Louis Kuhne's Facial diagnosis : a free and abridged translation with notes / by August F. Reinhold.

  • Louis Kuhne
Date:
1897
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Credit: Louis Kuhne's Facial diagnosis : a free and abridged translation with notes / by August F. Reinhold. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    • was the cause of the chihl's continued ill-health. All his efforts were then directed toward the extermination of the microbes, hut of course ])roved to no purpose. The child's condition grew daily more serious, and the bacilli perceptibly increased. At last, some one called the father's attention to the invariable success of treatment under my direction, and the man, in his ex- tremity, consented to have his child examined. This was done, how- ever, without the knowledge of the physician in regular attendance. I paid no particular attention to the bacilli, but saw that the direc- tions I gave were implicitly followed. The doctor, at his next call, was surprised to see a marked improvement in his patient, and ac- counted for it by saying that nature sometimes rallied for her own deliverance, and, in this case, had, by her own efforts, rid the system of the injurious element. Now, as a matter of fact, microbes are scavengers, attacking only impurities in the system. It is tlierefore manifestly ridiculous to try to free tlie body oftliese minute beings, and, at tlie same time, make no effort to cleanse it of their real cause. In another instance, a strong vigorous man became, by degrees, miserable and melancholy. For years, he was haunted by the idea of self-destruction, and unable to concentrate his faculties upon any definite work. Examining physicians all agreed that, as no particu- •lar organ seemed affected, there could be nothing seriously the matter with the man, and it was simply a case of hypochondria. Diversion and travel were advised, but the trouble was in no wise lessened. At last, I was consulted, and saw, at a glance, that the patient's whole body was heavily encumbered with foreign matter. This j)revented the normal exercise of almost every function, and hence, though, as yet, no particular organ had been attacked, derange- ment of the entire organism was the consequence. My methods proved so successful that, in a few months, the constant watch that had been kept over the patient, was no longer necessary, as balance of mind and health of body had both been regained. Another patient was suffering intensely from a greatly swollen tongue. The disorder apparently being definitely located, medical science considered its way clear, and treatment was restricted to the tongue, as the sole seat of disorder. The result, however, was far from satisfactory. The foreign matter continued to accumulate,
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