Dear Luise,

I think by saying that Leibesbeschaffenheit in aphorism 5 is referring to the details of the physical constitution "as we know it in medicine" may have given you the wrong idea. I was only saying that the context in which Leibesbeschaffenheit is used (along with character, lifestyles, habit, etc) may be referring to the general condition of the bodily constitution. The use of the bodily constitution here just means the condition, qualities or "the way the physical body is" in general. In other words "what is their body like?" What I have noticed is that when Hahnemann uses the term Konstitution in the Organon (82) and the Chronic Diseases (one reference) he is referring specifically to the congenital constitution and its hereditary dispositions. In both these statements Hahnemann is speaks of how the "congenital constitution" (Organon) carries "heredity dispositions" that condition the symptoms of psora in the individual. Does this make what I am saying more clear?

Thank you for your time, information and opinions (as well as patience).

All the best, David Little