Key Takeaways:

• Kent presents disease as a disturbance of the vital force, a dynamic pattern affecting the whole person rather than a local mechanical defect.
• The law of similars—treating with a substance that can produce similar symptoms in the healthy—is defended as the guiding principle of cure.
• Individualization is central: a patient’s mental and emotional states often weigh more heavily than physical symptoms in choosing a remedy.
• The physician’s art lies in perceiving the inner unity of symptoms, prescribing a single, minimal dose, and then resisting the urge to interfere while the remedy acts.