h e firs t d a y s and a gain on s o m e ,

O f th e followin g d ay s b u t g r a d u a lly l e ss and l e ss

, .

Th i s S O c a ll e d ho m oeo pa thic a g gr a v a tion is a S i g n of

-

a n in c i p i e nt cur e ( of t h e s y m p to m s thus a g gr a v a t e d

a t p r e s e nt ) which m a y b e e x p e c t e d with c e rta inty

, .

B u t if th e s e a ggra v a t e d o r i g in a l s y m p to m s a p p e a r
o n s u b s e q u e n t d a y s s till O f t h e s a m e str e n gth as a t t h e

b e gi n nin g or e v e n w ith a n in c re a s e d s e v e rity it i s a

, ,

S i g n th a t t h e dos e of this a nti p s o ri c r e m e dy altho u g h ,

p r o p e r ly s e l e c t e d a ccordin g to h o m o p a t h i c p rin c i p l e s ,

w a s too l a r g e a n d it is to b e a p p re h e nd e d that no c u r e
,

w ill b e a ff ec t e d by it ; b e c a us e th e m e dicin e in so l a r g e
a do s e i s a bl e to e st a blish a di s e a s e w hich in so m e r e ,

S p ec ts ind e e d is si m ilar to it ; w ith r e s p e ct to th e f a ct

, , ,

h ow e v e r th a t th e m e dicin e in i t s p r e s e nt int e nsity u n

,

fold s a l s o i ts o th e r s y m pto m s w hi c h a nnul th e si m i

lar i ty it p r oduc e s a dissi m il ar c h r o n i c dis e as e in s t e a d
,

O f th e fo r m er and ind e ed a m o r e s e v e r e a n d t r oubl e

, , ,

so m e o n e w ithout th e r e by e xtin g uishin g th e O ld

,

o ri g in a l o n e .

T h i s w ill b e d e cid e d in th e fi rs t S ixt e e n e i ght e e n or ,

t w e nty d a y s of th e action O f th e m e dicin e w hich has

b e e n gi v e n in too l a r ge a do s e a n d it m ust th e n b e ,

C h e c k e d e ith e r by p r e scribi n g i t s a ntidot e or if this

, , ,

is not a s y e t known by g ivin g a noth e r a nti p soric m e di

,

c in e fittin g as w e ll as p o s s ibl e a n d ind e e d in a v ery ,

m od er a te d os e and if thi s do e s not su ffi c e to e xtin g uish

,
206 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C H R O N I C DI S EAS ES .

this inj urious m edi c in a l d is eas e a noth er s til l sh o uld ,

*
b e giv e n a s h o m o p a th i ca lly suit a bl e a s p o s s ibl e .

N o w w h e n t h e stor m y a ssa u lt c a us e d by too l a rge a

do s e of m e di c in e a ltho u g h h o m OEO p athi ca lly s e l e c t ed
, ,

h as b e e n a ssu a g e d throu g h a n a n tidot e or th e l a t e r use

of so m e oth e r a n ti p so r ic r e m e di es th e n l a t e r on the , , ,

—
sa m e a n ti ps o ri c re m e dy which ha d b e e n h u r tf u l only
—
b e ca u s e O f i ts ov e r l a rg e do se c a n be us e d a ga i n a nd
-
, ,

ind e e d a s soon a s it i s h o m o p a th i c a lly indi ca t e d with

, ,

t h e gr e a t e st s u c c e s s only i n a f a r s m a ll e r dos e a n d i n
,

a m a c/z m o r e hi g hly p ot e ntiz e d a tt e n u ati on i e in a , . .

,

m ild e r q u a lity .

T h e p hy s ici a n c a n ind e e d m a k e no w o rs e m i s t ake

, ,

th a n fi r s t to consid e r as too s m a ll t h e do s e s w hi c h I
,

( fo rc e d by e x p e r i e nc e ) h a v e r e d u c e d a ft e r m a n ifold
t r i a l s a n d w hi c h a re indic a t e d w ith e v e ry a n ti p s oric
r e m e dy a n d s eco n d ly th e w ron g choi c e of a r e m e dy and
, ,

th i r d ly th e h a s tin e s s w hi c h do es not a llo w e a c h dose

,

to a c t i t s f ull ti m e .

T h e fi r st e rr o r I h a v e a lr e a dy s p ok e n of a n d w ould ,

on ly a d d th a t nothi n g i s lo s t if th e do s e i s g i v e n e v en
s m a ll e r th a n I h a v e p r e s c r ib e d [t ca n li a r d ly be g i ven .

too s m a ll if only e v e rythin g in th e di e t a n d t h e r e m a i n

,

i n g m od e O f lif e of th e p a ti e nt w hi c h w o u ld ob s t r uct or
co u nt e ra c t th e a c tio n o f t h e m e di c in e i s a v oid e d T he .

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ra r o ,

t o o l a ge a d o se Thi s t o u b l e w s s t i ll m ore m an i fes t wh e n I gave

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,
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.

g i v i n g f o u r t o s i pe ll e t s
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m e dicin e w ill still prod u c e a ll th e g ood e ffe cts w hich

c a n a t a ll b e e x p e c t e d fro m a m e di c in e if only t h e a nti,

p so r ic w a s h o m o p a thi c a lly co r r e c tly s,

e l e c t e d a ccord
i n g to th e ca r e f u lly inv e sti g a t e d sy m p to m s O f t h e dis
e a s e a n d if t h e p a ti e nt do e s not disturb its e ffe cts by
,

his viol a tion of th e rul e s I f e v e r it should h a p pe n

.

t h a t th e C hoi c e has not b e e n c o rre c tly m ad e th e g r ea t ,

a d v a n ta g e r em a i n s th a t th e i n cor r ectly s elected m edi

ci n e i n thi s d os e m ay , i n th e m a nner i n d i ca ted
s m a lles t

a bov e , he cou n ter a cted m or e ea s i ly , wh e r e u p on th e cur e

m ay be continu e d w ithout d e l a y w ith a m o re s u it a bl e
a nti p s oric .

A S to t h e s econ d c hi e f e r r or i n th e c u re O f C hronic
dis ea s e s ( th e n n h om ceopa th i c ch oi ce of th e med i ci n e ) th e
ho m o path i c b e g inn e r ( m any I a m sorry to s a y t e , ,

m ain such b e ginn e rs th e i r lif e lon g ) S in s chi e fly th r ou g h

in exactn e ss lack O f ea rn e s tn e s s a n d thro u g h lo v e of
,

ea s e .

With t h e g r ea t consci e ntiousn e ss w hich s hould b e

sho w n in t h e r e stor a tion of a hu m a n lif e e nd a n g e re d
by si c kn e s s m o re th a n in a nythin g e ls e th e h o m oeo
, ,

p ath if h e w o u ld ac t in a m a nn e r w orthy of his c a llin g

, ,

should inv e sti ga t e firs t th e w hol e s t a t e of th e p a ti e nt ,

th e int e r n a l c a u s e as far a s it i s r e m e m b e re d a n d th e ,

ca u s e of th e c ontinuanc e O f th e a il m e nt h i s m od e of .

l i fe h i s quality as to m ind soul a n d body to g e th e r

, , ,

with a ll his s y m p to m s ( s e e dire c tions in Or g a non ) a n d ,

th e n h e S h ould c a r e fully find out in th e w ork on C hronic

D i s e as e s as w e ll a s in t h e w ork on M a t e ri a M e dica
,

P ura a re m e dy c ov e r i n g in S i m il a r ity as fa r a s p ossi

, ,

ble a ll th e m o m e nts or a t l e ast th e m ost s t r ikin g and

, ,

p e culi a r on e s with i ts O
, w n p e culi a r s y m p to m s ; and f o r
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C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

this p ur p os e h e should not b e satis fi e d w ith a n y o f t h e

e xistin g r e p e rtori e s — a c a r e l e ssn e ss only to o f r e q u e n t ;

for th e s e books are only int e nd e d to g iv e li g ht hi n ts a s

to o n e or anoth e r re m e dy th a t m i g ht b e s e l e ct e d b u t ,

th e y c a n n ev e r dis p e ns e h i m fro m m akin g th e r e s e a r c h

a t t h e fi rst fount a in h e ad s . H e who do e s n ot t a k e t h e
troubl e of tr e adin g thi s p ath in a l l critica l a nd c o m p l i
c a te d dis e a s e s and ind e e d w ith a ll p ati e nc e a n d i n
, , ,

t e lli g e n c e but cont e nts hi m s e lf w ith th e v a g u e hi nts o f

,

t h e r e p e rtori e s in th e choic e O f a r e m e dy a n d w h o th u s
,

quickly dis patch e s o n e pa ti e n t aft e r th e oth e r do e s n o t ,

d e s e rv e t h e honora bl e titl e O f a g e nuin e h o m o p a t h ,

but i s r ath e r to be ca ll e d a bun gl e r who on th a t a c ,

count has continu a lly to c h a n g e his r e m e di e s u n til t h e

p a ti e nt los e s p ati e n c e ; a n d a s his
, a il m e n t s have o f ,

c o u r s e only b ee n a g g r a v a t e d h e m ust l e a v e thi s a g

, ,

g ra v a t o r of dis e a s e s ,
w h e r e by th e a rt it se lf s u ffe r s d i s
c r e dit inst ea d of th e u n w orthy d isci p l e of a rt .

This dis grac e fu l lo v e of e a s e ( in th e c a llin g w h i c h

d e m a n ds th e m ost co n s ci e nt i o u s care ) oft e n i ndu c e s
s uch would b e h o m oeo pa th s to g iv e th e i r m e dici n e s
-

m e r e ly fro m th e ( O ft e n p r obl e m atic ) stat e m e nt of t h e i r

u s e ( a b a w i n m or bi s ) w hi c h a r e e nu m e ra t e d i n t h e

i nt r oductions to th e m e di c i n e s a m e thod w hich is a l

,

to g e th e r fa ulty a n d s t r on g ly s a vors of a llo pa thy a s ,

t h e s e st a t e m e nts u s u a lly only giv e a f e w s y m p to m s .

Th e y s hould only s e r v e a s a confir m a tion of a c hoi c e

m a d e a ccordin g to t h e p u r e actions of t h e m e dicin e s ,

b u t n e v e r to d e t e r m i n e t h e s e l ection of a r e m e dy which ,

c a n c ur e only wh e n u s e d ac cordin g to th e e x a c t s i m ili

t ud e O f its ho m oeo p a thic s y m p to m s Th e re a re w e .

,

a r e s orry to say , e v e n a uthors who a dvis e follo w i n g

thi s e m p iric pathw a y of e r r or "

 H A H N EM A N N S
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T h e th i r d l e a di n g m ist a k e w hi c h th e ho m oeo path i c

p hysi c i a n c a nnot too c a r e f u lly n o r too s t e a df a stly a void
w hil e t r ea tin g c h r oni c dis e a s e s is in h a s tily a n d thou ght
—
le ss ly w h e n a p ro p e rly m od e ra t e do s e of a w e ll se l e ct e d
a nti p sori c m e di c in e h a s b e e n s e rvic ea bl e f o r s e v e r a l
—
d a y s g ivin g so m e o t h e r m e di c in e in th e m i s t a k e n s u p
p o s ition th a t 8 0 s m a ll a do s e co u ld not p o ss ibly O p at e
e r

a n d b e O f u s e m or e th a n e i g h t or te n d ays Thi s no .

t ion is s o u g ht t o b e s u p p o r t e d by t h e s t a t e m e nt th a t
o n s o m e d a y or oth e r w hil e a llo w e d to contin u e its
,

a c tion t h e m orbid s y m p to m s w hi c h w e re to b e e ra d i
, ,

c at e d h a d S ho w n th e m s e l v e s s o m e w h a t f r o m ti m e to
,

ti m e .

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,

c o r rec t h o m o p a t h i c m a nn e r i s a c tin g,
w e ll a n d u s e

fully w hich is s ee n by th e e i ghth O r t e nth d ay th e n a n

, ,

h ou r o r e v e n half a d a y m a y co m e w h e n a m od e ra t e
h o m o p a thi c a g g ra v a tion a ga i n t a k es p l a c e T he
g ood r e sult s w ill not f a il to a p p e a r but m a y in v e ry , ,

t e dio u s a il m e nt s n o t S ho w th e m s e l v e s in th e i r b es t
,

li g ht b e fo r e th e t w e nty f o u rth o r thi r ti e th d a y

-
T he .

dos e w ill th e n p r ob a bly h a v e e xh a u st e d i ts f av ora bl e

a ctio n a bo u t t h e fo r ti e th o r fifti e th d a y a n d b e fo r e
,

t h a t ti m e it w o u ld b e inj u di c io u s a n d a n O b s truction to
t h e p r o gr es s O f t h e c u r e to g i v e a n y oth e r m e di c i n e .

L e t it not b e tho u g ht ho w e v e r th a t w e s ho u ld
, ,

s c a rc e ly w a it f o r th e ti m e a s s i g n e d a s t h e p r ob a bl e

d u r ation O f action to e l a p s e b e fo r e givin g a noth e r a nti

p s o r ic m e dicin e th a t w e s h o u ld h a s ten to ch a n g e to a
,

n ew m ed i ci n e i n o r d er to fi ni s h th e ca r em o r e q u i ckly .

E x p e ri e n c e co n t ra di ct s this notion e ntir e ly a n d t e a c h e s

o n th e c ont rary th a t a c ur e c a nnot

, be a cco m p lish e d
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m or e q uickly sur e ly th a n by a llowin g t h e s u it a b le

and

anti ps ori c to continu e its a ction s o long a s th e i m

p r o v e m e n t co n t i n u es e v e n,if this sho u ld b e s e v e r a l y e a , ,

*
m a ny days b e yond t h e a ss i g n e d s u p p os e d ti m e O f i ts ,

dura tion so a s to d e l a y a s lon g as p ra ctic a bl e th e g i v

,

i n g of a n e w m e dicin e .

Who e v e r ca n re str a in h i s i m pa ti e nc e as to this p o i n t

will r e ach h i s O bj e ct th e m ore s u re ly and th e m ore c e r
t a i n ly O nly w h e n th e old s y m pto m s which had b e e n
.
,

e ra dic a t e d or v e r y m u ch di m i n ish e d by t h e l a st a n d t h e

p r e c e din g m e dicin es co m m e nc e to ris e a ga in for a f e w

,

d a ys o r to b e a ga in p e rce p tibly a gg ravat e d th e n t h e

, ,

ti m e h as m ost s u re ly co m e w h e n a do s e of th e m e di c i n e
m o s t ho m oeo p a thi c a lly fittin g S ho u ld b e g iv e n Ex p e .

r i e n c e and c a r e ful O bs e r v atio n alon e c a n d e cid e a n d i t ,

al w ays h a s d e c id e d i n m y m a nifold e x act O bs e rv a tio n s ,

so a s to l e a v e no doubt re ma inin g .

N ow if w e con s id e r th e gr e a t c han g e s w hich m u s t

,

b e e ff e ct ed by th e m e di c in e in th e m any va ri o u s ly ,

co m p o s it e a n d inc re dibly d e lic a t e p a rts O f o u r li v i n g

or ga ni s m b e fo re a c h r o nic m i a s m so d e e p ly in r oot e d
a n d a s it w e re pa r a s itic a lly int e rwov e n with t h e e co n
, ,

o m y O f o u r lif e as p so ra i s ca n b e e radicat e d a n d h e a lt h
,

*
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w a

p a t h i c all y a n ti pso r i c fo r a
p e c u l i r h e d
a a c h eath a t app e a re d i n e r

p e a te d a tt c k s a a n,
d w h e r e t h e i l m e n t h ad b e e n d i m i n i h e d b o th
a s

as t o i nte nsity a n d d u ra ti o n whi l e th e pau ses be t ween th e a tta ck s

,

h ad a l so b ee n m uc h l e n g th e n e d w h e n th e a ttac k s re a ppe a r ed I
,
-

re pe a t e d th e d o s e whi c h th e n ca u se d th e a tt ac k s t o c e as e f o r o n e
,

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r a c ti o n c o n ti n u e d th a t l on g ) w h e n
s a ,

i t re appeare d to som e d eg e e whi c h n ecess itated a n oth e r d ose

- r , ,

a f te r whi c h n o o th e r att c k t oo k l f w y w h i l
a
p a c e or n o se ve n
, e a rs , e ,

th e h ealth was al so o th erwi se pe rf e ct .

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be thu s r e sto r e d th e n it m a y w e ll b e s e e n how n a t u ra l

,

it i s th a t d u r in g th e lon g cont i nu e d a ction O f a dos e of

,
-

anti p s oric m e dicin e s e l e ct ed ho m oeo pa thica lly assa u lt s

, ,

m a y b e m a d e by it a t v a r io u s p e r iods on t h e o r ga n is m ,

as it w e r e i n u nd ul a tin g fl u c t u a ti o n s du rin g this lon g

continu e d di s e a s e E x pe r i e n c e S ho ws th a t wh e n fo r
.

s e v e ra l d a y s th e r e ha s be e n a n i m p rov e m e nt h a lf ho u r s ,
-

or w hol e hours or s e v e ra l hours w ill a ga in a p p e a r w h e n

th e ca s e s e e m s to b e co m e w or s e ; but th es e p e riod s s o ,

lo n g a s o n ly th e ori gin a l a il m e n t s a r e r e n e we d a n d no
n e w s e v e r e sy m p to m s p r e s e nt th e m s e l v e s only S ho w
, ,

a c ontin u i n g i m p r o v e m e nt b e in g h o m o p a t h i,c a gg r a

v a t i o n s w hi c h do not h i nd e r b u t a dv a n c e th e c u re a s
, ,

*
th e y are only r e n e w e d b e n e fi c e n t as s a u lt s on th e d i s
e a s e tho u g h th e y are w ont to a p pe a r a t ti m e s s ixt e e n
, ,

tw e nty o r t w e nty fou r d a y s aft e r t a kin g a do s e of a nti

-

p s o r i c m e di c in e .

A s a rul e th e re fo r e t h e a n ti p sori c m e dicin e i n

, ,

ch r onic dis e a s e s c ontin u e th e i r a ction th e lon g e r th e ,

m o r e t e dio u s th e d i s e as es a r e B ut v i ce v er s a a ls o .

tho s e m e di c i n e s w hi c h in th e h e a lthy b o d v S ho w a lon g

p e r iod of a c tion a c t o n ly a s hort ti m e a n d q u i c kly in
ac u t e dis e as e s wh i c h S p e e dily r un th e i r co u r s e ( e g . .
,

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, , and th e i r p e riod s
,

of a c tion a r e S ho rt e r th e m ore a c u t e th e di s e as es T h e
, .

p hysi c i a n m u st th e r e
, fo r e in C h r o n ic dis e a ses, a llo w a ll
anti pso r i c r e m edi es to ac t thi rt y forty o r e v e n fifty ,

*
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, ,
e

fi tti n gly a n d h o m e o pathi c a l ly a n d t h e d ose was a m od e r t e o n e a ,

d u ri n g i ts con ti n ue d ction t k e pl ace e ve r m o e a n d m o e rarely

a a , r r

a n d m o e fe e b l y ; b u t i f th e d o se s we e to o s tro n
r th e y m e m o r e
g r co ,

f r e q u e n tly a n d m o re s t ro ng l y to th e d e t r i m e n t O f th e pa ti e n t
, .
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a nd m ore d ay s lon g a s th e y c o nti n u e

by th em s elv es , so

to i m p r o v e t h e di s e a s ed st a t e p e rc e p tibly to th e a c u t e
O b s e r v e r e v e n thou g h g r a d u a lly ; f o r S O lo n g th e g o o d
,

e ff e ct s continu e w ith th e indi c a t e d do s e s a n d th e s e m u s t

*
not b e dis tu rb e d a n d c h e c k e d by a n y n e w r e m e dy .

*
T h e m po r i
t nc e o f voidi ng th abo ve de s c ribe d t wo e o s w i ll
a a e - rr r

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b e rea l i e d by phy ic i ns Th e se g ea t pu re tr u th s w i l l b e
z s a . r ,

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o s t o f th e ,h o mv e o p thi c ph y s i a

e i u s a n d w i l l n o t th e re f o re b e
a ti d n c o u n t o f t h e th e o
, p r ac , c e o c , , a

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“
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g r e a e r s ,

t h a t th e phy i ci a n m u t ce ase to r e as o n i f h e s h o u l d be l ie v e t h a t
s s ,

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b u t e ve n t we n ty thi rty a n d f o ty d y s a n d l o n g r ye t a n d ca u se
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f e et o th e r wi se u n tta i n ab l e
s
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a .

