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Excerpt from Introductory Lecture to Course at Hahnemann College, Philadelphia, 1867-8
A famous much talked of symptom is the fanlike motion of the wings of the nose in Lycopodium. This one symptom basa literature, such quarrels arose about it. It should never be forgotten that the real symptom of Lycopodium is not a fanlike but a Spasmodic motion of the nostrils, and it corresponds with a dozen of others of this drug, as we will see in the lectures. If the other symptoms of the case do not correspond with Lycopodium, and it is given according to this one single symptom, it will either not make a cure of the case, or the cure will be merely an accidental one. It also no longer stands as a unicum. Since Gross ascertained, in asthma, Ferrum has the same as a characteristic. And how could it? The fanlike motion is a symptom in all diseases with difficult breathing, and we cannot expect to cure'all by Lycopodium.
In short, a symptom that is found in one Of our drugs and in no other, never is a characteristic because it is a unicum every day we may find the very same in another, and on the other hand, it may be a very good genuine symptom and a unicum, still very far from being a real characteristic.
There are a great many more such peculiarities of a very different value; further observations only can decide.
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A famous much talked of symptom is the fanlike motion of the wings of the nose in Lycopodium. This one symptom basa literature, such quarrels arose about it. It should never be forgotten that the real symptom of Lycopodium is not a fanlike but a Spasmodic motion of the nostrils, and it corresponds with a dozen of others of this drug, as we will see in the lectures. If the other symptoms of the case do not correspond with Lycopodium, and it is given according to this one single symptom, it will either not make a cure of the case, or the cure will be merely an accidental one. It also no longer stands as a unicum. Since Gross ascertained, in asthma, Ferrum has the same as a characteristic. And how could it? The fanlike motion is a symptom in all diseases with difficult breathing, and we cannot expect to cure'all by Lycopodium.
In short, a symptom that is found in one Of our drugs and in no other, never is a characteristic because it is a unicum every day we may find the very same in another, and on the other hand, it may be a very good genuine symptom and a unicum, still very far from being a real characteristic.
There are a great many more such peculiarities of a very different value; further observations only can decide.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author(s) - Constantine Hering
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