Synopsis of Kent'S 12 Observations: TH TH

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SYNOPSIS OF KENT’S 12 OBSERVATIONS

OBSERVATION INFERENCE WHAT TO REMARKS


DO?
1.Prolonged and final Antipsoric--- deep Antidote the Don’t give a
decline of the patient medicine deep remedy
when organic
diseases are
present. In
Potency-----High
incurable and
doubtful case
Destruction—Established give 30
th
or
th
200 potency
Case— incurable

Prognosis—unfavourable
2.Long aggravation, but Beginning of some very
final slow improvement marked tissue changes in
some organ

Prognosis —favourable
3.aggravation is quick, Remedy—correct Not to disturb This type of
short, strong with rapid the action of action is very
improvement of the the medicine reassuring
patient
Reaction-vigorous

Improvement-marked
In acute disease- one
hour after the remedy
No structural changes

In chronic disease –
prognosis—good
during the first few days
4. No aggravation with Remedy and potency— Not to disturb Highest order of
recovery of the patient exactly correct the action of cure in acute
the medicine affection
No organic disease or no
tendency to organic disease

The disease is not of great Yet the physician


depth and belongs to the sometimes will be
function of nerves more satisfied if in
the beginning of
Prognosis—in acute case his prescribing he
good notices a slight
aggravation of
symptoms.
In chronic case—doubtful
5.Amelioration comes first Either the remedy was only a Retake the case
and aggravation superficial remedy, and could and a more
afterwards act only as palliative or the similar medicine
patient was incurable and the is to be
remedy was somewhat prescribed.

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suitable.

Prognosis unfavorable.
6.Too short relief of Has the patient done In acute disease
symptoms something to spoil the action medicine has to
of the medicine if not, the be repeated
physician may suspect the much often or a
following more similar
medicine is
In acute disease presence of selected
high grade inflammatory
reaction of organs which are
threatened by the process
going on In chronic case,
if there is no
In chronic disease there is interference of
structural changes and the medicine more
organs are destroyed or being similar medicine
destroyed or in a very is to be
precarious condition prescribed.

Prognosis- Bad
7. Full time amelioration presence of latent conditions, The patient can
of symptoms, yet no relief or latent existing organic never be cured
to the patient conditions, which prevent completely and is
improvement beyond a certain curable only to a
stage certain limit. it is a
suitable palliation
The remedies act favourably for homoeopathic
but the patient is not cured remedies
and never be cured. The
patient is palliated in this
instance.

Prognosis- Bad
th
8.Some patient prove Patient is said to have an Give 30 and Such oversensitive
th
every remedy they get idiosyncrasy to every thing 200 to cure patients are good
their disease provers
The over sensitive patients are
often incurable
9.Action of medicine upon Proving always benefits observe carefully the
provers healthy provers, if they are constitutional state
properly conducted. of an individual
about to become a
prover, write this
down and substract
them from the
proving

These symptoms will


not very commonly
appear during the
proving, if they do
note the change in

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them.
10.New symptoms Medicine wrong If the symptoms
appearing after the are of serious
administration of the Greater the appearance of nature, antidote
remedy new symptoms coming out the medicine
after the administration of the and select a
remedy- wrong prescription. more similar
medicine after
taking the case
c. prognosis- bad
11.When old symptoms Medicine- correct Medicine must It is well to say to
are about to reappear be lat alone the patient that this
Disease curable is encouraging
If old symptoms
Symptoms are disappearing in come back to
the reverse order of its stay, then a
appearance repetition of the
dose is
necessary
12.Symptom take the Medicine- wrong Medicine must There is a great
wrong direction be antidoted at danger in selecting
once otherwise a remedy on
structural external symptom
Prognosis- bad changes will alone, ignoring all
take place in the symptoms and
that new site. A general state of the
similar medicine patient.
is to be selected
and
administered

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