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r r ,

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o sk b l i n d f aith I d em a n d no f ai t h
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,
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’

r o r a

i ng el Expe ie n ce al o n e d e c l res it n d I b el i e e m o re i n e
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e a b o so m o f n t u e wh e n th e y a re r a r

b o u ght o u t of th e c r u de s ta t e o f a pp e n t ly d e a d m tte r th ro u g h a
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n e w hith e t o u n di co e re d r n y u h v i o t e n ti i n g by l o n g
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r ra a s .

hi m sel f to b co n v i n ce d of thi n d wh o wi ll n ot th e ref o e i m i

e s, a ,
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t a t e wh a t I n o w te c h a f te r m a n y y ears t r i al an d e x per i e n ce ( a n d
’
a

w h t d s t h e phys i c i a n i s k i f h e i m ita t es it
a oe r h e wh o i s
n ot wi lli ng to i m i ta te i t ex a ctly c a n l e a e thi s gr eat e s t pro b l e m o f v

o u r a t u n s o l ve d h e ca n a lso lea ve th e m os t i mpor ta n t ch r on i c d i s

r ,

ea ses u n cu r ed as th e y h ve re m ai n e d u n h e a l ed i n d e e d u p to th e
, a , ,

t i m e o f m y tea c hi n g I h a ve n o m o re to say abo u t thi s

. I t se e m e d .
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C H RO N I C DI S EAS E S . 2 13

B ut if th e s e a ppro p riat e ly s e l e ct e d a nti p soric m e di

cin e s ar e not a llo w e d to act th e i r full ti m e w h e n th e y ,

ar e a ctin g w e ll th e whol e t r e a t m e nt w ill a m ount to

,

nothin g A noth e r anti p so r ic r e m e dy which m a y be

.

e v e r so u s e f u l but is p r e s c r ib e d too e a rly a n d b e fo r e

,

th e c e s s a tion of th e action of th e p r e s e nt r e m e dy or a ,

n e w do s e of th e sa m e r e m e dy w hi c h is still u s e fully

actin g c a n in no cas e r e pl a c e th e g ood e ffe ct w hi c h

,

h a s b e e n lost throu g h th e int e rr u p tion of th e co m p l e t e

action of th e p r e c e din g r e m e dy w hi c h was actin g u s e ,

fully a n d w hi c h c a n hardly b e a ga in r e p l a c e d
,
.

to m e m y d u ty t pu bli s h th e g re t t u th s to th e worl d tha t n eed s

o a r

th em u n tro ubl e d as to wh ethe r peo pl e c an com pe l th em se l ve s to

,

f o l l o w t h e m e x a tly o r n o t I f it i s n o t d o n e w ith e x ac t n ess le t n o

c .
,

o n e b o a s t to h a ve i m it a t e d m e n o e x pe c t a goo d res u lt
,
r .

D o w e re f u se to i m ita t e an y o pe rati o n u n til th e wo n d er fu l f orc e s

o f n a t ur e o n whi c h th e re s u lt i s b as e d ar e c l e a r ly b ro ught b e f ore

o u r e y es a n d m a d e c o m pr eh e n s ib l e e ve n to a c hild ? W o uld it not

be s i ll y to re fu s e to s t rik e s par k s f r o m th e s t o n e a n d fli n t b e ca u se
we can n o t c o m preh e n d h o w so m u c h c om bi n e d cal or i c c an be i n
the se bo di e s o r h ow this ca n be d aw n ou t by r u bbi n g or s t riki ng
,
r
,

so th a t t h e pa rti c l es of s t ee l w hi c h a r e r u bb ed ofi by th e s t k e of ro

th e h a r d s t o n e r e m e lt ed a n d as g l ow i n
a , ,g littl e ball s ca u s e th e ,

ti n de r to c t ch fi re ? A n d ye t we s tr ik fi e with it witho u t u n der

a e r ,

s t a n di n g o r co m p e h e n di n g thi s m i ac l e o f th e i n e xh aus tib l e c l o ri c

r r a

hidd e n i n th e c o ld st ee l o r th e poss ibi l ity o f calli ng it o u t with a

,

f r i cti o n a l s t ro k e A gai n it wo u ld be j u s t s s illy as i f we Sh ou ld

.
, a

re f u s e to l ear n t o w rit e be ca u s e w e c a n n o t co m reh e n d h o w o n e

p
m a n ca n c o m m u n i ca te h i s th o ug ht to a n oth e r th ou gh pe n i n k r

—
,

a n d pa pe r a n d ye t we co m m u n i c a te o u r th o u h ts to a f r i n d i n a
g e

l e tte r witho u t e ith e r be i n g abl e or des i ro u s o f com p e he n di ng this r

p s y c hi co p hy
- s i ca l m i rac l e " Why th e n s h ou ld we h es ita te to c o n
, ,

qu e r an d h e al th e bitteres t foes o f th e li fe o f ou r fe ll o w m e n th e
.

-
,

c h r o n i c di se ase s i n th e s t at e d way w hi ch pu n c t ually f o ll o we d i s

, , , ,

th e be s t po s sibl e m e th od bec a u s e w e d o not s ee h o w th es e c u res

,
'

a re e fi e c ted ?
2 14 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S .

I t is a f und a m en ta l r ule in th e t reat m e nt of c h r o n i c

di se as e s : T o let th e a cti o n of th e r e m edy , s e lec te d in a

m od e h om az opa th i ca lly a ppr opr i a te to th e ca s e o f dis

e as e w h i ch h a s been ca r e f u lly i n v es ti g a ted as to i t s
'

sy mptom s com e to a n u n d i s tu r be d co n clu s i on s o lo n g a s

, ,

i t v i s i bly a d v a n ces th e cu r e a n d th e w h i le i m pr ov e m e n t
s ti ll pe r cepti bly pr og r es s es Thi s m e thod fo r bid s a n y
.

n e w p r e scri p tion a n y int e rru p tion by a noth e r m e d i

,

c in e a n d fo r bid s a s w e ll th e i m m ed i a te r epet i ti o n of t h e

s a m e r e m edy N or can th e re b e a nyt hin g m o re d e s i r

.

abl e f o r th e p hy s ici a n th a n to s e e t h e i m p r o v e m e nt of
t h e p a ti e nt p ro c e e d to i ts c o m p l e ti on u nhind ere d a n d

p e r c e p tibly Th . e re a r e not a f e w c a s e s w h e re t h e ,

p r ac ti c e d ca r e f u l h o m m o p a t h s e e s a S in g l e dos e of h i s

r e m e dy s e l e ct e d s o a s to b e p e rf e ctly h o m o pa th i c
, ,

e v e n in a v e r y s e v e r e chroni c di s e a s e c ontinu e u ni n
,

t e rr u p t e d ly to di m ini s h t h e a il m e nt f o r s e v e r a l w e e ks ,

y e a ,m onths u p to , r e c o v e r y ; a thin g w hich c o u ld n ot

h a v e b e e n e x p e c t e d b e tt e r in a n y oth e r w ay a n d coul d ,

n o t h a v e b e e n e ff e c t e d by tr e a tin g w ith s e v e r a l do se s

o r w ith se v e r a l m e di c in e s T o m ak e t h e p os s ibility o f
.

thi s p ro c e ss in s o m e w a y int e lli gibl e w e m ay a s s u m e , ,

wh a t i s n o t v e r y unlik e ly th a t a n a nt i p s oric r e m e d y
,

s e l e ct e d m ost a cc u r a t e ly ac c o r din g to ho m oeo p a thi c

p rin c i p l e s e v
, e n in t h e s m a ll e s t do s e of a hi g h o r th e ,

hi gh es t p ot e ncy c a n m a nifes t so lon g c ontin u e d a c u ra

,
-

tiv e f o rc e a n d a t l ast c ur e pr ob a bly only by m ea n s of

, , ,

a ce r ta i n i nf ec t i o n w ith a v e r y S i m il a r m e dicin a l d i s

e as e w hi c h o v e r p o w e r s t h e o r i g in a l di s e a s e by t h e p r o ,

c es s o f n a tu r e it s e lf a c c ordin g to w hi c h ( Or g a n on
, ,

45 Fifth E dition ) tw o dis e a s e s w hi c h a re di ffe r e nt i n

, , ,

d e e d i n th e i r kind but v e ry s i m il ar in th e ir m a nife st a

,
 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EA S E S . 2 15

tion s a n d e ffe cts a s also in the a il m e nt s a n d sy m pto m s

,

c a us e d by it w h e n th e y m e e t to ge th e r i n th e o r gan
,

i s m th e st r on g e r dis e a s e ( whi c h is a l w ays th e o n e

,

c a u s e d by th e m e dicin e 33 , ibid ) d e stroys th e , .

w e a k e r ( th e n atu ra l o n e ) I n thi s c as e e v e ry n e w
.

m e di c in e a n d a l s o a n e w dos e of t h e s a m e m e dicin e ,

wo u ld int e r ru pt t h e w o r k of i m p rov e m e nt a n d ca us e
n e w a il m e nts a n int e r f e r e n c e w hi c h oft e n ca nnot b e re
,

p a ir e d for a lon g ti m e .

B ut if a n y u nfa vo ra bl e e ffe ct s a re evolv ed by th e

p r e s e n t do s e of m e di c in e i e tro u bl e so m e s y m p to m s
, . .
,

w hi c h do not b e lo n g to thi s di s e a se a n d if th e m i n d of ,

t h e p a ti e nt b e c o m e s d e p r e ss e d if only a littl e a t fi rst

, ,

s till incr ea sin g ly th e n t h e n e xt do s e of th e s a m e m e di

,

cin e g i v e n i m m e di a t e ly a ft e r th e for m e r c a nnot but

, ,

b e co m e inj u riou s to th e p ati e nt Y e t w h e n a s udd e n .

g r e a t an d strikin g i m p r ov e m e n t of a t e dio u s g r e a t a i l
m e nt follows i m m e di a t e ly on th e fi r st dos e of a m e di
c in e t h e r e j ustly a r is e s m uch s u s p i cion th a t t h e re m
,

e d y h a s only ac t e d p a lli a ti v e ly a n d th e r e for e m u st ,

n e v e r b e giv e n a g a in e v e n a ft e r th e int e rv e ntion of

,

s e v e r a l oth e r re m e di e s .

N e v e rth e l es s th e r e are c a s e s w hi c h m a k e a n ex cep

t i on to th e rul e but w hi c h not e v e r y b e g inn e r S hould
,

*
ri sk findin g out .

*
S till th e re h as be e n o f late m uch a b use of this i m m edi te re pe a

t itio n o f d o s e s o f t h e sa m e m e di c i n e be c a u se y o u ng H o m oeo pa th s
,

th ou ght it m o re c o n e n i n t to re pe t wi th ou t e x m i n ti n a
v e a ,
a a o ,

m e di c i n e whic h i n t h e be g i n n i n g h ad bee n f o u n d to be h o m e o
p a t h i c a lly s u ita bl e
, a n d w hi c h h a d th e r e f
,or e i n t h e b
,
eg i n n i n g ,

p r o v e d ser v i ce a ble,
a n d e v e n to r e pea t it f r e q u e n t l y with o ut e x

a m i n ati on so as to h e a l m o re qu i c kly
, .
2 16 H R O NI C DI S EA S E S
’
H A H N EM A NN S C .

T he only a llo w abl e for a n i mm ed i a te r epe

ex cept i on

ti t i o n of th e s a m e m ed i ci n e i s w h e n th e do s e of a w e ll
s e l e c t e d a n d in e v e ry wa y suit a bl e and b e n e fici a l r e m
e d y h a s m a d e so m e b e ginnin g towa rd a n i m p r ov e m e nt ,

but its a ction c e a s es too quickly i ts p o w e r is too soo n ,

e xh a ust e d a n d t h e c u r e do e s not p roc e e d a n y fu r th e r

, .

Thi s is ra re in c hro n ic dis e as e s b u t in a c u t e dis e a s es ,

and in ch roni c dis e as e s th a t ris e into a n a c ut e s t a t e it

i s fr e q u e ntly t h e ca s e I t i s only th e n — as a p r a c tic ed
.
,

—
obs e rv e r m ay r e c o g niz e w h en th e pecu li a r sy mp tom s
of th e d i s ea s e to be t r ea ted , a f ter f ou r teen , ten , s e v en ,
a n d ev en f ew e r d ay s , vi s i bly cea s e to d i m i n i s h , s o th a t
th e i mpr ov em en t m a n i f es tly has co m e to a s top, w i th out
a ny d i s t u r ba n ce of th e m i n d a nd w i t h o u t th e a ppea r

a n ce of a ny n ew tr o u bles om e sy mpto m s , so th a t th e
f or m er m ed i ci n e w o u ld s t i ll be perf ectly h om ceopa th i ca lly
s ui ta ble,only th e n I s a y is it us e ful a n d p r o b a bly
, , ,

n e c e s s a ry to g i v e a do s e of th e sa m e m e dicin e o f a
S i m il a rly s m a ll a m o u nt b u t m ost s af e ly in a di ff e r e nt ,

*
d e gre e of dyna m ic p ot e n c y Wh e n th e r e m e dy i s .

We m ay de cl a tha t th e pra c ti ce o f l ate which has

re at o n ce , ,

e ve n b e e n r e co m m e n d e d i n pu b l i c j o u r n a l s o f g i v i ng th e pa ti e nt ,

s e ve ra l d o se s o f t h e s a m e m e di c i n e to t a k e with h i m so th a t h e ,

m ay t a k e th e m hi m se l f at c e rtai n i n te r va l s w ith o u t co n s id e r i ng
wh eth e r thi s r e pe titi o n m a y aff ec t h i m i nj u r i o u s ly s ee m s to S h ow
,

a n e g l ige n t e m pi r i c i sm a n d to b e u n wo thy o f a h o m o th i c r
, pa

p hy s i c i a n wh,o S h o u ld not l l o w n e w d o s e o f a
a m e di cai n e to b e

tak e n o gi ven withou t con vi n c i n g hi m sel f i n ever y case bef ore

r

h an d as to i ts u se f u l n ess .

*
I f it e g
, .h as fi s t be e n gi ve n i n th e 3 oth po te n c y it wi ll n ow
.
,
r ,

b e gi v e n i n pe h a ps th e 1 8 th a n d if a r epe titi o n s h o u ld be agai n

r ,

f o u n d se rvi ceabl e a n d n ecessary it m i g ht a fter war ds be g i ve n i n

,

th e a4th a n d l a t er pe r h a ps a l s o i n th e r ath a n d 6 th etc i f e g

, , .
, , . .
,
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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t hus m odifi e d , th e vita l forc e of t h e p ati e nt w i ll a llow

its e lf m ore e asi l y to b e furth e r a ffe ct e d by th e s a m e
m e dicin e so as to e ffe ct by it e v e r ythin g that m a y b e
,

*
e x p e ct e d of this m e dic i n e and in this ail m e nt .

To a ddu c e an e xa m p l e : a fre shly a ris e n e ru ption o f

itch b e lon gs to thos e d i s ea s e s w hich m i ght soo n e st
p e r m it t h e r e p e t i tion of t h e dos
‘

e ( S ul p hur ) and w hich ,

do es p e r m it it th e m or e f r e qu e ntly th e soon e r a ft e r ,

th e inf e ction t h e i tch is r e c e iv e d for tr e at m e nt a s it ,

th e n a p pr o a ch e s th e nature of a n acut e d i sord e r a n d ,

d e m a nds its re m e di e s in m o r e fr e qu e nt dos e s th a n

wh e n it h a s b e e n standin g on th e s kin for so m e ti m e .

B u t thi s r e p e tition should b e p e r m itt e d only wh e n th e

p r e c e din g dos e has lar g e ly e xh a u s t e d its action ( a ft e r
six e i g ht or te n days ) and th e dos e shou l d b e j u st a s
, ,

s m a l l as t h e p r e c edin g on e a n d b e g iv en in a di ff e r e nt
,

p ot e ncy N e v
. er th e l e ss it i s i n s u ch a cas e oft e n s e r

vi c e a ble in a nsw e r to a sli g ht chan g e of sy m pto m s to

, ,

int e r p o s e b e tw e e n th e dos e s of p ure S u l phur a s m al l ,

dos e of H epa r s u lph u r i s ca lca r e u m T his a l so should .

th e c hi di sease s hou ld h ave take n o n itse l f an acu t e ch arac te r

ro n c .

A dose o f m edici n e m ay al so h ave b ee n s udd e n ly cou n te racted an d

an n ihil a t e d by a gr a ve erro r i n th e regi m e n of th e pa ti e n t wh e n ,

p e r h a ps a d o s e o f th e f o r m e r se r v i cea b l e m e di c i ne m i g ht a ai n be
g
g i ve n w ith th e m o difi cati o n m e n t i o n e d a bo ve .

*
I h cas es wh e r e th e phy s i ci an i s certai n as to th e h om mo path i c
s pe c ific to b e u s e d th e fi rs t atte n u at e d d ose m ay al so b e di sso l ved
,

i n a bo u t fo ur ou n ces of wa ter by s ti rr i n g it a n d on e thi r d m ay be

,
-

dru n k a t o n c e n d th e s eco n d a nd thi rd portio ns on th e f oll owi ng

, a

d ays ; b u t it h ou ld each ti m e be aga i n s ti r e d so as to i ncrea s e th e

s r

t n c y an d th u s to c h an e it Th r e by th e re m edy se em s to
p o e g e
.

ta ke a d e e pe r h o ld o n th e organ i s m an d h as t e n th e res torati o n i n

p a ti e n ts w h o a re v i go ro us a n d n o t to o s e n si ti ve .

15
2 18 H AH N EM AN N S
’
C H RO NI C DI S EA S E S .

be give n in vari ous p ot e nci e s , if s e v e ral dos e s S h o u l d

b e n e ed e d fro m t i m e to ti m e O ft e n a . l so a cco r d in g
, ,

to circu m stanc e s a dos e of N ux vo m ica ( x ) or o n e of

,

*
M e r cury ( x ) m a y b e u s ed b e tw e e n .

I f I e xc e p t S u l p hur H e p ar s ulph u r i s a n d i n s o m e
,

c as e s S e p ia th e oth e r a nti p s o r ic r e m e di e s c a n s e l d o m
,

b e us e fully giv e n in i m m ediat e ly r e p e at e d do s e s In .

d e e d it is hardly e v e r n eed e d in chronic di s e as e s as ,

w e hav e a g oodly s u pp ly of anti p soric re m e di e s at our

di s p osal so th a t as soon as o n e we ll s el e ct e d r e m e dy
,

h as co m p l e t e d its action and a chan ge of sy m p t o m s

, ,

i e a chan g e in t h e tot a l i m a ge of t h e dis ea s e a p

.
,

p e a r,s anoth e r a nti p so r ic r e m e dy h o m o p a thi c a lly ap

p r O p r i at e to t h e a lt e r e d c a s e m a y b e chos e n to gr e a t er
advanta ge and with a m o r e sur e p ros p e ct of h a st e n i n g
t h e cur e than if w e t a k e t h e risk of p r e sc r ibin g t h e
,

form er m edicin e which n o w i s no lon g e r a lto ge th er

a d e quat e .N e v e rth e l e ss in v e ry t ediou s a n d co m p l ex
c a s e s which a re m o s tly s uch as hav e b ee n m i s m a n a g e d
,

by allo p athic tr e a t m e nt it is n e arly al w a ys n e c e ssary

,

to g iv e a g ain fro m ti m e to ti m e durin g th e t r e at m e nt ,

a dos e of S ul phur o r of H e p ar ( ac cord i n g to th e s y m p

to m s ) e v e n to th e pa ti e nts who hav e b e e n b e for e
,

do s e d with large allo p a thic dos e s of S ul p h u r a nd w ith

sul p hur baths ; but th e n on l y aft e r a p re v ious dos e of
-

M e rcury ( x ) .

Wh e r e a s is u s u a lly th e cas e i n chronic dis ea s es

, ,

va rious ant i p so r ic r e m e di e s are n ec es sa ry th e m ore ,

fre qu e nt sudd e n c h a n g e of th e m is a S i g n th a t th e phy

T h at th e itch pa ti e n t d uri n g s uc h a treatme n t m u st avo id e very
-

e xte r n a l appl i cati o n h o we ve r h arm l e s s it m ay a ppe ar e g

, th e , . .
,

was hi ng with bl ac k so p i s n o t nece ssa ry to e m ph as iz e

a ,
.
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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si ci a n l t d n e ith e r th e o n e n or t h e oth er in an
h as s e ec e

a ppr o p r i at e ly h o m o pat h i c m a nn e r and h a d not ,

p ro p e r ly inv e sti g a t e d th e l e a din g s y m p to m s of t h e

c a s e b e fore pr es cribin g a n e w r e m e dy Thi s i s a fr e .

q u e nt fau lt i n to w hich th e h o m o path i c p hysi c i a n f a lls

in u r g e nt ca s es of c hroni c dis e a s e s bu t oft e n e r s till in ,

acut e dis eas e s fr o m ov e rha s t e e s pe c i ally w h e n t h e p a ,

ti e nt i s a p e r s on v er y d e a r to his h ea rt I c a nnot too .

urg e ntly wa r n a gain s t thi s fa u lt .

Th e n th e p ati e nt n a t u ra lly fa lls i n to s u c h a n ir r it a t e d

s t a t e th a t as w e s ay no m e di c in e ac t s o r s ho w s its
, , ,

*
e ff e c t y e a so th a t th e p o w e r o f r e s p on s e in th e p a
, ,

t i e nt is in d a n g e r of fl a r in g u p a n d e x p i rin g a t th e l e a st
f u rth e r do s e of m e di c i n e I n s u c h a c a s e no fu r th e r
.

b e n e fit c a n b e h ad thr o u g h m e di c in e b ut th e r e m a y ,

b e in u s e a c a l m in g m e s m e ri c s t r ok e m a d e f r o m th e
c ro w n of th e h e a d ( on w hi c h both t h e e x t e nd e d h a nds

s hould r e st f o r a b out a m in u t e ) S lo w ly do wn o v e r th e

body p a ss i n g ov e r th e thro a t s hould e rs a r m s h a nds

, , , , ,

kn e e s a n d l e gs do w n ov er th e f e e t a n d t o e s This .

m a y b e r e pe at e d if n e c e s s a r y .

A do s e of h o m o p a t h i c m e di c in e m a y al s o b e
m od e r a t e d a n d s oft e n e d by a llo win g th e p a ti e nt to
s m e ll l a s m a ll p e ll e t m o i s t e n e d w ith th e s e l e c t e d
' '

*
Th at a h o m mopa th i cally po t nti e d do se o f m edi c i n e s h o u l d
e z

e v e r f a il of h a vi n g a n e ff e c t i n a t re t m e n t c o n d u c t d wi th ca e I
a e r ,

thi n k i m poss ibl ; I h ve n eve e x pe ri e n c ed it

e a r .

