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CASE TAKING
qu a1· nt e d with th e te rm .' Case -
Ev er y Hon1a:opa1h is ac
• er me d1"ci ne , case-t.ak,ng in
pr op
taking' . Fo r selec tio n of th e ev al ua tic n of th e. sy m pt oms
d a an d th en
the pr es cn·be pr o, orm
r
fa ct or s. So , ca se -ta ki ng is of utmoSt •m ~o rta nc e
are essential
an d a m os t di ffi cu lt jo b .to o. . Th er e ts a gu lf
in Homcropathy
bt- tw ee n th e ca se -ta ki ng as ta ug ht in th e bo ok s of
of ditfert>nce ne m an n in hi s
a~ d th at as ta ug ht by H ah
Pr ac tic e of Medicine
m ed ici ne . W e sh al l ha ve to ut ili se bo th of these
Or ga no n of
ish pa rit y so th at we ca n reap th e be st harves t
und es ta bl il

from both th e sources.

be tw ee n th e bo i~re~p~thi c ap pr oa ~h - of
i Th t basic dif ft>ren
at
ce
in th e ot he r d1 sc 1p hn es of Med1c1nc
~ ca se -ta ki ng an d th
Honraopathy an d
--~M-
is th at the patie
no t on th e ba sis
nt
of
is
no
tre
so
at
lo
ed
gi
as
ca l
a
cl as
wl
sif
;o
ic
le in
at io n of di se as es ln
-
of M ed ic in e, m or e st re ss is l?i ve n on th e m os t
ot he r sc ho ol s
m pl ai nt s o f th e pa t ie nt to_ ge th er w ith th e fi ndings
"p ro m in en t co
io at io n s so th at th e di sease
of
tbe ph ys ic al an d lab or at or y ex
ca
am
I no m en cl at ure b- "b.ultd
m ay be classified an d a no so lo gi
os is et c. But Hon,reo at hy admits
e.g., N ep hr iti s, Tu be rc ul
al ity o f ea ch pe rs on //i n ~ a lfb o r-JDC)isease.
!' f tbe indivi du
~s under th e san1e
hu n1 an ra ce co m
~ StC ructurall y th e wh ol e
pe rs on s ar e exact_!r_
io n. Bu t ye t no tw o
_category in clas sificat
w or ld . A na to n1 ica lly th e hear t , th e lungs. the
alike in th is rs on bu t ever y
ar e aI T-ih e sa m e in- ~ ve ry pe
liver , the brain etc. ,
io _na_tu re l beha viou ~.
rs fro n1 ea ch _Q lb er
._ ....._
one of them diffe
on . Th us w he n a nu m be r of patient s sufler fron1
habits and so
l di se as e, ea ch in di vi du al manifest s the
the same nosologi ca
ff er en t n1 an ne rs . So , fo r th e best and
disease symptoms in di
th e sy m pto 11 1s of th e no so lo gical di sease as
ideal ca se-taking,
te ris tic sy n1 pt om s of ea ch individual patient
also the charac ry sa1n c
, th e H om ce op at hs do th e ve
should be recorded . We
thing.
.