Latin words:
- Ab usu in morbis – Knowledge obtained from the use of medicines in diseases
- Adjuvantia – Assisting medicine to principle medicine
- Aequalia aequalibus curantur – Treat equals by equals; Identicals by identicals
- Aude Sapere – ‘Dare to know’, ‘Have courage of your own convictions; dare to be wise'
- Beruf- ‘Vocation’ or ‘Profession’ used by Hahnemann
- Berufung- Historically, Beruf is derived from Berufung which means a ‘calling’ or ‘mission’
- Causa chronicorum morborum – Causes of chronic diseases
- Causa effectus chronicorum non venorium – Cause of non-venereal chronic diseases
- Causa occassionalis – Manifest exciting and maintaining cause
- Cessat effectus cessat causa – If the effects (diseases) cease then cause ceases too
- Cito, toto et jucunde – Quickly, safely and pleasantly (It was the motto of Asclepiades)
- Confortantia- Stimulating or Strengthening medicine
- Contraria contrariis curentur- Let opposites be cured by opposites
- Corrigens – Corrective remedy
- Darup treasure- Sixth edition of Organon of Medicine was termed as Darup treasure
- Duce Nature- Follow the nature
- De morborum epidemicorum – On the epidemic diseases
- Disease per se- Morbid process of functioning of the life principle
- Diseases sui generic- Different kind of diseases
- Duce natura – ‘Follow the nature’ or ‘guided by nature’
- Echte helbig – Real path of healing
- Excitantia and Roborantia- Exciting and stimulating medicine
- Fragmenta deviribus medica mentorum positivis sivi insano corpora humano observatis – ‘Fragmentary observation relative to positive power of medicine on human body’
- Genus epidemicus – Specific medicine which becomes indicated in a particular epidemic at least for most of the cases
- Insuratio magma: It is the work of Bacon. It means great instauration.
- Lege artis – According to the law of art
- Materia pecans – Material cause of disease
- Minister naturae- ‘Helpers of nature’ or ‘Servant of crude power of nature'
- Nervina- ‘Stimulating medicines’ or ‘tonica’
- Non inutilis vixi – Not lived in vain (It is the inscription on Hahnemann’s grave.)
- Non plus ultra – There is nothing more beyond, than to imitate nature
- Nota bena- Note well
- Novum organum scientiarum: It is the work of Lord Bacon (written in 1620). It means new organ of logical works.
- O tempora! O mores! – O the time! O the way
- Placere – To please
- Prima causa morbi- Primary cause of disease
- Psora agria – Psora
- Secundum artem – According to rule
- Similia similibus curantur – Treat similar by similar
- Similia similibus curentur – Let similar be treated by similar
- Si modo essent – If only they were or if existed
- Status morbi – The diseases state
- Supporters- Supporting medicine
- Surrogatus or surrogate- ‘One medicine in place of other’ or Substitute.
- Tolle causam – Remove the cause
- Ungueta nervina – Strengthening medicine
- Vis medicatrix – Instead of medicine
- Vis medicatrix naturae – Depend on nature instead of medicine, The healing power of nature
Greek words:
- Anamnesis - ‘Cause of diseases’- Hippocrates
- Dynamis – Vital principle
- Epidemion- Epidemic
- Gnothi seauton- know thyself
- Homoeopathos – Homoeo meaning ‘similar’ or like’ and pathos means ‘sufferings’
- Heikunde der erfahrung: Medicine of experience published in 1805. It is considered as the forerunner of Organon.
- Idiosyncrasy- An individual’s constitutional peculiarity
- Medicamens au globule: It means medicine of the globules. It was the name given to 50 millesimal potency.
- Medicamens a la goultte: It means medicines of the drop. It was the name given to Centesimal potency.
- Miasma: It means heavy vaporous exhalations, noxious influences, polluted material, putrid vegetable matter etc.
- Organon: It was Aristotle who used this word for the first time. It means instrument of work, a method of scientific investigation.
- Psora- Groove or stigma
- Sycosis- Fig
German words :
- Die Chronische Krankheiten – The chronic diseases
- Die wirkuugen des kaffee’s- The effects of coffee
- Medicaments a la goutte – centesimal scale
- Medicaments au globule – 50 millesimal scale
- Mongrel sects – Cross breed dogs
- Organon der heilkunst- Organon of healing art
- Organon der rationellen heilkunde- Organon of the rational of healing art, first edition of Organon of Medicine
- Reine arzneimittellehre – Materia medica pura
French words:
- Drogue – A dry herb
- Ague- Fever, usually malarial
- Medicine electrisitas- Electricity as medicine
Hebrew word:
- Tsorat- Psora
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