1 Eve n perso n b o r n with o u t th e se nse o f s m e ll o r wh o h a ve l os t

"
s

i t th ro u gh di s e ase m ay e x pe c t e q u a ll y e fi c i e n t h e l p f o m d aw i n g
, r r

i n th e i m pe rc e ptib l e va por ( pro ce e di n g f ro m t h e m di i n e a n d e c

c o n ta i n e d i n th e v i a l ) th ro u h o n e n os tr i l o t h e o t h e r th d o
g s ros e a

Fro m this it fol l ows th at

,

wh o re g i ft e d with th e s n s o f s m ell
a e e .

t h e n e r ve po
s s s e s s i n g m e r e l y th e s e n s e o f t o u c h e c e i v e t h e r
2 20 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

re m e dy in a hi g h p ot e n cy a n d p l a c e d in a vial the
,

m outh of w hich is h e ld to th e no s t r il of t h e pa ti e nt ,

w h o d raws in on l y a m o m e nt a r y littl e w hiff of it . By

such a n inh a l a tion th e p o we rs of any p ot e ntiz e d m edi
cin e m ay b e co m m unicat e d to th e p ati e nt i n any de
gr e e of s tre n gt h O n e or m ore such m e di ca t e d p e ll et s
.
,

and e v e n tho se of a la rg e r size m a y b e in th e s m e lli ng

,

bottl e a n d by a llo win g th e p a ti e nt to tak e lon ge r or

,

st r on g e r whi ffs th e do s e m ay b e inc r e as e d a h u nd red

,

fold as c o m p a re d w ith th e s m a ll es t fi rs t m e ntion e d T he .

p e r iod of a ction of t h e p ow e r of a p ot e ntiz e d m e di c i ne

t a k e n in by s u ch inh a l a tion a n d S p r e a d ov e r s o l a r ge a
su r fa c e ( a s th a t of th e nost rils a n d of th e l u n g s ) l asts
a s lon g a s th a t of a s m a ll m a ss iv e do s e t a k e n t h r o u gh

th e m outh a n d th e f a uc es .

S uch m e dic a t e d p e ll e t s k e p t in a sto p p e r e d vi a l re

t a in th e i r m e dicinal p o w e r q u it e u ndi m ini s h e d e ven ,

if t h e vial be o p e n e d a n u m b e r of ti m e s in m a ny y e ars
for th e p u r p o s e of i n h a l a tion ; i e if th e vi a l b e p re
. .
,

s e rv e d f r o m s u n shin e a n d h e a t .Thi s m e thod of a llo w

i ng th e pa ti e nt to b e a ct e d u p on by s m e llin g the
p ot e ntiz e d m e di c in e h a s g r ea t a dv a nt a g es i n t h e m a ni
fold m i s h a p s w hich of te n obst r uc t and int e rru p t the
t re at m e nt of chronic dis ea s e s T h e a n tidot e to t e
.

m ov e th e s e m ish a p s a s quickly a s p os s ibl e t h e p a ti e nt

m a y a l s o b e st r e c e iv e in g r e a t e r o r l e ss s tr e n gt h
thr o u g h inh a l ation w hi c h acts m o s t quickly on the
,

n e rv e s a n d s o a lso a ffo rds th e m ost p r o m p t a s s ist a nce ,

by w hich a lso th e contin u a tion of th e t r eat m e nt of the

ch r onic di s e a s e is l e as t d e l a y e d Wh e n t h e m i sh ap
.

s a l u ta r y i m pre s s i o n a nd co m m u n i c a te it u n faili n g l y to th e wh ol e

n e r vou s s ys t e m.
 H A H N EM A N N S
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C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S . 22 1

h a s th u s b e e n obviat e d m ost S p e e dily t h e a nti p s oric ,

m e dicin e b efo re t a k e n f r e qu e ntly continu e s i ts int e r

r u pt e d a ction f o r s o m e ti m e But th e dos e of t h e i n .

h a l e d m e dicin e m ust b e so a pp o r tion ed to th e m o r bid i n

te rr u p ti o n that i ts e ff e ct j u s t s u ffi c e s to e xtin gu ish th e
di s a dv a nt a g e a risin g f r o m th e m i s ha p with o u t g oin g ,

a n y d e e p e r o r b e in g a bl e to continu e i ts O p e r ation any

f u rth e r .

I f a h o m oeo p athic p hy s ici a n sc r u p ulous at th e ,

w r on g occ a sion S ho u ld a s k m e h o w h e m i ght fill u p

,

th e m a ny d a y s a ft e r g ivin g a do s e so th a t it m a y con ,

t 1n u e i ts a ction u ndi s turb e d durin g th e a bov e m e ntion e d -

lon g ti m e a n d s o s a ti s fy w itho u t inj u ri n g th e p a ti e nt

, , ,

w h o e v e ry d a y a s k s for thi s m e dicin e I r e p ly w ith tw o

*
,

No o ld t bl is h ed cu sto m a m o n g th e peopl e be it e ver so

es a ,

h urtf u l ca n be u dde n l y c h a nged S o al s o th e h om e opathi c ph y

, s .

s i ci a n ca nn o t a vo id a l l o wi n g a n e w c h on i c pati e n t to t a k e a t l e as tr

o n e l ittl e po wd e r d a y ; th e d iff ere n c e be t we e n thi s a n d t h e m a n y

a

m ed i c i n a l d ose s o f allopa th s i s til l ve r y gr ea t D u r i ng thi s d a ily

s .

t aki ng o f a po wd e fo ll owi n g th e n u m be s it wi l l be a g e at be ne
r, r ,
r

fit t th e poo r pa ti e n t wh o i s o f te n i n ti m id ated by s l a n de rers o f th e

o

b e tte m edi c l art i f h e d oe n ot k no w wh e th e th e e i s a d ose o f

r a ,
s r r

m edi c i n e i n ve y p wd e r n o r ga i n i n w hi ch o n e o f th e m ? I f
e r o a

a n d s h o u l d k n o w th t to —
, ,

h e k n e w th e l a tte r day s n u m be co n ,
a
’
r

ta i n s th e m e di c i n e o f whi c h h e e x pe c t s so m u c h h i s f a n cy vo u ld
y ,

o f te n play h i m a n e v i l t i c k a n d h e wo u ld i m agi n e t h a t h e fe e l s
r ,

se n sa ti o n s a n d c h a n g e s i n h i s body whi c h d o no t e i s t ; h e wou ld. x

n o t e i m ag i n a y s y m pt o m s
r n d l i v e i n a co n ti n u a l i n q u i e t u d e o f
a

m i n d ; b u t if h e d i l y t ak es a d ose a n d d aily n o ti ces n o e v il assau lt

a ,

o n h i s h ea lth h e bec o m e m o r e e q u a bl e i n di s po s iti o n ( b e i n g

,

ta u ght by e x pe r i e n c e ) e x pe c ts n o ill eff e c ts a n d w ill th e n q u i e tly

, ,

n o te th e c h a n ges i n h i s s t t e w hi c h are a c tu lly n t n d t h e e

a p r e s e a r a ,

f o re c a n o n l y re po rt th e t ru th to h i s phy s i c ia n O n thi s ac c o u n t it .

i s b es t th a t h e h o u ld d a i l y tak e h i s po wd er w ith o u t k n o wi n g
s ,

w h e th e r th e re i s m e di c i n e i n a ll o r i n a c e rt a i n po wd er ; th u s h e
2 22 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EA S E S .

w o rd s ,th a t h e s ho u ld b e g iv e n e v e ry d a y a t th e u s u al
ti m e for m e dicin e a dose of s u ga r of m ilk a bo u t t h r e e ,

g r a ins w hich s hall b e m a rk e d as u su a l w ith c o n ti n u

,

*
ous nu m b e rs I r e m a r k h e r e that I consid e r t h e
.
,

su ga r of m ilk th u s u s e d as a n inva lu a bl e g ift of G od i

'

W e ca nnot fl a tt e r o u r s e lv e s th at th e a nti p s o ric

m e dic in e g iv e n w a s ri g htly s e l e ct e d or th a t i t w ill
’

w ill n ot e x pec t m ore f ro m to d ay s po wde r th a n f o m ye s t e r d a y s -

’
r
’

o r th a t o f th e d y b e fo re a .

C h ro n i c pa ti e n ts wh o fi r m ly tr u st i n th e h o n es ty n d s ki l l of a

the i r phy s ic ia n wi ll b e sa ti sfi ed wi thou t an y a fter tho ughts to re , ,

ce i ve s u c h a d o se o f s u ga r o f m i lk e ve y two fo ur or seve n da ys r , ,

a c c o rdi n g to th e di pos iti o n o f e c h a n d n e ve r th e l e s s e ta i n a fi r m

s a r

co n fid e n ce as i n d ee d i s o n ly j u s t a n d re as o n b l e
,

, , , a .

TT h e re were so m e a n x i o u s pu i s ts wh o were a f ra id th a t e ve n th e r ,

p u re s u g a r o f m i l k e ith er i n it s e
,
l f o r c h a n g e d by l o n g t r it u ti o n ra ,

m i g ht h a ve m e di c i n a l eff e c ts Bu t thi i s a v i n u tte l y n u

. s a ,
r

f o u n d e d f ea r s I h a ve d e t e rm i n ed by ve ry e x a c t e x pe r i m e n t s W e
,
a .

m a y u s e t h e c u d e p u re s uga r f m i l k as a f oo d a nd pa t k e of
r , o ,
r a

c o n s id e ra b l e q ua n titi e s o f it wit h o u t a n y c h a n g e i n th e h ,
l th ea ,

a n d so l o t h e t itu ated s u gar Bu t to des t o y at th e sam e t i m e

a s r r . r

th e fe a r to whi c h u tte r n c e h s b e e n gi e n by so m e h ypo h o n

a a v c

d r i a s th at th o u g h a l o n g t it u ra ti o n o f th e s u ga r o f m ilk a l o n e
c , r r ,

or i n th e
p o t e n ti i n g o f m e di
z c i n e s so m e thi n
g m i g ht r
. u b o ff f o m r

th e por c e l i n m o r ta r ( S i l i c ) w hi c h b e i n g po te n ti e d by thi s sa m e
a a ,
z

tr itu rati o n w u l d b e bo u n d to b e co m e s tro ng l y a cti ng S i l i ce ( )

o a
l ,

I to o k n e w po c e l i n t ri t u ra ti n g b o wl i n whi c h th e g l a z i n g h ad
a r a

be e n u bb d o ff w ith a n e w po r ce l ai n pe tl e a n d h ad o n e h u n d ed
r e ,
s ,
r

g r a i n s o f p u re s u g ar o f m ilk di v id e d i n t p , r ti o n s o f thi r ty t h re
o e o -

g ra i n s t it
, u a t e d
r e i g
r ht e e n t i m e s f o r s i m i n u t e s a t a ti m e a n xd as
f re q u e n t l y s c ra pe d f o r f o u r m i n u t e w ith a po c e l i n s patu l a i n s r a ,

o r de to d e v e l o p by th i s th e e h o u s s t o n g t r i tu ti o n a m e di c i nal
’
r r r r ra

p o w e erith er o f t h e s u g o f m i l k o oar f t h e s ili c o r o f r b o th ; b u t a

m y pre pa ti o n r e m a i n e d s i n di ff e e n t n d u n m e di c i na l as th e
ra a r a

c r u d e m e rel y n u t iti ve s u ga r o f m ilk o f whi c h I co n v i n ce d m y s e l f

,
r ,

by e x pe r i m e n t o n very se n s iti ve pe rs on s
s .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EA S E S . 22 3

for wa r d th e c u r e of a ch r onic di s e a s e if it q u ickly a n d ,

e ntir e ly d e s troys a s if by a s t r ok e of m a g i c t h e m ost

t r o u bl e so m e sy m pto m s old g r e a t continuous p ains

, , , ,

tonic o r clonic S p as m s e tc s o that the p a ti e n t a l m os t

,
.
,

i m m e di a t e ly a ft e r t a kin g th e m e dicin e fa nci es hi m s e lf ,

a s m uch f r e e d f r o m s u ffe rin g s as if h e w e r e a l r e a dy

r e sto r e d and as if in h e av e n This d e c e pti v e e ffe ct

,
.

s ho w s that th e m e dicin e h e r e act s e n a n ti o p a thi c a lly a s

an o p p osit e o r p a lli a tiv e a n d th a t in th e da ys follo w

,

i n g w e cannot ex p e ct a nythin g f r o m this r e m e dy but

an a g gra v a tion of th e ori gin a l dis e a s e A s soon th e n .

as thi s d e c e ptiv e i m p r ov e m e nt within a f e w day s be

g in s a ga in to t u r n to a g g r a v a tion it is hi g h ti m e to ,

g iv e e ith e r th e antidot e to thi s m e dicin e or w h e n , ,

thi s c a nnot b e h a d a m e dicin e w hich i s h o m o p a th i c

,

a lly m o r e a p p ro p ri a t e V e ry ra r e ly w ill s u ch a n
.

e n a ntio p a thic r e m e dy do a n y g ood i n t h e futur e If .

th e m e dicin e w hich i s thu s a nti pa thic a t onc e in th e

b e ginnin g i e w hich s e e m e d so to a ll e vi a t e i s i h
, . .
, ,

c li n e d to re ci proc a l ac tion it i s p o s sibl e th a t w h e n th e

,

a ggr a v a tion fr o m thi s do s e t a k e s p l ac e a s e cond dos e ,

of th e s a m e r e m edy m a y p r o d uc e th e contr a ry and ,

th u s b r i n g a bo u t a l as tin g i m p r o v e m e nt a s I h a v e at ,

l e a s t p e r c e iv ed in I g n ati a .

I n s u ch c a s e s w e m a y a l s o s u cc e ss f u lly u s e fo r th e ,

ail m e n t s follo w in g a f te r a f e w d a y s f r o m s u c h a n a nti

p a thic r e m e dy o n e ,of t h e r e m a inin g m e dicin es f r o m
t h e c onsid e ra bl e s tor e l a id do w n in M a ter i a M ed i ca
“ ”
P u r a in t h e A r ch i v d er h om ceopa th i s ch en H ei lku n s t
,
”
or in A n na len Thi s m ay b e don e fo r a f e w d a ys
.

until th e P s o ra dis e as e r e t ur n s to its c u s to m a r y r o u

-

tin e co u rs e wh e n a h o m o p ath i c ally s e l ec t e d anti

,

p soric m e dicin e i s to b e g iv e n to contin u e t h e c u r e .

2 24 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

A m on g th e m ish a p s w hich distu r b th e tre a t m ent

o nly in a t e m p ora ry w a y I e nu m e ra t e : o v e rloadin g
,

th e s to m ach ( this m a y be r e m e di e d by hun g e r i e ,

. .
,

by only takin g a littl e thin s o u p in s t e a d of t h e m eal

and a littl e co ffe e ) ; disord e r of t h e s to m ac h f r o m fat
m e at es p e ci a lly fr o m e atin g p ork ( to b e c u r e d by f a st
,

i n g a n d pu ls a ti lla ) ; a di s ord e r of th e sto m a ch w hich

caus e s r i s in g fr o m th e s to m a c h a ft e r e atin g a n d e s p e
c i a lly naus e a a n d in c lin a tion to vo m it ( by hi g hly p o

t e n ti z e d a n ti m on i u m cr u d u m ) ; t a kin g cold i n th e
sto m ach by e atin g f r uit ( by s m e llin g of a r s en i c u m ) ;
tro u bl e s f r o m S p irit u ou s liq u ors ( n u x v om i ca ) ; d is
o rd e r o i th e s to m a c h w ith ga s tric f e v e r chillin e s s a nd ,

cold ( bry oni a a lba ) ; fri g ht ( wh e n th e m e d icin e c a n be

g i v e n a t onc e a n
, d e s p e c i a l ly w h e n t h e f r i g h t c a us es

ti m idity by poppy j u i ce ( opi u m ) ; but if a id c a n only

,
-

b e r e nd e r e d l a t e r o r w h e n v e x a tion i s j oin e d w it h the

,

fri g ht by a con i te ; but if s a dn e ss i s c a u s e d by the

,

fri ght i g na ti a s eed s ) ; v e xa tion which c a us e s a n ge r

, ,

viol e nc e h ea t i rr it ation by ch a m om i lla ( b u t if b e side

, , , ,

t h e v e x a tio n th e r e i s c hillin ess a n d coldn e s s of the

body by bry on i a ) ; v e xa tion w ith in d i g n a tion d e e p i n
, ,

t e r n a l m o rtifi cati o n ( a tt e nd e d w ith th r o w in g away

w h a t wa s h e ld in th e h a nd by s ta ph i s a g r i a ) ; indi g na
,

tion w ith s il e nt int e rn a l m or ti fi c a ti o n ( by colocy n th i s ) ;

‘

u n s u cc ess f u l lov e w ith q u i e t g r i e f ( by i g n a t i a ) ; nu

h a pp y lov e w ith j e a lo u sy ( by hy os cy a m us ) ; a s ev ere

cold ( n e xt to k e e p in g t h e ho u s e o r th e b e d ) by n ux
v om i ca ; w h e n dia rr h oea r e s u lt e d by d u lca m a r a ; or if
,

follo w e d by p a ins coj ea cr u d a ; or if follo w e d by

'

f e v e r a n d h ea t by a con i te a c old w hich i s follo w ed

,

by su ffoc a ti v e fits ( by i beca cu a n h a ) ; colds fo l low e d

,
 ’
H A H N EM A N N S C HR O N I C DI S EA S E S . 22 5

b y p a ins and a n inclin a tion to w e e p ( by cofi ea cr u d a ) ;

,

cold with con s e q u e nt c oryza a n d lo s s of th e s e ns e of

s m e ll and of t as t e ( by pu ls a ti lla ) ; ov e rli fti n g or
,

st ra ins ( s o m e ti m es by a r n i ca but m o s t c e rt a inly by

,

r h u s tox i cod en d r on ) ; cont u sion s a n d w o u nd s inflict e d

by bl u nt in s tr u m e nt s ( by a r n i ca ) ; b u rnin g of th e
,

s kin ( by co m p r e s s es of w a t e r m ix e d w ith a dil u tion of

h i g hly p ot e ntiz e d a r s en i cu m o r u nint e rr u p t e d a p p lica

,

tion for hou rs of alcohol h e at e d by m ea n s of v e ry hot

w at e r ) w ea kn es s fro m loss of fl u id s a n d blood ( by ,

ch i n a ) ; ho m e si c kn e s s with r e dn e s s of th e C h e e k s ( by ,

c aps i c u m ) .

But du r in g th e tre a t m e nt of C hronic di s e a s e s by

a nti p s ori c r e m e di es w e oft e n n ee d t h e oth e r non a nti -

p so r ic stor e of m e dicin e s in c a s e s w h e r e e p id e m ic dis

e a s e s o r int e r m e di a t e dis e a s e s ( m or bi i n ter c u r r en tes )

a risin g us u a lly f r o m m e t e o r i c a n d t e llu ric c a u s e s a t

t a c k our c hronic p a ti e nts a n d s o not only t e m p o r a rily

,

d i s t u rb th e tr ea t m e nt but e v e n i n ter r upt it for a

,

lon ge r ti m e H e re th e oth e r h o m o p a thi c r e m e di e s

.

'
will h a v e to b e u s e d w h e re fo re I S h a ll not e nt ear u p on
,

thi s h e r e e xc e p t to s a y th a t t h e a nti ps oric t re a t m e nt

,

w ill h a v e f o r th e ti m e to b e t o t a lly di s co n tin u e d s o

‘

l on g as th e t re a t m e nt of th e e pi d e m i c d i s e a s e w hi c h
h as also s e iz e d o u r ( ch r onic ) p a ti e nt m ay l a s t e v e n if ,

a fe w w e e k s in th e w orst c a s e s m ay th u s b e lo st B u t .

h er e also if th e di s e a s e i s not too s e v e re th e a bov e

, ,

m e ntion e d m e thod of a pp lyin g th e m e dici n e by s m e ll

i n g a m oi s t e n e d p e ll e t i s oft e n s u ffici e nt to h e l p a n d ,

th e c ur e O f t h e a cut e di s e a s e m a y thus b e e x t rao rd i

n a r i ly S hort e n e d .

T h e int e lli g e nt h o m o p ath i c p hysici a n w ill s oo n

22 6 HR O NI C DI S EAS E S
’
H A H N EM AN N S C .

not e t h e p o i nt of ti m e wh e n his r e m edi e s ha v e c o m

l d he cure of th e e p id e m ic int er m e di at e di s e a s e ’
p e te t

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and w h e n th e p e c u li a r cou r s e of th e ch r onic ( p s oric )

m a l a dy is c ontin u e d .

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ho w e v e r a l ways b e fo u nd s o m e wh a t v ari e d a ft e r th e
,

cu r e of s uch a p r e v a ilin g int er m e di a t e di s eas e A ls o .

a noth e r p a rt of t h e body w ill b e fo u nd s u ff e r in g so ,

that th e h o m o p a th i c p hysici a n w ill choo s e h i s a nti

p s o r i c r e m e dy ac cordin g to t h e t o t a lity of t h e r e m a in
i n g sy m pto m s a n d not s i m p ly g i v e th e o n e h e int e n d e d
,

to g iv e b e for e th e int e r m e di at e di s e a s e a p p ea re d .

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l e nt d i s eas e i n a p a ti e n t w ho m h e h a d not b e fo r e a t
t e nd e d as a c hronic p a ti e nt h e will not infr e q u e ntly
find e s p e ci a lly if th e f e v e r wa s c on si d e ra bl e th a t a ft e r
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(B O p a t h i c a lly s p e cifi c w ith oth e r pa ti e nt s of thi s kind ,

th e full r e stora tio n to h e a lth do e s not follo w e v e n wit h

g ood di e t a n d m od e of li v i n g : but in c id e n t s of a n oth er

kind will S ho w th e m s e lv e s ( u s ua llv c a ll e d a ft e r p a i n s -

o r s ec ond a r y d i s e a s e s ) a n d th e s e will g r a du a lly b e a g

g rav a t e d a n d th re a t e n t o b e c o m e ch r oni c H e r e th e .

h o m o p a th i c p hy s i c i a n w ill n e ar ly a l wa ys h a v e t o
m e e t a P so r a w hi c h i s d e v e l o p i n g i n to a c h r oni c d i s
e a s e a n d th i s w ill h a v e to b e c ur e d a c co r d in g to th e
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p r in c i p l e s h e re l a id do w n .

