The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-09-27


rem had exhausted their skill in vain.
f" Come" said he to the 'rhomsonian,
{" Perform" This upstart novelist" per-
formed, while he aud the regulars looked on;
. and. to their great modification and aston
lshment, after a short interval, Tie patent
was relieved; free and natural breathing
succeeded bis labo-ous and painini resp-
ration; reason resumed her throne; and
the piercing and heart-rendng groans of
the sufferer were exchanged for the most
Ihearfy thanks to the physician who, by the
superiority of his remedies, relieved him.
After Witnessing this signal triumph of the
nep sustem, over the old, this reloubtable
In. ID. was overheard remarking, 05sm an
Under tone Of ooice I'D "THEsE THoMso-
MANS, RIGHT FROM THE PLOUGH, CAN, SOME
HOW on OTHER, PERFORM CURES WHICH COM
lPLETELY BAFFLE OUR SKILL, AND WE CAM
NOT DENY IT." Well, now for the result.
WHY, the whole band Of regulars, one
would suppose, became Thomsonans at
once Not so. With this, aud ten thou
sand such facts staring them in the face,
they still continue to persecute and malign
these upstnrt noyelists" without mercy.
! Let us now single out from this jury of
/ W. ~. sOluc Dut, huoSc w boH-
scentiousness is somewhat prominently de-
yeloped, (f such an one We can fud,) and
follow him from his sick chamber to his Of
! fee; and let us endeayor to form some
conjecture upon what would, probably, be
his reflections. IIe arrives, and seats him
self in chair, dissatisfied with himself and
his system. He recollects that the family of
his patient has witnessed complete failure
OF the rid practice, and as complete tri-
umph of the IhomsOnidn. 1t cannot be
denied, for the relief was afforded, not only
in the presence Of the family circle, but al
so in that of a number of the faculty, and a
crowd OF anxious neighbors; and now,
what shall do 7 1t is in vain to pretend
that the relief may be attributed to mere
chance, for he has been too successful in
several other instances. He thinks Of the
pleasurablc sensations that are produced,
when true magnanimity prompts the pos
SCISSOR to diycst himself of all cnyious feel
ings, and contracted views, and to bestow
merlted praise upon those to whom II is due.
! He Immediately resolves TO discard the old
system, and to adopt the new.
A thrill ofjoy prevades his heart, to think
that he has thrown off the shackles of the
" guessing SYSTEM" in which, for long
time, he has had no confidence, and that
he has embraced another as indestructiblc
as truth itself And he reflects upon the
manner in which he treated his patients,
formerly, how one, and another, and anoth-
er, fell victims to death, who, but for his
unskllful management, would still have
been in the ranks of the living, an awful
sadness comes over him. If, says he, the
Thomsonian system be true, us | most
heartily believe, Mr.. A., wlIoml so frequent
ly and copiously bled, was hurried into G.
tornity by my own hands. Should ever
again practise in the family of MIR. b.,
whose daughter died of fever which
treated as sn enemy, the old gentleman's
good sense will lead him, at once, to view
me MS her murderer. Ii will, also, be obyi
Gus to the whole community, that blister
ing, bleeding, mercury and morphine, caus-
ed the death of C, ID, T., +, and many 9TH
ers. That this as the fact, an examination
of the botanic system places beyond II rea-
sonable doubt, and my heart bleeds while
think oft; and aow, by becoming Thorn
sonian, / am about to publicly confess, that
for twenty gears, have been practising up
on theory that has dug the grave of mil
lions. These Thomsonians, upon whom
have looked down with such utter contempt
are the benefactors of their race. ! have
frequently been struck with astonishment at
the sudden restoration of one aud another
of my own patients, by their system, whose
cases had given up as desperate. know
their system is true ; reason, common sense,
truth, justice and humanity, all urge me to
adopt it. Again, ask, what shall | do
To confess that for SO many years l have
been practising upon a false aud destructive
theory, will cause me to inherit the ever
lasting dspeasuro OF the better part of the
community. Iregard, highly, the good o.
Ipinlon of my fellow men. Ii is not yet for
ieled, and | need not forfeit it, The old
system stands here still, most magnificent
structure, ornamened with tho wisdom,
skill and science of the great, and learned,
aud wise, for more than two thousand
years. In consequence of our misreprescnta-
tions of Thomsonism the people are still
icedded to ii, and shall give it up, and with
it, a tat hcing, for system of day, sought
out by an ignorant "upstdrt nousiist''i
shall sioop from the sublime heights of
science, and rank myselfwih set Of poor,
idterase, despised qaaeks No the dig
nifty OF human nature, and a decent self-re-
spect, forbid it "L.ire or die, sink or soim,"
! go for the old system. These Thomso-
mans, after all, are a pack of ignorant pre-
tenders, who are hurrying the whole COM
munity, on the railroad Cayenne, Lobela,
and steam, to one common grave. Dozen
ioith them; by fair means, if you can; if
not, by any means. A gibbct is too good
for them. Aud immediately he goes ex-
tensively into the manufacture of gross aud
palpable fabricaiious; and soon report is
IN circulation, that one individual, literally