New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-22

unin,e ntier, which truth requires shou'd b cor
rected. He ssys he patient had suffered Of Ne
disesselseue and fever two months, &c. tbe rus
time vss . little more than six veeks;l and nen
adds, "in tie name OF common sense, II tbs oe no
ueopsthy, u not the comnon practice preferso.e
for ehills and feverf Before you cen ans~er
this question, you are 20 have ali the fscfs IN
this case before yoa, and then tell vh1 the
common practice can do in like circumstance,
with like facts Had J. 7. {. Q full knowledge OF
the e when be put this ad eaptasdrz question DID
be krow th. constitution ard temperament Of this pa
tent Did he know, that though abe he'd suferet
from severe scute disease from the let t after the
alst of August and from this ill the 7th Of October
Of sgue and fever, that at the postmortem easmins-
lion the fal neasarss ineA and haJ ~ tA,ck-
,~,, o, cheat Did be then remember, what he
vsIl kno~s the comparstiyey feeble vitality Of PEI
sons so inordinatey disposed to TAT Dia ne remem-
Der the greater Guilty OF caring their diseases nsn
the diseases Of other persons, other circnms'ances
bs;rg sopal' Did be remember that thu csee wss
complicated from the beginning, with the ptosIstion
consequent her meningitis and remttent tevef,
and At time ccule the brain De supposed 70 nav
recovered IL. stamina, and this, with the addinon
of her general disposition 10 disease, a. shown oy ,ne
state OF tie Kidneys and of her almost unexampied
disposition TO fst which can be regarded in no oiner
light than comphcanen OF this case, pre< enInS
DO small impedment 10 her recovery pia
be remember these circumstances when he pat this
question: II yes then let him tell us just what the
common prsctce" can do for the relief Of q case
mses up Of like facts. Pass by the exceedingly great
probability thar such patient would have died ~ me
onset of her Inflammation, for such subjects bear
bleeding very bsdy, and this Is the hrst great re.
ance of the common practice IN indammanons OF
these organs they also bear exhausuag evacusn's
badly the second great reliance OF that praeace y
pass BY tbs and tell me what would be the probaon-
ity Of successful treatment by that practice, and
what mesns would it be likely to employ IN such 3
easel Would It give its boosted drug-qunine'
Would j. T. G.. take the risk OF giving IL TO patient
with brain in The state Of that Of this patient
venture 10 say not for he has q knowledge OF this
matter: and am still more confident, he had, ne
would have had no opportunity TO repeat the dose
j. T. c. represents me as saying, "t IL only
"vhen il lsgue and fever is cured gradually
"the system IS left perfectly sound" When
and where did | ever say any such thing lie
also terms the enlarged spleen OF this patient an
"agre cake" did two of the witnesses at the in,
quest In this they showed themselves ignorant and
j. I. c. seems inadvertently 10 have copied their ex-
pressionor he knows better, have not the slightest
doubt. See the testimony Of Dr. Danhsm on this
point, and also Con'tafs, vol p: az, and compare
speaks of case Of Agnes Lottimer, az having been
under treatment an unusually long time, and presents
il in what be evidently regards, and would have the
resders Of TBE TRIBUNE regard, a. an unfsvorable
contrast with the common results OF the common
practice Bu, the Of Agnes Lottimer was
no common case. have already shown IL 20 be q
very uncommon case. IL was once my LOT to treat and
cure sgue which had been under allopathic nest-
accomplished in IS many weeks. Would J. L. e or
any other fair minded man regard a. just 10 hold
up this specimen OF the success OF the com
"mon practice in treating ague and how would he
regard such lang usge this m ation to IT, in order
TO present that practice IN an unfavoable contrast
" In the name Of common sense ii this be sllopsthic
practice &c. IL is submitted in all sontdsnce, that
IN the eireEmsfdaces OF hIs the success OF IFS
treatment was all that could reasonably hare been er-
pected Indeed in view of the facts developed by the
autopsy the certsin commencement Of org anc degeu
Grafton Of important organs ss the kidneys that
this was the sesult repeated COMPOSITIONS, caused by
"sgue paroxysms, a. stated by two OF the witnesses
at the inquest is stuff too gross for common sense TO
admit and wholly unsupported by either authority or
fact which degeneration is so indicative OF cons,itu-
onal decay the most remarkable fact in the case IL
that the patient cid rot die on the night OF the 10Th
Of Augus-not that her vaescence was protrscted
betv &c Elk and seven weeks.
With regard TO the closing part OF y. L. u. com
mupioat,D that which has reference TO the schsm IN
the Homeopathic school, and for winch nj. paper
seems mainly 90 have been written, do not see shat
IL has TO 90 with the case Of Agnes Lostimer, or with
myself Ii in this part of his paper be means 70 rep
resent me partisan in the practice OF my profes-
sion ndulgiog in bitterness and strife for the sake Of
party, he does me great injustice. IL he means 10
repre- ent me as holding up any man a. of.ible, and
shaping my professional coure according to his
te schngs and only because be has so taught, he
commits second gre.t error. | swear by the words
of no MASTER. The point 10 which he audes as that
on which the strife depends doses only be settled
by the experience Of each practitioner for himself l
have 40 sewled II for myself | do as do, not be-
of the teachings OF any man, but because OF the
teaching OF my own experience which has not been
a limited enc. This experience has covered the
grounds Of both sides alluded TO by j. T. Co. and my
practice IL what IT, because better result attends
H. in ., hands than when il was different. claim
the right boldly TO decide this matter for myself ON
such grounds and most freely concede the same night
10 nv neipbbors =. r. WELLS.