Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-09-29

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4 s,d in your paper on the subject Of
..ooiauisnl, i, is probable that you and
&,aSIe generally would like TO know
,siect what is commonly called Medi-
fence shall speak Of those reasons
4 induced nc as an iHdicidnai to re-
- what is generally termed Medical
E,s and those which are sufficiently
;b,y 10 induce all entirely to discard and
i left the poison system in 1929.
,heu suffered with the Asthma ten
which de6ed the physicians skill (;
ia was pronounced in Consumption.
her case hopeless; and We had one child,
he had fits. Ia this situation we were
v,Old there was no help ior us in medi-
that we could not be cured.and must be
ned to our iaie,--drag out a miserable
<.nce, and sink into an untimely grave.
~ the use Of De Samuel Thomson's
cine and the personal assistance Of the
rch himself, we all enjoy good health
nav be said by some. that this was
chance and the old system OF med
is a science, although it did not happen
h our particular cases. To this | an
i that reject the old medical science
e following reasons, viz
Because j, is not Science. "Sci-
says DR. Abercrombie, us the estab-
! relation Of things, or the tendency OF
IN erenls to be uniformly followed by
10 other events; or. in other words, the
ude Of certain bodies TO produce OF to be
wed BY changes in other bodies in par
pr circumstances. This principle APP
10 all science and the various sciences
only in the particular substances or
is which are their more immediate OBJ
-Inielicetuai Porers. page "a.
bis is clear and correct definition Of
ce and If medicine be science. whose
iplss are understood, il must conform to
definition; for be says, "this principle
es to all science" Let US try medicine
us rule.
Ae sane author (pagc 3o) says: THE
iIhc physician well knows the difficulty
Seraining the true relations Of those
: which are the proper objects Of his at
Pr andthe uncertainty irhieh attends all
forts 10 produce particular results"
@4-5, he says Since medicine was
eulIlvaied as science, a leading object
lenllon has ever been TO ascertain the
peters and symptoms by which particu-
Internal diseases are indicated, and by
they are distinguished from other dis
which resemble them. But with the
|nulaled experience Of ages, bearing
tbs subject, extended observation has
served 10 convince us how deficient we
his department, and how often. even
nf't step Of our progress. we are left
rsiHre." An equal, or even more re-
|nAlt aaesriainty attends all our research
0 'ne action Of external agents upon
'Oy These engage our attention in
le'Pects;-os causes OF disease. and as
isi and IN both these views the action
Fms Taught with the highest degree Of
la''ly Does this appear like sciencei
Conjecture, uncertainty in the highest
Is that science?
sln' the same author (page 3l3) says.
!" powers IN The living body. in many
le me sole agents in producing results
w falsely and ignoraaiiy ascribe to
ne'les When a disease has iermi-
A'oTably, our treatment may hare bsea
anu may have co-operated with these
nay have been totally inefficient
''@less' and have had no influence
u 10 producing the result; or il may
S D,eu Improper and hurtfni, and YET
pO~ers may have both thrown off the
qua counieracted the efforts Of our
,uS,s'lerence-" Mr. Editor. is moi here
4ueient that regular physicians have
~'enee oil medicine. Certainly this
:;'e'lefence, and false and ignorant
''uS resemble any thing else than
pu' let us not condemn il on the
m N.Y. d one man, although he is second
'a ann IN the medical profession in Eu-
. %Ii oring Professor Chaplain, of
Fnla' 10 the stand. and see what he
u 49, oehali Of this boasted medical
o'uuiously as we have endeayore
N Cultivation, the Materia Medie
Ina .ee'lon OF medical philosophy. is
"i'd and unregnlated. Il There
Go, s~ l. page 3lst) Again, (page
a '@'ne author says Consulting the
n OUT science, we cannot help being
WIN the multitude Of hypothesis
upon US at different times. No
~, ~s imagination displayed to greater
+, Ct perhaps, says an eloquent wri-.
Jury OF Virginia) so ample an ex-
81, me resources OF human inyen-
?" crafty our vanity. if il were not
" 90 sss4a'erbalaHeed by the humiIia-
q so much abmrdiiy. confradie-
:, Jal'eh0Od." Page 49. the same
=. respecting disease and remedies.
j. present, we are plunged into a
"A 'aOyrlnth almost without a clue.
pe'plexed, our devious career-lo
N' Ane Illustration Of a iavorite wri-