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be g i ve n at th e en d o f a n a tt c k Wi th
a . a ll p a ti en ts i n i n ter m i t
ten tf e ver , p sor a is ess en ti a lly i n volved i n every e pi d e my ,
h e r e t
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an a tte n u ate d d ose o f s u l ph u o o f h ep r su lph u ri s i ne ce ssa y at

r r a s r

th e b eg i n n i n g f e ve y t r e t m e n t f e pid e m i c i n t e m itte n t f e ve r
o r a o r ,

a n d m a k es th e rest o ra ti o n o f th e
pa ti e n t m o r e su re a nd eas y .
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’
C H RO N I C DI S EAS E S .

ep id e m ic d i S s m all p o x m e a sl es pu r p l e r a s h
e as e s : -
, , ,

s c a rl e t f e v e r w hoo p in g cou g h
, f a ll dy s e nt e r y a n d ,

ty p ho i d w h e n th e y c o m pl e t e th e ir cou r s e e s p e c i a l ly
, ,

w itho u t a j u dicio u s ho m oeo pa thi c tr e at m e nt l e a v e t h e ,

o r g a ni s m s o sh a k e n a n d i r rit a t e d th a t with m a ny w h o ,

s e e m r e s tor e d t h e P s o ra w hich w a s b e for e S l u m b e r

,

i n g a n d l a t e nt n o w a w a k e s q ui c kly e ith e r i n to it c h ,

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lik e e ru p tion s or int o oth e r C h r oni c diso rd e rs w hi ch ,

t h e n r e a ch a hi g h d e g r e e in a S hort t i m e if th e y a r e ,

n o t t r ea t e d p r o p e r ly in a n a nti p s o r i c m a n n e r Thi s is .

d u e to t h e g r e a t e xh a u s tion of t h e o r ga nis m w hich

s till p r e v a i l s T h e a llo p a thi c phy s i c i a n w h e n s u c h a
.
,

p a ti e nt as , is f r e q u e ntly t h e ca s e di e s a ft e r a ll h i s u n ,

s u it a bl e t re a t m e nt d e c l ar e s th a t h e h as di e d f r o m th e
,

s e g u e/d of w hoo p in g c o u g h m e a s l e s e tc , , .

T h e s eq ueld a re ho we v e r th e innu m e ra bl e c h r onic

, ,

d is e a s e s in n u m b er l e s s fo r m s of d e v e lo p e d P s ora w hi c h
h a v e hith e rto b e e n u n kno w n a s to th e i r ori gin a n d
c on s e q u e n tly r e m a in e d u n c u r e d .

E p id e m i c a n d S p o r a di c f e v e rs th ere fo r e a s w e ll a s , ,

t h e m i a s m a tic a c u t e di s e a s e s if th e y do not so o n te r ,

m in a t e a n d p a s s di r e c tly o v e r into g ood h e a lth ( e v e n

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q ua n tity it i s ca l le d by
a
ppe a rs in an y ,

w it e s sca bi es spon ta n ea (s po n t n eo u s itc h ) — m e

r r c hi m e a a n d
a a re r

n o n e n tit y f o r , s fa r s hi s t
a y goe s n o it ch h s a i se n e ce pt
a or ,
a r x

f ro m i n fe c ti o n a n d it c n n o t n o w a i s e ga i n o f itse lf with o u t i h
, a r a

f e c ti o n with th e m i s m o f itc h Bu t thi s ph e n o m e n o n af te r a c u t e

a a .

f e ve r i s n o thi n g e l e th a n t h e s e c n d ry e u pti o n s o of te n m e n
s o a r

ti o n e d bo ve s pr i ng i n g f o m t h e s l u m be r i n g a n d l a t e n t Ps o ra e
a r r

m ai n i n g w ithi n a ft e r th e r e pre ss i n ( or m o e a e l y th e gra d u al o r r r

d i s ppe ra n ce ) f ro m th e s ki n o f t h e or i gi n a l e u pti o n o f itc h

a a r .

Thi u ptio n f req u e n tly l ea ve th e Ski n o f its e l f a nd it h as n e ve r

s er s

bee n pro ve d th a t it i n f ected n y o th e r pe r o n w ith th e itch

a s .
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w h e n th e ep id e m ic cut e m i as m a tic p art h as fo u nd

and a

a hom o p a t h i c s p ec ific w hi c h h a s b e e n ri g htly u s e d

a ga inst th e m ) oft e n n e e d a n a nti p so r ic a ssi s t a nc e
, ,

w hi c h I h a v e u s u a lly fo u nd in S u l p h u r if th e p a ti e nt ,

h a d not u s e d S hortly b e fo r e a m e di c in e cont a inin g S u l

p h u r in w hi c h c a s e a noth e r a nti p s o r ic suit a bl e to this
,

p a r tic u l a r c a s e w ill h a v e to b e u s e d .

E nd e m i c di s e as e s w i th th e i r s t r ikin g p e rtin a c ity

, ,

d e p e nd a l m o s t wholly on a p s o r ic co m p li c a tion o r on ,

P s o ra m odi fi e d by t h e p e c u li ar ity of t h e n a t u r e of t h e
lo c a lity ( a n d th e es p ec i a l m od e o f lif e of th e inh a bit
ant s ) s o th a t e g a n int e r m itt e nt f e v e r ori gin a tin g
, , . .
,

in a m a rs hy r e gion t h e p ati e nt s e v e n a ft e r r e m ov a l
, ,

into a d ry r e gio n oft e n r e m a in uncu r e d d es p it e a ll

,

th e i r u s e of C hin a u nl es s th e a nti ps oric t r e at m e nt i s e S

,

p ec i a lly u s e d .T h e e xh a l a tion f r o m s w a m p s s e e m s to
b e o n e of th e s t r o n g e st p hy s ic a l c a u s e s of t h e d e v e lo p
*
m e nt of t h e P s or a l a t e nt w ithin w ith so m a ny p e r s on s
a n d this m o s t of a ll in hot c o u nt r i e s With o u t a n al .

m o s t r e g u l a r u s e o f t h e b e st a nti p soric m e thod of cur e ,

w e sh a ll n e v e r s ucc e e d in r e m o v in g th e m u rd e r ous
qu a liti e s of h u m id cli m a t es a n d ch a n g i n g th e m into
p a ss a bly h e a lthy h a bit a bl
, e r e g ion s M a n m a y a c c
. us
to m hi m se lf to th e e xtr e m e d e gr ee s of a t m o s p h e ric
h e a t a s w e ll as to th e m o s t viol e nt cold a n d c a n li v e
, ,

j oyo u s a nd h e a lthy in both e xt r e m es Why S ho u ld h e .

not b e a bl e to a c c usto m hi m s e lf to m a r shy re gion s j u s t

*
Pre su m b l y th e s e e xh l atio n s possess a qu ali ty whi c h as it were
a a

p a r a ly e
z tsh v itel f o cae o f t h e orr g n i s m ( whi c h i n aa n o r di n a r y
s ta t e o f h ea lth i s a b l e to k e e p d o w n th e i n t er n a l Ps or whi c h a

a l way s e n d ea vo rs to m a n i f es t it s e l f ) a n d th u s di to u t id
p re s po s es p r

a n d n e r vo u s fe ve rs .
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’
C H R O NI C DI S EA S E S .

as w e ll as to th e dri e st m o u nt a in r e g ions if th e re w e r e ,

not a hith e rto undiscov e r e d and u nconq u e re d e n e m y

of v i gorou s lif e a n d l as tin g h ea lth lyin g in a m b u s h i n
,

m a r shy re g ions i e P s ora ? Wh e r e v e r P s o ra li e s

, . .
,

l at e nt w ithin ( a n d h o w fr e q u e ntly i s thi s th e c a s e ) it ?

i s d e v e lo p e d into ch r onic dis ea s e s of e v e ry ki n d e s pe ,

c i a lly tho s e in whi c h th e li v e r is m os t a ff e ct e d th r o u g h ,

st a g n a nt w a t e r a n d t h e g a s e s th at e m a n a t e f r o m d a m p
soil a n d fro m s w a m ps ; and thi s i s e ff e ct e d m or e s u r ely ,

y e a, u n a v o i d a b ly ,by th e s e ca us e s th a n by a n y oth e r

p hysic a l p o w e r inju r io u s to h e alth .

T he l at e st s y m p to m s th at h a v e b e e n add e d to a
c h r oni c di s e as e w hich h a s b e e n l e ft to it s e lf ( a n d th u s

h a s not b ee n a g g r a v a t e d by m e di c a l m is m a n a g e m e nt )
a r e a lw a ys t h e fi r st to yi e ld in a n a nti p s ori c t r e a t m e nt ;

b ut th e old e s t a il m e nts a n d th o s e w hich h a v e b e e n

m o s t c onst a nt a n d un c h a n g e d a m o n g w hich a r e th e
,

const a nt lo c a l a il m e nts a r e th e la s t to g iv e w a y
,

a n d thi s is only e ff e c t e d wh e n a ll th e re m a inin g d i s

,

o r d ers h a v e dis a p p e a r e d a n d th e h e a lth h a s b e e n in a ll

ot h e r res p e c t s a l m o s t tot a lly r e s tore d I n t h e ge n e ral
.

m a l a di es w hich c o m e in r e p e a t e d a tt ac ks e g th e , . .
,

p e riodi c kinds of hy s t e r i a a n d di ff e re n t kinds of e p i

,

l e p s y e tc th e a tt a c ks m ay q u ickly b e m a d e to c e a se
, .
,

by a s ui ta bl e a nti pso r ic ; b u t to m a k e this c e ss a tion

r e liabl e a n d l a stin g t h e w hol e indw e llin g P sora m ust
,

b e co m p l e t e ly cur e d .

T h e fre qu e nt r e qu es t of a p a ti e nt to h a v e o n e s y m p
t o m whi c h a bov e oth e rs is troubl e s o m e to h i m r e
, ,

m ov e d fi rst o i a ll is i m p rac ti ca bl e b ut t h e i g nora nt

, ,

p a ti e nt s hould b e e xc u s e d for hi s r e q u e st .
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’
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I n th e d a ily writt e n re p o r t durin g th e us e of a n a nti

p soric m e dicin e th e p a ti e
,
nt w h o liv e s a t a d i s ta n ce

sho uld u n d e rsco re o n c e for t h e info r m a tion of th e

,

p hysi c i a n thos e,
incid e nt sy m p to m s du r in g t h e d a y ,

which aft e r a consid e rabl e ti m e or a lon g ti m e h e h as

n o w f e lt a g a in for t h e firs t ti m e ; but tho s e w hi c h h e

n e v er h ad b e fore and whi c h h e first f e lt on th a t d ay ,

h e S hould u n d er s cor e tw i ce T h e fo r m e r sy m p to m s
.

ind icat e th a t th e anti ps o ric h a s t a k e n hold of th e r oot

of th e e vil a n d w ill do m u c h for i ts thorou gh cu re
, ,

b u t th e l a tt e r if th e y a pp e a r m or e fr e q u e ntly a n d m o r e
,

stron g ly g iv e th e p hysici a n a hint th a t th e a nti p s o ric

,

was not s e l ect e d q u it e ho m oeo pa thi c a lly a n d s ho u ld ,

b e i nt e rr u p t e d in ti m e a n d r e p l a c e d by a m or e a p p r o
p r i a t e o n e .

Wh e n th e tr ea t m e nt I S a bo u t half co m p l et ed th e ,

di m ini s h e d dis ea s e co m m e n c e s to r e t u r n into t h e s t a t e

of lat e nt P sor a th e sy m p to m s gr o w w e a k e r a n d
w e a k er a n d at la s t th e a tt e ntiv e p hy s ici a n will only
,

fi n d trac es of it ; but h e m us t follo w th e s e to th e ir

co m p l e t e dis a pp e a ra nc e for th e s m all e st r e m n a nt r e
,

t ains a g e r m for a r e n e wal of t h e old ail m e nt

*
I f th e
.

p hysici a n S ho u ld h e r e g iv e u p t h e tr e a t m e nt and su p

p os e w hat t h e co m m on m a n ( a n d a lso t h e hi g h e r c l a ss
o f th e non m e dic a l p ublic ) is a p t to s a y
-
I t will now
lik e ly g e t ri ght of its e lf a gr ea t m i s t a k e w o u ld be
,

m a d e ; for in ti m e th e r e w o u ld d e v e lo p ( es p e c i a lly
w h e n any i m p or ta nt untow ar d e v e nts t a k e p l a c e ) out ,

o f this littl e r e m n a nt of this only di m ini s h e d P s ora a ,

n e w ch r onic dis e as e w hi c h g r a du a lly w ould incre a s e

S o f ro m th e wat e r po l y pu s w hi c h h as s e v e ra l o f i ts b ra n c h es
-

Iopped off i n ti m e ne w b ra nc h e s wi l l s h oot fo rth

, .
2 32 H A H N EM A N N S
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C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

un a voidably accordin g to th e nat u re of di s e as e s

,

S p rin g in g fro m un e xt in guish e d ch r onic m i a s m s a s

sho w n abov e .

T h e ci to t u to et j ucu n d e ( quickly s a f e ly a n d p l e a s
, ,

a n tly ) of C e lsus th e p a ti e nt m a y r e a sonably ask fro m

,

h i s p hysici a n a n d fro m th e h o m o pa th h e c a n r i g ht ly
,

ex pect thi s in acut e dis e a s e s S p rin g in g fro m oc c a si on a l

ca u s e s a s w e ll a s in th e w e ll d e fi n e d int e r m e di a t e d i s
,
-

e a s e s p r e v a le nt a t ti m e s ( th e S O call e d int e rcurr e n t -

dis e a s es ) .

B u t w ith es p e cial r e g a rd to t h e C ito ( q ui c kly ) i , .

e. t h e h a st e nin g of t h e c u r e th e n atur e of th e c a s e
, ,

*
forbid s it at l e a st in inv e t e ra t e ch r onic a il m e nts
, .

T h e c u r e of g r e a t chronic di s e as e s of t e n t w e nty , ,

th i rty a n d m ore y e ars s tandin g ( if th ey h a ve n ot been

’

m i s m a n a g ed by an ex ces s o f a llopa th i c tr ea tmen ts , or

i n d eed , as is o f ten th e ca s e , m i s m a n a g ed i n to i n cu r a ble

n es s ) m ay be sa id to
qui c kly a nnihil a t e d if this i s
be
don e in o n e o r tw o y ea r s I f w ith youn ge r r obus t .
,

p e r s on s thi s t a k es p l a c e in o n e h a lf t h e ti m e th e n -
o n ,

t h e oth e r h a nd in a dv a nc e d a g e e v e n w ith th e b e st ,

t re a t m e nt on th e pa rt of th e p hysi c i a n a n d th e m ost
p unct u a l ob s e r v a n c e of r ul es on t h e p a r t of t h e p a ti e nt
and his a tt e nd a nts c on s id e ra bl e ti m e m u s t b e a dd ed
,

to th e us u a l p e riod of th e c u r e I t will also b e foun d .

On ly an di n a ry i g n oran t practiti on e r c an lightly pro m ise to

or

c u re a s e ve r e i n ve t e a te di s eas e i n fou r to s i
r wee k s H e n e e d n ot x .
,

i n deed k e ep h i s prom i e " What doe s h e ri s k i f as a m atte r of

,
s ,

c ou rse h i s t e at m e n t o n ly ag gra vat e

,
r th e di s e ase ? Ca n h e l os e
s

a n ythi n g ? A n y h o n or ? N o ; fo r h i s c oll e agu es w h o a re lik e ,

h i m d o n o b e tt e r
, C a n h e l ose i n s el f res pe ct ? S h ou ld h e yet
.
-

h ave an y to lose ?
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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i nt e lli g ibl e th a t such a lon g continu e d ( p so r ic ) ch r oni c

-

dis e as e th e o r i gin a l m ias m of which h as had so m uc h

,

ti m e a n d O p p or tunity in a lon g lif e to in s e rt its p ara

s i ti c a l roots a s it w e r e into a ll th e j oint s of th e t e nd e r
,

e dific e of lif e i s at l as t s o inti m a t e ly int e rwo v e n w it h

,

th e org anis m that e v e n w ith th e m ost a p p ro p riat e

m e dic a l trea t m e nt c a r e ful m od e of life a nd obs e r v a nc e
,

of r u l e s on t h e pa rt of th e pa ti e n t g rea t pa ti e n c e a n d
,

suffi ci e nt ti m e w ill b e r e q u ir e d to d e stroy this m a ny

a r m e d p oly p us i n a ll its p a rt s w hil e S p a rin g t h e ind e
,

p e n d e n c e of t h e or g a n i s m a n d i t s p o w e r s .

T h e str e n gth of a p a ti e nt und e r an a nti p soric t r e at

m e nt e v e n if it should b e continu e d e v e r so lon g
, ,

ou ght c ontin ua lly to i n c r e a s e f r o m th e v e ry co m m e nc e

m e nt of th e c orr e ct tr e a t m e nt e v e n to t h e re sto ra tion
of h e alth a n d of th e nor m a l st a t e T h e st r e n gth ln .

cr ea s e s d u rin g th e whol e of t h e cu re without th e u s e

of th e so call e d tonics and th e p ati e nt s j oyou s ly r is e
-
,

u p a g ain of th e m s e lv e s m p ro p ortion as th e ir lif e is

*
d e liv e r e d fr o m its c o rrodin g e n e m y .

T h e b es t ti m e fo r t a kin g a do s e of anti p soric m e d i

cin e s e e m s to b e not a n hour b e fo r e g oin g to bed but
, ,

rath e r e a rly in th e m ornin g w hil e f a stin g T h e m e d i

, .

cin e i n t h e n u m b e re d pa p erT ( as also a ll that succ e e d ) ,

It is i n con cei vabl e h ow all opa thic phys i c ia ns cou ld thi n k o f

cu ri n g c h ron i c di seases th r o ug h a co n ti n ua nce o f e xh a us ti ng an d

debili ta ti ng tr ea tm e n ts wi th o u t bei ng res trai n e d by the ir la c k o f

,

su cces s f r om re pea ti n g c on ti n ua lly th e i r perve rse t re at m e n t The .

am a r a wh i c h th e y gi v e b e t wee n togeth er with th e q u i n i n e w ith

, ,

ou t be i ng ab l e to s u pply th e s t r e n gth l os t o n l y a dd n e w e vil s

, .

t N u m be ri ng th e powd e rs co n ti n uo us ly h as th e c on ve n i e n ce th at
th e phys i ci a n wh e n th e pa ti e n t s re n der th e i r d a ily repo rt ( es pe

16
2 34 H RO NI C DI S EAS ES
’
H AH N EM A N N S C .

if it is d es ir e d t h at it sho u l d act but fee bly s h o u l d b e ,

t a ke n d ry a nd a l l owed to dis s o lv e o n th e t o n g u e o r be ,

m oi st e n e d with t wo or t h r e e dro ps of w a t e r on a S p o o n ,

a nd by i ts e l f without in e ith e r c a s e d ri nki n g anythi n g

,

aft e r it or e atin g anythi n g within h a lf an hour or a

*
whol e hour .

A ft e r ta ki n g th e m ed icin e t h e p ati e nt should k ee p

p e rf e ctl y qui e t a t l e ast a fu l l hour but w ithout oi
g ng
,

to s l e e p ( s l e e p d e lays th e b e gin n in g of th e actio n o f

th e m e dicin e ) H e m ust a void durin g this hou r a s
.
,

ind ee d throu g hout th e tre at m e nt all dis a gr ee abl e e x

,

c i t e m e n t n o r s h ould h e s tra in his m ind i m m e di a t e ly

,

aft e r takin g th e dos e in any wa y e ith e r by r e adi n g

. ,

or co m p utin g by writin g or by conve rs ations r e q ui r

, ,

i n g m e dit a tion .

T h e d os e of anti p soric m edici n e m ust not be tak en

by fe m al e s shortly be for e th e ir m en s e s are e x p ect e d ,

n o r durin g th e i r fl ow ; but th e dos e can b e giv e n if ,

ci ally th ose li vi ng at a pu tti n

g fi r s t th e da t e a n d th e

n u m be r o f th e powd e r t a k e n t h a t d ay ca n recog n i z e th e d a y whe n

,

th e pa ti e n t too k h i s m ed i ci n e f a nd ca n j u dge o f t h e prog res s o f i ts

a ctio n acco rd i n g to th e re port of th e fo ll o wi n g d a y .

I f th e m edi c i ne i s to act more stro n gly it m us t b e s ti r red i n a

littl e m o re water u n til di s so l ve d be fore ta ki ng it and i n s till m ore
,

wate r i f it i s to a ct s ti ll m ore s t ro n gl y a n d th e phy s i c i an s h o uld

,

o rd er th e so l u ti o n ta k e n a por ti o n a t a ti m e I f h e o rd e r t h e sol u
. s

tio n tak e n i n on e or th ree days it m u st b e s ti rr ed u p no t o nly th e

fi rs t ti me b u t al so th e o th e r two ti m e by which eve y pa t thus
,
s, r r

s ti rred acq ui res an o th e r so m e wh a t hi g h er d eg re e o f po t e n c y a nd ,

so i s r ece i ve d m o r e w i l li n g ly by th e v ita l f o r ce T o d i re c t th e us e
.

o f th e sa m e s ol u ti o n f o r a gr ea te r n u m b e r o f d a y s i s n ot ad vi sa bl e ,

as th e wa te r k e pt l o ng e r wo u ld be g i n to pu tr e fy
, ,
H o w a dose
.

f or s m elli ng m ay b e a da pt ed to all d eg e es o f s t re n gt h I have

r ,

m e n ti o ne d abo ve .
 ’
H A H N EM AN N S C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S . 2 35

c s ry four days i e a bo ut nin e ty six hours

n e es a , , . .
,
-

a ft e r t h e m e ns e s h a v e s e t in B ut i n cas e th e m e ns e s
.

p r e viously h a v e b e e n p r e m a t u r e or too p rof u s e or t w o ,

l on g la stin g it is oft e n nec ess a ry to giv e o n this fourth

-
,

d ay a s m al l dos e of N ux vo m i ca ( o n e v ery s m all p e l l e t ,

m oist e n e d with a hi gh dyn a m iz ation ) to b e s m e l l e d ,

a n d th e n on th e fourth or sixth d a y follo wi n g th e

, ,

a nti p soric But if th e f e m a l e is v e ry s e nsiti v e a n d

.

n e r vous S h e ou g ht until s h e co m e s ne ar h e r f u ll r e s
, ,

t o ra ti o n to s m e ll s uch a p e ll e t onc e about s e v e nty two

,
-

hours a ft e r th e b e ginnin g of h e r m e n s e s n o tw i th ,

*
s tandin g h e r continu e d anti p s oric tr e at m e nt .

