complex disease

The nature’s law of cure purely explains that only similar disease can cure a
disease, whereas two dissimilar diseases either suppress or palliate or together
form a complex disease. Cure is not possible in such conditions. In proof of his
statement that two dissimilar diseases can never cure each other, Hahnemann
gives some observations of his senior physicians. Three possibilities may
happen when two dissimilar diseases meet inside an organism:
1st possibility: If the older disease is stronger, the newer weaker disease is
repelled and not allowed to enter inside the organism. In short, the stronger
repels the weaker.
2nd possibility: If the older disease is weaker, the stronger newer disease can
easily enter the organism and suspend the older disease. In short, the stronger
suspends the weaker.
3rd possibility: Two diseases of equal strength, after a long period, the new
dissimilar disease joins the older one and forms “(double) complex disease”.

1st Possibility (§ 36) : Repulsion
If the older disease is stronger, the newer weaker disease is repelled and not
allowed to enter inside the organism. In short, the stronger repels the weaker.
When two dissimilar diseases of equal strength or the older one is stronger than
the newer disease meet inside a body, the older disease does not allow the newer
one inside the organism. It repels the newer disease from entering into the body.

Example (§ 36)

1. A patient suffering with a chronic disease will not be affected by simple
   autumnal dysentery or mild epidemic.
2. Dr. Larry observed that the plague of Lavent did not affect the area
   where disease scurvy was prevalent. Further, he observed that the
   persons suffering from eczema were not affected by it.
3. Jenner observed that rachitis prevented the vaccination from taking
   effect.
4. According to Von Hilden, the patients suffering from pulmonary
   consumption are not liable to be attacked by epidemic fevers of mild
   varieties.
   

From the above examples it is clearly evident that the older stronger disease
will never allow the weaker newer disease from entering, if both are dissimilar
in their manifestations. The allopathic dissimilar medicines when administered
in small doses will never produce any effect. Hence, they are administered in
large physiological doses. Inspite of this, allopathy is not curative therapy and
the following 2nd possibility will explain it how? (§ 37).

2nd Possibility (§ 38) : Suppression
If the older disease is weaker, the stronger newer disease can easily enter the
organism and suspend the older disease. In short, the stronger suspends the
weaker. If the disease which is already present inside the body is weaker, then
the newer stronger disease can easily enter the body and complete its course.
After the course of the new disease is over, the older disease resurfaces and
continues to produce its symptoms.

Example:

1. Dr. Tulpius observed that two children who were suffering with
   epilepsy remained free from epileptic fits, as long as they had tinea
   (ringworm). When the ring worm infection was removed, the epilepsy
   again resurfaced.
2. Schopf observed that a case of itch disappeared when scurvy attached
   the same person. Again, when the scurvy was gone the itch
   reoccurred.
3. The same way pulmonary phthisis remained in control when the patient
   was attacked with violent form of typhoid. But the phthisis advanced
   when the typhoid got well.
4. It was observed again that the mania keeps the phthisis under control, it
   reappears when the mania gets cured.
5. Measles and smallpox suppress each other. If measles, attack a child
   who is already suffering with smallpox, measles suppress the smallpox
   and runs its course. After the completion of the course of measles, the
   smallpox resurfaces. The same thing happens in vice versa if smallpox
   attacks a child already suffering with measles.
6. Scarlatina and cowpox behaves in the same way as stated in the above
   example of smallpox and measles.
7. Kortum observed that inoculation of cowpox in a patient suppressed
   measles. The same measles reappeared after the course of cowpox was
   over.
8. Hahnemann himself observed that mumps (angina parotidea) immediately disappeared when cowpox inoculation worked well. After the termination of the cowpox, mumps again reappeared for seven days with all its symptoms.

Allopaths with their stronger medicines, create stronger dissimilar diseases
in the patient’s body. These medicinal diseases keep the natural disease
suppressed for a long period of time. After the medicinal power is over, the
natural disease comes again in to action. So, in this system cure is not possible.
But the dissimilar procedure adopted by the allopaths make the condition of the
patient worse and incurable.
Example:
Pechlin observed that the allopaths suppressed epilepsy by means of issues.
But the epilepsy reappeared once the issue got healed. It indicates that the issue
suppressed epilepsy as long as it persisted.

3rd possibility (§ 40) : Double Complex Disease
Two dissimilar diseases of equal strength, after acting for a long period, joins
with each other and forms “(double) complex disease”. In this state each disease
occupies the most suitable and adoptable place in the same organism separately.
In (double) complex disease, two dissimilar disease cannot share a common
place inside the organism. But they try to occupy their suitable tissues or organs
inside the body.

Example:

1. When the psoric eruption starts appearing, the venereal syphilitic
   symptoms will get controlled. But in a course of time, both join
   together and each occupy the part of the body that is most suitable for
   it. This makes the patient’s condition more incurable and complicated.
2. P. Russel reports a single case of epidemic where both smallpox and
   measles prevailed in the same patient. Dr. J. Maurice says he has seen
   only two such cases in his whole medical practice.
3. Zenker reports about the occurrence of cowpox, measles and purpura
   together.
4. Dr. Jenner observed a successful attack of cowpox and its course in a
   patient who is under mercurial treatment for syphilis. Syphilis and
   cowpox occurred simultaneously.
5. The same thing happens with the long continued allopathic
   medications. The medicinal disease joins with the miasmatic disease
   and forms double complex disease, leaving the patient incurable (§
   41).
6. Syphilitic patients, when treated with large doses of mercury, gets the
   side effects of crude mercury along with the syphilitic manifestations
   which is very difficult to cure (footnote to § 41). Even in nature we
   can observe (double) complex diseases (§ 42).