Our vital force, as a spirit-like dynamis, cannot be attacked and affected by injurious influences on the healthy organism caused by the external inimical forces that disturb the harmonious play of life, otherwise than in a spirit-like (dynamic) way, and in like manner, all such morbid derangements (diseases) cannot be removed from it by the physician in any other way than by the spirit-like (dynamic(1), virtual) alterative powers of the serviceable medicines acting upon our spirit-like vital force, which perceives them through the medium of the sentient faculty of the nerves everywhere present in the organism, so that it is only by their dynamic action on the vital force that remedies are able to re-establish and do actually re-establish health and vital harmony, after the changes in the health of the patient cognizable by our senses (the totality of the symptoms) have revealed the disease to the carefully observing and investigating physician as fully as was requisite in order to enable him to cure it.
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(1) Most severe disease may be produced by sufficient disturbance of the vital force through the imagination and also cured by the same means.
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SUMMARY
The Role of Vital Force in Healing
Nature of Vital Force
- Spirit-like Dynamis: The vital force operates in a dynamic, spiritual manner, unaffected directly by external harmful influences.
- Morbid Derangements: Diseases manifest as disturbances in this vital force and can only be treated through dynamic interactions.
Healing Mechanism
- Dynamic Action of Medicines: Effective remedies exert their influence on the vital force through dynamic actions, which are perceived by the nervous system.
- Restoration of Health: Medicines re-establish health and harmony by dynamically interacting with the vital force, responding to the totality of observable symptoms.
Role of Physician
- Observation and Investigation: The physician's careful observation of symptoms is crucial for diagnosing and facilitating effective treatment.
Influence of Imagination
- Psychosomatic Connections: Severe diseases can arise from disturbances in the vital force due to imagination, and similarly, can also be cured through mental means.