P r e g nancy in a ll i ts s ta g es o ffe rs S O littl e obstructio n

t o th e anti psoric tr e at m e nt that this tr e at m e nt is o f
,

t e n m ost n e c e ss a ry a n d u s e f u l in th at co ndi t i o n l
’ '

I n s u c h a m orbid s ta te o f th e me n e s n o thi ng c a n be d o ne i n
s

th e cu r e of ch ro n i c d i seas es witho u t th e i n term e di a te u s e o f N ux

v o m ic a whi c h h e r e s pe c ifi ca ll y r ed u c es to o rd er th e di s h ar m o n y
,

a r i s i n g i n th e f u n c ti o n s o f th e n er ves from so di s or d e rly a fl o w of

th e m e n s es a n d so q u i e ts this e x cess i ve s e n s iti ve n ess a nd i rr i t a

,

bi li ty whi c h pu t a n i n s u rm o u n ta b l e o bs t a c l e i n th e way o f th e
,

c u ra ti ve ac ti on o f th e a n ti ps o r i c r e m e d i es .

1 I n wh at m o re c ert a i n w ay co u l d e g th e re t u rn of m i sc ar
, .

ri age whi c h i s a l m os t e x c l u s i ve ly d ue to Pso ra b e pre ve n te d a n d

, ,

i n d ee d be l as ti ngly pre ve n t ed th a n t h r ou g h a j u dic i o us an tips or i c

, ,

, ,

trea tm e n t b ef ore or a t l ea s t d u r i n g pr eg n a nc y ? I n wh a t m o re re
liabl e way co uld th e s tates of th e wo m b whi ch a re not i nf req ue n tly .

d an ge r ou s an d s o m e tim e s f ata l e ve n i n a prope r prese n tati o n o f

,

th e f e t u s a nd i n a n a tu ra l la bor b e m o ve d i n a d va n ce th an by a
,

ti m e l y a n ti pso ri c t re a t me n t d u r i n g pregn a n cy ? Eve n th e i m

p pro e r p re s e n t a ti o n o f t h e c hild h as i f n o t a l w
,a y s s till ve r y o f te,
n

i ts o n ly cause i n th e psori c s i c k l i n es s of th e m o th e r a n d th e h y ,

d roc e ph alus a nd o th e r b o lily d e f ec ts o f th e c hi ld h ave s u re l y thi s

c au se O n ly th e a n ti ps o ri c trea tm e n t o f th e s i c kly wi f e i f n ot b e
f o re a t l e as t d u r i ng preg n a n c y ca n r em o v e i n a d v an c e th e m o th
, , ,
2 36 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EAS E S .

M os t n ecess a ryb e caus e th e chronic ail m e nts th e n are

,

m ore d ev e l o p ed I n this stat e of wo m a n whi c h is

. ,

qu i t e a natura l o n e th e sy m p to m s of th e int e rnal

,

P sora are oft e n m an i f e s t e d m ost p l ainly on a c c o u nt

of th e incr eas ed s e n s itiv e n e ss of th e f e m a l e body a n d
S p irit whi l e in thi s s t a t e ; t h e anti pso r ic m e d i c in e
th e r efor e acts m or e d e finit e ly and pe rc e p tibly d u rin g
r
p g e nancy wh ,i ch g iv e s t h e hint to th e p hysici a n t o

m a k e th e dos e s in th es e c a s e s as s m all and in a s hi g hly

p ot e ntiz e d att e nu a tions a s p ossi bl e and to m, a k e his
s e l e ctions in th e m ost ho m e o p athic m a nn e r .

S ucklin gs n e v e r re c e iv e m e dicin e ; th e m oth e r or

we t nurs e re c e iv e s th e r e m e dy inst ead a n d th r o u gh
-
,

th eir m ilk it a cts on th e c hild v ery quickly m ildly a n d ,

b e n e fi cia l ly .

T h e cor p or e al nat u r e ( ca l l e d t h e life p r e s e rv in g -

p rinci p l e or vit a l for c e ) wh e n l e ft to it s e lf S in c e it is ,

without re ason cannot p rovid e anythin g b e tt er than

,

p a lliativ e s in chronic di s e as e s a n d in t h e a cut e di s ea s e s

S p rin g in g th e nc e w hi c h c a us e sudd e n dan g e r to lif e ,

owin g to th e indw e llin g P sora T h es e are th e c a u s e s .

er s
’
i n ability f or s u c kli ng as al s o i n su ckli ng p e ve nt th e f equ e nt
, r r

s o r e b r e as ts th e sor e n ess o f th e n i ppl es th e f re q u e n t i n c l i n ti on

, , a

to e ry s i pe l a tou s i n fl am m ati o ns o f th e b rea s ts a n d th e i r a bs c ess es ,

a s we ll th e h e m orrh a ge s o f th e u t eru s d u r i n u k l i n
g s c g .

N everth el es s th e e n ti r e o pp s it e f re qu e n tly ta k es pl c e so
, o a ,

th t th e wi f e w h o be f ore pr eg n n cy was al way s s i c kly an d u n i n

a a ,

terr u pted ly co m pl ai ni ng f e el s i n u n us u a l goo d h ea lth d u ri n g

,

eve r y preg na n cy an d o n l y d u r i n g thi s s ta te A n d with s u c h cas es

.

thi s ti m e of pregna nc y m ay ver y we l l be m ade use of f or a n ti pso ri c

tr ea t m e n t whi c h i n su c h a c as e i s di rec te d aga i n s t th e s y m pto m s
,

o f th e m orbid s tat e b e fo re preg n a nc y so far as thi s ca n be r e m e m

,

b ered .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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of th e m o r e fr e qu e nt s e c r e tion s a n d e xcre tions of

v a r io u s kind s takin g p l ac e of th e m s e lv e s now and th e n
in C h r o n i c ( p soric ) dis e a s e s as e g di a rrh e as vo m it
, . .
, ,

i ng , p e r s p i r a tion su,pp ur a tion s h e m orrh a g e s e tc , ,

.

A ll th es e a r e att e nd e d w ith only t e m p orary a l l e vi a tions

o f t h e c hronic ori g ina l m a l a dy which o w in g to t h e ,

lo s s e s o f h u m ors a n d of st re n g th th e r e by only b e co m e s
m o re a n d m or e a ggravat e d .

A llo pa thy h a s so f ar not b e e n a bl e to do any m o r e

, ,

th a n thi s t o w a rd a g e n uin e c ure of t h e C hronic dis

e a s e s ; it c o u ld only i m it a t e t h e unr e ason in cor p o r e a l

n at u re in its p a lli a tiv e s ( u s u a lly w itho u t a n e q u a l

a ll e vi a tion a n d w ith a g r ea t e r s a c rifi c e of str e n g th ) It .

ca u s e d th e re for e m or e th a n th e oth er a hast e nin g of

, , ,

t h e g e n e r a l r u in without b e i n g a bl e to contribut e a n y
,

thi n g to t h e e xtinction of th e o ri g in a l m a l a dy To .

thi s c l as s b elon g a ll th e m any ind es c r ib a bl e p ur gati v e s

, ,

th e s o c a ll e d di s so l v e nts t h e v e n e s e ction cu pp in g
-
, , ,

th e a p p lyin g of l e e ch e s n o w s o in s a n e l y fr e qu e nt t h e ,

s ud o ri fi cs , t h e a rtifici a l s o r e s s e tons font a n e l s ,

ex , ,

u t o r i e s , e tc .

God b e p ra i s ed th e ho m e o p a thi c p hy s ici a n w h o i s

,

acq u a i n t e d with th e m e an s of a radi c a l c u r e a n d w h o ,

th u s th ro u gh th e a nti ps ori c t re a t m e nt c a n d e s troy th e

chro n i c di s e a s e its e lf has S O littl e n e e d of th e abov e
,

m e ntion e d a p plications whi c h only h a s t e n dissol ution

, ,

th a t h e h a s on t h e contr a ry to us e a ll c ar e that t h e p a
ti e nt m ay not s e cr e tly u s e s o m e of th ese a pp lian c es ,

follo w in g th e old routin e di ff u s e d ov e r th e whol e,

e arth by a llo p a thy H e c a n n e v e r yi e l d to t h e r e q u e st

.

of th e p a ti e nt e g that h e h a s b e co m e accu s to m e d
, . .
,

to b e in g bl e d so and so m a n y ti m e s a y e ar or to b e ,
2 38 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HRO NI C DI S EAS E S .

cu p p ed or to u s e p urgativ e s or wa r m b a th s and tha t

, ,

h e th e re fore n e e ds th e m S uch thin gs ca nnot b e pe r

.

m i tt e d .

T h e h o m e o p athic p hy s ici a n who is a m a st er of h i s

ar t a n d God b e p ra i se d " th e r e i s now a not i n c on s i d er
,

abl e nu m b e r of s uch m ast e rs in H o m e o p at hy n e v e r ,

a llows a dro p of blood to be drawn f r o m h i s pa ti e n t ;

h e n e v e r n e e ds any such or S i m il a r me a ns of w e ake n

i n g th e body for such a cou rs e e v e r m or e re m ain s th e
,

n e g ation of c u rin g O nly j ourn e y m e n half ho m e o

.
,

p a ths s till I am s orry to, s a y, u s e such a con t r a d i ct i o in

j
a d ecto ( w ea ken i n g w h i le d es i r i ng to cu r e )
O nly in th e o ne cas e wh e re as in m a ny chron ic
, ,

dis e as e s th e d e l a y in p a ssin g e v ac uations cau se s g re a t

,

tr oubl e h e will p e r m it ( i n th e beg i nn i ng of th e t r ea t

,

m en t b e for e th e anti ps oric m e dici n e h a s h a d th e ti m e

[in its a ft e r e ffe ct s] to p roduc e i m p rov e m e nt i n thi s
-

p oint ) if th e s to o l is not p a s s e d for thre e or four d ays ,

a cly s t e r of cl e a n luk e war m wat e r without th e l eas t

,

ad m ixt u re also pe rha ps a s e cond if a n e v a cuatio n

,
‘

do es not re s ult within a q u a rt e r o f a n hour Ra re ly a .

*
This m a y we ll be pard o ne d with j ou rn e y m e n and beg i n n ers
b u t wh e n th e y ass u m e to boa s t o f thi s n o vi c e s hi p nd d e c l a re i n a

p u bli c j o u r n a l s a n d boo k s th at t h e i n c id e n t al u se o f bl o d l e tt i ng o -

a n d l e e c h es i s i n d i spe nsa b l e y e a th
, a t it i s
, m o re e ss e n ti a ll y h o m
e o path i c th e y b e co m e r idic u l o u s a n d a re to b e p i ti e d a s ty ros a n d
,

as l ab o ri n g u n d e r d e l u s i o n ; a n d th e i pa ti e nt s a l s o a re to b e pitied
r .

I s it la i ne s s o r a h a ughty p re f e re n c e f or t he i o ld ( alth o ug h ru i n
z r

ou s ) a l l o pa thi c r o u ti n e o r i s it l a c k o f l o ve fo r th ei r f e ll o wm e n
,

whi c h pre e n ts a d ee pe r e n t e r i ng i n t o t r u e b e n e fi ce n t H om e
v ,

opath y a n d a n e l e vati o n i n t o th e tr o u bl es o m e b u t co r re c t an d use

f u l se l e cti o n o f th e re m edy h o m e o pa thi c ally s pec ific in e ver y

case a n d i n t o th a t m as ter y o f H om e opathy n o w n o m or e rar e ?
,
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C H RO NI C DI S EAS ES . 2 39

th i r d inj e cti on w ill b e n e e d e d a ft er wa iti n g a th i rd

,

qu art e r of an h o ur This h e l p which a cts chi e fly

.

m e chanic a l l y by ex pan d in g th e r e ctu m i s h a r m l e ss ,

wh e n r e p ea t ed a ft e r th ree or four d a ys if it i s a c c es
sa ry and as b e for e me n tion e d on l y a t th e be gi n ning
,

—
, ,

of t h e t r ea t m e n t f o r the a nti ps oric m ed icin e s a m ong ,

w h ich in this r es pe ct L yco podiu m n e xt to S ul p hur ha s

, ,

th e p re em in e nc e us ually soon r e m ov e th i s d i ffi cult y

-
,
.

T h e in e xcus a bl e wa s tin g fontan e ls th e ho m e o p at h ic

p h y s i c i an m ust not at onc e su pp re ss if t h e p ati
, e nt
has h ad th e m for so m e ti m e (o ft e n f or m a ny y ea r s ) ,

nor b e fore t h e a nti p s o ric t re at m e nt h as a lr ea dy m ade

p e r c e p tibl e ro
p g r e s s b u,t if th e y c a n b e di m inish e d
without tot a lly s to pp in g th e m this m ay sa fe ly be do n e
,

e v e n in th e b e g innin g of th e tr e a t m e nt .

S o a lso th e p hysician S hould not a t onc e discontinu e

th e w ool e n und e r clothin g w hich i s sa id t o p r e v e nt th e
,

ta kin g o f co l d a nd t h e r e co m m e nd a tion of which i s car

rie d v e ry f a r b y th e o rdi n a ry p hy s i cians i n de f a ult o f any

re al a ss i s tanc e Thou g h th e y a r e a bu r d en to t h e patie nt

.
,

we S h o uld w a it until th e r e i s a visibl e i m p rov e m e nt

e ffe ct e d by t h e a n t i p s or i c s w hi c h r e m ov e t h e t e nd e ncy

t o t a ki ng cold a n d until th e w arm e r s e ason c o m e s

, .

With pa ti e nts wh o ar e v e ry w e a kly h e S hou ld in th e ,

b e ginn i n g ch a n ge to c otton S hirts w hich rub a n d h ea t

th e S ki n l e s s b e fore re q u irin g t h e p a ti e nts to p ut lin e n
,

und e rc lothi n g on th e i r skin .

Fo r m a ny e a s ily p erc e iv e d r ea sons b ut e s p e ci a lly i n

,

ord e r th a t his d e lic a t e dos e s of m e dicin e m ay not b e

in t e rf e r e d wi th in th e ir a cti on th e h o m e o pa thi c p h y
,

si c i a n ca nnot in hi s anti p sori c t r e a t m e nt a llo w th e i n

term ed i at e us e of any hith e rt o c us t o ma ry d o m es t i c

2 40
’
H A H NEM A N N S C HR O NI C DI S EA S E S .

r e m e dy no pe rfu m e ry of any kind no fr a g ra nt e x

, ,

tra c ts no s m e llin g sa lts no B a ld win te a o r a n y ot h e r

,
-
, ,

h e r b t ea s no p e p p e r m int c onfe c tion no S pi c e d co n

—
, ,

f ect i on s or a ni s e su ga r or s to m a ch dro p s o r liq u ors ; ,

n o I c e l a nd m o s s or S p ic e d c hocolat e no s p ic e dro p s
-
, ,
-
,

to oth tinct u re s or tooth p o wd e r s of th e ord i n a ry kinds

- -
,

n o r a ny of t h e oth e r a rticl e s of l u x u r y
—
.

S o c a ll e d w a r m a n d hot b a th s for t h e s a k e of C le a n li
n e ss to w h i c h S p o il ed pa t i e nts a r e u s u a lly v e ry m uch
,

a tt a c h e d a r e not to b e a llo w e d a s th e y n e v e r f a il to
, ,

di s t u rb th e h e a lth ; n o r a r e th e y n e e d e d a s a q u i c k ,

wa shin g of a p ar t or of th e whol e of th e body w ith luk e

w a r m s o a p w a t er f u lly s er v e s t h e p u r p os e w ithout
-

doin g a n y inj ur y .

A t th e of th e s e di r e c tion s f o r tre atin g chroni c

e nd

d i s e a s eS I r e c o m m e nd e d in th e fi r s t e dition th e li g ht
, , ,

e s t e l e c t r ic S p a r k s a s a n a dj u v a n t f o r q u i c k e n in g p a rt s

th a t h av e b e e n f o r a lo n g ti m e p a ra lyze d a n d witho u t
s e n s a tio n th e s e to be u s e d b es id es a nti p s o r i c t r e a t
,

m e nt . I a m s o rry for thi s a d v i c e a n d t a k e it ba ck a s , ,

e x p e r i e n c e h a s t a u g ht m e th a t thi s p r e s c r i p tion h a s

no w h e r e b e e n follo w e d s t r i c tly b u t th at l a r g e r e l e ct ri c
,

s pa r k s h a v e a l wa y s b e e n u s e d to th e d e t r i m e nt of p a
t i e n ts ; a n d y e t th es e l a r g e r S p a r k s h a v e b e e n a s s er t e d
to b e v e r y s m a ll I th e r e fo re n o w a dvi s e a ga i n s t
. , ,

thi s s o e a s ily a b u s e d r e m e dy e s p e ci a lly a s w e c a n , ,

e a s ily r e m o v e thi s a pp e a ra n c e of e n a ntio p a thi c a s sist

an c e ; f o r th e r e i s a n e fli c i e n t h o m ceopa th i c loc a l a ssi s t

a nc e f or p ar a lyz e d p a rt s o r s u c h a s a r e w ithout s e nsa
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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*
tion This 13 fo u nd in cold w a t e r l o c a lly a p p li e d ( at
.

°
54 F a hr e nh e it ) fro m m ount a in S pr i n g s a n d d e e p -

w e lls ; e ith e r by p o u rin g on th e s e p a rts for o n e tw o or ,

thr e e m inut es or by do u c h e b aths ov e r th e whol e body

,
-

of o n e to fi v e m inut e s d uration m or e ra r e ly or m o r e
,

fr e qu e ntly e v e n d a ily or oft e n e r a c c ordin g to th e cir

,
'

c u m sta n c e s to g e th e r w ith th e a p p r O p r i a te
, i nt e r nal , ,

anti p s o r ic t re a t m e nt su ffici e nt e x e r ci s e in th e o p e n
,

a i r a n d j u di c ious di e t
, .

*
W ater of th i s an d a l ower te mpe ratu e h as th e pr i m ary po we r
r

o f d e pr i v i n g th e p r t s of t h e li vi ng b ody pa rt ly o f s e n s a ti o n a n d
a

a rt l y o f m o ti o n i n s u c h c ase s it th e r e f o e g i v es l oc a l h o m e o
p ,
r

p a thi c as s i s t a n.c e
 TH E M E DI C I N E S .

T he m e dicin es which h a v e be e n fou n d m o s t s uit a b le

a n d e xc e ll e nt in c hr o n i c dis e as es so f a r I s h a ll p res e n t
,

i n th e fo llowi n g p a r t acc o rdi n g to th e ir p ure ac ti o n o n

th e hu m an body as w e ll thos e u sed i n th e tr ea tm e n t
,

of th e dis e as e s of p soric o ri gi n as thos e use d i n

,

s y p hilis and in th e fi gw a rt dis e a se

-
.

T ha t we n e e d far fe we r r e m edi es to c om bat th e la t

te r than th e P sora can not with a n y thinki n g m an fo rm
an ar gu m e nt a gainst th e chronic m i a s m atic natu r e o f
th e latt e r a nd still l e ss a g ainst t h e fact th a t it is th e
co m m on sourc e of th e oth e r chronic dis e as e s .

T h e P so ra a m os t a nci e nt m ias m atic dis e as e i n

, ,

p ro p a g a tin g it s e l f for m a ny thous a nds of y e ars throu g h

s e v e ral m illions of hu m a n or ga nis m s of which e ach o n e
,

had i ts o wn p e c u liar constitution and was ex p os e d t o

v e ry vari e d influ e nc es wa s abl e to m odify its e lf to
,

such a d e g re e as to cau s e that incre dibl e vari e ty of ai l

m e nts w hi c h w e s e e in th e inn u m e ra bl e chronic p a
t i e n ts w ith w ho m th e e xt e rnal sy m p to m ( which act s
,

vica r io us ly f o r th e int e r nal m alady ) i e th e m o re o r

, . .
,

l e ss e xt e n s iv e e ru p tion of itch h as b e e n driv e n awa y

,

fro m th e S kin by a fa t a l art or in who m it has d i sa p

,

p e a r e d of its e lf f r o m th e skin throu g h so m e oth e r

viol e nt in c id e nt .

