New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-19

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rL;s ia q reprint from No. NIL of the British
md Foreign Medical Review, and is written by
wan who apparently endeavors to be fair but who
n;.,akes or rather has never heard of some OF the
ms, important and fundamental points in the theo
20 If Homeopathy. In his attempt TO treat Homo
,,bv with candor he admits so much that many
II his orthodox readers mus, inevitably be tempted
~ ipouire farther, and will only stop when they
have become thoroughly converted. DR.. Forbes
however, terminates his inquiries differently Al
-, admitting that as far as reliable statistics are be-
f,rs him the effect of the Homeopathic treatment
,,n classes of disease, acute and chronic, would
bc rerv satisfactory to Allopaihic practitioner,
and after enrichng almost every page OF his article
Nth the most important admissions in favor OF Ho-
rrnona,by he concludes that in rejecting Homo
ona,bv we are The is discarding what is at once
false and bad-useless to the sufferer and degrading
IN The physician We propose to refer TO some OF
these admissions in favor OF Homeopathy and
sher the reader has examined them we will ask him
what he thinks must be DR.. Forbes's estimate OF
alloua,hy when he considers Homeopathy false
and bad-useless to the sufferer and degrading TO
be physician
To leave the theoretical part of DR.. Forbess ar
tse for the present, lei so with him into con-
d,ers,ion of the practical pretensons OF HomGopa-
hy which. according to the Doctor, "claims our
,.spon on grounds which cannot be gainsaid. 1t
npseuts itself rs O new art of medicine, as n mode
fnractice utterly at variance with that long estab
Gsted in the world and claims the notice OF man.
kind on the irresistible grounds OF its superior
,oyer of curing diseases and preserving human
lie And il comes before us now, not In the garb
in suppliant unknown and helpless, but as con-
ueror powerful famous end triumphant. The
tsiples of Hahnemann spread over the whole
civilized world. There is not a town OF any consld-
,nbe size in Germany, France, Italy, England or
America that does not boast Of possessing one or
more Homeopathic physicians, not n few OF whom
reuen of high responsibility and learning; many
dihem in large practice and patronized especially
bypersons of high rank. New books on HomGo-
,,by issue in abundance from the press; and jour.
/ ais exclusively devoted TO lis cause are printed
md widely circulated in Europe and America
Numerous Hospitals and Dspensaries for the treat
nen, Of the poor on the new system have been es-
nbished many of which publish Reports bazon.
| Ing It's successes, not merely in warm phrases, but
( in the hard words and harder figures of statistical
tables The last triumph which Homeopathy has
achieved is the conversion of the Professor OF Pa
biology in the University of Edinburgh from the
old faith"
The Doctor then goes on to consider the evidence
which be has before him, and first refers the Hos
paa Of the Sisters of Charity opened in Vienna in
1892 and in which the patients are treated hompopa-
hcaly 1t is, says the Doctor situated i'll
healthy suburb and has thus advantages over the
great general Hospital of the same city 1t con-
aims at present upward of fifty beds. In the be-
;nning of 1895 the management OF the Hospital
vas committed to DR.. Feischmann and since that
period all the patients have been treated according
ahe Homeopathic system exclusively. lnthe In
reduction to the Study of Homeopathy by Drs
Dysdale and Russell, there is translation of re-
port of DR.. Fleischmann, exhibiting tabular view
the cases treated at this Hospital during eight
years-from tho beginning of 1885 to the end Of
l4s The total number of patients treated was
ISL, and the following are the general results;
Remaining from s34. ...-...... -
Admitted ..-.....--..-......---6 1924
| Cured oseo
| Dismissed incurred .-.---------- liz
Died 4O7
Remaining ..---......-.----- so
The list includes all the usual diseases, acute
nd chronic, found in hospitals and some surgical
cases
These tables continues DR. Forbes substan
tate this momen,ous fact: that all our ordinary
cunbie diseases are cured, in fair proportion un
: der the Homeopathic treatment. Not merely do
we see thus cured all the sghter diseases whether
sea,e or chronic which most men OF experience
know TO be readily susceptible of cure under every
rrety Of treatment gnd under no treatment at all
oOi even all the sese:er and more dangerous dis
ass, which most physicians, OF whatever school,
1--we been accustomed 10 consider as not only need
nslhe inerposi,ion of assist nature i'll bring
ng them TO favorable and speedy termination,
oat demanding the employment of prompt and
Foos measures 10 prevent fatal issue in consid-
eaSie proportion of cases. And such is the nature
The premises that there can hardly be any mis-
! @e as 10 the business OF the inference"
This may truly be regarded as a momentous
act by a stringent Alopathist who believes that
homeopathy is false and bad-useless to the suf.
ees and degrading to the physician. But again,
1s saying that DR.. Flcischmann is well known as
Irregular wcltcducated physician and a man of
ncor and responsibility. incapable of attcstng a
nsehood DR.. Forbes admits that No candid phv-
ean looking al the original Report or M the small
ssa Of 1t which we have extracted will hesitate 10
SSnowledge that the results there set forth would
Sse been considered by him as satisfactory if they
I'D Occurred in his own practice The amount of
sa,hs in the fevers and erup,ive diseases is GER
snly below the ordinary proportions but, for rea.
Sas already stated. no conclusion favorable TO Ho.
secpahy can be thence deduced Il seems. how
va, reasonable 10 infer that even in these cases,
. Dew practice was not less favorable TO the cure
81 me ordinary practice.
81 .he results presented TO in the severer in.
ua! intiammations, arc certainly not such as most
sSeeeal physicians would have expected 10 be OBJ.
under the exclusive administration OF thou
nSs h millionth, or billionth part OF grain OF
rUsFpa9rns. every two. three, or four hours. II
aS a De very unreasonable 10 believe that. out OF
IA, uses OF pneumonia 224 cases of pleurisy and
ovs. eases Of periioni,is lin all 629 cases. spread
bs period OF eight years all the cases, except
s ones, ts7 in nurnberl were slight and such
rD,r, o az have seemed to hardly requiring treat
5srsS any kind. In fact, according TO all expe
epts - so &c could not be the case. But ndepend
er;ds =. 'hls prior argument, have sufficient
NOM, 10 prove that many of the cases of pneu
cass. least were severe cases. A few Of these
hns.,SS are reported in detail by DR.. Fleschmann
cor,o In and we have ourselves had the statement
cis GIN S,oa by the private testimony of phys
- VrOI q HOmCpopathi bo attended, ~ Il >,