Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-04

The hum mind IL prone 10 haven't new
method. n kdsmesl6ng the 4esls -
antagonists = hueapit5. 1--we Year, |
.f,er . more p<rss1 seny for Jeevailing
E, il. and mos eo,n sae - tion otlls hopss
cherished id sach hark The g Is ever
lookise up. ~ N anes psrfeSsiss. with
out which II Is conscious Of losing complete
Happiness, aud fully satisfying the yesrn-
iags xftsr s highss good Every discord IN
HE ~ sought % Be destsoyed by come re-
msdy. iassatsd, thst shall estirsly destroy
it, Earrings and it, productive evils But
all human experience teaches. that men will
siiMer mental disorders. fears. alarms. doubts |
aud disquietnde. in spite Of every applied
or invented remedy; and also thst the body
viii saGer pAin, disssse, and death, in spite
Of sll the art. science. and akil Of phyi-
clans. or their sstidstsst Complete relief
from the liability 10 bodily fsins is not and
never win be discovered. until mans whole
nature is changed by the interpesitioa Of his
Creator.
Wisdom, skill. talent. and practice have
al been employed for many centuries. 70
fight against disease and death. They have
partially succeeded. Disease is often bafiied
ia its progress and compelled 10 stay its
hand by the skiliof the physician. That
| physician is the representative of system,
tha, has been elaborated. improved, and pu
ri6ed by the experience Of ages. Other
methods have been tried and abandoned
New philosophers In the art Of healing have
risen and disappeared. while the sysasm Of
Hippocrates has stood the tsst Of tine. hay
ing been improved by the lights Of expert.
ence, but mot changed in its fundamental
basis That has rsmained the same immu.
s.hlA !. 80 .is.-y-.ss. aos'ssssss, 1o~"-
frsviis CsrsstSr," that 10. tiat when the sys
tenn Is in a given condition Of disease, that
remedy. which will create an antogonisna
with the disorder. and thus overcome and
subdue it. is the OILY proper remedy. OPP
posed TO this sensible doctrine. there is but
one considerable opponent. 1t is the sys
TEN OF Hahnemsnn, based upon this doe
trine, that Simitie, !SimiiiJus Caranfar,'
or ike cures like
This means, as admitted by IIomeopha-
thists, that such remedies - would create
disease in healthy system, are only proper
to cure that disease in sick person Thus
II one has fever, the remedy Is such as
would in q well person cause fever So in
dysentery. This theory does not meet with
favor by the reason Of men, Its claim,
therefore, must be based upon its practical
resaiis. The theory, being contrary to right
reason, and to human experience, it must
stand or fall upon its good or evil results
1t seems that Hahnemann's system has been
patically tested in Europe. and rejected rs
specious. and useless Doctor Edward War
rem, in prize essay read before the Rhode
Island Medical Society, gives the following
statement:
"At Liepsic, which has been the head
quarters of Homeopathy. the only hospital
to that system contains but six beds, and all
Of these arc not usually occupied. In Paris.
N. Andreal put it to the test Of experience,
in one Of the general hospitals, and the re-
suit was total failure. He treated one
hundred and forty patients, in the presence
Of the hom9opathists themselves. adopting
every requisite care and precaution, and yet
IN not one instance was he successful In
Russia, the Grand Duke Michael invested a
German Homeopathic with full powers to
test its merits, and in two months the expe-
riment was pronounced unsatisfaetory by
the government, and discontinued In Ma
pies, trial was made by the royal order,
in which it was established not only that
homeopathic treatment produced no effect
upon disease, but that it was positively in
jurious-for the reason. that it prevented,
the employment Of remedies by which the
patients might have been cured. In Lon
don, there are, at present, but two hom9o-
pathic hospitals, one Of which is about
closing for want of funds, and the other is
in a declining state. Thus has the system
Of Hshnemann proved failure when tested
practically and Is now every where on the
decline"
We estimate life and health too highly,
to remain silent upon u subject so important
to every fireside. No matter what may be
the system, presented for curing diseases rs
soon as experience proves its inefiiciency,
and its worthlessness. We feel called upon to
protest agninst its application among men,
Error so terrible in its consequences to the
bodies Of men, can meet with no favor by
those who look only for the good and true
in Medical science, regardless Of the place
or circumstance of it's origin If Homeopa-
thy has been patiently tested, and found to
be an impracticable theory, why should the
press remain silent, since the health and life
Of man is involved? We are open to reason,
and our columns to any reasonable discus
sion by the advocates Of the system. but We
ourselves have been unable to discover any
real merit in homeopathy, notwithstanding
our strong predictions in favor Of the the
ory Of Hahnemann. Like Thompsonianism
and the other ephemeral theories that have
arisen for a brief period to contend with
the system Of Hippocrates. We much fear
that homeopathy will share their fate. Any
real good we will hail with delight, but
quackery in morals, religion, politics. medi
cine or science, we condemn az q fraud upon