Instead of the single dose, a series of doses may be given to start reaction, Provided that the Potency be Altered for each dose. You will hear more about this method from those who have had more, favourable, experience of it. In acute disease where repetition is necessary, it certainly has its advantages; and it was the method Hahnemann again advocated in his earlier works; that is slightly changing the potency of the remedy with every dose.
And now, in conclusion, I will give you a few aphorisms, culled from the life long experiences of Hahnemann, kEnt, and others.
Homoeopathic prescribing is not a matter of fancy, or experimenting or the humour you happen to be in. You are working by Law.
The closer you stick to the rules of the game, the fewer mistakes you will make.
Homoeopathy can only be learnt from a master. It is uphill and costly work, when one has to pay for all one’s experiences.
Give of your best, in your turn, into the common store. True greatness only comes from great service.
Always have a good reason for a prescription. We have no right to implant in the system even a homoeopathic remedy without a good reason.
The more ignorant the physician, the more he will do.
Where the characteristic symptoms of drug and patient absolutely fit, we are absolutely sure of the remedy. It will cure what is curable in the patient.
The more homoeopathically you prescribe, the more sensitive is the patient to what you give him.
In prescribing the simillimum, it is well to remember that we are prescribing that one thing to which the patient is most sensitive.
The single dose of the highest potency will evoke the most violent reaction. So be careful in advanced disease.
Where there are gross tissue changes in the acute or last stages of chronic disease give low potencies, and remedies rather palliative than curative. The time for cure is long past.
A high potency of the deep-acting constitutional remedy may give euthanasia and – death.
Remember, when tempted to repeat, it is better to come in a little late than too soon.
Hahnemann says ” The surest and safest way of HASTENING the cure is to let the medicine act so long as the improvement in the patient continues. He who observes this rule with the greatest care, will be the most successful homoeopathic practitioner.”
“A single dose of a carefully-selected remedy may start an important which may continue to restoration of health. This result could not have been obtained, if the does had been repeated or if another remedy had been given.”
It is not enough to find the remedy. If you do not know the philosophy, your work will be a mere see-saw between magnificent promise and baffling failure.
Weir received his medical education first at Glasgow University MB ChB 1907, and then on a sabbatical year in Chicago under the tutelage of Dr James Tyler Kent of Hering Medical College during 1908-9. Weir reputedly first learned of homeopathy through his contact with Dr Robert Gibson Miller.
John Weir wrote- Some of the Outstanding Homeopathic Remedies for Acute Conditions with Margaret Tyler, Homeopathy and its Importance in Treatment of Chronic Disease, The Trend of Modern Medicine, The Science and Art of Homeopathy, Brit Homeo Jnl, The Present Day Attitude of the Medical Profession Towards Homeopathy, Brit Homeo Jnl XVI, 1926, p.212ff, Homeopathy: a System of Therapeutics, The Hahnemann Convalescent Home, Bournemouth, Brit Homeo Jnl 20, 1931, 200-201, Homeopathy an Explanation of its Principles, British Homeopathy During the Last 100 Years, Brit Homeo Jnl 23, 1932: etc