India, Nov. 4 -- Case taking continues after the patient's initial account has been recorded. A doctor may need to clarify when a symptom began or return to a reference after new information emerges. If a symptom description changes, the doctor also needs to know which earlier searches relied on it.

A practical direction for AI in homoeopathic practice is to preserve this continuity. Connecting the case record with the reference work it prompts and the observations added later gives the practitioner material to examine. Clinical interpretation remains with the doctor, who can question a suggestion and trace it back to the account or passage on which it rests.

Starting with a usable case record

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