Aphorism - 4, (Physician likewise a preserver of health) duty of physician apart from the cure.
Dr. Hahnemann, in Aphorism 4, addresses the physician, emphasizing that cure is not the sole mission of the physician. The physician must also take up the noble task of being a preserver of health. It is the physician’s duty to continue working in the direction of identifying the factors responsible for illness within the community, and to strive to remove them both from individuals and from society at large. Thus, this aphorism is dedicated to the principles of community medicine.
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Aphorism - 4
APHORISM - 4
" He is, likewise, a preserver of health if he knows the things that derange health and cause disease, and how to remove them from persons in health."
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(in the simplest way)
"Role of physician in the society is like a preserver of health, must know about the causes, that derange the health of a person or society, he must know, how to remove them from the society and from the body of sick individual. "
WORD MEANING AND EXPLANATION
Preserver of health - (Protector of health), physician is likewise a protector of health, this word clearly defines that, medical profession is not a profitable business, but a noble profession. without worrying about his bread and butter, a noble physician should work like a Gardner, such like a Gardner protect and care the flower in garden. physician should protect and care the person of society.
EXPLANATION
This aphorism 4 is a well connected with the aphorism 1,2, and 3, actually this s a continuation of previously mentioned aphorism. in Aphorism 1 Dr. Hahnemann mentioned that cure is a prime target of the physician. in aphorism 2 he mentioned " what type and quality should be of cure, what should be the ideal of cure. in Aphorism 3, Dr. Hahnemann explained, what quality should possess the physician in order to achieve the goal of true cure.
but in this aphorism - 4 Dr. Hahnemann gives another task to the physician apart from cure, here he was told that, the cure is not only mission of physician but preservation of health before falling sick is also one of the tasks of true physician.
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