> We all have our own minds and I agree with what you have written above,
> but in the reverse order.
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> I, personally, would certainly not wait until a person was struck down by,
> say, polio before I administered any succor.

PS - "No disease will arise without an existing predisposition to that disease. It is the absence of the predisposition to any particular disease that makes us immune to it. Homoopathy alone is capable of removing these predispositions." (Homoopathy and Immunization; L. J. Speight, page 3.)
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To take an example:

Let us take the example of the Avian Flu spreading in certain parts. If the population we are considering has never suffered this particular type of Flu, then the population is 'predisposed' to the infection, for the Immune System is unfamiliar with the virus and by the time it produces antibodies to counter the onslaught, it could be too late.

Predispsed means 'disposed to harbour the particular virus', this could well be, (a) because the IMS is new to the virus or (b) the virus already has harbour in the constitution, but is subdued by the antibodies of the IM system.

In both the above examples the system is predisposed to the virus. The constitution may be robust, but is never infallible to a new unrecognised virus.

If, however, one was to administer a prophylactic, the immune system would become 'UN_DISPOSED' to that virus as the prophylactic would have alerted the IMS to produce antibodies and have it in its memory bank to be able to counter any such onslaught.

Please bear in mind that ALL homeopathic remedies are very broad spectrummed and as a prophylactic would cover a wide area of presenting symptoms.

Jeff Tikari