CURE Quote
Aphorism 6 . A thing or a condition demands a first proximate cause only in order to come into existence; where the thing or condition actually exists it requires no further originating, no first and proximate cause, for its continued existence. Thus a disease, once established, endures independently of its proximate, exciting, primal cause: endures without further need of its cause endures even if its cause no longer exists. How, then, can the removal of the cause be held to be the principal condition of the cure of the disease ? Hahnemann, quoted {confusing past cause and cure cause under one name – proximate}
— Buck, Albert H. (Albert Henry), The Dawn of Modern Medicine, 1920-
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Why Medicine gives up on Cures
Can you see the owl, hiding in the pepper tree? It’s not that hard, once you know what you’re looking for. But if you weren’t looking for an owl, it’s just a tree. Medicine, has given up on cures, given … Continue reading
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Defining Health, to Improve Healthiness
For centuries, medical experts and philosophers have attempted to define health, with little success. We might forgive Hippocrates for describing health “as a delicate balance of four fluids: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm, with imbalance leading to illness,” or … Continue reading
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Mr President: “America Can’t Cure Cancer”
President Obama, I applaud your initiative to cure cancer. Joe Biden is a very capable person. However, it is not possible for America to cure cancer today. It is much less possible, yes, less than impossible, to cure cancer within the … Continue reading
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The Medicines Myth
What are medicines for? What do medicines do? Your first instinct might be exactly wrong “Medicines cure disease“. Isn’t that what medicines do? No, it is not. I researched the top selling prescription medicines of 2011 (you can see the list … Continue reading
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The Love Cures
Which illnesses can only be cured by love? You might be surprised. Let’s suppose you have scurvy. You feel tired and weak all the time, irritable and miserable. You have pain in your legs, and your skin is breaking out in … Continue reading
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