Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-07-10
SENATOR BACkUS ON HOMEOPATHY

| Doctor Backns. one of the four Whig Scnn-
/ tor from the Sth District y Y. recently made
/ "A very amusing report on homeopathic from the
committee on medical societies and medical col
!v1"s. II whom hal been referred numerous De-
/ uu1ns from the counties of CaYugl and Onon-
| dlga. praying for the establishment of a lIomn-
/ opntiy college at Auburn. We cut from it sun
/ dry passages;
"foor committee are of opinion that perhaps
/ few persons. and those perhaps who have heard
/ OF homeopathy. and even been in the habit OF
swallowing its tiny gobules with great serious
ness Of demcanor, do understand the infinite and
astonishing mnutcncss to which their medicine,
are derived. They are scarcely conceivable by
the human mind Few men have mathematical
talent enough TO put down in figures and ordina-
ry homeopathic dose: 100000. 100000. 100000.
100000, 100000, 100000. 100000. 100000 100000.
oJO0Oo-one decllionth of grain ofcharcoal or
oyster shell is not only lit and proper dose 10
BE- given as a remedy for severe diseases. but i,
an agent of such power that one dose will con-
time acting for thirty or forty DAYS IInlnc-
mann says that a seXtonth OF grain of Car
bonnie OF Ammonia will act beneticially for IN
wards OF thirty six days. and that the dccllioyth
of grain of oyster shell will require forty or fifty.
or even more days, to produce all the rood it is
capable of,
ltwoud seem TO your committee that there ncy-
or was a scheme proposed so contrary to COM
mon sense aud all the principles hitherto promul-
gated aS reasonable. Undoubtedly that circam-
stance Is the substantial element of It's popularity
with so many. 1t has 50 little to do with the com
mon sense OF mankind, the old fashioned laws of
cause and effect and having assumed mysteri-
Gus form, many have been ready TO adopt it, Else
how can the iniinitosma doctor and his patient
] lao 10Y in ti,t, ,-tt, 81.
triilont part OF a grain of magncsia and rhubarb.
and predict the most wonderful cures to result
rom the exhibition olthese inapprcciable doses of
medicine.
Your committee feel great unwilingness TO
neddle with tins subject, especially to discuss its
principles al any length-it is fenced in with so
many scnSlbilltcs, male and female as to enjoy II
KIND OF charmed existence for the present The
medicine is so delightful, and there is sometime
P@r'aklng 50 much OF characterization in and
about it, It is "A sweet scented real German foo.
that for the present will survive in its individual
parts like the polypus aIterit has been cut 10
pieces rs a whole
"One peculiarly Of homeopathy, viz: is par
ade OF symptoms, (Which are exclusively treated
by municipalities 10 the disregard of disease.
drawn mp with such apparent regard to minute
investigation, and exhibiting at the same ti,,r
50 much acumen IN discovering changes impcr-
equine To Ordinary Observers is very attractive
NeWlll only present single cXample-the eX-
pertinent made by the great apostle, lIahnemann
himself, of the docillionth part of one grain of
charcoal lie very graycly says it produced gid
d'ness' loss OF memory, slecpiness and wakcful-
ness, loss OF appetite, pain in the head nausea.
colo, cold in the head hoarscness, cough. rheu-
matte pains, sharp pains in the chest as if from
an intense charcoal fire, the decillionth part of
gram OF charcoal being ignitcd. This symptom
Is naturally followed by hot boiling in the chest,
which at length is parted with as steam. and from
tins effect, the great father of this system con-
Slaers charcoal to rank high ms remedy for wa
ter in the chest -
"Females who have become advocates. have.
III very many Instances become practitioners up
ON tins system, have their box OF medicine and