Taking the Case
- The homoeopath must be attentive and faithfully record the individual nature of the case.
- The physician must observe carefully with all senses and write everything down exactly, with minimal interruption.
- The symptoms must be listed in a spaced format for subsequent additions.
- From the list of symptoms, the homoeopath then asks for additional clarification.
- The homoeopath must not ask leading questions or questions requiring Yes/No answers.
- If nothing is forthcoming, ask open-ended questions.
- Once the patient has finished speaking, the physician may ask more specific questions.
- The homoeopath also records his observations of the patient.
- In order to get a true picture of the disease, the patient should not have any traces of medicines in his system.
- If the above is not possible, the physician must consider the state as it is,even if altered by medicine.
- Shameful causations of disease may need careful questioning of the patient privately.
- The homoeopath must evaluate the environmental influences surrounding the patient, and remove negative stimuli to help the cure.
- Attention must be paid to many small concomitant circumstances, which are very significant and decisive in search for the remedy.
- Patients are of widely varying temperaments and therefore may exaggerate expressions to encourage the homoeopath to help them.
- There are others who under-emphasise their complaints.
- A high degree of tact, patience, consideration and knowledge of human nature is required.
- Case-taking, in acute cases or recently acquired diseases, is easier because it is fresh in the memory.
- The picture tells the story, not the given name of any epidemic.
- The characteristic picture of the epidemic can become evident to a carefully investigating homeopath after seeing only 1 or 2 patients, and therefore is easy to prescribe.
- To define the disease, the totality of the diseases' symptoms can only be seen via the same peculiar symptoms in patients of a variety of constitutions.
- The totality of symptoms of such a miasmic chronic disease, especially psora can be established only from, many individual cases.
- If the totality of symptoms are exactly recorded, then on subsequent consultation omit what has been cured, note what is still present and add any new developments.
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