H e nc e it s e e m s to hav e co m e to p a ss that this half

S piritu a l m i as m a which lik e a p a rasit e s e e ks to i n r o ot
,

i ts hostil e lif e i n th e hu m a n or ga n is m and to conti n u e

 H A H N EM A N N S
‘

CH R O NI C DI S EAS E S . 43

i ts lif e t h e re c ould d e v e lo p its e lf in s o m a ny w ays i n

,

th e m any tho u s a nd s of y e a rs so th a t it h a s e v e n c a u s e d ,

to S p r in g forth and h as bor n m odifi e d o ffs hoots wit h

char a ct e ristic p ro pe r ti es which do not ind e e d d e ny ,

th e i r d e s c e nt fro m th e ir sto c k ( th e co m m on P sora) ,

but n e v e rth e l e ss di ffe r fro m on e a noth e r consid e ra b l y

, ,

by so m e p e culi ariti es Th e s e C h a n g e s are d u e in so m e

.

p a rt to t h e v a ryin g p hysi c a l p ec uli a riti e s a n d cli m a tic

di ffe r e nc e s of t h e d w e llin g p l a c es of m e n a fflict e d with -

*
th e P s ora a n d in p a r t a r e m o u ld e d by th e ir v a ryin g
,

m od e s of lif e e g c hildr e n in corr u p t city a i r d e v e l o p

, . .

rhac hiti s s pi n a v en tos a s of ten i ng of th e bon es cu r v a

, , ,

t u r es ca n cer of th e bones ti n ea ca pi ti s s c r oful a r in g

, , , ,

wor m ; a dult s e xhibit n e rvous d e bility n e r vou s irr i ,

ta b i li ty g out of th e joints e tc
, A n d S O a ls o t h e oth e r
, .

g r e a t v a ri e ti es in th e m od e of livin g a n d in th e o c c u
p a t i o n s of m e n with th e i r inh e r i t e d bodily c o n s ti tu
tion s giv e to th e ps oric dis e a s e s so m any m odifi c a tions ,

that it m a y e a sily be und e rstood th a t m ore n u m e rou s ,

and m o r e v ar i e d re m e di es ar e n ee d e d fo r th e e xtir pa
tio n of a ll th e s e m odifi ca tions of th e P s ora ( a nti psoric
r e m e di es ) .

I hav e oft e n b e e n a sk e d by w h a t si g n s a s u b s t a nc e
m a y b e fore hand b e r e c o g niz e d a s a nt i psori c ? But
*
E g th e S i bbens
. . or R a d c-Syg e y
co m m o n ly f ou n d i n N or wa
an d i n th e n o r we s th t o f S cot l a nd ; th e Pellag r a i n L o m bar dy ;
th e pli ca polon i ca ( Ko lt u n T r i chi as i s ) i n Pol a n d a n d Car i n thi a
, ,

th e t u m oro u s l e pro s y i n S u r i n am ; th e ras pbe r y lik e e x c re s ce n ce s r -

( F ra m b ii s i ) i n Gau i n ea c a l l e d y a ws n d i n A m e r i ca p i a n; th eae x

h a u s ti v e f e ver i n H u n gary ca l l e d T s om br th e e xh usti ng m a l a dy

' '

, a

of Vi rg i n i a ( a sth en i a Vi rg i n en s i u m ) th e h um an d e en era ti o n i n
g ,

th e d ee p A l pi n e v i l l age s ca ll e d creti n th e g o i tr e i n th e d e e p val ,

le ys a nd at thei r e n tra nc es e tc , .
2 44 HAH N EM AN N ’
S C HR O N I C DI S EA S E S .

th e r e c a n b e no s u ch e xt e rn a l vi s ibl e m a rk s in th e m ;
n e v e rth e l es s w hil e p r ovin g s e v e ra l p o w e rf u l s u b s t a n c e s
a s to th e i r p u r e e ff e c ts on t h e h ea lthy body s e v e r a l of ,

th e m by th e c o m p l a int s th e y c a u s e d S ho w e d m e th e ir
e xt r a o r din a r y a n d m a nif e s t s u it a bl e n e s s for ho m e o
p a thi c a i d in t h e s y m pto m s of c l e a r ly d e fin e d p s o r ic

d is ea s e s . S o m e t ra c e s of th e ir q ua liti es l e a di n g in
t hi s di re c tion ga v e me in a d v a n c e s o m e hi n t a s to
t h e i r p r ob a bl e u s e f u l n e ss ; e g t h e e ffi c a c y of t h e h e r b
. .

L y copod i u m m u c h p ra i s e d i n P ol a nd f o r t h e pli ca
,

polon i ca p oint e d m e to th e u s e of t h e p oll e n of lyc o

p o di u m in S i m il a r p s o r i c a i l m e nts T h e c irc u m s t a n c e
.

th a t s o m e h e m o r r h a g es h a v e b e e n a r r e st e d by l a r g e
d os e s o f s a lt w as a noth er hi n t S o w a s th e u se f u ln e s s of
.

Gu a i a c u m S a rs a p arill a a n d M e z e re u m e v e n i n a n c i e nt
, ,

ti m e s w h e r e v e n e r e a l di s e a s e s c o u ld n o t b e h e a l e d by
a n y a m o u n t o f m e rc u r y u n l es s o n e o r t h e o th e r of

th e s e h e r bs h a d fi r st r e m ov ed t h e P s o ra c o m p lic a t e d
w ith it .

A S a r u l e it w a s d e v e lo p e d f ro m th e i r p u r e s y m p
to m s th a t m o s t of t h e e a r th s a lk a li e s a n d a c id s a s
, , ,

w e l l a s t h e n e u t r a l s a lt s c o m p o s e d of th e m t o g e th e r ,

w ith s e v er a l of t h e m e t a l s c a nnot b e di s p e n s e d w ith i n

,

c u r in g t h e a l m o s t i n n u m e r a bl e s y m p to m s of P s o r a T he.

S i m il a r ity in n a t u r e o f t h e l e a di n g a n ti p s o r i c s u l p h u r
, ,

t o p ho s ph o r u s a n d o th e r c o m b us tibl e s u b s t a n c e s f r o m
t h e v e g e t a bl e a n d m in e r a l ki n g d o m s le d to t h e u s e of
t h e l a tt e r a n d s o m e a n i m a l s u b s t a nc e s n a t u r a lly fol
,

lo we d th e m by a n a lo g y in a g re e m e nt w ith e x p e r i e n c e
,
.

S till only tho s e r e m e di e s h a v e b e e n a c kno w l e d g e d

a s a nti p s o r i c W ho s e p u r e e ff e ct s on th e h u m an h e a lt h

g a v e a c l e a r indic a tion of th e i r ho m e o p athi c u s e i n

 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EA S E S . 2 45

dis e a s e s m a nif e stly p so ric conf ess e dly d u e to i n f e c

,

tion ; S O th a t with a n e nl a rg e m e nt of o u r kno wl e d g e

,

of th e i r p ro p e r p u r e m e dicin a l e ffe c ts in ti m e it m a y
, ,

b e found n e c e s s a r y to incl u d e so m e of our oth e r m e di

cin e s a m on g th e a nti ps o r ic r e m e di es ; a ltho u gh e v e n
n o w w e c a n w ith c e rt a inty c ur e w ith t h e a n ti p s o r i c s ,

now r e co gniz e d n e a rly a ll non v e n e r e a l ( p s o r ic )

,
-

chronic di s ea s e s if th e p a ti e nt s hav e n o t b e e n lo a d e d
,

dow n a n d s p oil e d throu gh allo pa thic m is m an a g e m e nt

with s e v e r e m e dicin e dis e a s e s a n d wh e n th e i r vital
-
,

fo rc e h a s not b e e n d e pre sse d too lo w o r v e ry u nf a v or ,

a bl e e xt e r n a l ci rc u m s t a n c es m a k e t h e c u r e i m p o s sibl e .

N e v e r th e l e ss it n e e d not b e S p e ci a lly st a t e d th a t t h e
,

oth e r prov e d ho m e o p a thi c m e dicin es not e xc e ptin g

, ,

M er cu ry c a nnot b e di s p e ns e d with in c e rt a in st at e s of
,

t h e p sori c dis ea s e s .

H o m e o pa thy b v a c e rtain t re at m e nt of th e crud e

,

m e dicin a l sub s t a n c es which h a d not b e e n inv e nt e d

,

b e for e its fo u nd a tion a n d d e v e lo p m e nt advanc es th e m ,

into th e st a t e of p ro gre s siv e a n d hi gh d e v e lo p m e nt of

th e ir ind we llin g forc e s in ord e r th a t it m ay th e n u s e
,

th e m in curin g in th e m ost p e rf e ct m ann e r S o m e of .

th e s e m e di c in e s in th e ir c rud e st at e s e e m to h a v e a v e ry
i m p er fe ct insi g nificant m e dicin a l action ( e g c o m
, . .
,

m o n s a lt a n d th e p oll e n of L yco p odiu m ) O th e rs .

( e g Gold " ua rtz A lu m in a ) s ee m to h a v e non e

. .
, , ,

at a ll but a ll of th e m b e co m e hi ghly curativ e by th e

,

r
p p e aration p e c u liar to H o m e o p athy O th e r sub .

stanc es o u th e oth e r hand in th e ir crud e stat e are

, , ,
2 46 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C H RO NI C DI S EAS E S .

e v e n in th e s m all es t quantiti e s S O vi o l e nt i n th e i r e f
,

f ee ts that if th e y touch th e a n i m a l fib r e th e y a c t u p o n ,

it in a c or rodin g and d e s tr u ctiv e m ann e r ( e g A rs e nic . .

,

a n d corrosiv e subli m a t e ) a n d th e s e m e dicin e s a re

r e nd e r e d by th e s a m e p re p a ration p e culiar t o H o m e
O p a th y not only m ild in th e ir e ff e cts b u t a l s o i n c re d i
,

bly d e v e lo p e d in th e ir m e dicinal p o w e rs .

T h e ch a n g es w hich tak e p l a c e in m at e ri a l s u b
s t a nc e s
, e s pe ci a lly in m e dicin a l on e s throu g h lon g
,

con tinu e d trituration with a non m e dici nal p o w d e r or

-
,

wh e n dissolv ed thro u g h a lon g-contin u e d S h a ki ng

,

w ith a non m e dicinal fluid a r e so inc re dibl e tha t th ey

-
, ,

a p p r o a ch th e m ir a culous a n d it is a c a u s e of joy th a t
,

t h e di s cov e ry of th e s e w ond e r ful chan g e s b e lon g s to

H o m e o p a thy .

N ot only a s show n e l s e w h e re do th e s e m e dici n al

, ,

s u b s t a nc e s th e r e by d e v e lo p th e ir p ow e rs in a p rodi g i

o u s d e g r e e b u t th e y a ls o ch a n g e th e ir p hysico ch e m i ca l
,
-

d e m ea no r in s u ch a w a y th a t if no o n e b e fo r e could
,

e v e r p e rc e iv e in th e i r cr u d e for m any solubility in a l

cohol or w a t e r a ft e r thi s pe c u li a r trans m utation th e y

,

b e co m e w holly sol u bl e in wa t e r a s w e l l as in a lcoh ol

a di scov e ry invaluabl e to t h e h e a lin g a rt .

T h e b rown bl a ck j u ic e of th e m a rin e ani m a l S epi a

-
,

whi c h wa s fo r m e r ly only u s e d for drawin g and pai n t

i n g i s in its crud e s t a t e s olubl e only in wat er not i n
, ,

alcohol ; but by s u ch a t r it u ra tion it b e co m e s sol ub l e

a l s o in a lcohol .

T h e y e llo w P e t r ol e u m only a llo w s s o m e thin g to b e

e xt r a c t e d f r o m it throu g h a lcohol w h e n it is a dult e ra t e d

w ith eth e re a l v e ge t a bl e oil ; but in its p u re st a t e w h ile

c rud e it is solubl e n e ith e r in w at e r nor in a lcohol ( n or
 H AH N EM AN N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S . 247

in e th er ) . By t rituration it b ec o m e s solubl e in b oth

s ubs t a nc e s .

S o a lso th e P ollen of L y copoa i u m floats on alcoh o l

’

a n d on wat e r w ithout e ith e r of th e m showin g a n y

—
,

a ct ion u p on i t th e crud e L yco p odiu m is tast e l e ss a n d

in ac tiv e w h e n it e nt e rs th e hu m an sto m ach ; but wh e n
c h a n ge d in a si m il a r m a nn e r thro u g h trit u ration it is

not only p e rf ectly solubl e in e ith e r fluid bu t h as a lso ,

d e v e lo p e d such e xtra ordin a r y m e di c inal p ow e rs th a t ,

g r e at c a r e m ust b e t a k e n in its m e dicin a l u s e .

Who e v e r fo u nd m arbl e or oyst e r S h e ll s sol u bl e in

-

p u r e wat e r o r in alcohol ? But this m ild L i m e b e co m es

p e rf e ctly solubl e in e ith e r by, m e a ns of this m od e of

p r e p a ration ; t h e sa m e is t h e c a s e w ith B a ry t a a n d
M a g n es i a and th e s e s u bstanc e s th e n e xhibit a stonish
i n g m e dicinal p ow e rs .

L e a st of a l l wi ll anyon e a s c r ib e solubility in w a t e r
a n d alc ohol to qua rtz to rock-crystal ( m any crystals
,

o f which hav e contain e d e nclo se d in th e m d r o p s o f

w at er for thousands of y e ars u nchan ge d ) or to s a nd ; ,

n o r wo u ld a nyon e a s crib e to th e m m e dicin a l p o w e r ,

*
a n d y e t by t h e dyna m iz a tion ( p ot e ntizin g ) p e c u liar
t o H o m e o p athy by m e ltin g S ilic a with a n a lkalin e
,

s a lt and th e n p r e ci p itatin g it f r o m thi s gla s s it not

, ,

o n ly be co m e s solubl e w ithout a n y r e siduu m in w a t er

a n d in alcoho l but a lso th e n shows p rodi giou s m e di

,

c i n a l p ow e rs .

I n i ts cru de con d i tion and with ou t this preparatio n q uartz a n d

p e bbl es d o n o t s ee m t o a ll ow a d e ve l opm e n t o f the i r m e di c i n al

p o w e r s by t r itu ra ti o n a nd th e re f ore it i s th at th e trit u ra ti n g o f

vari ou s m e di c i n es w ith th e i n di ff ere n t s u g ar of m ilk i n th e por ce

l ai n t rit u rati ng bo wl see m s to i m part to th em n o ad m ixt u e of r

Si li cea as so me a n xi o us pu ri s ts h a ve v ai n ly f ea red .
2 48 H AH N EM A N N S
’
C H RO NI C DI S EAS E S .

Wh a t can I sa y of th e p ure m e tals and of th e ir sul

p h u r e t s
, b u t th a t a ll of th e m without a n,y e xc e p tion
b e co m e by this tre at m e nt e q ually sol u bl e in w a t e r and
in alcohol and e v e ry o n e of th e m d e v e lo p s t h e m e di
,

cinal vir tu e p e culiar to it in the p ure st si m p l e s t m a n ,

n e r and in a n inc r edibly hi g h d e gr e e

But th e ch e m i c al m e dicinal s ubstanc e s th us p re

p a r e d n o w also st a nd a bov e t h e ch e m i ca l l a w s .

A dos e of P hos p horus p ot e n tiz e d

, hi g hl y in a
S i m ilar m ann e r m a y li e in its p a p e r e nv e lo p e i n t h e
,

d es k and n e v e rth e l e s s wh e n t a k e n aft e r a w ho l e

, , ,

y e ar s int e rval it will still S ho w its full m ed icinal

’

p o w e r ; not th a t of th e P hos p ho r ic a cid but t hat of ,

th e unch a n g e d unco m bin e d P hos p horus it s e l f

,
So .

th a t no n e ut ra lization tak e s p lac e in this its e l e v at ed ,

and as it w e re g lorifie d st a t e
, .

T h e m e dicin a l e ffe cts of N a tru m ca r bo n i c u m of ,

A m m oniu m c ar b o n i c u m of B a ryt a of L i m e a n d of
, , ,

M a g n e si a in this hi g hly p ot e ntiz e d stat e wh e n a dose

, ,

of o n e of th e m has b e e n tak e n is not n e utr a liz ed like ,

b a sic subst a nc e s t a k e n in a crud e for m by a dro p of

vin e gar t a k e n aft e rwa rds ; th e ir m e dicin a l e ff e ct b e i ng
n e ith e r ch a n g e d nor d e st r oy e d .

N itr i c acid wh e n thu s giv e n in its hi ghly p ot e ntized

,

stat e i n which it is s e rvic e abl e f or ho m e o p athic m edi

cin a l u s e is not chan ge d by a littl e crud e li m e or crude
,

soda giv e n a ft e r it a s to its stron g w e ll d e fin e d m edi

,

ci n a l action th e re for e it is not n e utra l iz e d .

I n this pr epa r a ti on p ec uli a r to H o m e o p athy we

, ,

tak e on e g rain in p owd e r of any of th e substances

’
tr e a t e d of in t h e volu m e s of th e M at e ria M e dica P ura ,

V ege tabl e su bstances whi c h c an on ly be proc ured d ry , e. g

 H RO N I C DI S EAS E S 249
’
H AH N EM A N N S C .

a nd s pe cia lly thos e of th e a nti psoric substanc e s fo l

e
*

l owin g b e low i e of si li ca ca rbon at e of baryta car

, . .
, , ,

bonat e of li m e carbonat e of sod a a n d s a l a m m onia c

, ,

carbonat e of m a g n e sia v e g e tabl e charcoal ani m a l

'

, ,
.

charcoal g ra p hit es sul p hur cru d e a nti m ony m e t a lli c

, , , ,

anti m ony gold p latina i ron zi nc C o p p e r si l v er tin

, , , , , , , w

T h e l u m ps of th e m e tals whi c h hav e not ye t be e n:

i hona bark i pec acu an h a etc are prepared by th e sam e ki n d

c nc , , . ,

of t r it u ra ti o n a n d will com pl e t e ly di ss o l ve wh e n po t e n ti e d a m i l z

l i on fo ld n o t l ess w ith th e i r pec u liar po wers i n wat er a n d a lco

, , ,

h ol an d m ay the n b e pre se ve d a s m e di c i ne s f ar m ore eas i l y th an

,
r

th e eas ily spo il ed a l c o h o l i c ti n c tu r es O f th e j u i ce l e ss ve ge tab l e .

s u bs ta n ces s u c h as O l ea n d er th uj a th e bar k of m e z e e u m etc

, , , r , .
,

we m ay wi th ou t m aki ng a m i s tak e t a k e o f eac h a bo u t o n e a n d a

, ,

h al f gra i n s o f th e f res h l ea ves ba r k roo t e tc with o u t a n y f u r, , , .

,

th e r pre par ati o n an d tr itu rate th e s a m e th ree ti m es with I OO

,

g ra i n s o f su ga r o f m ilk to th e m illi o n f o ld powd er tr it u a ti o n A r .

rai n o f thi s di sso l ve d i n a l co h o l an d wa ter m ay be d e vel o ed i n

g p
th e dil uti ng v i a ls wi th al c o h ol to th e n e cess a ry d egre e o f po te n cy
of the i r po we rs by g i v i ng f or eac h po t e n c y two s ucc u ss i ve s tr o k es

A l so with th e fres h ly e xpres s e d j u i c e s of th e h e rb s it i s b es t to at

.

on ce pu t o n e d o p o f th e sam e with as m u c h su gar of m ilk as i s

r

tak en f or th e preparation of th e Oth e m edici ne s so as to t r it u ate r , r

it to th e m i ll i o n fo ld powd e r atten uati on and the n a g rai n o f thi s ,

at te n u a ti o n i s di s s o l ved i n e q ua l pa r t s o f wat er a n d a l c o h o l a n d ,

m u s t b e po te n ti e d to a f u rth e r dy n a m i z a tio n th ro ugh th e t we nty

z

s e ve n dil u ti n g v i a l s by m ean s o f two s u c cu ss i ve s t ro k es

°

T h e f re s h .

j u i ces th us seem to acqu i re m o re of dy n am iz a tion as e x pe ri en ce ,

te ach es m e tha n wh e n th e j u i ce with o u t any pre par a ti o n by tri

,,

tu rati ng i s m ere ly dil u ted i n thi rty v i als o f a l coho l a nd pote n ti z e d

each ti m e wi th t wo s u cc uss i ve s t ro k es .

Eve n ph osph oru s whi ch i so e as il y o xidi z ed by e x pos u re to s

th e ai r i s po te n ti e d i n a s i m il ar m a n n er and th u s r e n d er ed so l
z
,

u bl e i n th es e two liq u id s an d i s th u s p repared as a h o m e o a thi c

, p
m edi c i ne ; b ut i n thi s case som e pre c au ti o ns are u sed whi c h wil l ,

b e f ou n d b e l o w .

17
 H AH N EM AN N S C H
’
RO NI C DI S EAS ES .

bea t e n i n t o foi l are rubbe d o ff o n a fi n e h ard

o ut ,

W h e t s t on e un d er wat e r s o m e of th e m a ,s iron u nd e r , ,

a l coho l ; of m er cury in t h e l iquid form on e g ra in i s

ta k e n of pe tr o l e u m o n e dro p i nst e ad of a grai n e tc
, , .

