Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-11-25
MI GGLIAM z,
tBY REQUEST
From the Journal Of Heath.

NEt TX HlBlrIU ~ OF QUACkERy
lf was reserve tor thts pres. nj ealie ,trnat
age TO exhibit quackerv Of a new kind u,,h
erio the enpiric used 10 vaunt his Iemedi.s =.
the prodrc, of some rare plaut--a balm Of 81
lead, obtained bv an requisite process of d..
tlIaliun o. sublImaIon, VIII ich he alone h al -.
skill 10 properly supern,end. The knovlsd,.
Of ~ virtues wa' gained from some .s,,.ro
ser, az mountain witch, or w travel among
ihe Turks or Indians or from tre PITY stefan T.,
the great han of laTiary, or II was revealed
in a dream, came by intuition, aor found in a.,
I'D book. sill, there the ren"d was-,wal-
lowed b., the credulous, sneered at BY the mn,
o.pphrr anny sed ny the chriniSt. and II, i,
! ertuess, or dangerous nature, exposed by In.
i pl,, sician. As the cteduloUs we're much ,h.
largest class, the trade OF The empiric Hour,st
ed at least for a season, un II some pew pretend
rather mote impuden & noisy. l. perhap. more
i ingenious ia manuIaC uGIug cases OF cures so,.
planted INN Ia pubiic estimation.
! No.-a-ddy-. new era IN the hstorv r
empIric sm has beguI. Men who havs d,sco
yerei ~ they all-dse the only true and naiu,aI
method OF curing a disease, we I'll SUPPOSE :,
! 10 be dyspppsy, make pTbIic-Ho, they Dak.
an ofler 10 cure patient, provided he nav
| large lee, and promise TO keep secret the
lnr.ns OF cure Is tnIs in character with liz
course OF things in our republic. ~ which eve
/
serum zed, and ali its hearings carefully m
ted? For lie individual wutchfulnes. should
not be sufficient IL qurSt!ons OF selt-comfo,t
/ the government appoint inspectors Of ptoy,-
siot,, III y rmarketS, and at our arvQs 10 Ara
/ thai no fraud 10 ptaCtIsed on as, and thar W.
are not hut or poiso.rd by kna,Ish Ayarc,.
, But what is the course in regard to our live.
when III eaten d 10y disease /? Are any means
taken In prevent oar be'"g dnped BY empri
cal rognPs wonders of nostruuI. and puisunx
winch, on the faith OF their OF uerd'ed % uml.e,
add lalsr documents, so many of tn unwnr,
swallow, to the detlmeu OF taeir heath, and
10 the deslru,t Oh OF their lives. So tar from
protecliu brpg tAt"uded to the cotnnun \
Ia this respect. IL 10 leit prey, an ayoWeo
prey, 10 every yHghry OF ignorance, 10 every
sinister attempt Of knaVrry---;u al the mos,
absurd operat ems Of the human mud in the prp
tension of quackery to cure diseases when its
professors never saw, Ivy means which they
Cannot possibly understand Or8ppreCiate. We
s.,Y. the community IS LETT an aSoWej prry-
Tor # any ol its members, suffering from unp,.
sHi,n, coinpltlu, lac Is laughed AT, and told Ia
he WISER IN tuutr. la class Of persons who,
from education and experience, are well aware
al the dangers oil qnachery, point them out and
expose ITS iallHcleS, they are sn"cled at as lD~
teresied aDn enviOns TO lies. Interested indeed
they are. Ia preventing bodily distress, aud in
HrrrsIlng the progress OF cruel disease bit en-
yious, OF what ! is IL Of scared cunsciences aud
ignorant minds The discoverer of the new
aud natural method OF curing disease, warmed
with philanthropic spirit towards MS fellow
citizens, offers It TO them . but as il is IN human
nature to think 100 lightly of what we get TOO
easily, large lee Is exacted for the cure and
then III order, we suppose, that the method may
Or more tensciousty Femembered by the patient,
he Is sworn secrecy. Be the course pursued,
huri iul or beneficial, or indicate and Immoral,
he or she IS sworn HOt u divulge tne mys,c,
~.
What would he the condition OF a physician
who should take the required oath We Will
suppose he thinks the secret practice liable 10
great abuse, perhaps decidedly IuJurious--he
must not warn his fellow citizens of their dan.
ger,i submitting TO the trial OF cure. Suppose,
) on the other hand, he dnds il benel ia he
must not make use OF it, Ia his own practce,
with his patients; he must seUd them he TO cured
by the great mag Ic,au hImseii, or il this latter
be IN another aud remote CITY, they must wait
patiently his coming. Thus physician swear,.
TINT he will nOt dIvulge a method OF cure which
might be the means OF restoring hundreds, PEE
hhps thousands, 10 health and Vigour, IT II we're
generally Notwithstanding all this time as
5 true d 1.-THE OF what is asserted 10 lie so. Blu:
IL may be said, that if the man OF wonder. work
ii dIspenshtion, so far Ms to allow the laueI to
pfactice, himself. on HIS owe patients, the usw
method Here then we should have the sin
E. guiar AID revolving spectacle, OF II memba OF u
liberal profession, among whom there has ever
ben a mosl entire community of kHJwledge.
becoming toe sworn agent AMI partner OF an
! copiric, aud pledged to keep has secret, con.e
what NAV. Have phy sicia"S TeHec ell Oh ms
subject Have they called 10 nlnd the greet
and the good who, IN Shedding lustte on tht il
profession, have enAohled human nature by a
self-irvotion anh d,sInt RESIDENCES, Tor which
! worldly honoUrs and applause, eyeU if more
layshiy rendered, c"uld never he an adequate
reqttal The secrets OF IA craft, the trIcks
oil tnplTfcism cannot square with the lofiY
maxims ihe true disciples, OF liiupucratss. WHO
himself prrterred devOtng ms services IL his
country raVaged with plagne, TO rrcrlvng
The glnter'ng treasures and promised honours
Of The king u; Persia.
Orerfceding. persons act as thoug,
the strength, rigor and health Of the body rl.e
in proportion TO the load OF food they ~, c Capa-
bls Of forcing daily iuto the stomach and
hence overlooking is the common er,or. al least
N our counny. i slight deficiency Of food is,
however, far less H. furious than too great an
amount The old maxim . u health be your
Object, rise from The table before the appetite
is stated Is founded in ruth and Trough the
elicnre VIII IN er at it, yet were lie wisely
10 adhere TO it, he would save himself
from many gloomy hour Of pain and suffer
lug
When the stomach is not laboring under dis
easr, and the individual IS otherwise in health,
4 I Up ito IS nt,a nT ~ hact