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26 is overloaded, does he add more by way of relief? If his wheels are blocked, does he pile the obstructions still higher? No, common reason and common experience teach the very reverse of all this; he cuts up the weeds, drains the wet soil, takes off a part of the too heavy load, and endeavors by the most direct means to remove whatever obstructs his way. If the painter's colors are too dark, will he add lampblack to make them lighter? or if they are too light, will he use whiting to make them darker? If they are too thick, will he add more dry material? or if they are too thin, will he add turpentine? Applied to any department of business, the idea is equally absurd and false. Every rational principle in medicine is founded upon, and guided by, the same kind of common sense that is always employed by the farmer and mechanic, and is manifested in every department of domestic life.

Having laid down his principles, Hahnemann set about making experiments upon himself and others in order to find articles which, given to a well man, would induce the disease or symptoms