Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-07-13
nv Request.
.4nothtr .)drtweH to Caioniei and Tie Lancet.
By S. X. MILToN, NJ. d.

By s. K. MILTON, NJ. ID.
Mr. EDIroR: 1t is nearly five years since
entirely lald aside the old practice and adopt
ed the new; orn other words, raised my hand
and voice for reformation in the practice of
the healing art. had long and deeply de-
pored the many evils that accompanied what
seemed 10 be the best course of remedying
the affections Of mankind, and those evils
saw, too, accumulaiing and stalking abroad
with gigantic strength. So that often, very
often was my heart pancd and the blood
would seem to chill in my veins, to see and
hear OF the devastation OF health and life
which so pcrvadc the community by the use
OF poisonous drugs. Many have been the So
llloqucs, the mcditations into which have
engaged with the most absorbing interest,"
Oficn have cnQuircd ut every source, Is
there no healing and innocent balm in all the
dominion OF Nature? Is there no physician
able 10 battle the diseases ofmen and women?
And oh! how appalling to listen to the dis.
tresslng negative as ii seemed to echo from
the various "reminiscences Of many past cen
turies. But still the impression would force
its way into my mind that, surely the great
and beneficcnt Author of our being, after
extending To mankind other blessings in such
rich profusion, never could have left the rem
edial kingdom 80 miserably bankrupt, that
not leaf nor root could be found for the re-
lief at corporeal suiierings, and that too with
out hazardiDg the general health and const-
tuition and even life. Like many others,
was opposed to the Botanic or steam system.
without much knowledge or understanding Of
it or its principles. In 1882 was in Penn
sylvania, and there, for the first time, saw
Tie Thomsonan books; and, by the influence
Of DR.. Young, who had the books, my oppo-
sitioD was so allnyed thst i was induced to
buy the Right and Books. On my way home
To Cincinnati, ] was attacked with acute he
paths, accompanied with dyspepsia; this af-
iorded pe an opportunity Of trying the new
proctice on myself. went to work and cur
cd myself in an unusually and surprisingly
short time. This induced tie to try it on
others. J succeeded beyond my most san
grine expectations: 30 in a short time laid
aside my calomel, tartar emetic, opium, and
ell the host Of poisons so usually arrayed
against the life and health Of mankind. The
lancet, the knife, the blister cloth &C., have
used but sparingly, very sparingly.
] located in this place in September last;
since then have attended nearly one hun
dred and fifty patients, of which only three
have died-none by me given up as incurable.
] have cured several that were proved to be
past the skill Of the old physicians. II would
be but little different from telling over again
the same old tale, to inform you Of the preju-
dice and envy all this has created; and the
floods Of falsehood and slander with which
the whole country was and yet is literally in
undated. The few that die, the lobclis, The
steam or cayenne get the prsise-those who
get well, nothing allied them. II ] turn the
scale, and ask who or what killed the dozens
that have been laid in the graveyard in and