Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-11-15

MgDIcIsE II AusTsI The following article
has been Iandesins BY ! gentleman Of this city,
with request that ne would transfer It to our
-colunns.
From ne National Ia:sIi ssnser
a friend has placed II our hands for pubiica-
ton the following extract from letter written
by young American physician now in Austria,
70 his spondent in this city. As II is not
OF controversial character, thongh the prefer
ences Of the writer are distinctly marked, and
contains points Of interest to TIE medical faculty
as whole, we gTatify ofir friend by insertingit
Alter fourteen months residence in Vienna, in
the diligeat pursuit OF medical science, the Doc
tor submits 10 his examination and receives his
diploma from the most celebrated and ancient
university IN the Austrian Empire He then
continues thus:
As regards Homeopathy in Vienna, it IS in
as favorable condition as one could wish for.
The hospitals here are well arranged always
presenting cases Of much interest aud lnaladies
by no means Of slight nature. / have had an
opportunity here 81 not only seeing every sari-
ETY. of disease treated homoopa thicaiiy but
might almost add that / have seen the most
grave diseases in the great general spital trea-
ted distetsealig. The world-renor ned Profess
sor Skoda, although not believing IN Holnosopa-
he gives medicines in solne cases of disease,
they are always confined to Two or three nedi-
.caments viz ehiva or quinine in febris inter-
mitteiits, opium to still pain, and mercury as a
speeiheum for syphilis In phedmofiia, typhus,
&c, he trusts TO nature, or preseribes, perhaps,
rs remedy, an inert medicament, pro forInn, as
he offen says himself In mis- clinic, therefore. |
have seen. the most grave diseases taking their
natural course without any interference
ne other professor OF the medical clinic,
however, IS not Of the same practice as Skoda,
although in the same university. He gives All
opathie remedies in some cases, and sometimes
HOMEOPATHIC remedies, where experience has
taught him their success. In other instances
he SLOWS nature 10 effect the cure
81 refer now to the celebrated Professor Op-
pollen. who attained Prince Pasldewieteh, the
Ficeroy of Poland, who died IN March last-
The Emperor of Russia sent for Professor On
pollen, at the request Of the faithful yiceroy.
ssSome SIX years since physician of Vienna,
Prof Dr. Diettel, fnow of sCracow, made some
experiments in the treatment OF pneumonia By
bloodletting, BY tartar ernefic, and by the ex-
pcctant method, or by diet alone. The results
which he arrived at were rs follows, viz.
In cases where blood-lsttng was used. lie
wasre ~ Per cent,
Those By diet alone. per cent
.sfhese statistics may be relied ON. as they
are often quoted here. Now, to show that Ho-
mepathy is something more than nature the
results Of the treatment Of pneumonia In the
Homeopathic Hospitals in Vienna and the one
in the city of Linz, IN Austria, when all aver
aged. show n mortality of only 3,37-S1 per cent.
~ have seen already sufficient evidence to con-
vince me that Homeopathy that is, homoepatfi-
ic remedies-p produces better results than nature
alone. Most of the graduates here attend the
homeopathic hospitals some time after they have
received their degree before they commence
practice
.Qnite recently Dr. Bednar, private dozens to
the
clinic for children,s diseases has published a
new edition of his work upon tho diseases Of
children. In this he says he has been forced to
change his views and adopt the Homeopathic
practice, by no means exclusively, but in the
greater number of cases and Commemorative.
through the whole book, in some diseases HON.
eeopathy is recommended and in others Ailo-
pathy, Itprofesses 20 be the result of his ex-
perience. This work has made decided i'm.
preston through all Germany from the fact that
DIR. b. is the second highest authority upon
chiidren's diseases IN Germany, and his book
(the old edition. had been standard work and
acknowledged as authority.
ut IS my opinion that what gives the new
school of medicine so much more dignity here
than with us IS that homeopathic hospitals are
enabled to present statistical evidence of what
they can do and they are open to all physicians
who are sceptical, who can never visit them
without at least admiring their simplicity and
their Arrangements The health of the city is
unusually good there have only been some five
cases of cholera this summer, lIS569 One OF
these WAS sent to the homeopathic hospital
and treated by nicotine alone successfully This
case ! saw. Last year the disease ragged cpl
dernically, and although the homeopathic treat
msnt cured more than any other, yet the NOR
tality was frightfnl.
.VIEssA, August 8, 1856 j. GsC.vl