The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-06-07
1nGnitesimal Doses.

Ia winter IN the London Lea,i,r, who has been
arguing the cause Of the homwpathic me,l;c;rss
WIN great aeu'enesa and learning, says, in ref
erence to small doses of drgs]
Nor ss the conception Of such shadow ouon.
'ities OF matter beng effective in the workin, of
ehanges IN tho body ofman, without mnny analo
g,es and considerations of Possibility, or even
iikri'hood Humphrey Davy found that a nail
mead ol I'hc Is able 20 protect some half tloxe,,
squire ieet ol copper from the corrosive action of
Sc" water That Is to say. TO reverse the poles oi
all The mytmds Of atoms contained In that sur
face, stretching its influence oyer MANY time. N.
own diameter in all directions. Sir John Her.
scheI was amazed 10 find how very. very small
portion oil potossirm does the same sort OF tLin,.
iur 80 large quantity of quicksilver
IL Is NOTORIOUS that the natural medicines in
sS'he o The best mineral waters are present in at.
tehuated quantities Mulder has discoyered that
White Of eggs or albuinen, and fbrin or muscular
hofr Immensely as they differ in physiological
function, are Of exactly the same chemical com.
poslilon batihg an exceedingly minute ratio of
one element. a pound or two of water can act.
ualiy be made to exert the pressure of tons by
means OF ITS disposition in the Bramah press, "A
'hlng which no human mind can truly conceive.
aithough any human mind can prove it, and
,hough any human eye can witness it every dsy
III the world by visiting workshop where il ~
used II is paradox, like those HOMEOPATHIC
S"bnies, but 1t is fact. So true is it, that il il
not the quantity Of matter So much rs its anality
It's relation its method ofappieation that deter.
mines It's specific effectiveness. There afe many
weIfknown things in these days Of physical sur.
Prise which are calculated 10 Withdraw the
thoughtful mind from matter to its forces The
steam engine the hellotvpic processes the tcle.
gIaph'ar" all 50 many examples of what can BIZ
effected by suitable aTangements. The arrange
ment Is almost everything, the material bulk
mkt to nothing. The direction of a natural now
er the line Of greatest force is ever the real Gues.
ton The finding of the right angle is the main
point OF sail. He is tho master that hits the nail
on the head
ohe Is, therefore, not unprepared for the slg.
geston OF Dopper mathematician at Prague,
'ha' possibly medicine may work its effects by
means OF the extent Of lis surface, and not by
reason of its pondero-i,y Distinguishing that
physical snpcrfices of body which is the sum of
the surfac"s Of its exposed particles he shows
that the trlturatlons Of the homeopathic pbarma.
clst increase that surface at an enormously quick
rate a cubic inch Of birthstone broken into n
million OF equal pieces no larger than grain of
sand, ls magnificd in sensible surface from six
square inches to SIX square feet II il cacula.
ble IN tins way that the exposed surface of an
inch Of sulphur, or any other drug of course.
should cover two square miles at the third tritu.
ration AZ described above; the inch of SULPHUR
being rubbed dawn with ninety nine square inches
of sugar Of milk for the first trlturation, an inch
OF tins mixture with ninety nine Of fresh sugar
for the second and so on
1T would cover all Austria at the ffthdilution:
Asa and Africa at the sixth; the surface Of tho
sun and those Of his planets and their satellites
at the ninth and it were bootless 10 follow the
matter any further Others have thought that
the act Of trituraton may develop highly intensi-
fed powers in medical substances and it is not
unlikely. Every chemist is familiar with the
strange properties Brought oat in bodies by DO
roslty or fine division. But these physical anao-
gies, illustrations, facts and coucctures do not
seem to be- necessary in the present instance.
They donot come quite home TO the point in hand,
for every proposition must be judged by its
peers and these are not unprepared to give their
testimony IN this case"