Preface to the fifth edition in order to give a general notion of the treatment of diseases pursued by the old school of medicine allopathy i may observe that it presupposes the existence sometimes of excess of blood plethora which is never present sometimes of morbid matters and acridities hence it taps off the lifes blood and exerts itself either to clear away the imaginary . Many changes in the preparation administration and repetition of drugs took place the book begins with a preface table of contents and introduction this edition consists of 291 aphorisms in the 6th edition whereas the fifth edition contained 294 aphorisms authors preface to the sixth edition 1. Organon of medicine 5th and 5th edition translated by dudgeon 6th edition translated by boericke 1 the physicians high and only mission is to restore the sick to health to cure as it is termed 1 1 his mission is not however to construct so called systems by interweaving empty speculations and hypotheses concerning the internal essential nature of the vital processes and the . The organon 6th edition dudgeons 5th with boerickes 6th added paragr1 introduction uitgebreid alle edities tot halverwege dit document translators preface in this new edition of my translation of the organon i have completely revised the text in order to make it a still more exact reproduction of the original in the appendix i have given all the more important variations of the