New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-15


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- we aflhofH Npuii ~ fstI Gent, e,pe All .s
tAtse eseeTthes Nogt require % DE ies.e' aal .r
itStt ~ he coo cfaUcn ~ t1c pa sipos cal enc o.
'si LINE pro1lrls HD1lc A. .t fer fH-f4nce- ~
re use o. po.atroS. peas ala ocsslsua y p-rlt pr,
o. "Hmeai and wheat : IS mIet lnyre sD-l-tl',
nov or. IN rye anf barley. 'fHercs preparations
non -hefe s0ul esakes fhr rs,Ii. Agila, tli "A I
HNfctf ANih c.tf.. ana .eil-..h olcul1 fn
iiu.t- Ti'e ttefefrc tott Dee in4ty IA utal-
De' re Luifliiol. gram e--llJ ht4ia 2 81 4.
ctii OF suck. and hence Ulb1tet meal would spoil
me paHce e-es's ~ fn.s substance. f. lhs comp
50 t'4 '' Nc, Ve had about tvtutE-Jue tines s5
hu, o o4lCe o. trou Iu p1 atces tue >.e-T 1tol-
.,CA rpu-C O. = q ttll.-Y maze t-t l'rihef
ihaonlissih the yo.k ~ eggs are so rich ID iron
mai iht continue use Sli,t might clt ne sym
lol.s oi surplus O. tais metal
Us roI ny purpose, however. - ex'e1I here ths
details o. ih's SUBJECT but oll, j0 e1p)Se Is )-uri
pies t1ltlt aLc connection with chemical sna ty-
.fIl-t MEDICINE. There yet remains be celSIt-
ctd one lDpofrarf fcs ture o. the ' on 600 M c5-
sttdioh OF asSirriaiio-C substances. l mraa Their
ptha' or m states OF combination. The Effects ~
Feet'aOie and mineral acios compound bases AMI
p-aiit' generally, present great varieties and arc
Nefi Iie'eAt tom What. Judging ron Their analysis
re might Rave been leu 20 conjecture. Carbon,
i1foseh, liitoF, and ox} gen, 80 c0nEenal 10 hp-
o. "aLt IN tie Crm Of egg-Faste aud cheese, COM
pLe ether al or ia psrt u different proD1r ms aud
ION the pe!syl1g stDchnne or the san feainer
pTiesl, 8cil.
cyahc anr nitric acids, and tha Nifersngc Of veg
eiaic alklocs, are example, OF tns rrIth OF
tht2e afilcef the homeopathic natcria ue.ict e'u-
brace. s'se number ne sym2 .'.a' OF many OF
Irfr9sre fnrfnfs md extensive, aad AZ prescribe
them raiy sItr gre stcr or less SIcces..
Suci results appe az first sian. fo col'rcyers the
views rave cfie cd fnf 20 demonstrate no e,'enHal
ClsA, ion exist BET zen .hc lA~ 0 pure DOf-elc
metfs &c medicinal h1tles THIS Loiot VIII cease
in tW13fSss " sc consider tlt NoTn-0 % tissues,
which tr inuSiy ronslsf OF aimenttiy clements.
could pfrer bc tXtrilcc from roe syse,n were not
certain combinations Of these tlenen possible IL
hunoHr to srd Incompatible wi-h tie nesithy
spuc uFts 20 otH.r words, n ct1)on. hydrogen, NJ
toeG ald oxygen Wcre, under all clrclpsttnces,
capable al4rCpr etor, 10 Is pi'lu encus tna. she
economy polla never part with them r. al
Hence q. rs evident th't The presence o. excrett'y
natJCl icthc constitution must necessarily awaken
Teaclcrslr morbid manifestations, and N 80 lar slm-
ute the 'euer3l results observed from the presence
Of stnctb foreign elements.
This calculation Of the apparent discrepancy a.
iucet % au0vo. n lot sufficiently u Tor ntuTe put-
poses. geHnS nevertheless satisfactory and gives a
clue for lnfave'irP tbis intricate and interesting
matter. Minute quantities % nitric, ONallc and, l
believe pussic acid, are dlgesuble-ihat IS . say,
capable being resolved into their constituent ele-
menis, ant thence Of appropriation according ID ths
normal Laws OF the economy IN larger guanEtle',
however, The vital powers proving insdmcient 70
tcnG o. dtcomQOse them, they fosain their proper
organic combinations unDrokcn, and hence act as
dynamic ~ che meal integers TINS view taeGstn-
eueO by the facs that certain morbid states cyaho-
gen and attire and oXauc ACIDS pass The kidneys, thus
pfCVug ne c0Quate vital relations ~ these ana SIM
'laI oocps to Ihlc acid and urea Shlcg are the Inn
IT'S OF h vital dlslnlegrdang power The laws OF
yCeetahe remedies appear ccItictty the same, ana
We fud that heat, moisture and exposure 80 far
break 81 their constitutions as % prevent them from
exclunga uultaTy action. Many POISONOUS plants
drc rendered edible by culinary processes. ihs
explanation Will perhaps serve also ~ show why we
orc lot unfTeQutnty disappointed m he operation
u composite constituent semcCIss, their dynamo
eject Being lost Il they UNDERGO assimilation.
befue concluding what have - pIesen. ou TINS
tonic wish TO be distinctly understood As not pro-
posing TO supplant vital TO dynamic By che mlcal
mtdicre. Ny object has been 70 show the bouDta-
lie, ii each, and then mutual relations. ChemcN
medicine is mad quate to meet functional changes.
