What the Doctor Needs to Know in Order to Make a Successful Prescription
Section 31 — Morbid growths, Tumors, Cancers, etc.
James Tyler Kent · What the Doctor Needs to Know in Order to Make a Successful Prescription · 26 passages
In the treatment of these every symptom from head to feet must be known, therefore nearly every part of this pamphlet must be consulted and symptorns given as directed.
These troubles can all be cured by the internal homoeopathic remedy when taken in time.
To cut them out does not cure them.
Cutting them out removes the effect of disease but does not remove the disease itself.
It is like cutting off the tops of weedsthey will grow again, either at the same place or in another place.
Months of careful treatment are required for their cure.
When thus cured they will remain cured.
Give the exact location.
Describe pain as in Section 6.
Describe discharges as in Section 7.
Describe the appearance, if on the outside.
Describe the feeling to the hand, if on the inside.
Give the size and general form.
How long has it been coming ?
Is it hard, soft, yielding, movable ?
Any sensation in it ? (Section 4.)
Have you ever had any ,injury or blow on or near the place ?
Describe how it began and, the growth. Has the growth been slow or rapid ?
Is it fast to the skin (if within) ?
Does it grow at any particular time or from any cause ?
What has it been called by other physicians ?
What treatment have you had for it ?
Ever had a surgical operation for this or any similar trouble ?
Have you applied any medicine to it locally ?
Has the treatment or local application made any change in it ?
Has any near relative on father's or mother's side had the same, or a similar trouble ?