[Omeo33] Art 1142 - Homeopathy, 2010, 99 (3), 215-220

[Gino Santini]

The concept of health – in the history of medicine and in the writings  
of Hahnemann
Josef M. Schmidt

Considering the precarious condition of human existence, vulnerable,  
dependent on, and susceptible to, a many and variable influences, the  
desire for and appreciation of an undisturbed and steady state of good  
health seems to be quite natural and an anthropological constant. In  
fact, throughout the ages people have strived to secure, protect, and  
restore – or even to enhance and prolong – the precious moments of  
well being that they may have experienced from time to time amidst  
their ordinary troubled lives. Accordingly, medicine was invented and  
developed to prevent, relieve, and cure diseases, to reduce or  
eliminate, as far as possible, any impairment or injury to health. In  
modern times, the demands of patients and claims of doctors towards  
the optimum state of health, have increased considerably. People are  
no longer content with being or becoming relatively healthy after  
medical treatment, but instead want to become healthier or attain the  
healthiest state possible. After all, who would refrain from having a  
bigger house, a faster car, or a higher salary – if he could choose?  
Yet, contrary to measurable things that can be compared  
quantitatively, for health there is no uniform scale for assessing  
what is to be considered good, better, or best health. On the  
contrary, everything depends on the conceptual framework which  
underlies this notion. That is why people do not necessarily mean the  
same thing when they talk about health.

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