(Here and wherever the rubric comprises a region which contains a number of organs, endeavor to make by the aid of the science of Physiology and Pathology a rational appreciation of the organs involved, and in this study, pay especial regard to the concomitance, in order to gain the full physiological significance of the symptoms. For example, in affections of the right hypochondrium where the liver may be supposed to be implicated, the concomitance will justify the supposition if it show simultaneous and corresponding symptoms of the tongue, stomach, head, stool, skin, back, etc. So of the left hypochondrium and the uterine system)
15. ABDOMEN. 1. Location with appreciation of the organs involved; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes. Respecting these divisions, note, a. The conditions;b. The concomitance.
16. STOOL. 1. Sensations, their character, location and course. a. Before stool;b. During stool;3. After stool. As regards these three subdivisions, note, a. The conditions; b. The concomitance. 2. Organic phenomena, viz., color, odor, consistence, composition. e.g. digested or not-consisting of faeces alone or combined, etc.
17. ANUS AND RECTUM. a. Location; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes (including secretions, tumors, condylomata, etc., etc.). Respecting all of these divisions, note, a. The conditions; b. The concomitance.
18. URINARY ORGANS.
a. Bladder. 1. Location; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes.
b. Urethra. 1. Locations;2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes.
c. Kidneys. 1. Locations; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes.
With regard to all of these divisions, under each of these organs, study, a. The conditions; b. The concomitance.
e. Urine. 1. Quantity; 2. Color-physical properties; 3. Odor;4. Deposits.
f. Micturition. 1. Frequency; 2. Sensations. Note, a. Conditions; b. Concomitance.
19. GENERAL ORGANS-Male.
a. Penis. 1. Location; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes.
b. Testes. 1. Location; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes.
c. Special function. 1. Modifications, as regards exaltations, diminution, or perversion; 2. Sensations.
Respecting these divisions and subdivisions, study under each, a. The conditions; b. The concomitance.
d. Secretion 1. Quantity; 2. Quality, admixture, etc.; 3. Mode of evacuations, a. Conditions; b. Concomittance.
20. GENITAL ORGANS-Female.
a. Vulva. 1. Location; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes.
b. Vagina. 1. Location; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes; 4. Secretion, considered as regards, a. Character; b. Quantity; 3. Color.
c. Uterus. a. Location; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes; 4. Secretions considered as above.
d. Ovaries. a. Sensations; 2. Organic changes. Under these divisions and subdivisions, note, a. The conditions; b. The concomitance, attaching to each.
e. Menstruation. 1. Sensation; 2., Periodicity; 3. Quantity; 4. Color; 5. Consistence; 6. Duration. Under these, a. The conditions; b. The concomitance.
21. RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
a. Nasal Mucous Membrane. 1. Locations; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes; 4. Secretions, as regards quantity and quality. Respecting all these, a. The conditions; b. The concomitance.
B. Larynx and Trachea. 1. Location; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes; 4. Secretions as above. Respecting all these, a. The conditions; b. The concomitance.
1. Cough. a. Its sound; b. Its character, as paroxysmal or otherwise, dry or loose; 3. Location of the sensation which provokes it; d. Conditions; e. Concomitance.
2. Sputa. 1. Character; 2. Consistence; 3. Color; 4. Smell;5. Taste; 6. Locality from which it appears to come; 7. Mode of evacuation; 8. Sensations which precede and follow its evacuation; 9. Conditions; 10. Concomitance.
c. Thorax-Internal. 1. Location; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes. a. Conditions; b. Concomitance.
External. a. Location; 2. Sensation; 3. Organic changes (including mammae and nipples); 4. Secretions. Respecting the above, a. Conditions; b. Concomitance.
d. Respiration. 1. Sensations; 2. Organic action; 3. Breath, its odor, temperature, volume. Regarding these, a. The conditions; b. Concomitance.
22. HEART.
a. Subjective. 1. Location; 2. Sensations.
b. Objective. 1. Location; 2. Organic changes as shown by position, sounds, magnitude and by rational signs; 3. Pulsation. Respecting these divisions, a. The conditions; b. The concomitance.
23. BACK. 1. Location, dividing the back into regions from below upward and appreciating the organs and tissues involved, as well as the concomitance will admit; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes. Under these, a. Conditions; b. Concomitance.
24. UPPER EXTREMITIES-RIGHT AND LEFT. Respecting each, study.
1. Articulations, 1. Location;2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes.
2. Interarticular Region. 1. Locations; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes. Respecting all of these, a. Conditions; b. Concomitance.
25. LOWER EXTREMITIES-RIGHT AND LEFT. Studied in all respects as the Upper Extremities.
As regards the Extremities generally, note Sensations with their course (and Duration) if they be wandering; e.g., from a right upper, to a left lower extremity, etc.
26. SLEEP. 1. Character; 2. Periods; 3. Preceded by; 4. Succeeded by; 6 Concomitance.
a. Dreams. 1. Conditions; 2. Concomitance.
27. FEVER, as a paroxysm made of stages.
1. Incomplete Paroxysm, consisting of only one or of two stages. 1. Their order; 2. Relative severity and duration; 3. Antecedents; 4. Sequelae; 5. Conditions; and, 6. Concomitance.
2. Complete Paroxysm. 1. Order of the stage; 2. Their relation to each other. Then consider the separate stages; e.g.:
a. Chill. 1. Character; 2. Precursor; 3. Succeeded by; a. Conditions; b. Concomitance.
b. Fever, as a single stage, or Heat. 1. Character; 2. Precursors; 3. Sequelae. a. Conditions; b. Concomitance.
c. Sweat. 1. Character; 2. Precursors; 3. Sequelae. a. Conditions; b. Concomitance.
Between chill and heat and heat and sweat, study the Internal. a. Character; 2. Sensations; 3. Conditions; 4. Concomitance. Also the time.
After the paroxysm. 1. Sensations; 2. Conditions; 3. Concomitance.
Pulse. 1. Quality; 2. Frequency; 3. Conditions.
28. SKIN.
1. General. 1. Sensations; 2. Organic changes; 3. Conditions; 4. Concomitance.
2. Special. 1. Locations affected; 2. Sensations; 3. Organic changes; 4. Conditions; 5. Concomitance.
3. Organic Changes. Under this head are comprised:
1. Eruptions. 1. Aspect; 2. Color; 3. Sensations; 4. Secretions. a. Their color; b. Consistence; c. Odor; d. Quality e.g., acid or bland, etc.; 5. Scabs. a. Quality; b. Tenacity; c. Color; d. Odor;e. Conditions of subjacent tissues or secretions.
2. Ulcers. To be studied as Eruptions.
3. Warts.
4. Tumors. 1. Physical properties; 2. Sensations; 3. Conditions; 4. Concomitance.
29. MIND.
1. Faculties Modified. 1. Exalted; 2. Depressed; 3. Perverted. Under these, a. Conditions; b. Concomitance.
2. Memory. As under Faculties.
30. DISPOSITION. a. Quality; 2. Conditions; 3. Concomitance.
Dr. Dunham graduated from Columbia University with Honours in 1847. In 1850 he received M.D. degree at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York. While in Dublin, he received a dissecting wound that nearly killed him, but with the aid of homoeopathy he cured himself with Lachesis. He visited various homoeopathic hospitals in Europe and then went to Munster where he stayed with Dr. Boenninghausen and studied the methods of that great master. His works include 'Lectures on Materia Medica' and 'Homoeopathy - Science of Therapeutics'.