The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-02
IIoun Opnthy.

tue Hoso orArmo THtonv AND PKAcrses % Mso'.
me Nv E. 4. MARer, N. d. NV YOHK. W.
RAppr go BROADWAY.
Medical science, and those branches of IL known ss
Ma'ers Medoa and Posolosp undoubtedly, much to
uaAnemsn and his system of homaopath Before Hah.
nema his stem OF inhnitesmsls la the ad
mnstration Of medical therapeutic agents the aston.
fishing power OF various medicines, In very minute
A,.es was neither known nor suspected The common
and prevalent idea among msdical men was that the
OBJECT Of any medicine In proportion 10 the guam
tty administered and In sonequence OF this admitted
principle when medical prac t)nsr Wished TO produce
T. the plan Of giving great aud large doscs Of the
dtclne in question Homeopathy on the contrary,
has demonstrated that In many eases an nhnitesinsl
dose will produce more powerful action upou the hui
system than large doses OF the same substance
are capable Of doing Thus, when several grains OF
nurisr hydrargyri will not produce salvation an la
hnitesmal dose, according to the homeopathic sys-
TIN, amounting TO a portion OF grain OF the sup-
ttaBee, incredibly minute, will produce thai effect
Facts such a. this open a field science ia the
Investigation Of the action of medicines upon the hui
man system. Paradoxical as II may appear homeo-
pRihy has conclusvely established the fact that the
action of n great number OF potent remedies Is 10
veTscy TO the bulk administered In other words the
more inuteiy the substance Is divided abe pow
cIfu s Its action being taken into tue body Tae
cs,ing in the details and facts which II states in rsla
ton this subject and deserves attentive pcrus ssd
consideration. But, while we owe this aud other vala'
able to DR. uahncman II ~ not 70 b. sup
posed that his system IL confined to the
OF infinite sinai doses 1t Is nos received axiom OF
be srong enough TO provoke the necessary re.aeton
-(psxs 1lT) And il further aPpears from tho pages
of theyolume before that the homeopathic pras.
ttoDer lie effective and decided In administering fire.
aueht and sufficient doses the faculty in general
opinion that their sy.trm consists in administering
such small PARTICLES OF medicine produsc
cults On the contrary the results produced by the
doses thay admnister aae az effective those produced
by more bulky dose,
should not be adopted by the medical profession gsue-
rally IL Is composed Of liberal educatsd aud reflect
log men, Who have net only frequently changed the
doctrines and principles OF former times not onl
admitted innovations novelties but have
from tsomaaves great changes u not improvements,
generally engaged In tn. search after knowledge snd
medical improvement. ard unlike the ignorsnt aud
selfish they liberal In communicating W the pubic
every new discovery, and asing IL comRon proa.r'y
why then bsve not the uaioubted dicsverics u no
saaopathy been adopted as medical ims ovement by
The medical procession ws think cssa the
60 the foioSisC state al facts The hrst prsc
ttliousrs on H@hnapsns prslcipie brough, forsard
tsr sysem not az an addition {, medical nee bat
ssx.n opposition Tie natusi fleet aud operation Of
doing vas to say.ts tho sor< You mus discard
yoss old doctors, and employ -. We t<e true
byssians and they sro not TO b. truse1n rtis was
war u the knife and this wa thus Tiger, mas
been t,urd to The teseft selieve n. itLsr of
Che psses concerned Of the pulic The gssztsst
diasavssssgex has been toe cause -f science; Gr %
prinepls good in itsf has Aeen Thereby brought itto
diuepu,s and treated as euaskery rs medical pts
fesion asa BE- dy have seen opposed To the psx
eple. Of lishsmap tlat s'sss'a .sa,fss e,ssnt-.
gepsrnlisatior. by which 81 ssoud be maes absolute
heresy u emp,y any rere5y ru<ss " vas proved TO
BE- . nvie Va tNnk they right; for VI Abe doe
TINS b universally ana has ptios~ IT FOL
iovs ~ at every s~si.t snent sLiea scts ss ESn-ty
must b. ssmss. A3ugv ~ msy sypeg rot to BE- Ia
fact IL The doetrin< IS 20 universal o. ca admit 10
exceptina and Of hse doctrine or pesed &c i b4x
true len eso 81 fClI>ss iest vhen lbs faculty ~
diseases by their rsafes. they ssrs them t>s
Ustnenns psineirlc, snA honcopstkss Ia spi'tof
eheufrvrs
yhe homoopaibsts sistA kcp iftbey i'm ,siae that
they have but ono principle The they oct hgs ayrn
Brat and that they dsN ate from u. fhey
It'll te,~, a
oume of v,ry questionabie nature. ssd IN aoias
tbey fsht sssntt their e-p princirs'; that sitsie