The Republican., 1846-07-18

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DnubAesA 81 0r most al nf your renders
have heard af ihis wonderful, and astonishing new
medical scienco' and as many pf them prescdbe0
medlcnesin most all cases before The regular
physician II snnt ior, 4 have, thought might 1oI
be uninlerfsing 10 Them 20 understand The doses
prescribed ~ lhis class pf doctors see what Dr.
Forbes says 81 The inhnlesmal d0sas. 10 bis work
just published.
fEyery one has heard o|lhis incomprehensi-
bic posplcgy. but we are Inclined to believe thai
few, if any but ihe homeopathic themselves,
or those who have Tend lbeit books, ,a0d 60lg
small nnmberhnve, are ware Of lls infinite and
astonishing mihdleness What passes tbspecl.
ing It, 10 rohimon medical ptsianbe, is ngafded
rs playful exaggefallon of the truth, gt|hished
goodlhumofedy fol lhe n0nco like lhs. ointmen,
fal facts 0f the sibryEellerl And his noeondsr
lthut this Is So. Mere ifiaainalian. working prls
maTily on It's Own RJound could nefeF have reach
led such aclimax of he marvellous, Here, losl
suredlY, ilgnyNbefe, The truth, il truth il be, IS
siraneeralhan fclion. ea
$50 minute are the doses prescribed BY the
E7abnamannic school. thai they ave scarcely con-
ceiyable BY lhe human mind. They defy all the
powers of chemistry aud physics to detect 10
them any tace Of the remedial substances which
they profess TO contain, and they almost confound
arithmetic In reckoning their amount. We are mol
ashamed to- conGsss thai our own powers ARE
inadequaleto pat down il figures an ordinary
homeopathic dose, and'we suspect that many Of
the homoe6pathiss ihtnseveslwonld find Ilhem-
stlves IN The same predicameaissOn trials The
following are the difisreal salisRgaiiops py doses
used. sns af'sat So 3ss a8ea n ,s,-t
"Firsl --one huFdredlh, Of a drop or gain.
"Second q a-7oRe len7Ihousandlh do,
~Third - ore milllVnih do.
sSxh lone billionth DO.
"Nnth -one triIlionh do.
"Tweyth s., lone qusdlionih do.
"Filleenh --one qainGlionih do.
g Eighteenth -oUe sixtilllonlh do.
''Ewenly-ffsl Zone septiliolih DO. ~ 4
lffIwenty- Zone oclilllonih do 4
"Iweny-se nonNiQnlh do =
ssIhlislh lone deconlh do
The primary dilutions Of ailenuatons are used
comparatively rarely, the higher ones, a. The
SIKH, twelfth, twenty. first, and thirseih, veiy
lcommonly Ii may be worth amoment's trouble
10 ify how far We really understood Or compre-
bend these numbers. Looking q ihe ttst OF
Ithese, we hive no difficulty. The hundredth
l(lOOlhl part af grain. inlelgible enough; The
Ism.ihoasaadih O,000ihl liz eompFehenalble,
but begins to waVeF. shefare, the mental views
Uhileahe millioatss l,000,0O0l Of q ggqln
puis our ptwUf Of rpisp rhefg iiaV FnE nnf
leaves US in a chaos OF underlined entities " nqnf
4 entities, we know moi which We fancy hat We
grasp The reality, and then il insahslY vanIshes as
a phantom. even beyond lbe sphere Of maglnas
lion ITSELF Having goi 80 fit. the additional
Subdivisions, or aitenualiohs, scarcely more Than
a thing ,--and whsiheF the wofd be : mlllloHlh,
billiOnh, ot decilliodth, the power Of comPFshhn-
sion seems The same. And yet the actaai dJs
ference between these quantities is immense,-1so
immense a. 10 be almost asincpnceivable as lhe
g things themselves. IS s.i esasss,i 3
i sh"Imagine, if you can. o grain of silica, or
chsEcoal. or oysieT-sbell, powerful remedies, az
Icording 10 Hahnemasn and bis followers, N lhls
i attenauied condition. divided into this number
4 ofpaIls; and one Of these parts Is not only fit
j and proper dose TO be given as remedy fet Sc
vere diseases, but Is 40 agent Of such potent IN
auence on the animal economy that 0iiO d0se oi
4 IBIS amount will cobn6e aeling forslhuys forty,
81 fifty days, and must notbe inleHeTed with By
anv repetition Oft, for fear Of deraneing or de-
s. sffoyine lis curative pIluel b Thus, HahnemaHn
"a telis U.s. tHat heAl1thhlH ~ VI ~9tHVpotV
of ammonia,wll act bcnefciallE upwaIds Of lhiF-
sliy-six days. that the deconih Of grain Of oys'
tershell (calcarsal will require forty. fifty, aad
even more days. so effect all the good i Isl ca
pable nf Thai a simila dose o( Rumbago (grpPh.
ites) will acl for at easi from thirty SIX TO ioFiys
y eight days; and "a like dose of phresPherus, 81
"A lesa forty days. sfasasess sasii ss.s .oess 81
Such the powerful doses and thus lopgfls
!. their power fell Now while there i 20 much
II qnackery, so many n8struns,. aad such 40 a.
lshcumplatien Of systems and theories, We conceive
J this decidedly ihe most saie n The hands 81 lhe
{ ignoront and would rsconDehd il IS every way
: superioF 10 any olhes fas ibeIF use, ands4hen I
Comes Sanctioned 81 lha sansA % shei gssal aud
the learned; IND if i lails hose usiog itnag have
Z The consolation OF Knowing hsG aTe IA aFasPecsa
-5siea.s Percy Creek July zlh s46.
o0es5rThe London Morning Herad + in ap ae
; ony ofdisIess IN conlfmplapg he posture pre-
. seated bysGieat Bfilaiu, now lha 50 hohef'
: Peel's pplicy has obained lhe saaeHon qf lbs
House of Lords. Here Is 40 sx0acl from tha
d paper Of the 30ih, iiFl.'
~ 'sAieahwhiIe The STATES. suppose. dsagn ant
: disable Mexico cougueslis out Of. The q4eslioi
--an immense refrannle Navy is crealed BY ihl
5 chFn iraCIe, vas ainHnaf 81 bullion occuDalle
fnfhe SiaieS ffbf6 i ta6alsnt d,hn Of hug6sl
Higdld, 7CmIsBa, b,slsytdf fidanuttnnu dis,
z after ideclages s4ha aHe Nasissas Silent Bniai