Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1806-09-22

FOR 9HE PORTLAND SzzE77x.
AR. ADAMS,

AFTER this, | was called to
child Ave years old, On the 9th day
Of an inhamatory fever. The child
had been often viGted by an en1pirir
who pronounced the difeafe 10 be a
/" 4Uoran fever" Pink root and fpir-
It's were given; and platter of aloes
was applied to the ftomach. The
nurie propofed vomit. To this he
objected by iaying that "a vomi:
wosld bring the worms into the threat
and chok- il" | gave an emetic, as
sto calo-he! tho the child was appar-
elNfy hopelels 1t ioon recovered,
wi,l.wnt Exchanging a fngle worm
The ,smp;ric, greatly enTagcd, de-
clareI ,lught 20 be damned, for Civ
ing the v3l.Nits yet he is a universal
iR. But thcTe men frequently fpeak
and att, before chez think.
could relate m any ether inftanceS
of the fufcrings OF mankind, from
quackery in the practice of Phylic.
But they are referved fcr aVolumE-
Gus work, in which | fhall endeavor
to exhibit the principles o. medical
fcience, in fuch a manner as 10 rem
der them inte!ligible to thofc WHO are
deititute of medical knowledge, point
out the difference between regular,
ly educated fcientifc phyfcians, and
daring empires for q Medical men,
(fays DR.. Parkinfon, with not for ig-
Iorance either in their patient or his
friends. They know, that whillt cx-
erciing the duties of their protection,
the knowledge of the frit principles
of medical lcience, will always yield
them the frongef aid Whit igno-
rance, will bef provide the prey Of
the rapacioua Quack."
If theie impontions are fufered to
continue, Is it not greatly to be fear
ed that the hifory of the abufes of
fpiriteous itimulants, will form as
4 dark a page in the annals Of medicine
7 as in thofc Of general fociety /?
When we attempt TO reafon with
thefe empires, and to convince them
that this mode of practice in fcvers,
is in direct opPoGIion to the united
{ fenfe of the mott learned and exper-
fenced phyfcians in America, they
readily reply, that :" theories and inno-
yati5nr are dreadful occurrences"
What would theie men have
Would they with for a return Of the
Z dark ages, when books and learning
were deitroyed by the Cloths, Van
tn dals, and Mahonetans Or, the
days of harvey and Galoileo, when
the circulation Of the blood was COM
= batted, and even the motion of the
rartb oppoHcd. Or viii they affirm
that Medicine, which is erected up
n on the BATS of the phyfical licences
Il is perfect; and that nothing more
Ii can be difcovered concerning any of
ii Its numerous and extenfiye branches |?
According to their ideas, we mutt
= forever remain stationary in our
4 knowledge, left Tome new difcovery
y 1hould caufe us TO alter our fenti-
ments.
b This is the fale execute for lazinefs
X and under It's influence have pre-
.Judice, ignorance and error, always
4 held their fway in the world.
Was it dreadful occurrence
when the fagacious and interchangeable
NJ SYDENHAM, inftruaed by repeated
experience of the bad effects of Aim
allating and heating medicines in the
II Small Pex, expofed his patients to
H. cool air and administered antiphlo.
r. giitic or cooling means and was
IL this very important and interehing
innovation efeaed without theory
/" 70 theorize is to think, (fays the
- learned DIR. Ranaain his observations
ht on Phthifs PdpnvSlalis), and that
II phyGcian, who fkeorizes the mott
Vii clofely, and reafons analogically on
difeafes, will, other things being e.
quail, be the hef phyGcian !"
M We have fenfes given US for OBJ.
'@ iervation, and Understandings that
we may reafon on thofc things, Of
which our eyes and ears give US cog
II nizance. 1t is our duty, then, TO
smploy them ufefulIy and profitably.
whenever We, By means of.our
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