T his i s firs t p ut on a bout on e third of 100 g ra i n s o f -

p ulv e r i z e d su g a r of m ilk and p l ac e d in a,

n un g laze d
p orc e l ain m ort a r or in o n
, e fro m w hich t h e g l a z e h as

be e n first rubb e d O ff with w e t sa nd th e m e dicin e a n d

t h e s u g ar of m ilk a r e th e n m ix e d for a m o m e nt w ith a

p orc e lain S p a t u la a n d th e m ixture is tritura t e d wit h

,

so m e forc e f o r s i x m inut e s th e tritura t e d s u b s t a n c e i s

,

th e n for four m inut e s scr a p e d fro m th e m o rt a r a n d

*
fro m th e po rc e l a in p es tl e w hich i s a l s o un g l a ze d o r
, ,

has h a d i ts g l azin g rubb e d o ff w ith w e t sa nd s o tha t ,

t h e tritura tion m a y b e ho m o ge n e ously m ix e d A ft e r .

this h as b e e n thus scr a p e d to ge th e r it i s tritu ra t e d ,

a ga in witho u t a n y a ddition for a noth er s i x m in u t e s

with e q u a l force A ft er scra p in g to ge th e r a ga in fro m
.

th e b otto m a n d th e sid e s for fo u r m in u t e s this trit u ra t e

( for w hich t h e fi r st third of th e 100 gra ins h ad b e e n
us e d ) th e s e cond thi rd of th e s u g a r of m ilk is n ow
,

add e d both a re m ix e d to ge th e r w ith th e s pa tula fo r a

,

m o m e nt t r iturat e d a ga in w ith li ke forc e for s i x m i n

,

Th at a ft e r th e com ple tio n of e very three h ou s t r itu ation of r

’
r

a m e di c i n a l s u bs ta n c e th e m o ta r t l n d t u l t b
, p r
e s e,
a p a s area o e

se ve ra l ti m es s ca lde d with b o ili n g w a te r be i n f t r e e r y sca ldi ng

g
,
a e v

wi pe d q u ite d ry an d c l e a n I pres u ppose a s i n d i spe n s a b l e so th at

, ,

n o id e a of s po i l i n g a n m e di c i n e th a t m a b e t r it u r a t e d i n it i n
y y
f u t u e m ay b e e n te r ta i n ed
r I f th e f u th e r pre cau ti o n i s us e d of
. r

e x po s i ng m or ta r, t l n d t l t h t hi n d
p es e a s p a u a o a e a pp roa
a c g r e

h ea t this wi ll di ssi pate e ve ry th ou ght th at a ny le as t es t o f th e

, r

m edi ci n e l as t t r it u rat e d c a n cli n g to th e m a nd th us e ve n th e m os t

,

s cr u pu l o u s m i n d wil l b e sati s fi e d .
 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C H R O NI C DI S EAS E S . 2 51

t s ; th e n h a vin g a gain sc ra p e d th e t r iturat e for four

u e

m inut e s it is triturat e d a s e cond ti m e ( without a ddi

,

tion ) for six m inut e s m or e and a ft e r scra pin g it to ,

g e th e r for a noth e r four m inut e s it i s m ix e d with th e

l ast third of th e p o wd e re d su gar of m ilk by stirrin g it
a ro u nd w ith t h e S pat u l a a n d th e n th e whole m ixture,

is a g ain trit u rat ed for six m i nut e s scra ped for four m i n ,

u t es a n d a s e cond a n d last ti m e tritu r a t e d f o r S i x

,

m in u t e s th e n it is all scra p e d to g eth e r and th e po w

d e r is p res e rv e d in a w e ll sto p p e re d bottl e with th e -

na m e of th e s u b s tanc e a nd th e s i g n atur e 100 b e ca u s e

*
it i s po te ntize d o n e h u nd re d fold
‘

On ly ph os ph or u s n eed s som e m od ification i n th e preparati on

o f th e fi rs t atte n u a ti o n to th e 1 00th deg re e H e re th e h u nd re d .

g r a i n so f s u g ar o f m ilk r e a t o
a n c e p u t i n t o t h e t r it u r a ti n g b o w l
a nd with a bo u t t we l ve d ro s o f w te r th e y are s ti r re d by m ean s of
, p a ,

th e we t pes tl e i n to a thi cki s h pap ; o n e g r a i n o f ph o s ph r u s i s o

th e n c u t i nto n u m e rou s pi ec es s ay twe l ve a nd k n ea de d i n with

, , ,

th e m o i s t pes tl e a nd rath e r s t m pe d th a n r u bb ed i n t o it whil e th e

a ,

m ass whi c h o f te n c li n gs to th e pe s t l e i s as o ft e n s c rape d i n t o th e

m ort a r. Thu s th e l itt l e cr u m bs of ph osph o ru s a re ru bbed t o little
i n v i s ibl e du s t pa ti cl es i n th e th i c k pap of su gar o f m i l k e ve n i n
r

th e fi r s t two pe r i o ds o f s i m i n u tes e ac h w ith ou t th e appear n ce o f

x , a

th e l eas t s pa r k . D u r i n g th e thi r d pe ri o d o f s i m i n u tes th e s t m p x a

i n g m ay pass o ve r i n to r u bbi n g be ca u s e th e m ass i s th e n a pp oa c h

, r

i ng th e f o rm o f po wd e r . D u r i ng th e s u c cee di n g th ree pe r io ds of
six m i n u t e s eac h th e t ritu a ti on i s c rr ie d o n o n ly with a m o d erate
r a

f orce a n d a f t er e v e r y si
, x m i n u tes th e po wd er i s s cra pe d fro m th e
m orta an d t h e pes t l e fo r se ve a l m i n u tes whi c h i s don e e as i l y as
r r , ,

t hi s po wd e r d oes n o t dh e e ten a c iou s l y

a r A f te r th e s i th pe r i od
. x

o f t r itu ra ti o n th e p o wd er w h e n ,
ta n di ng e x pose d to th e ai r i n th e
s

d ar k i o nly f ee bly lu m i n ous a nd h as b u t a sli ght o do r I t i s

,
s , .

p u t i n t o a w ll s to ppe re d v i a l an d m ar ked ph os ph o ru s r a n th e
e

o th e r two t r itu ra ti o n s ” m y n d a i mare pre pa e d l ik e th os e fr om

,
a r

o th er d r y m e dic i na l s u bs ta n c e s .
2 52 H AH N EM AN N S
’
C H RO NI C DI S EAS E S .

T o p ot e ntiz e th e substanc e to th e t e n t ho u sa ndth

att e nuation o n e grain of th e p o wd e r last m e n t i on ed
,

as b ei n g th e o n e hundre dth is t a k e n with o n e-t h ird of

100 g rains of fre sh su gar of m ilk stirr e d in th e m o r t ar ,

with a S p atul a and tre at e d as abov e so tha t e v e ry ,

third is t rit u rat e d twic e for six m i n ut e s at a ti m e a nd ,

aft e r e v e ry trituration i s scra p e d to ge th e r ( fo r a bout

four m inut e s ) b e fore th e s e cond third of th e s u g a r of
,

m ilk is add e d and aft e r this has b e e n si m ilarly t r e a t e d

,

t h e las t thi rd of su gar of m ilk is stirr e d int o i t and

a ga in si m il a rly trit u r a t e d twic e for s i x m inu te s a t a
ti m e wh e n it is sc ra p e d to ge th e r pu t in a sto p p e re d
, ,

vial with th e si gn a tur e m as it contains t h e m e di

cin e p ot e ntiz e d to th e te n thousa ndth att e n ua ti o n *
.

T h e s a m e is don e with o n e g ra in of thi s p o wd e r

( m ark e d T oaw ) in ord e r to brin g it to I a n d t h u s to
‘ -
,

att e nuat e it to th e m illionfold p ot e ncy .

I n ord er to prod u c e a ho m o ge n e ity i n th e p r e p a ra

tion of th e ho m e o p athic a n d e s p e cially th e a nti p soric
r e m e di e s at l e ast in th e for m of p ow d e rs I a dvis e t h e
, ,

re ducin g of m e dicin e s only to thi s m illionth p ot e ncy ,

no m or e or no l ess a n d to p r e p a r e fro m th i s th e solu

,

tions and th e n e c es s a r y p ot e n c i e s of th es e so l utions ;

this ha s b e e n m y o w n custo m .

T h e t r itura tion sho u ld b e don e with forc e ye t only ,

with so m u c h forc e th a t th e s u ga r of m ilk m ay not be

p r e ss e d too fir m ly to t h e m o r t a r but m a y b e scra p e
, d
u p in fou r m inut e s .

Th us it will b e see n th t e very atten u ti on (tha t to r um th t to

a a a

r am p a n d a l so th e thi r d t o m ummy o r I ) p p
i s r e ar ed by S i x ti m es

t rit u rati ng f o r Six m i n u tes a n d s i ti m e s scrapi ng toge th er f o r four

x

m i n u t es e a c h ti m e Th us each o ne req u i res o ne h o ur

. .
 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HRO NI C DI S EAS E S . 2 53

N ow in p r e p arin g th e solutions fro m this a n d in ,

brin gin g th e m e dici n e s thus p ot e ntize d o n e m illion

fold into th e fluid fo r m ( so th a t th e ir dyn am izatio n
, ,

m y a b e still fu r th e r continu e d ) w e a re aid e d b y t h e p r,o- 5

p e rt y of a ll m e dicin a l subst a n c e s that w h e n bro u g ht , ,

to th e p ot e ncy I th e y a re solubl e in wa t e r and a lco

,

hol ; this p ro pe rty i s s till unkno w n to ch e m i stry .

T h e first solut i on c a nnot b e m ad e in p ur e a l cohol g , ,

b e c a us e su ga r of m ilk will not dissolv e in al c oho l ;

T h e fi rst s olu tion is th e re fo r e m ade in a m i x tur e of
h a lf wat e r a n d half a l c ohol .

To o n e gr a i n of th e m edicin a l p owd e r t riturat e d to

t h e m i l lionfold p ot e ncy I fifty d r o p s of di s till e d w a t e r
,

a re d r o pp e d i n and by turni n g t h e vi a l a fe w ti m e s
' '

round on i ts a xi s it i s e a sily dis s olv ed wh e n fifty dro p s ,

of g ood al c oho l l are add e d a n d the vi a l which ou ght

‘ ’

, ,

only to b e fil l e d to two thirds of its c a p a cit y by th e-

m ixture ou g ht to b e sto p p e r e d a n d S h a k e n twic e ( i

, , .

with two down s trok e s of th e a r m )

- I t is m a rke d .

I n th e begi n ni n g I u se d to gi ve a s m all p rt o f a grai n o f th e a

p o w d e rs
po t e n
z ti e d to th e r un s o th e I d eg re e by tr i t u rati o n as a
r ,

d ose But s i n ce a sm all par t of a g r a i n i s too i nde fi n ite a q uan

.

tity and s i n ce H om e opathy m ust avoid all i nd e fi n i teness a n d i h

,

e x a c t n e ss as m u c h a s po ss ibl e t h e di covery th a t a ll m e d i c i n es
,
s

m ay b e c h a n ge d f ro m po te n tiz ed m e dic i n al po w ders i n to fl u i d s ,

w ith whi ch a d e fi n ite n u m be r of pe ll e ts m ay be m o i s te ned f or a

d ose was of great val u e to m e Fro m l iqu ids th e high er pote n c ies
, .

m ay a ls o be e as il y pr e p e d ar .

1 or t h e fi f ty d rops of w ater as we ll as f o r th e fi f ty d ro ps o f al
F
c oh o l a vi al c n ta i n i ng j u s t th a t q ua n tity m ay b e u se d s o th a t we
o ,

n e e d n ot th e n c o u n t th e d r o ps e s pe c i ally a s d rops o f wa t e r are

,

n ot eas ily c o u n t e d wh e n it fl o ws fr o m a vi al th e m o u th o f whi c h ,

i s n o t r o ugh e n ed by r ubbi ng with s an d .

2 54 H AH N EM A N N S C
’
H RO N I C DI S E AS E S .

with th e na m e of the m e dici n e a n d r m: O n e d ro p

of thi s i s a dd ed to n i n e ty n in e or o n e hu n dre d dro ps
-

of p ur e a lc o h o l th e sto p pe re d v i al is th e n s hak e n wit h

,

two st roke s of th e arm and m ark e d with th e n a m e o f

th e m e dici n e a nd d e s i g nat e d r w w r — O n e dro p o f
t h i s is add e d to n i n ety n i n e or o n e hundre d dro p s o f
-

p ur e a l coh o l t h
, e cork e d vi a l i s th e n s ha k e n w ith t w o

s tr o k e s of t h e ar m a n d m a rk e d with t h e na m e of t h e

m e dicin e and n T h e p re par ati o n of th e hi gh e r p o

.

t en ci es i s th e n continu e d with two strokes of th e ar m i

‘ ’

e v e ry ti m e to th e T OT I T
— W W W
— IT e,tc but to
, attai. n , a

s i m p l e un ifor m ity i n p r a ct i c e only th e vials w ith t h e

fu ll nu mb ers m 1 e tc ar e us e d i n p rac tic e b ut

.
, ,

It w ill be we l l to m ar k o n th e la be l th at i t h as be e n s ha k e n
t wi ce togeth er with th e d a te
, .

1 A fter m any ex peri m e nts a nd sear ch i ng co m paris ons wi th th e

p a t i e n ts I h a v e for s e ve ra l y e a r s p r e f erre d f ro m con v i c t i o n to g i ve

to th e m e di c i nal flu i ds whi ch are to be e l e va te d to h igh e r po te n

c i e s a n d at th e same ti m e to b e re n d e r e d m ild er o n l y tw o s h a k es
,

( w i th t wo s t ro k es o f th e ar m ) i n s t ea d of th e te n s h a k es g i v e n by
o th e rs , be ca use th e po te n ti z i ng i n th e l a tte r case by th e re pe a te d

s ha ki ng passes far be yo nd th e atte n u atio n at every ste p ( tho ugh

t h is i s on e h un dre d f old ) ; while yet th e e nd stri ve n f or i s to d e
vol o p th e me di ci n a l po we rs o n ly i n th e d e gr ee th at th e atte n ua

ti on m ay reach t h e e nd ai m ed f o r : to mod e rate i n so m e d egree

th e s t re n g th o f th e m ed i c i n e while i ts po wer of pen e t ra tio n i s i n
c reased . T h e d oub le sh a k e a l so i n c reases th e qu an ti ty of th e
m ed i c i n al forces d e ve l o pe d lik e th e te n fold s h ak e b ut n ot i n as
, ,

h i g h a deg ree as th e l atte r s o t h at i ts stren gth m ay ne verth e l ess

, , ,

be k e pt do w n by th e o ne h u n d red f old a tte n ua ti o n eff ec ted an d ,

we th us ob ta i n ever y ti m e a weak e r th o ugh so mewh a t m ore h ighly

p o t e n t i z e d a n d m o re pe n e t rati n g m e di c i ne .

1 I n s t e a d of th e f raction al n um bers “ 3 35 m, ( l) m ons tr ou s : ,

"

(fl e t c th ese d eg r ee s o f d y n am i z at i o n are f req ue n tl y so e x

p r esse d th a t o n l y th e e x p o n en t sh o w i n g h o w of te n o n e h un d re d
 H AH N EM ANN S
’
C HR O N I C DI S E AS E S . 2 55

th e int e r m e d i at e nu m b e rs ar e pr eser ve d i n bo x e s or
cas e s with th eir l ab e l s Thus th e y w i l l be pr ot e ct ed.

fro m th e e ff e ct of day l i g ht .

A S th e shakin g is only to tak e p lac e throu gh mod er a te

s trok e s of th e a rm th e han d of w hich ho l d s th e vial it
, ,

i s b es t to choos e th e vial s j ust so l a rge that th e y wil l

b e two-third s fi i lled with 100 dro p s of th e att e n uat ed
m ed i cin e .

Via l s th a t h av e contain ed a re m e dy m ust n eve r b e

us e d for th e re c e p tio n of an y oth e r m e dic i n e t hou gh ,

th ey b e ri ns e d e v er so oft e n but n ew vi a l s m ust b e

‘

t a k e n e v e ry ti m e .

T h e pe l l
ts which are to b e m oist e n e d with th e
e

m edicin e S h ou l d a l so b e s e l e ct e d of th e sa m e S ize ,

h ard l y as l ar g e as p o pp y s e e ds m a d e by th e co n f e c -
,

ti o n e r p artly So that th e dos e m ay b e m ad e s m a l l

,

e n ou g h a n d part l y that ho m e o path i c p hy s icia n s i n

,

th e p r e p aration of m e dici ne s as a lso i n th e g ivin g of ,

dos e s m a y a c t ali ke and thus b e ab l e to co m p are th e

, ,

r e s u lt of th e ir practic e with that of oth e r H o m e op a ths

i n t h e m ost c e rtain m ann e r .

T h e m oist e nin g of p e l l e ts is b e st don e with a qua n

t i ty so that a drach m or s e v eral drach ms of pe ll e ts ar e
,

p u t i n to a litt l e d i sh of ston e ware p orc e l ain or glas s ; ,

t h is d i sh shou l d b e m ore d e ep th a n wid e i n th e f o rm ,

h as been m u l ti plie d i n to itse lf i s ex pressed th us i nstead of ,

1
, 1 0°

i n s t e a d of h i ns tea d of
, i n s t ea d o f T h u r 1
, 1 0°

i tead of n lm6 1 x 0 0 ) an d i ns tead of decillion i

n s -9
, 1 0 ,

th us o n ly th e e x po n e n ts as to th e thi rd si xth n i n th te n th t wen , , , ,

ty-n i nth a nd th i r ti eth pote ncy etc , .

2 56 H AH N EM AN N S
’
C HR O N I C DI S EA S E S .

of a l arg e th i m bl e ; s e v e ral dro ps of th e S p i r it u ous "

m e d i cina l fluid sh o uld be dro p pe d into it ( rath e r a f e w

d ro ps too m any ) so that t h e y m ay p e n e tra t e t o th e
,

b o tto m and will hav e m oist e n e d all th e p e ll e ts w ithi n

a m inut e . T h e n th e dish i s turn e d ov e r and e m p ti e d
o n a p i e c e of cl ea n do ubl e blottin g pa p e r so th at th e ,

s u p e rfluous fluid m ay b e abso r b e d by it a n d w h e n this ,

i s do n e th e p e ll e ts a re S p re ad on th e p a p e r so a s to
,

d ry qui c kly . Wh e n d ry the pe ll e ts a re fill e d i n a

,

v ial m ark e d as to its c ont e nts a n d w e ll sto p p e r e d

, , .

A ll p e ll e ts m oist e n e d w ith t h e S p i r ituous liquid h a v e

w h e n dry a dull a pp e a ra nc e ; th e crud e un m oi s t e n e d ,

p e ll e ts look w hit e r a n d m o re s hini n g .

To pr e pa r e th e p e ll e t s to gi v e to p a ti e nts o n e o r a ,

c ou p l e of such littl e p e ll e ts a r e p u t into t h e O pe n e n d

o f a p a p e r c a p sul e cont a inin g tw o or thr e e gr a i n s of

p owd e r e d su g ar of m ilk ; this is th e n st r ok e d w ith a

S p a tu la or th e n a il of th e thu m b w ith so m e d e g r e e of

p r e ss u r e until it is f e lt that t h e p e ll e t or p e ll e ts a r e .

c ru s h e d a n d brok e n th e n th e p e l l e t s w ill e a sily dis

s olv e if p u t into w at e r .

Wh e r e v e r I m e n tion p e ll e ts in g ivin g m e dici n e I ,

a lw a ys m e a n t h e fi n e st of th e s iz e of p o p p y s e e d s of
,
-
,

w hi c h a bo u t 2 00 ( m or e o r l e ss ) w e i g h a gr a in .

T h e a nti ps o ric m e di c in e s tr e a t e d of in w h a t follow s

c ont a in no s o c a ll e d i d i opa th i c m e di c in e s
- sinc e th e ir
,

p u r e e ff e c ts
, e v e n thos e of t h e p ot e ntiz e d m i a s m a o f
i tch ( P s or i n ) hav e not b e e n p rov e d e n o u gh by far that , ,
"

a s af e ho m e o p a thic u s e m i g ht b e m a d e of i t I sa y
‘

h om e opa th i c u s e f o r it do e s not r e m a in i d em ( th e
,

s a m e ) ; e v e n if t h e p r e p a r e d i tch subst a nc e S hould b e

g iv e n to t h e sa m e p ati e nt fro m who m it was t a ke n it ,

 H A H N EM AN N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S . 2 57

w ould not re m a in i d em ( th e sa m e ) a s it c o u ld only b e

,

u s e ful to h i m in a p ot e ntiz e d st a t e S in c e crud e itch

,

s ubs t anc e which h e h a s alr eady in his body a s an i d em

i s witho u t e ff e ct on h i m . B u t t h e dyna m iz a tion or

p ot e ntizin g chan g e s it a n d m odifi e s it ; j u s t a s gold
le af aft e r p ot e ntizin g is no m or e crud e g old l e af in e rt
i n th e hu m a n body but i n e v e ry sta g e of dyna m iza tion
,

i t i s m ore a nd m or e m odifi e d and c h a n ge d .

Thus p ot e n tiz e d a n d m odifi e d a lso th e itch s ub ,

s tanc e ( P s or i n ) w h e n t a k e n is no m or e an i d em ( t h e

s a m e ) w ith th e cr u d e ori ginal it c h s u bstanc e but onl y ,

a s i m i lli m u m ( thin g m ost S i m ilar ) . For betw een

I DE M a n d S I M I L L I M UM th er e i s n o i n ter m ed i a te f or a ny

o n e th a t ca n th i n k or in oth e r w ords b e tw e e n i d em
a n d s i m i le only s i m i lli m u m can b e int e r m e di a t e .

I s o p ath i c a n d a q u a le a r e e quivocal e x p r e ssions which ,

i f th e y shou l d si g nify anythin g r e liabl e can only s i gnify

s i m i lli m u m b e caus e th e y a r e not i d em ( r a vT OV )
, .
 S EC O N D P A R T .

A N T I P S O R I C M E DI C I N E S .
 P R E FA C E .

CO N C ER N I N G T H ET ECH N CA L I P A R T O F H O M CEO P A T H Y .
l

S inc e I last addr e ss e d th e p ublic conc e rnin g o ur

*

h ea lin g a rt I h a v e h a d a m on g oth e r thin gs al s o th e

,

O p p or tunity to g a in e x p e ri e nc e as t o th e b e st p ossib l e

m od e of a d m inist e r in g th e dos e s of th e m e di c in e s to
th e p ati e nts a n d I h e r e with c o m m unicat e what I h a v e
,

found b e st in this r e s pe ct .

