Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-07-03


Aflss II Monday lat hn upon subject Of more than
ordinary issercs and will command attention from
those who ridcne the system by lIahnemsn. We
give Il sspar ofsbe history Of the times:
PROM ths Ro-on Atiss
HOMEOPATHY AND AILoPATnY
The following communication is upon a subject tina, IS
highly important the community generally. and will ut
general attention. and more especially among those
engaged in the medical profession.
ttsr as .stasJ
Huyde- 8 Brere
Centlemon-wil you allow through the medium Of
your columns invite the attention Of the public to
subject which has important bearing upon the health
and happiness OF mankind subject intimately connected
with life and DEATH and augh with deep interest to every
member OF the community IL ismy happiness to be pos
scsscd Of sufficient moral courage dare Be singulares
peciay when duty calls the OF error and
the advocacy Of truth. About hcenfy devoted To the
study and practice o the popular Ut medicine which
founded by Gacn 40 years after Christ have fully
convinced IL based the dcadicst and at
tended with the most fatal results TO the world My Oblee
lions unanswerable, and nsk for them the sober
consideration VI the public well OF the faculty. LIST
Its Acknowledged uncertainty ID Its utter nsutciency
I'd. Its frequently rnous and i The want
OF union among its advocates.
wish detrsc from the exalted profession TO which
have the honor belong and which includes many Of
my and most valued friends cannot answer
IL my conscience withhold the acknowledgment OF my
firm belief that he Medical Profession (oith ITS prepd
'ng mode Of Paefiee) Is productive Of rashy more erii
than good; and "a absolutely abolished, mankind
srOHid BE- infinitely the gamer. Though spill strong ink,
the opinion here expressed post haste but the
result ut cool elaboration. mean what have said
not however, that the established practice does
good. but on the WHOLE harm than good. am well
that my professional brethren will call me presnmp
i've for daring question the nfalbty of the aopahc,
pracuce sanctioned by the opinions of seven
cennries-but cannot, and will shrink
from known duty, what may. claim the privilege
OF thinking speaking and acting for myself, and shall
allow any man body Of men To be my conscience
holder in medical religious political matters Certainly
will attribute to me seishness. in renouncng po
IA publicity
sentiments, the avowal which will the friendship
OF the faculty. For honestly dscarding doctrines which
know be and embracing selevdent truths,
charged with being "an hereuc and setter forth vi
strange d0cfriRes though the combined nflu.
and talent OF the whole profession be aayed against
me-ihough they call combat of unequal odds
my only request is, ian open field and tair play with
the community Tor seconds The consciousness OF the
sincerity OF my motives in abandoning the fashionable
prnctee and adopting the rejected system OF Homeopathy,
will constitute my sword OF defence
How humiahng the confession, | must own that
the OF professional life has been than thrown
AWAY Often the sick bed has my heart bled within me,
that could relieve the agonzed patient when perhaps
was doing actual injury to the sufferer. Most earnest
y do pray the forgiveness of Heaven for mypast gevous
errors, and partial atonement for the mischief may
have done, will try young graduates from
mitied guilt. Nearly quarter OF a century ago, 1922
entered Dartmouth College, with the express Of quail.
flying myself for the responsible ayocaton of physician.
