Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-01-25

one OF the lHost Impartial tests, OF Tue coli-
parativc merits Of homeopathy ever wit
messed 1t was so conducted, that no OPP
portnnity was given. TO select cases, or
make false reports. Patients, admitted
into the hospital were sent alternately to
homeopathic and allopathie wards. 1t
was in the aourishing city af Marseillcs,
and cholera was the disease over which
homeopathy claims many boosted tri-
) umphs. N. d.
Homeopa,hy. and the Cho'cra at Mar
seieHs.-Marseilles possesses. it would
appear. a very considerable number OF
homeopathic physicians; to believe them
they wonld cure all their patients. and
it was only in consequence of blind in
fatuation that their allopathic brethren
refused to adopt their mode of treatment
The authorities. little satisfied with the
result of ordinary medicine, wished to
know the truth of the matter. Thy st
the monographs to work and the follow
ing letter, addressed to DR.. Bouquet to
the Caste pc, Hoptaur, proves once
more how easy it is to be deceived as to
the efficacy of remedies. until carefully
instituted experiments intarpose to dis
tinSuish the efforts of Nature from the
action of n,dicinc -
Homeopathy has just experienced a
severe check in our town.
You have preh ,ps heard of the noise
it m ldc last YER with its pretended sue
cess in cholera. DR.. charge assert d
that he had not lost one out Of several
: hundred patients. and he published this
statement in tn political journals OF Ly-
ons and Bordeaux.
When. during the present year. Ia
scour-c visited us anew. the auth5riti
bestrrcd themselves. and thinking t WI,
, their duty to bring the truth to light. tn +,
entrusted one OF the wards ii tn IIotei
Dieu to DR.. Charge. There. assisted b,
his colleagues in homeopathy, by phar-
maciens, and by som, young people his
5 adopts, who devoted themselves t. tend
ing the pltients for he had found thc
ordinary stiff insufficient and incompa
tent he obtained the result which nigh
: easily have been anticipated tn broa
n daylight did not display success.
" OF % cholera patients admit: / int.
this ward, II died. and NJ Charge With
drew.
=" To rcnler the experiment conclusive
ward had been st apart. in which tat
E. patients were trea'ed by rational means
+. which did not profess to work wonders
during the same period, Of p pa
ticnts hut II died.
" Each ward had its tlrn Of reception
II = think that tn Sc facts arr lttielent
). " decisive 10 render renewal OF c
: experiments ncedluss, for If soienca pro!
: its by them, which is dou Hui, hum III
~ suffers 70: little -J,ufn de " d
e de Cairrry Pa, Oct. 1855.
We had supposed that enough had al
ready been said in the columns Of til
Amer can on the subject Of llenacpath
: and alopathy Bat it seems the subjea
= is not exhsusted, nor have those who tax
a an interest in the matter professionally, be
come tired of discussing the merits OF tn
systems We have no objection to pull
fishing articles of reasonable length on tn
relative merits Of the two systems PROV
Is ding the two methods of practice are trea,
\. ed OF independent of the merits Of FRACTION
- ers The communication below seems I,
C me within the rule, and We publish
It accordingly; promising, however, that Gu
= impression is that the dOrtored public vii
5. Judge of the value of the two methods G
IS practice by their success when applied il
practice under their own observation.-Ei
e SOMETIME DREADFUL.- The Wash
ington correspondent of the y. y. Pos
F.. says
: - 1t is vaguely reported, that if til
: House do not or, nize after this week
: the Prcsilenr will take things into hi
own hands. after the high Roman fash
ion and CO operate with the Senate i
Q alourning Congress for the session.
the rule being that. in cas-, Of disagree
S mcnt as to the day Of ad;a.ramoat he
: tween the !wo branches tn Pr len
IS shall decile the matter. TINS wJal
. punish the refractory Hous =. and be
fitting sequel to th2 Napole1nic exploi
: of sending in the Messasa bsforc ia
II time But there is al If in the way =
IT tha Senate will not a,rpa t, It, | pres
:. ume this rumor is incorrect A, al
events. the common saving is. that, II
organization IS not ah.ctod bator, lon!
: Mr.. Pierce VIII :" do SON thing DR. d
o ful :"
{ C-"Some things can be done as well 4
{ others, said the rash and foolharly San
Patch and the saying has passed into
: proycrb. The converse of this is trn
9 with us at times. When We are temple
: to clip from some of our exchanges, som
of the many good things that tempt on
: scissots, We hud that " some things cant b
e done as well as others" Frequently W
h have tried hard to make our scissors wor