Aphorism 293 § 293 Aphorism 293 : I find it necessary to allude here to animal magnetism, as it is termed, or rather mesmerism (as it should be called, out of gratitude to Mesmer, its first founder), which differs so much in its nature from all other therapeutic agents. This…
Aphorism 292 § 292 Aphorism 292 : Even the external surface of the body, covered as it is with skin and epidermis, is not insusceptible of the powers of medicines, especially those in a liquid form, but the most sensitive parts are also the most susceptible.1 1 Rubbing-in appears to…
Aphorism 291 § 291 Aphorism 291 : Fifth Edition* Even those organs which have lost their peculiar sense, e.g., a tongue and palate that have lost the faculty of tasting, or a nose that has lost the faculty of smelling, communicate the power of the medicine that acts first on…
Aphorism 290 § 290 Aphorism 290 : Fifth Edition* Besides the stomach, the tongue and the mouth are the parts most susceptible to the medicinal influences; but the interior of the nose is more especially so, and the rectum, the genitals, as also all particularly sensitive parts of our body…
Aphorism 289 § 289 Aphorism 289 : Fifth Edition* Every part of our body that possesses the sense of touch is also capable of receiving the influences, and of propagating their power to all other parts.1 1 A patient even destitute of the sense of smell may expect an equally…
Aphorism 288 § 288 Aphorism 288 : Fifth Edition* The action of medicines in the liquid from 1 upon the living human body takes place in such a penetrating manner, spreads out from the point of the sensitive fibers provided with nerves whereto the medicine is first applied with such…
Aphorism 287 § 287 Aphorism 287 : Fifth Edition But in this increase of action by the mixture of the dose of medicine with a larger quantity of liquid (before its ingestion), the result is vastly different whether the mixture of the dose of medicine with a certain quantity of…
Aphorism 286 § 286 Aphorism 286 : Fifth Edition For the same reason the effect of a homoeopathic dose of medicine increases, the greater the quantity of fluid in which it is dissolved when administered to the patient, although the actual amount of medicine it contains remains the same. For…
Aphorism 285 § 285 Aphorism 285 : Fifth Edition The diminution of the dose essential for homoeopathic use, will also be promoted by diminishing its volume, so that, if, instead of a drop of a medicinal dilution, we take but quite a small part1 of such a drop for a dose,…
Aphorism 284 § 284 Aphorism 284 : Fifth Edition The action of a dose, moreover, dose not diminish in the direct ratio of the quantity of material medicine contained in the dilutions used in homoeopathic practice. Eight drops of the tincture of a medicine to the dose do not produce…
