New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-09

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Pathological Anatomy a. ihe University Of Vienna
Translated from iHc German With silr0ls on Damo
ss from scloei.eu. SE1ls. and others By DR.. jon,
PIERS Now-lofE. Mn Ra-le ~ Broadway
Beside the unquestiOnable value Of this book
the product Of the most industrious and scientific
Of his eeneraiion-io the mere practitioner the
latent purpose Of the publication. well of the
great school OF which it is The exponent is noble
one Il j. to arrest the counter ultraism reboundne
from the absurdiiies Of the ideal pathoosss 70 utter
Is uproo.ed By Hahnemsnn who ike all reiorrners
necessarily became bgot and fanatic. Without
these latter there could be no willingness for raarr
dor-withoot that no revolution. At the time
Hahnemann promulgated his great discoveries there
was literally 10 such thing a. wha. is now farnary
known as Dead House Pathology. The Ideaiisi.
had Of classified and belonged every thing that mere
simple facts and observations OF the tracks left By
disease upon ihe human organism went for nothing
Symptoms asd obsery atoms were considered a.
merely good Jokes and he who talked about yrqe
tcing from them was only worthy Of being laughed
a. Bus this STAKE of things could not possibly con.
tinue any longer Hahncmann positively denoi.
shed it and rejecting rcmorseessiy all the es;ab.
lisAed oecrees OF parchncuicd ignorance he him.
self issued decree that there were no diseases no.
Notwithstanding but symptoms. which were
10 be considered IN detail aud treated ripidy with
specifies. But the back Of old supcrstiions being
once broken, the nightmare fell from the shoulders
Of Science and audacious men, with strange in.iu
menis and pokcrish- looking knives in their hands.
went cutting and slashinc among the dead bodies
until they had laid bare in succession every inch OF
the internal ORGANISM under almost every possible
became its master genius and pushed II 20 most cX
stage and visitation Of disease The spirit OF this
movement was seized and embodied by Louis. who
iraordnary lengths Rohiansiy seized upon the
same movement and Immediately lis energetic and
powerful mind organized system OF operation and
erected these wonderful discoveries and this i'm
nensc amount Of practical knowledge into a school
since known throughout the world as the Vienna
school In this school Dr. Peters. the able trans
alor Of this dry and tedious work, I'VE speak Of
course in literary point Of view was educated
and he spreads before the English and American
Profession these invaluable and otherwise inaccess
bc facts and experiences of iis founder-iicts and
experiences drawn from the dissection and obserya
ton of more than twelve thousand cadavers during
an active and eager professional life Of many years
nearly twenty OF which spent in the ceaseless
discharge of the duties Of the Dead House
Although we have stated this case for the Vienna
School. and in their own way, notwithstanding
that the writer Of this is an ultra Hahncmanuic
Homnopaihist yet we ourselves by no means
admit all that is claimed for them We can
very cheerfUlly, however, accord our admira
on to the extent and variety of Rokitansky labor'
the unquestionaby beneficial influence his schoo
has exerted upon the profession and humanity, anc
the very excellent manner in which his grabbed and
distorted German has been rendered into smooth
and pleasant English. We appreciate, too, the ne
cessiy for all practitioners toWhatcver form o.mod
ca faith they belong, kccTius abreas; Of the age ~
Investigations and discoveries If there be certain
important diseases which do not adequately mani
fest themselves by symptoms then Hahn, mamie
Homeopathy in these cases must fail or if l. Is pos
sbe for two or moro diseases Of opposite character
to maniicsi ihcmselye, by symptoms apparently idcn
,ical then pathology must come to the rescue de
eide the nature of the disease and leave Hommopa-
thy to provide a remedy. In short we can easily
conceive how conscientious practitioner may deem
tina, bis duty lies in ccecticlsm from Holan opath'
and pathology and without yielding point Claimed
bv Hahnemann for his system. we NAV at least e..
press wish that all Homeopathic physiciansas wei
as oil others may make themselves perfectly iainli
lar with the contents of this great work so as in any
emergency, to be armed a, all points
we understand that the second number OF this
work Of Rokitanskys IS ready for the press, but
VIII not be published unless the sale Of the first war
rants the experiment We hope there can be no
question about h0f F.