eclectics Flashcards
Eclectic medicine is empirical medicine.
True
Dr. John Scudder was in the first generation of eclectic physicians.
false
Specific medicine is the same as eclectic medicine.
false
Specific indications are based on:
experience and observation
“There are no specifics in medicine” was the motto of:
the allopaths
The following are examples of a specific medicine:
emmenagogue
liver remedy
blood tonic
none of the above
Scudder considered symptoms to be signs of a specific “wrong of life.”
a natural process of life that is, nevertheless, disturbed from its healthy expression
Scudder used which of the following to determine specific indications:
tongue
pulse
complexion
questions
all of the above
Because Scudder believed in training and using the senses of the doctor, his medical system would be the opposite of:
twenty-first century “Evidence Based Medicine” - all diagnosis and therapy is based on medical test, imaging, and randomized trials
Scudder preferred large doses of medicine.
false
For Scudder, the use of the senses to diagnose and observe the sick organism was an exercise of the vital force of the physicians.
true
The “wrong of life” is an imbalance in the vital force.
true
Scudder opposed the use of conventional pathological concepts as a basis for prescribing because _______ .
they gave too much emphasis to the local expression of the disease disease
they did not reveal the cause of the problem
they did not help lead to the specific remedy
all of the above
The specific indication corresponds to:
a unique set of symptoms
a unique pathological expression
a unique remedy or formula
all of the above
