Hahnemann's defence of the Organon of rational medicine : and of his previous homoeopathic works against the attacks of Professor Hecker ; an explanatory commentary on the homoeopathic system / Translated by R.E. Dudgeon.

  • Hahnemann, Samuel, 1755-1843.
Date:
1896
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Credit: Hahnemann's defence of the Organon of rational medicine : and of his previous homoeopathic works against the attacks of Professor Hecker ; an explanatory commentary on the homoeopathic system / Translated by R.E. Dudgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    commencement in reverse order; he becomes cold, weeps, loses his intelligence, becomes anxious, weak, vomits, etc. From such a sudden excess of ivine in a very delicate un- accustomed person we cannot expect a normal succession of the primary symptoms of wine, just as we cannot expect to see the primary symptoms of opium in their proper order in a person unaccustomed to take opium, who has poisoned himself with a drachm-dose of opium powder; in such a person there occurs no heat, no increased ac- tivity, no intoxication, etc., but like the forerunners of death, the secondary action—icy coldness, cold sweat, paralysis of the senses and muscles, anxiety, convul- sions, etc. And so it is in nature with all sudden excessive quanti- ties ; all the symptoms which Kitter, in accord with many other physicists, observed in human beings, from the em- ployment of one or other pole of a moderate voltaic pile, occurred in primary contrary order from his enormous too strong pile. Are then, on that account, the symptoms from moderate galvanism, from moderate doses of opium, from moderate quantities of ivine not definite and reliable when observed in healthy persons placed in favorable external circumstances? Yes, they are, to the accurate and careful observer. Moreover, a drinking bout can never be regarded as a pure proving of the effects of wine, because the persons taking part in it, in all other respects are not living accord- ing to any dietetic rules. One drinker has a despotic, ill- natured overseer, another has been unfortunate in gam- bling for high stakes, another is engaged in an amorous