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the contrary, the practice is rapidly
spreading, and is patronizcd by the
highest classes of inhabitants. The
cdict which had probably been mista-
ken by the majority .colnmitte, was one
that prohibited the sale of ANopathic
Gquack medicine. In the instance
where the majority had attempted a
comparison of results from the hospital
at F'ultsehin, where 457 cases were
treated ALPHABETICALLY, and not one di-
ed, and l2S Homeopathically and five
died. The minority state that this re-
suit was unprecedented in hospital his
tory, and they asked if it would not be
we'll to introduce the Fultschin prac.
tlce into Bellevue Hospital, where the
deaths average ten per cent, as the Ho-
! meopathic practice of Fultschin, ex-
hibited but loss of four per cent.
/ The minority Committee deny the
statement of the majority that tic great
Homeopathic Hospital of Vienna had
recently ceased to exist, and state that
4 the charge is utterly without founda-
ton, and without shadow of truth
They state, furthermore, that there
are at this time no less than three Ho.
Imeopathic hospitals in Vienna in active
operation. IN
The minority then proceed to cite
the comparative results of the Homeo-
{ pathic and Allopathic practice which
they coilate from different sources
The percentage of mortality in the
different European Homeopathic hos.
pitfalls, as stated by the minority is as
follows: hrs g-
Berlin 10 to II; Brcslau II to 18 ::
hcipsic IL to II; Stuttgart, to 4 /;
4 Strasburg, Is to 16; Hamburg, 6 to 7
Munich Z to 8; Milan, Is to l6; Pal
ermo, II to 13; Brussels, II to 10 /;
| ST. Petersburg (Ciyil Hospital,) 20 to
7 q; (Soidlitz's s Cliniquo,) IS to IA; vi.
emma General Hospital 13 to IL;
(Brothers of Charity,) 9 to 10; ELIZA.
botherinen,) 8to 9; Edinburgh, 6 to 7,
London Is to 10; Lyons, Is to II (;
Paris (Hotel Dieu) 8 to 10; st. Mar
guerite,) II to II; (Val dc Graco,) 7
to 8-the average Of the mortality be-
ing from IL to - per cent.
The reports from the European Ho-
mcopathic hospitals show the following
as the per centage Of mortality:
Vienna, 6 to 7; Ling, to 6; Gyon-
gpos Hungary 0 to 10; Guns (IIun-
gary) z per cent; Kocmsier, 6 to T !;
Leopoldstadt (Vionna) 5 to 6; Mocha
mits 2to 3; NiShi Norogored (Russia)
4 to 5; Leipsic, 4 to S; Infantry Hos
pital (St. Petersburg 4; Military Hos
pital (Eionna) Q to 3; Moscow, 4 to 5;
Military Hospital Tubrya) 4 to 5; Lon
don, 4 to 5; Naples 3.
In the London Homeopathic Hospi,
tai there were, during the years 1850
to 1886, 1862 cases the deaths being
per cent. In the st. Georges Allo.
pathic Hospital, London, there were
during the years 1854 and 1855, Sab
cases, and LOIS deaths, being Is per
cont.
The Convent of Refuge, from 1841
to l848, was under the charge of AL
lopathic physicians but since then
had been under the treatment of Io-
mcopaths. The number of cases treat
ed by the Allopaths was 1851; deaths
lO2; per centage of mortality, 6.5.
The number of cases treated uomeopa.
thically was 1862; deaths, 40; per
ccntago, 20. In the Hospital of St.
Marguerite Of Paris were two wards
under the charge Of Homeopathic
physician, and two under an Allopath-
ic, side by side. Their reports for
the years l849-'50 and 81, showed
the following results:
Homeopathic, 4,G55 cases, 800
deaths, 8.55 per cent; Allopathic,
/. 1874 cases, al deaths, 11.O3 per ct.
In a work entitled, " Fallaoies of Ho-
meopathy," by G. II. f. Routh, NJ. d.
+. Il. Q. S., published in London, 1852,
is the following summary Of compare.
tive statistics
Per Ceatrge Of Deatha
Diseases, homeopathic. ARopd,lic,
i Pneumonia, 81 24
4 Pleurisy, 3 13
Poritonitis, 4 13
| Dyscntery, l 8 %
Typhus, (AbdominaD Is 10