Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-06-22


; come from one Of the leading homrop,.
thist Of the day. professor in the ho,nr.
opa,hic college Of Penn, should merit
our attention. II there is any force 10
their arguments, and if their theory !,
founded upon true basis. it is from the
leading men Of the profession, that We
shall look for an calculation Of its prin.
ciples. The value Of health, and the
importance Of acquiring certain fixed
principles, founded upon the laws Of our
nature, in the preservation Of health.
and the curse Of disease, are matters Of
no small weight.
When the healing ar, merits so iiale
consideration and ,he right from wrong
is Of such doubtful import and coucern,
that the biggest ifs, .esUus the patient,
and the West black guard wins conviction
we may truly believe. the science Of med.
lcne is 'mperfectly under., ood, or i, i.
involved in 70 much mystery. and gov
crned By such imperfee, laws, As to be
unworthy VI our confidence.
/ We have urged upon our attention
two methods Of practice. protesting dia.
metr'cally opposite principles allop,hy
and homn ointhy. The one banded as
a vile barbarism Of the dark ages, the
other as a harmless innovation Of fine
ly spun theories and fancifol conceptions
The one ,eeming with noxious Gunes sn.f
bitter drugs. the other so subtle in it,
principles that the roses bslmy fragrance
is obnoxious TO il. and III such sweet in.
fini,isemals tina, children take them with
immunity. Which is right and which i,
wrong
The advocates OF either method de-
nounce the other as dangerous and in
comparable with life and health. Ei,b-
er the former saps the system with its
cups, bI'siers and pu'ge,, drugs with IT.
opia,es. aud shocts with i,s acid po,sons.
or the latter lets the burning fever rage
unchanged, allays the parchny th,r,t
with the shadow Of mist, soo,he. the
racklng pain with the mere con,empla-
ton OF pleasure, aud lets life gradually
exc on, under the con.uiIns balm OF
sweet lastIn. no,hinss.
We are little conservative IN our
views. and can, believe, amid the pro-
gfe,s of all the other sciences, so init.
malely connected with medicine, the lat
ter should have been involved in yru..
superstition and darkness. the ready ia,l
oi the quack aud empiric. ui,hou, a .,n-
gle c"rreetly established principle. until
few aspiring RADICALS. within the las,
fifty years, should define its laws and
s.arile the world with the announcement.
that they had been the dup.s IL poi.on-
Gus absurdiiies. Psi,erning after the
professors article, We will not, NJ pres.
en'. dwell upon the respective theories.
or draw largely from the proc. Of facts.
bu, make a few common sense comments
upon his Two leading ideas. First. "iar,
alopa'hy Is horr,d barba,ism Vi the
dark ages wi,hou, fixed principles aud
laws. unfit even Tor the brute CREATION"
1t IS strange. passing strange. tina, u
should have stood the test SC. IN any hun
dfed years, should have gradually ea.
banded ups" the same general prime iple,.
controlling and curb,ns the ravages Of
d'sease. until The average length Of life
has been materially prolonged. !, em-
braces some al the most proic,en, sshol-
OF the day. aud has done more for chem.
is'fy, BOTANY, and other kindred &C ics,cc..
than any other probe Physicians.
IN the abra,ory, d,ssec,in. room and sick
wards, are daily analysing ind making
the classification Of medicines and ,he,s
relations TO pathology more Deriect.-
The new Developments of organic
chemistry, and the penetrating eye OF
the microscope. are daily showing the
accuracy OF pas, observation aud eluci.
dating the general laws OF the science.
Can We be made to believe that all
his labor has been in vain and the wrong
direction, and tina, few d,safIec.ed men
without talent or genius have exploded
The whole theory. Homeopathy hardly
possesses a man Of leaning. and is works
ate few and imperfect, h i. filled with
"sen, who have failed u emolumeas By
ailopa'hy. who have been convinced u
their inability to comprehend and csre
disease. who have boosted Of their murder.
Gus DONG. and who II ,hs ean,riion Of
their consc.ences. seek more harmless
weapons. Second, that such has been