Since graduating, experience has been such
able form Just estimate OF the common mode OF
treatment and abundany TO satisfy me that is utterly
unsound root, trunk and branch. Ii is emphaticay
guessing system aud the chance OF Patterns being rad
caly cured by IT, about great the chance of drawing
prize from among hundred blanks. Ii Is be
GREETED that society is ensayed fashion and custom,
that would die fashionably under the
hands Of fashionable practitioner, than consult unpo-
pular though they knew he would them
health But then is better to die respectfully, and in good
taste, Than live aud be reproached by ones friends
Leaving fancy practice, and fashionable dying let
examine the questionable OF homeopathy OF the
truth OF which perfectly convinced OF the truth
of Divine Revelation. Did believe artiu
Der on no
cherishes more incorporating hostility TO medical gallo
iogg than myself Once opposed homeopathy 4 deu
son-spoke against it-wrOte against -ecturcd against
II, and consequently did adopt upon Putting
10 the test Of actual experiment. have concuve proved
ITS superiority the aloPaibc old mode. lst by Its
being based upon the principles Of eternal truh2d by Its
furnishing unerng guide 10 the physician direct him
IN the choice OF his remedes-3d by its "co, tuiO
cunde" curing quickly safely, pleasantly aud perna
nently IL does weaken inure expose the patient
take cold and the extraordinary results OF repeated trials
tel '.beeve and be bapsed" into the truth Of Is"
ma simiiibus curantur-hat is like is cured By like
For example, frozen hand is restored to life by the app
cation VI or ce-fhs is homeopathy burn seald
Is almost nstaneousy healed by holding the affected 10
the fire, or by applying simulants, alcohol tie spirits
oi turpcniine-ths also is homeopathy. With than
800 different remedial agents nj command, Why may not
nameabe disease, from simple cold TO the most oh
tinate chronic maady be easily cured upon the
principei This curative method does not claim
lection for IL yet in its infancy, but does clam
movable foundation u does not profess to perform i'm
possibilities its skfu practitioners must lose some,
for all must die.
The incontroverble law specific remedies first in.
cueaed by the gifted Hahneinann, the medical Telomer
Of the 18Th century, native Of Nielsen, in SaxOny and
resident of Pans, where at the advanced ii 50,
lac is daily consulted by patients from every nation IN Eu
rope The searching and gaspng mind Of this modern Har
vey has at last solved the mystery show docs medicine
diseased" lie has done 10 advance the healing
than all other writers OF the last hundred years. A.
mong his invaluable works. his OrganOn, (the Bible Of
the physicians brary) and his Maeria Medcn in vols.
Al st lac ndcued like the immortal Boylston, who,
on introducing vaccination into the u States aud boldly
aafI,r old
'aughed scorn by the faculty; but they did justice
% that noble phianhropist. So with Hahnemann-for
long period he deded by the profession, but their de-
rson is fast changing into admiration for his mighty intel
lect and he is attracting honorable notices from the
FIRST universities IN the world.
His method Of curing diseases opens infinitely
wide field for the Of the physician, and he who will
fully refuses explore for the good Of his fellow be
ings thinks it Intra dignifatem student again,
unworthy Of confidence, and ought IN honor and hon
esty retire from ranks II Is the bOunden duty OF
the profession TO investigate rigdly scientifically and
fairly every subject connected with the science of med
cine, and decide mpsraly, although IL prove adverse
their private interests. Let the oppOsers OF Hah
nemannean theory adopt what they may,
PEELED they will assuredy be fall in with public SEN
nent, before whose tribunal both the and old sys.
trial, and from which righteous
dict will be pronounced. The success which
tends any mode Of practice the best proof Of is value
''Tbe is known by its fruit"
Being the first break the ice Of homno-
pahy in Boston, and the first disregard high profess
iOnal authority, IL my lot, for a considerable time
bear alone the anahemas of the faculty. When at.
hrmed that few globues containing the hundredth part
Of a grain 81 Beadonna, would cure the scarlet fever
a. hours, they IN rage like Naaman Of old, and
tier indignant veins flowed quick and full Yet such
- tie fact, aud there Is no getting Dr. Holmes
"OmnPotent monosylable FAcTs!" Homeopathic Clio.
bues, though small, like Dayd's slingsOnes are able TO
conquer giant diseases. They forgot, or did not know
that II is not the quantity but the quality OF remedy
that ell a cure.
On asking them account for the truly wonderful
iects OF the hOHsdndh part Of grain Of vaccine matter
their faces fell 10 zerobut while they admitted the efficacy
Of vaccination without understanding the phy and Lo Vi
operation, they would accept less remarkable fact
although fully explained They insisted that all homUopa
tho effected by the imagination Of the patients
II 30, Why do they not employ IL In Of instances,
where their msdioines fall But how cure be- effect
ed by Imagination, infants and children, ~ Group,
hopping cough, ioehing, and its-and how IN enpnons
aud inhammati0ns IN aud womeni - ltle phUsO-
ply" Gays Lord Bacon, "makes iniide but much o
christian" SO with homeopathy little ACQUAINTANCE
with IL makes skcptic, bot much, Those who