The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-04-16
REFORMED AMERICAN PRACTICE OF
MEDICINE.

NO those who uuacquantcd with the stem, the sub
l. scribcr would inform them that the Reformed practice
instituted and Medical school established in the city
of New York. in ls2g by ". Beach, NJ D. and Prcsi-
dent of the Reformed Medical Society OF the L. States
Dr. b. established board of professors in this school on
the branches Of medicine, viz Anatomy, Physiology Sur
gerry, Chemistry Matcra Mcdica, Botany, Obstetrics,
Theory and Practice OF ply sic, aud Medical Jurisprudence
which scientifically taught and demonstrated as ut
any Medical college III the country. In this practice, no
Caomel or other poisonous mineral Is administered but
the Vegetable Kingdom is wholly relied on to cure or re-
cvc the sullcrngs Of mankind About c2a, grant for
College was obtained from the Legislature Of Ohio, which
went into successful operations ut OrhingtOn in that
state, aud still OurshCs almost without parallel in the
history oay Institution. This practice has nearly in thai
state, supplautcd the Mineral practice rs well as N York
and other States This practice Is different from all Others
from the fact that it is continually improving aud rs dis
eases aud climates change loa certain degree this practice
varies accordingly. Why not reform or Improve the rnc
ce OF medicine well as any other art or science: The
Mineral Practice has had important Improvement Tor
half century and almost all vegetable practitioners
the day very much in want OF scientific knowledge in
Anatomy, Surgery, etc. But the Reformed Practice en-
braces the good O all systems now III vogue in this cOu
Try The subscriber Is graduate OF the Reformed Practice
well the Old school, aud knows from an experience
nj more than eight years that the vegetable practice is
safe and scientific than The mineral and uly believes
the present nhcrcnts Of that practice, acquainted
practically with this extensive Vegetable practice, they
would Willingly 'ay aside their minerals and common
charity prompts me to say IT, DR.. H. was M Office stu
dent OF Dr. lcuch, and Tor more than three years in New
York city had his able counsels aud consultations on pa
cnts, most every disease incident to dense pupula
ton. feel warranted in saying that DIR. ncic has not
rival as mn author and practitioner in America lie has
had live gold medals awarded him medical author
from different societies, (what no other ply siCia ever re-
cciyed in the country) The Improvements aud discoyc
res that yearly nude in this reformed Medical Society
by It's graduate, sent to the President aud published
for the benefit nj themselves and community The sub
scriber len New York city four Years neo aud in,nru W
East Bethel and has visited patients IN more than thirty
towns in New Hampshire and Vermont The undersigned
has observed that families who have kept medicines Tor
use, seldom need ply sicnn for advice Dr. lbbarddhas
the principal towns in this state that the inhabitants
orally might have iar opp0hii! to test the superiority
OF these medicines for mny Use. Fy cents, ar one dol
lar, jniCunsk expended, mhy prevent lOrg, lingering
aud perhaps fatal disorders let 1t become once seated in
the system aud hundreds expended may not even procure
moment of rest. The present era is an age OF transit
ton The practice of ply Sic Is scians
beginning to acknowledge IT, and to act upon H. They
have discovered that the of disease land there
is disease for the Of which all-wlsc PrOyi-
dcnCC has not provided ample remedies IN the siOrCOue
of nature they avail themselves to lie successful
those remedies Which operate in unison Wh The animal
ccOnomywth the arrangements ri the constitution Of the
human sysCm-yisitng every gland, organ, and vessel
with its snutnry and healthy influence. This the mineral
practice cannot perform; for, while pos0n mercury,
ar instance, may act eicncOusy particular disease,
nvnriubi, lays the foundation for distressing plant,
abiiuI weakness, nervous tmdity unhealthy action of
the animal organs constitutional tendency to i'll health
continued through life, rendering the subject burden to
himself aud his friends. The most respectable and inte
gent PLY scians of the times are adopting this mode oprnc
for proof Of which, publish the following
Of letter addressed To DR.. iIhbar by ply stefan OF high
standing In the state of Maine.
Frtract ola hncr from IN. JP. ALDEN, Belfdst, Ne.
DR. IIiBNRD;-sir; Being somewhat acquainted with
the princpitS of the Returned practice taught in Ohio
and being fully convinced Of It's superior e6cdcy in com
batting disease have awaited my sell OF this ms the only
means could devise to obtain further information on the
subject aud learn what conditions the agency for the
sale OF the medicine in this state be procured. About
20 since received Medical Diploma since which,
have been established in practice in this town, and If
not mistaken, with much satisfaction to my cm-
poycS generally falls TO the lot of physicians in this
VICINITY Hut however satisfactory Others has failed
altogether in being satisfactory to mystf and if there is
nny system by which disease can be subdned without nj
the same time destroying sSseniiay iujuring hr rcg
pirr and hcaifhv action OF the SYSTEM would mos, vii.