PHYLOSOPHY: HAHNEMANN’S ORGANON #5
Useful to the physician in assisting him to cure are the
particulars of the most probable exciting cause of the
acute disease, as also the most significant points in the
whole history of the chronic disease, to enable him to
discover its fundamental cause, which is generally due
to a chronic miasm.
In these investigations, the ascertainable physical
constitution of the patient (and intellectual character,
his occupation, mode of living and habits, his social
and domestic relations, his age, sexual function, etc.
are to be taken into consideration.