Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-04-29

call in question, his wisdom OF sincerity.
! By true principles Of medicine, do not meas
tho num5eriess theories, which the Impatient 'm's
nation Of some have psemaiureIy esecieo oo' ~
existing materials. which are ye' stoSe'"es "S....
Client Cor complete fabric; but speak OF those
ind nisbie truths which oil theorists. al! CONTEND
ljop oppoIenis, al the experienced IN every age
have acknowledged. These truths ara undoubtedly
few; aud il il the tn be lamenscd; aud seeing
they arc few, there 10 % much the more P'oPHe'y
in not admitting ncautiously host VI pretended
discoveries which SOW and then start up IN oPPosI'
tios to them. For if many ages gather but a fc"
gesuine principles; il 10 not likely that :'"e,e
ago will vpen tho Whole system. 4 - remarkable
that the Thomsoniaus have not discovered that their
theory (r il has never been proved 10 Be sny thing
mose)is but one Of the Thousands, which have
spsoused in the fertile lions Of the nature
Nov il cannot be den,cd that the Thomso"'as
prsciics posses novelty, and th't with the unrcn;S
tive, il 10 pausbc that its advocates have ooas'ec
Of its simplicity, and have raised the cry Of Pefss-
icution. Hence the foregoing rem'rks are pecu'
iiasIy applicable to this hypothetical system.
Tie friends Of This new plas Of pr,c''ce have
raised great clamOr s2airst mineral medicines
apparently E9gctng IL. plea ofp' r.ecu'on, which
they make on the reception Of SIMILAR trea'men',)
under the pretext Of their being poisonous: M"
no truth is better established. than that the most
ivirulenl Of, II ,oiso0s are vegetable. need moi
Ioceupy room in enumersting them: It called TOR
can give them. Not only they the most p";s-
on.'us; but vegetable poisons arc more numerous
than mineral
TIE Thon,sonians speak as if the medical facul-
~ used nothing but mineral medicines; the fact is
$50 Ear otherwise that without exagsernton, THINK
may say, they use, ten times more vegetable rem
eJies than the 'rhom.onans.
The united vo,se Of MI ind has pronounced al
cohol to be poisonous: and yet il 10 comm"" IN
gredient in their Preparations Lobei'a i "nq"es-
1.aco fall
III; I hi 70 seen ii; ami know it.. What nre these
70 alarming o. mpiOms,' but the violent dcsanxe-
meni II NATURES ope r.tions3 But when death Q"
sues in the midst "f these frghtfu Disturbances ct
the corps Of real and mental system. the Prs'cnce
u.s. that il the disease tina, hasened them 70 The
ton,b! o.! sorrowful deItisiun! How many pa
rents, how mary brothers and sisters. have had t.
,Iament tho chic,ous offers Of assistance by the
lThornsonians! So obvious have been the fatal re-
suits Of their practice that the eye 1t the com
mon observer could see them; and the attendant
Ihin,seIfhas been startled Surely he cannot be 30
hardy o. To deny this The following Is the Ian.
vuagc Of one Of our Standard authors, sPraking OF
lObeIa :-"When swallowed in the full dose, the
medicine produces speedy and severe vomiting, at
tended with continued and distressing nausea, CO
pcus sweating. and great general relaxation It's
effects in doses too large, or too frequently rrpea-
ed extreme prOstrltOD. great anxiety ana us
tses., and ultimately dealt, preceded BY coavn-
sions." This is confirmed ny the experience of
all who have witnessed ito ncautious sdmlnlstra-
ton.
But why :his cry against minerals. Among the
m,ldest Of all medicines are the various preparn-
tons OF iron b0rsx. bismu'b, msgnosin. salts, sui
phus and common table salt all minerals; and
yet who in his senses, ever thought them poison
GUST II 10 true We have minerals and we have
vegetables. abundan,ly more active than theses and
which when used vns.illfully prove injurious; hot
that is an abuse to which ell created things arc a-
bic. A fork in tho hands Of 4 child. or knife IN
the hands Of q reckless man, may produce death;
shall We therefore discharge the knife and fork
from useful service?
Iron, soda. sulphur, slicium. manganese. mag.
ncsia, lime, &C. exist naturally in tho bl cd. and
Other parts of the system. Indeed most Of them
seem 10 be essential eCmpe Lenb Ct tie animal
frame: these ore things we'll known to ply scians
And because put nature in the wav Ofsupply;Dgl
hUrse with those materials when they def |
ciens in The system, the senseless oucry IF poison
Jog the patient, 10 immediately on the wind
But the principal offence TO the Tho@sonIacs is
calosnel. u 10 indeed. - Dr.. Rush calls u, our
mammoth remedy; not that We Use il on oil occa-
siOns; but that il 10 potent against many diseases.
wien appropriately administered. Here perhaps
may oe told that this mineral does not exist natu-
rally in the blood; nv sufficient answer is, neither
does IobeIin. CaIo,nel has wrought itself into
nearly universal favor. Its virtues have been sol
conspicuous; 30 mnny thousands nave bee5 snatch-l
ed from the unsatised grave. by its means that i's
popularity has spread to every people; and it has
got into every body = hands. What wonder then,
that it should frequently have been msused. like,
!obela to the lasting injury Of the pn:ien! All,
medical writer's caution US against the needless APP
plica,on Of this remedy. They have shown its
sxcelleaces hen skilfuliy employed; and they
have candidIy ard hunanely exhibited i's disas-,
,rous effects, when NAL administered. Where is
the like candor among the Thomsonians! NJ! all
i 10 perfect with them! What presumption! Calo-i
mel the draco mitigasus, the trac:sb,e horse iDl
the hands Of good master; is tie ferocious iiger
liz ignorant and unski:ful hands No remedy but al
valuable one, could have attained to the samei
ssndiag, end have preserved il, against all the op
position Of past eyes to tho present moment. Audi
- hen lobela has endured the same test, its advo