Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-03-21


hasty sketches. and some ffpgsnQAiy views re. |
latine to the general subject which have long oc
copied our thoughts, and which arr now, ss it
were. forced from us somewhat snddenly snd
prematurely by the perusal Of DR.. Hendersons
book
we have not been unaware Of its claims
to attention. nor regardless Of its remarkable pro-
gres. in every country Of Europe both as sys.
TEN ormedical doctrine, and system Of medical
practice"
OF Hahnemann. the reviewer says: y ,.ts
mo careful observer Of his actions, or candid
reader Of his writings can hesitate Tor q mo.
ment to admit, that he was very extraordinary
man.-one whose name will descend to posteri.
ty az the exclusive excogi,stor and founder Of
an original system Of medicine. As ingenious
as many that proceeded il, and destined. proba.
bly,, to be the remote, IL not the immediate cause
Of more important fundamental changes in the
practice of,he healing ART, than have resulted
from any promulgated since the days Of Galen
himself. Hshnemann was undoubtedly man
Of genius and schoIsr;s man Of indefatigable
industry. af undauntcd energy. In the history
Of medicine his name will appear in the same
list with those Of the greatest systemaiists and
theorists; unsurpassed by few in the originality
and ingenuity Of his views, superior to most in
having substantiated and carried out his doc.
trines into actual and most extensive prac.
tice.'
One Of the greatest stumbling. blocks in the
way Of the Allopathic nou.believers is the doc.
trne Of the inintessmal doses. In the con.i.
dsntion Of this partot his subject. Dr.. Forbes
descends from the elevated and digniied posi-.
ton ofa reviewer. and has recourse to the re.
duciio ad abnirdum argument, by entering in.
to an arithmeticsi calculation Of the quantity
ofmstter in the thir!isth delution.
From very clever work on the subject Of
Homeopathy, recently published in London
written by M. B. Sampson, under the superin.
tendence ofthe English Homeopathic Asaocia.
ton, Lord Grosvenor President, we make the
following extract
The effects Of malaris, in penetrating the
system, and giving rise, in some instances, to
rapidly fatal symptoms are also we'll known /;
yet no one has ever been able to detect sny
specific matter Of contagion, although many At.
tempts have been made. 1t is said that an in.
veterate sgue was produced by the canal at
Versailles, though il was little larger than fish.
pond. II ie the opinion Of DR.. McCulloch and
that Of several Italian physicians, that single
inspiration Of malaria may be quite sufficient
to cause disease. Lancisi says, that ss thirty
ladies and gentlemen were making an excur.
sion Of pleasure up the Tiber, the wind sudden.
ly shifted TO ihe south, coming over the Pontine
marshes, and twenty nina were instantly taken
ill., only one escaping. Indeed. 30 subtle il
its influence, that in the case ofvessels lying
of an unhealthy shore. the difference Of half a
cables length from the coast has caused vessels
TO suffer or escape"
How much matter s there in the atmosphere
that thus deals disease and death on every hand!
| Again: single grain Of musk will ciffuse its
perfume for years in q room, the sir Of which
may be renewed daily, and ye: at the expira
,ion Of the time the perfume will be a. strong
Us At fret, and the grain Of musk will still
weigh grain now. rs smelling is produced
sy the PARTICLES Of the aromatic substance Ayinl
of and coming ia contact with the olfsctor!
nerve, what must be the size and number o. de
cilions Of decillions Of psrticles whose aRgre
gate weight amounts (spprcciahly) to nothing
atsll! Why. compared with them, the atom
Of the highest Homeopathic attenuation are a
mountains to the sands Oh the sesshore. w
think DR.. Forbes has here q fine field for tn
exercise Of his arithmetirsl powers. Nay, eti
further. the very opperatons of,he mind-hope
fear. joy and grief, have several'y produces
sudden effects, altogether beyond the power o
the most heroic allopsthic drug. instances
are not rare, Of persons being struck dumb b
terror, and of others restored from that state b
the same cause. Many persons have had thei
hair turned gray, in one night. nay. on the in
stant from sudden fright. Where has been tn
matcrier morbi in all these instances! Aws
then with the childishnsss v hch seeks meterid
csuses for spprecisble effects!
Snow ADRIFI.-As two ladies were passin
through sons of the streets of Boston, few day
since, large quantity Of snow became detache
from the roof ofa house, and descended upon the
devoted heads" completely burying them b
meath it. Some gentlemen who witnessed II
accident, calamity dug them out, and in pit
less plight they were hurried tea carriage a.
conveyed home.