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Organon of the Medical Art

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ISBN-10: 1889613002

ISBN-13: 9781889613000

Edition: 6th 1996 (Unabridged)

Authors: Samuel Hahnemann, Wenda Brewster O'Reilly, Steven Decker

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List price: $29.95
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Birdcage Press
Publication date: 6/25/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 407
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Foreword
Introduction
Preface
Allopathy: The old school of Medicine
Homeopathy
Introduction
Theoretical systems of medicine
The old school's material view of disease
Old school efforts to remove disease matter
Disease are dynamic, not material
Allopathic imitative and suppressive treatments
Antipathic stimulating and strengthening treatments
Alterative treatments of the old school
Flaws in the old school's approach to curing disease
Compound prescriptions
From allopathy to homeopathy
Traces of homeopathy found in previous practices
Homeopathic folk remedies
Past writings on homeopathic cures
Principles of Cure [section] 1-[section] 71
The highest ideal of cure
Causes of disease
Definition of disease and cure
The life force in health and disease
The power of medicines to cure
Similar, dissimilar and opposite symptoms produced by medicines and diseases
Dissimilar diseases
Similar diseases
Why medicines are better at curing than are natural diseases
Homeopathic versus allopathic medical treatment
Antipathic medical treatment
Homeopathic versus antipathic medical treatment
Initial and counter-actions
Initial and counter-actions in homeopathic versus antipathic treatments
Summary of the principles of cure
What a physician needs to know to cure the sick
Understanding Diseases [section] 72-[section] 81
Definitions of acute and chronic disease
Acute diseases
Chronic and other protracted diseases
Taking the Case [section] 82-[section] 104
Individualizing the examination of each case of disease
Guidelines for case-taking
Uses of a well-taken Case
Acquiring a Knowledge of Medicines [section] 105-[section] 145
Provings
Guidelines for conducting provings
Compiling a true materia medica