The homoeopathist, or, Domestic physician / by C. Hering.

  • Hering, Constantine, 1800-1880.
Date:
1835-38
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Credit: The homoeopathist, or, Domestic physician / by C. Hering. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    very probable first examine what is said about it in Part I. — afterwards see what is said of the disease in Part II. They are treated of in regular succession, commencing with those of the head, neck, breast &c. &c. enumerating under every head the diseases to which that part is principally subject and concluding with affections of all limbs or the whole body: — by bearing this arrangement in mind the reader will readily find what he may desire. As examples how to proceed we give the following: — Suppose a case of cold attended with headache, and diarrhoea; look first for cold, then for diarrhoea. If a person is taken sick, and the cause is not percep- tible, but he complains of pain in various places, ex- amine all. For instance, some one complains of head- ache, pain in the neck and the right side, look for all three. Thus you will readily find the proper remedy applicable against the whole. Never give more than one remedy, unless the first will not remove the complaint. When a person suffers severe pain, or is seriously ill, or labors under several complaints at once, you will do well to note down all his symptoms, before you consult the book. For if you read in the book, and then ask the sick person: is it so or so, or does this or that hurt you, he may answer in the affirmative, without properly consulting his own sensations, or