Organon Of Medicine 5th Edition translated by Dudgeon 6th Edition translated by Boericke

1. § 5
Balkrishn Patel

2. Useful to the physician in assisting him to
cure are the particulars of the most
probable exciting cause of the acute
disease,

3. as also the most significant
points in the whole history of
the chronic disease,

4. to enable him to discover its
fundamental cause, which
is generally due to a chronic miasm.

5. In these investigations, the ascertainable physical
constitution of the patient (especially when the disease is
chronic),

6. his moral and
intellectual character,

7. his occupation,

8. mode of living
and habits,

9. his social and
domestic relations,

10. his age,

11. sexual function, etc., are to be taken
into consideration.