A s m a ll p e ll e t of o n e of th e hi g h est d y n a m iz a ti o n s
of a m e dicin e l aid dry u p on th e ton g u e or th e m od e rat e ,

s m e llin g of a n o p e n e d vial wh e re in o n e or m or e such

p e ll e ts a r e contain e d p rov e s its e lf t h
, e s m a ll e st and
w e ak e st dos e w ith th e short e st p e riod of duration i n
its e ffe cts S till th e re are nu m e rous p a ti e nts of so e x
.

citabl e a n a tur e th a t th e y a r e su ffi ci e ntly a ffe ct e d by

,

such a dos e in S li ght a c ut e a il m e nts to b e cur e d by it if

th e r e m e dy i s ho m e o p athic a lly s e l e ct e d N e v e rth e l ess .

t h e incr e dibl e vari ety a m on g p ati e nts as to th e ir i rri ta b i l

ity th e ir a g e th e ir S p iritual and bodily d e v e lo p m e nt
, , ,

th e ir vital p ow e r and e s p e cially as to th e n a ture of th e ir

1 e e
T h i s pr fa c w a s pr fi x e ed t o Vo l I I I
. . of t he “
C h r oni c Di s e e
as s ,
” e
p u b li s h d
in e
t h e y a r 1 83 7 Tr. .

beg i n n i ng of th e year 1 834 I wrote th e fi rst two parts O f

I n th e
this wo rk a nd alth ough th e y toge th e r con ta i n o n ly thirty si x
,
-

s h ee ts m y f o m e r pu blis h er M r A r n o ld i n D res d e n too k two

,
r , .
, ,

years to publis h th ese thi rty si s h eets By wh om was h e th us

- x .

d el aye d ? M y acqu ai n ta nces can gu ess th at .

2 62 H RO N I C DI S EAS E S
’
H A H N EM AN N S C .

di seas e n e c e ss itat es a gre at vari e ty i n th e i r tre at m e n t

, ,

a n d al s o i n th e ad m i n istrat i on to th e m O f t h e dos e s o f

m e dic i n es For th ei r dis eas es m ay b e of var i ous kind s

.

e ith e r a n atura l and si m p l e on e b ut lat e ly a ris e n or i t ,

m ay be a natura l and S i m p l e o n e but a n O ld c as e or i t ,

m ay b e a co m p l icat e d o n e ( a co m bi n ation of s e v e ra l
m ias m ata ) or a gain what i s th e m ost fr e qu e nt a n d
, .

wors t cas e it m ay hav e b ee n S p oil e d by a pe rv e rs e

,

m e dical tr e at m e nt a n d load e d down with m e d i cina l

,

dis e as e s .

I ca n h e re li m it m ys elf o n l y to this l att e r c as e as ,

th e oth e r cas e s cannot b e arr an g e d in tab u l a r form

f or th e w ea k a n d n e gli g e nt but m u s t b e l e ft to t h e a c
,

cura cy th e ind u stry and th e int e lli g e nc e of abl e m e n

, ,

who ar e m a st e rs of th e i r art .

E x p eri e nc e has sho w n m e as it has no doubt als o ,

sho w n to m o s t of m y follow e rs that it is m ost us e fu l ,

in dis eas es of any m a g nitud e ( not e xc e ptin g e v e n th e

m o s t ac u t e and still m or e S O in t h e half acut e in t h e
,
-
,

t edious and m ost t e dio u s ) to giv e to th e p ati e nt th e

p o w e rf u l ho m e o p athic p e ll e t o r p e ll e ts only in s olu
tion and thi s solution in divid e d dos e s I n this way
, .

w e g iv e th e m e dicin e d i ss olv e d in s e v e n t o tw e nty

,

tabl es p oonfuls of w a t e r without a n y a ddition in acut e ,

a n d v e r y ac u t e dis e a s e s e v e r y S i x four or tw o hours ; ,

wh e r e th e d a n ge r is u rg e nt e v e n e v e ry hour or e v e ry
,

h a lf hour a t ab leS po o n f u l a t a ti m e ; with w e a k p e r

, ,

son s o r child r e n only a s m a ll p a r t of a tab l e s poonfu l

,

( o n e or two t eas p oonf u ls or c o ff e e S p oo n f u lS ) m a y b e

g iv e n a s a dos e .

I n chronic dis e a s es I h a v e found it b est to g iv e a

dos e ( e g a S p oonful ) of a soluti on of th e suitab l e
. .
,
 H AH N EM A N N S C
’
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m ed i ci n e at le as t e ve ry two days m o re , s a ll y
u u e v e ry
d ay .

But si nc e w a t e r ( e v e n distill e d wat e r ) co m m e nce s

a ft e r a fe w days to s p oi l wh e re by the p ow e r of th e
,

s m all qu a ntity of m e dicin e contain e d i s d e stroy e d the ,

a ddition of a l ittl e a l cohol is n e c e ss a ry or wh e r e this ,

i s not p ra cticabl e or if th e p a ti e nt cannot b e a r it I

, ,

a d d a f e w s m a ll p i e c e s of hard ch a rcoa l to t h e w a t e ry

s olution T his answ e rs th e p ur p o se e xc e p t that in

.
,

the l a tt e r cas e th e fluid in a f e w days re c e i v e s a b l ac k

ish ti n t This is c a us e d by s hakin g th e liquid as is
.
,

n ec e s s ary e v e r y ti m e b e for e g ivin g a dos e of m e dicin e ,

a s m a y b e see n b e low .

B e for e p roc ee din g it is i m p ortant to obs e rv e that

. ,

our vit a l p rinci p l e cannot w e ll b e ar that th e sa m e n u

ch a n g e d dos e of m e dicin e b e g iv e n e v e n twic e in suc
c e ssion m uch l e ss m or e fre qu e ntly to a p ati e nt For
, .

b y this th e good e ff e ct of th e for m er dos e of m e dicin e is

e ith e r n e utraliz e d in p art or n e w sy m p to m s p ro p e r to
,

t h e m e dicin e sy m p to m s w hich hav e not b e for e b e e n

,

p re s e nt in t h e di s e a s e a p p e a r i m p e din g t h e cu r e Thus
, , .

e v e n a w e ll s e l e ct e d ho m e o p athic m e dicin e p roduc e s

i ll e ff e cts and attains its p u r p os e i m p e rf ec tly or not at

a ll
. Th e nc e co m e th e m any con tr adi c tions of ho m e
O p a th i c p hysicians w ith r es p e ct to th e r e p e tition of

d ose s .

B ut in t a kin g o n e and th e s a m e m e dicin e r e p e at e dly

( which is i n d i spe n s i ble to s ecur e th e cure of a s e rious ,

C hronic di se a s e ) if th e dos e is in e v e ry cas e vari e d a nd

,

m o difi e d only a littl e in its d e gr e e of dyna m ization ,

t h e n t h e vit a l forc e of t h e p a ti e n t will c a l m ly and ,

a s it w e r e w il li n g l y r e c e iv e th e s a m e m e dicin e e v e n at
2 64 H A H N EM A N N S
’
C HR O NI C DI S EAS E S .

bri e f int e rva l s v e ry m any ti m e s in succ e ssion with t h e

b est re sults ev e ry ti m e incr e a sin g th e w e ll b e i n g o f
,
-

th e p ati e nt .

T his sli ght chan g e in th e d e gre e of dy n a m ization i s

e v e n e ffe ct e d if th e bo ttl e which cont a ins th e sol u ti o n
,

of o n e or m o re pe l l e t s is m e re ly w e ll S hak e n fi v e or s i x
ti m e s e v e ry ti m e b e fore t a kin g it
,
.

N ow wh e n th e physician has in th i s way us e d u p th e

sol ution of th e m e dicin e that had be e n pre p a r e d if th e ,

m e dicin e continu e s us e ful h e will tak e o n e or two p e l

,

l ets of th e sa m e m e dicin e in a lowe r p ot e ncy ( e g , . .

,

if b e fore h e h ad us e d th e thirti e th dilution h e w ill n ow ,

tak e o n e or two p e ll e ts of th e t we nty fou rth ) and w i l l -

,

m ak e a solution in a bout as m a ny S p oonfu l s of wa t er ,

sh a kin g u p th e bottl e a n d a ddin g a littl e alcohol or a

,

f e w p i e c e s of ch a rco a l This l a st solu tion m a y th e n

.

b e t a k e n in th e sa m e m a nn e r or at lon ge r int e rva l s

, ,

p e rh a p s also l e s s of t h e solution at a ti m e b u t e v e r y
ti m e th e sol u tion m u st b e sh a ke n u p fi ve or six ti m e s .

This w ill b e contin u e d so lon g as th e re m e dy s till p ro

duc e s i m p rov e m e nt a n d until n e w ail m e nts ( such as
hav e n e v e r y et occurre d w ith oth e r pa ti e nts in this
dis e as e ) a p p ea r ; f o r in such a cas e a n e w re m e d y
,

will h a v e to be us e d O n any day wh e n th e r e m e d y

.

h a s p roduc e d too s tron g a n a ction th e dos e should b e ,

o m itt e d f o r a d a y I f t h e s y m p to m s of th e dis e as e
.

alon e a p p ea r but ar e con s id e rably a ggr avat e d e v e n

,

d u rin g th e m or e m od e ra t e us e of th e m edicin e th e n ,

t h e ti m e h a s co m e to br e ak o ff in t h e u se of t h e m e di
cin e for o n e or two w ee ks and to await a consid e rabl e
,

i m p rov e m e nt .

I n trea ti n g a cu te cases of di s ease th e ho m e opa thi c ph ys i c ia n

 H A H N EM A N N S
’
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Wh e n th e m e di c in e h a s b e e n c onsu m e d a n d it is
fo u nd n ec e ss a ry to contin u e th e sa m e r e m e dy if th e ,

p hy s i c i a n sho u ld d e s i r e to p p
r e a r e a n e w p o r tion of
m e di c in e fr o m t h e s a m e d e g r e e of p ot e n c y it will b e ,

n e c e s s a r y to gi v e to th e n e w s olutio n a s m a ny sh a k es ,

a s th e n u m b e r of sh a k e s g i v e n to t h e l a s t p ortion

a m o u nt to w h e n s u m m e d u p to g e th e r a n d th e n a f e w ,

m o r e b e fo r e th e p a ti e nt i s giv e n th e fi rs t d o s e ; but
,

a ft e r th a t w ith t h e s u bs e qu e n t do s es th e solution i s
, ,

to b e S h a k e n u p only fi v e o r S i x ti m e s .

I n thi s m a n n e r th e h o m e o p a thi c p hy s i c i a n w ill d e

r i v e a ll t h e b e n e fit fro m a w e ll s e l e c t e d r e m e dy w h i c h ,

c a n b e obt a in e d in a n y S p ec i a l c a s e of c h r oni c di s e a s e

by do s e s g i v e n thro u g h th e m o u th .

B u t if t h e di s e a s e d o r ga ni s m i s a ff e c t e d by t h e p hy s i
c i a n th r o u g h thi s s a m e a p p r o p r i a t e r e m e dy a t th e

s a m e ti m e in s e n siti ve S p ots oth e r th a n t h e n e r v e s of

wi l l pro ce e d i n i m ilar m n n e r H e wi ll disso l ve o n e ( two ) pe l

a s a .

le t o i th e hig h l y po te n ti e d we l l se l ect e d m edi c i n e i n se ve n te n

z , ,

o r fi ftee n t b l s poo n f u l s o f wa t e r ( w ith o u t a dditi o n ) by s h aki n g

a e

th e bo tt l e H e w il l th e n
. c c o di n g a s th e di s e se i s m o r
,
a r o r l es s a e

acu t e, a n d m o re o l ess d a nger u s gi ve th e p tie n t e ve y h al f

r o ,
a r

h o u o r e ve y h ou e ve ry t wo th ree fo u r Six h o u rs (af ter ag i n

r, r r, , , ,
a

we l l h a ki n g th e bo tt l e ) a wh ol e o a h l f t b l e spo o n f u l o f th e
s r a a

so l u ti o n o r i n th e c s e o f a c hild e v e n l e s s
, ,
a I f th e phy s i c i a n see s
, .

n o ne w s y m pt o m s d e ve l op h e w il l c o n ti n u e a t th e e i n t er va ls u n
,
s ,

til th e s y m ptom s prese n t at fi rs t begi n to b e agg ra vated th e n h e

w il l g i ve it t l o n g e r i n t e r va l s a n d l ess t a ti m e
a a .

A s i s w e l l k n o wn i n c h o l e , th e s u ita b l e m edi c i ne h as O f t e n to
ra

b e g i ve n a t f h o r te r i n t e r v a l s
ar s .

C hi l d re n a e l way s g i ve n th es e s o l u ti o n s f o m th e i r u s u a l d ri n k
r a r

i n g v es s e l ; te s poo n f o r d ri n k i ng i s to the m u n u s ua l a n d s us
s a a

i i o u n d th e y w i ll f u e t h t t l liq u id t n th t
p c s ,
a e s e ras e e s a o c e o n a s

a c c ou n t A l itt l e s u ga m a y b e a dd ed fo th e i r s a k e
r r .
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t h e m outh and th e a l i m e ntary canal i e if t his s a m e , . .

,

re m e dy that has b e e n found use ful is at t h e s a m e ti m e

in its wat e ry so l ution rubb e d in ( e v e n in s m a ll qu a n
titi es ) into o n e or m ore p a rts of th e body which a r e
m ost fr ee fro m th e m orbid a i l m e nts ( e g on a n ar m . .
, ,

or on th e thi gh or le g w hich hav e n e ith e r c u t a n e ous

—
,

e ru p tions nor p a ins nor cra m p s )

, , th e n th e cu ra tiv e
e ff e cts a r e m u ch incre as e d T h e l i m bs which a re th u s
.

ru bb e d w ith th e solution m a y also be vari e d fi r st o n e , ,

th e n anoth e r Th u s th e p hysician will r ec e iv e a

.

g r ea t e r action fro m t h e m e dicin e h o m e p a t hi ca lly s u it

abl e to th e chronic p a ti e nt and can cur e h i m m ore ,

q u ickly than by m e re ly int e rnally ad m ini s t e r in g th e

,

r e m e dy .

This m od e of p roc e d u re h a s b e e n fr e qu e ntly p rov e d

by m ys e lf and found e xtraordinarily cura ti v e y ea a t ,

t e nd e d by th e m o s t st a rtlin g good e ffe cts ; th e m e di

cin e tak e n i nt e r n a lly b e i n g at th e sa m e ti m e rubb e d
o n t h e S kin e xt e r n a lly This p roc e dure w ill a lso e x
.

p l a in t h e wond e r ful c u re S of rar e occurr

, e n c e ind e e d , ,

wh e r e chronic cri p p l e d p a ti e nts w i th s ou n d s hi n re

cov e r e d q uickly a n d p e r m a n e ntly by a f e w ba th s in a
m in e ral wat e r th e m e dicinal constitu e nts of w hich
,

w e re to a g r e a t d e g r e e ho m e o p a thic to th e i r C h r onic
*
dis e as e .

O n th e ther h a n d s u c h bath s ha ve al s o i n fli cte d a propo r ti on

o

a lly g rea t e r i nj u r y with pa ti e n ts wh o s u ff ere d f o m u l ce r s a n d cu

r

ta n e o u s eru pti o n s ; f o th ese were d ri ven by th e m f ro m t h e s ki n

r ,

as m ay b e d on e by o th e r e xt e r n a l m ea n s w h e n a f te r a h o rt pe r i o d
, s

o f h ea lth th e v ita l f orce of th e pa ti e n t tra n s f e rr e d th e i n te rn a l

,

u n c u r e d di seas e to a n o th e r pa r t o f th e b ody an d o n e m u c h m o re
,

i m porta n t to lif e a nd he lth Th us e g m a y be pr od u ced th e

a .
, . .
,
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T he li m b th e r e fore on which t h e sol u tion is to b e

, ,

ru bb e d in m ust b e f r ee f r om cu ta n eous a i lmen ts

,
In .

ord e r to introduc e a lso h e re chan ge a n d va r iation ,

wh e n s e v e ra l of t h e l i m bs a re fre e fro m c utan e ous ail

m e nt s o n e li m b a ft e r t h e oth e r should be u s e d in
, ,

a lt e rn ation on di ff e r e nt d a ys ( b e st on days wh e n t h e ,

m e dicin e i s not t a k e n int e rn a lly ) A s m all q ua ntity

.

of th e solution should b e rubb e d in with th e h a nd ,

unti l t he li m b is dry A l s o for this p ur p os e th e bot

.
,

tle S hould b e sh a k e n fi v e or S i x ti m e s .

C o nv e ni e nt a s t h e m od e of a d m inist e r in g th e m e di
cin e a bo v e d e s c r ib e d m ay b e a n d m uch a s it sure l y ,

adv a nc e s th e c u re of chron i c di s e as e s n e v e r th e l es s , ,

th e g r ea t e r quantity of a l c ohol or whisk e y o r th e s e v

e ra l lu m p s of c h a rco a l w hich h a v e to b e a dd e d in

w ar m e r w ea th e r to p r e s e r v e th e wa t e ry s o l ution w e re
s till obj e ction a bl e to m e w ith m a ny p ati e nts .

I h a v e th e re fore l a t e ly found th e follo w in g m od e

, ,

of a d m ini s tration p r e fe ra bl e with ca r e ful p ati e nts :

Fro m a m ixt ure of a bo u t fi v e t a bl e s p oonful s of p ur e
w a t e r a n d fi v e t a bl e s p o o n f u l s of Fr e nch bra ndy ,

which is k e p t on hand i n a bottl e 2 00 300 o r 400 dro p s , ,

( acco r din g a s th e s o l ution i s to be we a k e r or s tron g e r )

a re dro p p e d into a littl e vi a l w h i c h m a y b e half fi lle d
,
-

w ith it a n d in which th e m e dicin a l p o w d e r or th e p e l

,

obsc u rati o n of t h e c ry s t a l li n e l e n s th e pa ra ly s i s o f th e o pti c n erve

, ,

th e d est r u c ti o n o f t h e s e n s e o f h eari ng ; pai ns a l so of i nnu m erabl e

ki nds i n c on seq u e n ce to rt u re th e pa ti e n t h i s m e nta l o rga n s s u fl e r
,
'

h i s m i n d bec o m e s ob sc u r e d s pas m odi c a s th m a th re ate n s to s ud o

,

cate h i m or a n a po pl e c ti c s t ro k e ca rr i e s h i m off o r so me o th e r
, ,

d a nge ro u s or u nbearabl e di se as e ta k es th e pl ace of th e form er ai l

m ent . Theref o re th e h o m e o pa thi c rem edy gi ve n i n ter n all y m us t
n eve r be ru bb e d i n o n pa r t s whi ch s n fi e r f ro m e xt er n a l a il m e n t s .
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le t or pe ll et s of th e m e d icin e h a v e be e n p l a c e d Thi s .

v i al is s to ppe re d a n d s hake n until th e m e di c in e is dis

s olv e d Fro m this s ol ution o n e t wo th r e e o r s e v e ra l
.
, ,

dro p s a ccordin g to th e i rrit a bility a n d th e v it a l forc e

,

o f t h e p ati e n t ar e d r o p p e d into a c u p c ont a inin g a

, ,

S p oonful of w a t e r ; this i s th e n w e ll stirr e d a n d g i v en

to t h e p ati e nt a n d w h e re m or e e s p e cial c are i s me c e s

,

s a ry on l y t h e ha l f of it m a y b e g iv e n
, h a lf a S p oo n fu l
of thi s m ixture m ay also w e ll b e us e d for th e abov e
m e ntion e d e xt e rnal rubbin g .

O n days w h e n only th e l a tt e r is a d m inist e r ed a s

, ,

a l s o w h e n it i s t a k e n int e rn a lly th e littl e v ial cont a in

,

i n g th e dro p s m u st e v e ry ti m e b e briskly sh a k e n fi v e
or S ix ti m e s ; so a l so th e dro p or dro p s of m e dicin e
with th e tabl e s p oonful of w at e r m ust b e w e ll stir r e d in
th e cup .

I t w o u ld be still b e tt e r if inst e ad of th e c u p a vial

sho u l d be us e d into Which a t a bl e s p oonful of w a t e r is
,

p u t ,which c a n th e n b e sh a k e n fi v e o r S i x ti m es a n d
th e n wholly or h a lf e m pti e d for a do se .

Fre q u e ntly it is u s e ful in tre atin g C hroni c di s e a s e s

to tak e t h e m e dicin e or to r ub it in in th e e v e nin g
, ,

s ho r tly b e fo r e g oin g to sl e e p b e c a u s e we h a v e th e n
,

l e ss di s t u rban c e to f ea r fr o m wi t ho ut th a n w h e n it is ,

don e e a r li e r .

Wh e n I wa s sti ll g ivin g th e m e di c in e s in u ndivid e d

p ortions e a ch w
, ith so m e w a t e r a t a ti m e I of t e n found ,

th a t th e p ot e ntizin g in th e a tt e nu a tin g gl a ss e s e ffe ct e d

by te n sh a k e s wa s too stron g ( i e th e m e dicin a l . .
,

ac tion too stron gly d e v e lo p e d ) a n d I th e r e fo r e ad , ,

vis e d only two s u ccussions B u t du r in g th e last y e a rs

.
,

S inc e I hav e b e e n g i v i n g e v e ry dos e of m e dicin e in a n

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incorru ptibl e sol u tion divid e d ov e r fif te e n tw e nty or

, ,

thi rty days a n d e v e n m or e no p ot e ntizin g in an a tt e n

,

n atin g vi a l is f o und too stron g and I a gain u s e te n

,

strok e s with e ach S o I h e r e with tak e back wh a t I

.

wrot e on thi s subj e ct thr e e y e ars a go in the first vol

u m e of this book on p a g e 2 54 .

I n cas e s wh e re a g re at irritability of th e p ati e nt is

co m bin e d with e xt re m e d e bility and th e m e dicin e can
,

only b e ad m inist e re d by a llowin g th e pa ti e nt to s m e ll

a f ew s m all p e ll e ts contain e d in a vial wh e n th e m e di
,

Cin e is to b e u s e d for s e v e ral days I allo w th e p ati e nt

,

to s m ell d a ily of a di ff e r e nt vial containin g th e sa m e

,

m e dicin e ind ee d but e v e ry ti m e of a l o w er p ot e ncy

, , ,

onc e or twic e w ith e a ch nostril accordin g as I w ish

h i m to b e a ffe ct e d m or e or l e ss .