Difference between 5th and 6th edition of Organon of medicine

  1. 5th edition was published during the life of Hahnemann, where as 6th edition was published 78 years after death of author
  2. 5th edition was translated from German to English by R.E. Dudgeon in 1833 where as the 6th edition was translated from German to English by Dr. William Boericke in 1921
  3. 5th edition is most popular than 6th edition because the new scale of potencies (50 millesimal) are still not well known or proved thoroughly by homoeopaths all over the world.
  4. 294 Aphorism in 5th edition, there are only 291 aphorism in 6th edition
  5. Several new foot notes were added in the 6th edition
  6. 5th edition, use vital force is use , where as vital principal and dynamic influence are used in 6th edition]
  7. There  is no foot note on Dynamic influence in the 5th edition where as a long foot note appears an it in 6th edition (aphorism)

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