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Anyone who wants to know Hahnemann’s work should have unfettered access to it and guidance in understanding it. I am actively working on uploading many of his works under resources: articles by others, and I write on these different topics as I study them myself. Grab a cup of something warm and cozy and come study with me <3.

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-B

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Aphorism 11
Organon, Hahnemann Brittany Harris Organon, Hahnemann Brittany Harris

Aphorism 11

As I have eluded to in aphorisms 6 and 7, Hahnemann believes it is the vital force that becomes ill.  And this is the aphorism where he says that outright. “when a person fall ill, it is only this…vital force…that is primarily deranged….it is only the vital force…that can furnish the organism with its disagreeable sensations and incline it to the irregular processes which we call disease.” 

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Symptoms are downed trees; causes are beavers
Philosophy, Medicine in General Brittany Harris Philosophy, Medicine in General Brittany Harris

Symptoms are downed trees; causes are beavers

I know there’s a beaver in the woods where I walk my dog. The paths where I walk are filled with trees with old teeth marks and scars in them and old stumps, pointed at the top like a spear. Then last year, I found a tree with fresh wood shavings around its base; teeth marks in its trunk. For a week, I returned to the tree every morning and found more shavings, more cuts in the trunk. Finally, one morning, the tree was on its side. Then the morning after that, it had been dragged towards the river. Then the next day it was gone.

But I have never seen a beaver. I have never seen their house either, although I am constantly searching for it.

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Symptoms that are Perceptible to the Senses
Organon, Philosophy, Repertories Brittany Harris Organon, Philosophy, Repertories Brittany Harris

Symptoms that are Perceptible to the Senses

In aphorism 6 (and his essay, the Medical Observer), Hahnemann details that we need to only include symptoms that are perceptible to the senses in our list of symptoms. In other words, when compiling a list of symptoms that need to be cured by a remedy, we should not include things like “needs grounding”, or “likes security”. Rather, we include only things that are factual, or able to be touched, seen, smelled, heard or tasted. These classic five senses can also include proprioception (your ability to balance or tell where you are in space), which is sometimes lumped in with touch. 

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