Size – Stage of Life and Constitution – Chapter 47 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

CHAPTER 47.
STAGES OF LIFE AND CONSTITUTION.

Age
* Complexion * Constitution
* Habit * Occupation
* Size
* Temperament

Size.

Size :-

Dwarfed :-

Stunted :-

Med.

Puny, incipient
tubercular disease :-

Tub.

Though 17, looked 12,
was so reduced and dwarfish :-

Syph.

Large :-

Bloated

(spongy) :-
Am-c.,
Ant-c., Ars.,
Asaf., Bell.,
Calc., Caps., Cupr.,
Ferr., Hell.,
Kalm., Lach., Merc., Puls., Rhus-t., Seneg., Spig., Sulph.

Fat persons dread the
air :-

Caps.

Fat, chubby, short
necked children, disposed to croup :-

KALI-BI.

Fat, light-haired,
suffer from catarrhal, syphilitic, or scrofulous affections :-

KALI-BI.

Fat,
prosopalgia :-

Calc.

Fat and sluggish, fat
body but legs thin :-

Am-m.

Fleshy, aged people,
complaints following parturition, diseases characterized by
stitching pains :-

Kali-c.

Fleshy people, or
dyspepsia in, catarrh :-

All-s.

Fleshy, flabby, tabes
mesenterica, with hypertrophied glands :-

Kreos.

Flesh is flabby and
muscles withered, yet, plump

(child) :-
Hep.

Obesity :-

Am-br.,
Am-m., Ant-c.,
Ars., AUR.,
Bell., Brom.,
CALC.,
Calc-ar., CAPS.,
Cupr., Ferr.,
GRAPH.,
KALI-BI., Kali-br.,
KALI-C.,
Lob., Lyc., PHYT.,
Puls., Sulph.,
Thuj.

Obesity, uterine
complaints :-

Graph.

Obesity of young
people :-

Ant-c.

Stout and
robust :-

Ail.

Tall :-

Lean, spinal
anæmia :-

Phos.

Lean, stooping, with
dark complexion :-

Coff.

Sanguine temperament,
fair skin, blonde or red hair, quick, lively perceptions, sensitive
nature :-

PHOS.

Slim, fair complexion,
consumptive :-

Ust.

Slender,
phthisical :-

PHOS.

Slender, weak-chested,
growing rapidly :-

Phos.

Slender, dark or
fair-haired, hysterical subjects :-

Vib.

Slender, phthisical,
delicate eyelashes, soft hair :-

PHOS.

Slender, tuberculous,
pale, clear sclerotica, great nervous irritability and sensitiveness
to external impressions, cough :-

Phos.

Slender, disposed to
stoop :-

PHOS.