Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-11-02

says, IN letter lately received 81 have
given lobclia to the child one day old
ami 10 the man of !ourscore. | have
administered it in my practice 10 more
than five thousand persons, aud have
never known it to produce any bad re-
suits" This looks very much like To-
bella being poison The doctor also
states III hrs letter that he has "a,tcnded
two hundred cases of scarlet fever with
out losing but one patient" This is
surely n"t qnackcry !
THE DOCTORS IN TROUBLE.
/ A few years ngo, nobody thought
Thomsonsn worthy Of notice, The
doctors in particular regarded it with the
most sovereign indifference. But lately
n change has taken place the faculty
are brgInning to attack it in the news
papers and reviews. This iS lavoura-
be sympiom--an evidence iha, the hih-
'elto despised Thomsonans are worthy
Of serious notl'c and attention. Among
the number who have been figuring of
late in the public prints, is DR.. Bur-
rowes ol Lancaster, Pa. He has pub
lished II commune alton in the Lancaster
Journal, in which he calls the Thomson
Ians all sorts of hard names, and proves
conclusivcly that he has taken degree
at Billngseate, among the fish women.
We will not vouch.for. the dortor's pro-
)essionai skill, but he is certainly au fat
IN the use olvulgar epithets, aud abusive
language. These, however, are the
ready coinage of the Medical Faculty,
when they have occasion to speak Of
Thomsonism. But as it regards DR..
Burrowcs, he is harmless creature, and
50 we will let him enjoy his pet. He
says he will ''eave the fate of Thomson
ism 10 the same discerning public who
has discovered and expelled 50 many
similar humbugs /! Take care doctor,
that The mineral humb"gs are not the first
to be expelled. The danger lies at your
own threshold. As to the THoMsoNIAN
mUMBuGs, the "discerning public" seems
very much disposed to afford them coun-
'enance and support.
The essay of DR.. Burrowes was re-
piled to in very sensible communication
from The pen of DR.. Johnston-un ap-I
proved Thomsonian in the neigbourhood
Of Lancaster. We have made a few
extracts, and would publish i, entire, but
that our limits will not permit.
The following remarks, with regard
10 the Thomsonan remedial agents, will
be found very much TO the point.
There is no fact more clearely es-
ablished, Than that The remedial agents
'sed by The IHomsomans, are perfectly \
harmless and may under all circumstances,
n sickness or in health, be used wiihom
ny apprehension Of dangerous consequent
es-ihm they mnr only with disease, or
/ poisons girtn by The faculty 10 cure
'isense, aud we boldly and tenrpssIy I
i've it as our decided opinion, founded
pon the universal result of the Thorn
nnian practice, and the experience of
II its practitioners and friends, as well
5 its venerable founder, whose expe-
ience extends to a period exceeding the
&C of most OF his scientific calumnia,ors,
hat no such result ms that described by /
he doctor in his obituary notice erer hos
occurred, or possibly can occur, upon
primary exhibition Of our remedies. |.
ii will be remembered that DR.. Bur-
owes was ndeavoring to propagate the
I'D story, that our remedial agents are
cath to all those who touch them
The subject of mineral poSons is
ouched upon by DR.. Johnston. He
ays-
We will offer n few remarks in rela-
on To one of the minerals in the long
a,alogue of remedies, some of the pre-
araiions Of which are very frequently
rescribed by The faculty and, indeed,
'om its peculiar properties, it would ap-
ear to us To answer as general remedy :
, be administered by them on all occa-
ions. The mineral here alluded to, is,
ntimony, which destroys all metals
used with it except gold" lf such be
he effect on metals in n state Of fusion.
'hcn applied to them, what NAV we ex-
ccl To result from its introduction into
he human stomach May we not an
cipnte IA corresponding destruction of
nat delicate organ, and indeed of the !
hole internal viscera, vs. long rs there 4
re heat and matter to act upon? Strange (,
iat any mortal should have conceived
ne idea of administering in any form
retail so formidable, 50 powerfully cor
psive. What daring, reckless, auda-
ious quack, tried the first experiment
r a first experiment there "usf hare been!
This certainly was Then deemed dan
.er"ns empiricism (; quachery, rank
luackcry, by those who were aware Of
Is destructive properties. When did it
ease To he esteemed as such by tho