Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-08-31

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obstruction from cold, remove the ob''rnc''"n'
The tcvcr which i, the effect of all these, or
the effort of the vital aciions Ia snbdne all
thcse. amounts ,o the sam. thing, when we
examine the principles. Let the cause be
removed, aud the effect Will cease.
The house, nt midnight, rcposcs in perfect
peace. The robbers enter; in all instant all
is turmoil and distraction; the clashing Of
su ords, aud guns, and pistols, and screams.
and groans, ntermingled. This is an ELECT
produced IN the quiet mansion, 10y the robbers
entering the house 1t is also all effort, aud
violent effort. of the inhabitants, to eXpel the
in,rndrrs. Now, what would be thought OF
the wisdom Of Il passer-by, on hearing all tins
hubbub, who should enter the house, and ut
tcrly regardless oi the robbers, would employ
al his efforts to arrest the masters arm, and
still the ciias of his wife and children. lie
certainly would be regarded rs insane and
h- aid, although he did not intend it, was in
help of the robbers, and against the family.
The case is clear, the fever begins m the
blood the vital principle is there 1t rouses
ih- blood vessels to extraordinary action
IN the very preceding chill it is mastering
the clans rousing all the forces OF vitality,
from the sensoriam, to the Spaslns OF the tooS
and fingers, TIL every moving power, and the
whole system, are finally engaged in the
struggle. This has b cn CALLED the spread.
ing Of the disease, by many physicians; but II
Is the united struggle OF nature TO resist death.
And you may observe the melancholy event
of the combat, as she yields to the destroyer;
the cx'remitles become cold and torpid the
eye glazed aud dim; the pulse low, stops; the
struggle gains upon the heart; the breast
heaves with violent rcsplraton; the last throb
bursts on the appalled, ear; the battle ends!-
Life i, forever fled and over the hollow and
pale check Of death, the king ofterrors waves
his triumphant banner! Alas alas! that ever
this king of tcrrors should be aided in his ef-
forts to destroy the human race, under the
idea of aGordlng them relief This is no
suggestion of mine, to the prejudice of the
Faculty; they themselves have accused each
other with aiding the destroyer. Their books,
their lectures, and their quarrels, all testify
to this solemn and serious truth of the fact of
pernicious practice.
! DR.. Rush accuses Cullen's nosology, with
directing physicians to prescribe for the
names of Diseases, instead of their proyimate
caus,; he accuses them all, from the archnns
of Van IIelmont, to the putrefaction Of Cul.
len. lie himself was condemned, in turn, for
letting out life with his lancet In England,
where peopl" enjoy very robust health, they
bleed lutte; sweating is generally practscd
TO remove disease. 1t was here that Brow'S
system made the most rapid progress because
1t fell III with the common sense Of the peo-
! pie; OF what they themselves had felt and
practisGd. And all medical prescriptions
should be at once submitted, in their compo-
stion. intention. and operation, as far as these
are known, To the common sense of the peo-
pie. OF all professions, Medicine and Re-
ligion should b. disrobcd of the very shadow
of disguise. Those systems, which have for
their objects the health and life Of the body
and the soul, should be above all mystery and
hnessc ; they should stand open, and naked,
and bare, before the Judgment OF the people,
resting on their own evidence, and merits,
and bcneticcut results. The lawyer may in.
vent his writs and briefs, not to enlighten,
but to darken and conceal his profession from
vulgar eyes; but it is the course and glory of
truth, to lie open to the day. There is a face
of dishonesty and suspicion stamped on the
very front of concealment, from which the
ingenious spirit turns away with loathlng
and disgust. And whenever the earth shall
have been purged from her folly and her
heathenism, the science, and the doctrines,
and the deeds of darkness, from the mysteries
of Eleusis to the abduction of Morgan, shall
be swept from the page ofthc book of nature.
Light, heavenly ight, shall beam on all the
'proics 'onS, and principles, md institutions of
men; for there shall be nothing wrong; moth
ing that shall seek - hide dcfornity in dark
ness, nor to borrow consequence from the
gnrb of conccament.
! "Wlat unaccouniable pcrversty is in our
frames, says DIR. Harvey, that VIC set our
selves so much against every thing new?-
Can any one behold, without scorn, such
droneS of physicians, that after the space Of
so many hundred years experience and prac-
iice of their predecessors, not one single
medicine has been detected that has the least
force, directly. to prevent, to oppose, and eX.
pei continued fever! And should any one,
by a more scduous observation, make the
least step towards the discovery of such rem
cdies, their hatred and envy would swell
against him like legion OF devils"
1t was the defects of medical practice in
his own family, which led Thomson to infer
that their treatment Uf fever was wrong
Their theories he did not understand; but he
saw the effects of their medicines; aud affec.
ton, necessity, aHd hope, led him to the dis .
coveries, and forced him into that iustrious
career, which Providence seems to have
smiled upon, with great and peculiar favor.-i
And 1t the results of this new practice, pro-
ceed as they hive begun, there is no doubt
but they will produce a complete revolution
in the entire policy and practice of the medi.
cal world.