On the other SIDE. dynamic remeCleS VIII never,
rers efeed the starved organs, nor render superha
Gus The hauishnelt o. some constituent prone TO &c
cuDultie II seems highly pro5able that our results
IN chronic diseases are often transient because the
ieyiyIg activity Of affected organs Is oyer"hem cc
BY TeueIafeC material causes.
Hahnemanu's psc-a doctrine Is. N fact only the
Tudimenial philosophy Of subjective disease: his
VIE VS. herein are indeed differently received oy ns
foiloweIs-by some a0smaGcaly embraced, by
Others. totally rejected happily tney IN no case
PRACTICALLY AFFECT tho great body OF homeopathy OF
dynamic medicine proper, but they outsnadow tne
significance OF substance, as well as function or
form N disease, and show that his farreachng mind
CttC ctcd TIE necessity Of scientific method applied
10 he former. Dynamic and elemental medicine
are really nsepdrable they are Hated as passion TO
subject the first concerns effects, The second causes
tho grammar OF the one Is Homeopathy, Of the
other Chemistry. / shall have ccompllShe1 enough
for the present, IN behalf OF TINS theme, succeed
10 arOusng the attention 81 the school 70 rs ceal1y,
and 10 the Importance Ct exhaustive Or negative
trials soo6- elements. That such trials must prove
of great clinical value, and conduce especially %
oT success in the treasot Of chronic diseases APP
pears beyond doubt IA examinatcn OF the
nature of crises belongs here, and Is clearly inter-
woven with the above considerations, but 1t would
be technical ard hence out OF place IN an address
10, nj r.hp
Afe r submlitIg this subject 10 the Academy, the
address pointed ont the grand practical aims Oh the
profession a. deserving OF all honor To accomplish
these, the duties demanded at the bedside AZ tue
hands Of the phtslcIdn is indeed the crownlng TIL
umrh Of the practitioner of medicine. Tney sr9
The crucial trial OF his learning slgacly and SKILL
Heyoud the study or the ecluTeroom. me deal spec
ulafIons have no solid abiding place. They SAVIOR oil
Inc Iamp and Of solitude they pail upon the unlnl-
tiated and perchRnce recOn al the contract OF re-
alilies as from men IN drmor. IL Is the practch3
nhysy clan who bears the merit and dement, Oh meoi-
caI systems. Tie u is who does battle win the
rutbfss ecicns Of disease. OF nlm, the patient re,
CURES not precedent not authority not hypothess,
but action and success. His current life Is
constant repetition of tmS ordeal 10 90 ms
work, therefore, and do it well, deserves an
honOTed membership II his art. None comprehend
80 well as he the actual condition and the actual
needs of ms profession none understand, lke hin'
The ccniiy OF clagrosuc, ana me Vdiue o. cure.
IFS Lcpc Is III tie redemption Of Ms art from the
5n.kV receSSes Of conjecture ami conceslment ana
m, RESTORATION to certainty and precis His faith
connoses the possibility of these great objects 10
isnofe them as the end however distant of medical
research Is % abandon Ms goal, and degrade its
nractice to the cye Of instinct, or the chaos OF &C.
clfent. ,....I h
The patient study Of the phenomena exhoI'et oy
the orssrism In slckueSs and IN health. and oil us
r-odifcallous from other causes, Is the only means
Ne possess OF advancing IN this pursuit. such con
,erpstion must lead TO the evolution OF principles
hi IN reveal The aerus OF natures operations, and
which. once obtained give US mastery over ther
orJe- and thus enable man 70 realize the lmprcscp-
llbie .ordship OF his destiny ,....
10 give this, in is fullRess the Chemist directs
M ssh;pg battery OF tolls over the careful tube Ine
pbjlesopher dives INTO the hidden sympa'hes OF lns
rarnct Ana.omists cali tho microscope 70 ald, ana
psyctocgists lnirover their thought ard gaze on
eoGl Each intent upon his work, sees not, CROWNS
sIovly beneath his hands, the towering PIE whGl
the sua of some suspicious morning shan suloeLly
irrac ate to glorious symmetry.
Fer the present then, les Us address ourselves 70
TIE Useful ray, indispensable tasks, prophetic ot
This Completeness tasks which, though NOS III
umphal. are manly, and even noble and ehtltle Us
20 a welcome brotherhood in that scattered oond,
who SHALL cne cay, hold festive reunion, ana "noh