Wait & Observe

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Advise on the repetition of medicine. Dr. Kent says never change the remedy unless you are very sure that the remedy is no longer acting. …

The first prescription may not have been well chosen medicine, and then it becomes necessary to make a second effort.

As time brings about the re-examination of the patient, new facts are brought out in relation to the image of the sickness, Indicating that the first medicine had not been suitable; perhaps several weeks have passed and the re- examination finds no change in the symptoms.

Shall I compare all the facts in the case to, reassure myself of the correctness of the first prescription, or shall I wait longer?

Yes, to the former, of course, and if the remedy is still the most similar to all the symptoms, wait, and watch, and study the patient for a few light on his feelings to which he has become so accustomed, he has not observed..

Commonly the, new study of, the case will reveal the reason why the first prescription has not cured: it was not appropriate.

If it still appears to be the most similar remedy the question arises: How long shall I wait?”

At this point it should be duly appreciated that the length of time is not so important is being on the safe side, and “wait” is the only, safe thing to do. It may have been many days, but that matters not, wait longer.

The finest curative action I ever observed was begun sixty days after the administration of the single dose. The curative action may begin as late as a long acting drug can produce symptoms on a healthy body. This guide has been thought of by our, writers but it is well to be considered. Why not? It is the practice for some to go lower if a high potency has failed.

This method has but few recorded successes but should not be ignored.

The question next to be considered is the, giving of a dose of medicine in water and divided doses. This has at times seemed to have favor over the single dry dose. This is open for discussion, requiring testimony of the many, not of few, to give weight. The best reports are made from both methods, and both are in harmony with correct practice.

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James Tyler Kent
James Tyler Kent (1849–1916) was an American physician. Prior to his involvement with homeopathy, Kent had practiced conventional medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He discovered and "converted" to homeopathy as a result of his wife's recovery from a serious ailment using homeopathic methods.
In 1881, Kent accepted a position as professor of anatomy at the Homeopathic College of Missouri, an institution with which he remained affiliated until 1888. In 1890, Kent moved to Pennsylvania to take a position as Dean of Professors at the Post-Graduate Homeopathic Medical School of Philadelphia. In 1897 Kent published his magnum opus, Repertory of the Homœopathic Materia Medica. Kent moved to Chicago in 1903, where he taught at Hahnemann Medical College.