Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-11-02

MIR. CHANEY SIR; In looaing oyel
the Ellsworth American of last week.
issue saw an editorial notice Of the in
jury upon the boy OF Daniel Adams o
this town BY the kick Of a horse.
The notice has apparently two object:
in yiew-first, to euIogize Homeopathy
and claim for it advantages over the reg.
ular and rational practice. Secondly, to
puff the Homeopathic Doctor in attend
iSnee. Now puff is generally under
stood, and whether made by oneself OF
his friends, is looked upon in its true light.
Upon that ] have nothing to say. Ilo-
mepathy needs putting TO keep it before
the community, and had you stopped here,
! no one could have taken an exception,
bu, you 60 on to criticise the practice in
the case and attribute forthwith the sue
cess 10 Homeopathy.
You say in your notice, the skull was
fractured and driven into the brain. No
operation was performed TO elevate the
boue. The practice was purely Homo
pa,hic.
Now will you OF the Doctor tell US
what medium is so powerful, that the
milliomh part Of a grain taken into the
system did or can elevate the bones that
were said to have been driven into the
brain. II you know Of sny such medium,
as public guardians you ough, to make it
known. tina, the public may reap the ben
eft.
If Doctors have, Editors ought not to
have any secre, remedies for the cure of
the diseases Of the body. Whatever
they may have for the cure Of the ills of
the nation. To say tina, Homeopathy in
the Adams boy has been successful, is in
my humble opinion, going further than
you are justified in going, and further
than can be sustained by truth.
To say that a. person has recovered
from an injury under Homeopathy proves
nothing in its favor. He would have re-
covered under any other, lie, alone treat
inert
The external plate Of the boys skull
was fractured, but to say that 1t was driven
into the brain s more than any one can
say. as no examination was made sufii
Gent to warrant that opinion. The symp.
toms were those OF conclusion not com
preston, whicn is evident proof tha, no
bone was driven into the brain Ii is pos
sible that both plates OF the skull were
broken, aud the brain slightly lacera,ed.
Upon this point | am no, positive, nor
neither can the Doctor be.
In passing my finger into the wound, a
small particle OF matter was found upon
the end Of the finger. when niihdrawn,
which somewhat resembled brain, and
was thought. a, the time. might be, bur
as no evidence has ye, positively shown
itself III the internal table was fractured,
i, may have been some Of the contenls oil
the frontal s,nuses.
profess to have some knowledge oil
the human system. and have had some
experience, in injuries upon different
parts Of the body, aud think know what
would have been the practice oil the IA
tlonal practitioner in that case. Aud a.
my opinion exa ly conceded with Doc
tor Pulsfer's, know not why Homepa.
thy should have all the credit.
A physic clans duty in such an accident
after the wound is dressed is merely 10
look on and watch when circumstances
shall call Tor interference.
have no wish to detract from the
claims Of Dr.. Pusifer in this case and are
willing he shall have all TIE benef, Of
your puff.
But when an Editor undertakes to en-
dorse all the humbuggery and absurdny
OF Homeopathy or its deluded followers,
IT is golng little TOO far, ard | think a
little further than YOU intended when
you wrote the notice p.
Ellsworth, Oct. ., 1865.