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Origin of psora
1675–85; < Latin psōra < Greek psṓra itch
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The next miasmatic generator is sycosis, or the disposition to warty excrescences; but this source of disease Hahnemann does not consider so prolific as syphilis, or his favourite psora.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Nor did the ancients consider their psora as our itch.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Hahnemann's theory of psora is no chimera, as many theoreticians would have us believe.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
If no improvement became visible after the third paroxysm, or if other symptoms developed themselves, this was looked upon as a proof of the existence of psora, and Natrum mur.
From Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent by Wolf, C. W.
Because the iris of the eye revealed "psora" as the cause of the suspicious eruption which reappeared several times later in life, and because the servant girl was afterwards absolutely exonerated by competent physicians.
From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry
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