The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-11-29

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LoNDOE, September H. 1850
0 mGgI ot my attention eyen during my first week lie
he most eminent homD?pahsts in London DIS Dudseon
Lapre Quln Cure AID Others have visited their hospitals
and Gpeosanes. They very attractive men-llar ed
aud yely cordial find hem Instructive and agreeabe in
become So in recent Development Of 6orGGSDGty IN
traHee 1t has rcently appeared that Dr, Tesser phys
If which iaene With tho Of the sreset tG pbys
e'nS c. Of hs word and to be physician in which evidence
has been for several years past enty testing The claims Of
decidedly n its favor having rnounced other pscee in
hs wars Tor the space of two He has pub sed his
experience o the homeopathic treatment of pneumonia and
cholera From the excellent preface of his work which lies
OeioTe me, e. caanot 9r5eat ranatng lew paragraphs:
VI tIe many who have blame1 the Introduction of
hopgupahy INTO The hospitals, know that some have one
and desire to sustain the dignity of the profession Tbev
will learn by these reports that humanity has only GAINED b.
profession could have nothing 10 lose" ~ = "''
al Hopeakag oi the sxpr ments, be says Pnsumona is
lau not easily mistaken chose it, therefore, the subject
AT had carefully studied the writings # HahnemSnn and
ms ms. gtelPe5 read S ome books containing descriptions
spirit Of the io,mua7csiniliq simBus eurantur- re.
tessma doses TO this question devoted six mophs Of
clinical experiment, choosing such cases. Ooh acute and
few Gays the evidence that the medicines did com.
peie Eve tue perseyeei S for six months Il then
method As i0T pneumonia it required particular przcau-
6tute the treatment Of So grtve
new method tor which experience sanctions, cOuld
consent TO run no great risk mansged in this way In
ordinary Ta m n of pneumonia the r indication is blood
letting Ihs, where pioptry administered, produces re-
nlSSt0R "f the ebnie excitement, with sweat etc. But
there ~ remains the cOuOdaton of the named lung to he
resolved, WHICH Is usually effected by tartar emetc and bis
te IL would Ge imprudeut TO abandon the inam
matun, Which SUI remains. The fever would in that
case light up again, and the lung 20 on TO suD1uFa
uon or caunltcauOn. ventued however. in The case
oil patient who had already been subjected to blood
leung TO substitute phosphorus 70 TOR tartar emetic
Mhch should otherwise Gal opathcHy) have admins cred
Inc pa lent recovered without relapse. repeated this
experiment many times with the result But might
geuCaly employed at the outset. All therefore, thar
could justly cone ude from first essays was that if had
done no goo ;, had, at least. by
harm re OWED, then, to diminish gradually the numb
OF Dle dings ~ the beginning OF the men and not to
await le remission before having the Hahne-
ordinary men IN amel0raton should not be speed
lily manifest diminished them the beedugs by one bv
two ~ three, by four, in the patient beginning tne
administration OF the remedies suCCessyey Uersr and
nearer tie hegnrng OF the ment. began with d.
ol Acome, followed By dose OF bryOnii twelve
tents eeveh after the administration of the ipnie,saI
remedies decided ally to bleed more, and 10 have
recourse entirely to the hOmWO pathc remedies,
cannot express the HnXietv with which
permentt hlled In spite of the rjunctons left with
ue dtehus !" besd as soon aggravaon should an.
ea. & N spite 81 elte ted vslts which paid these pa
ueuts seemed always ~ catastrophe were i'm.
pending Yet nothing of the kind occurred The patients
ust So Dt3d 10 the treatment recovered and the rest were
rapidly relieved For two years but one has died Two
oers VINO died were Tecsved when already in ;he
OF death Since this time have employed the same treat
et IN great number OF cases o. pneumonia, my first
Tears have disappeared. say more Facts sneak lie
est. $3.50 Sf'~~" ''s