Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-04-09
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In studying the diseases to which the hu-
man system is subject, has been to take as a
basis the principles OF pathology, and to re-
duce their treatment, local as well as gener-
al, to the recognized rules of modern there
putics and science; but. above all, to divest
the science ot medicine of that shroud of
quackery, medicinal as we'll as popular, with
which it is encom passed.
notwithstanding the remarks which we
hear daily i'll society, Or which we meet with
in the the periodical and 'nanual'' literature
OF the day, that the treatment OF diseases,
aud especially those OF the ear, is an oppro-
brium to medicine, since the days of Hip
pocrates tie science OF medicine has been
on the advance, although there has, and still
Is, many blturcatlons from the regular and
true system. the science of medicine. "Oh!
the people have always been cured by quack-
cry and nostrun monger5s" 50 both lhese
eauoes may be added others that to a certain
degree, serve to bias tie pubic mind agains;
the treatment Of aurel diseases. Ia many ca
scs there is either an unCJnsciousness OF the
insiCious approach OF deafness, or an unwili-
ingness To admit even the possiDitity OF such
an occurrence; Or again, there is an apathy
10 q greater or less degree, on The part of
those affected with deafness, and delay in
seeking advice, which is scarcely credible,
and ii they conclude to apply for aid, it is
10 some old matron entirely ignorant of the
anatomical structure OF that organ, or per-
bap5 to the seventh sou OF aGy family ioriu-
nate enough to have seventh son; he by
some is thought TO have the power of erAsing
disease in an instant.
Some recommend to place one end Of a
green hickory stick exactly six feet in length
IN the fire then catch the sap as it escapes
from the other end of the stick, and drop il
into the ear, at the same time advising little
black wool to be retained in the meatus, il
order to project the organ from cold; to give
| however, fair play to the latter remedy il
should be prescribed in full, the wool shoult
| be procured from the LETT fore flank OF sl1
| year old Oiack ram.
| Every NOW aud then we fiud uostruu
pedder, some carrying this and some that
they have one medicine calculated to re-
move every malady; open the eyes of tht
! bllnd unstop the deaf ears, ailay fever, pro
| duce hair, etc, even some of the profession
| believe, have been soaped, but don't won
der much, for an experiment only costing
few dollars, with a view of producing a lusty
crop OF hair on the scalp is matter of htti,
moment SO lar as pecuniary matters are con
| cerneG. The want OF thorough knowl
edge by the regular practitioner upon the sub
ject Of diseases are soon taken advantage u
not only by the proiessed quack and nostruI
monger but by the electrical, glvanic an
lgnetic doctors of the day, who correspou
to the hydropaths, mesmerisers and atoT
doctors OF the present day.
Cures almost equaling those of the 81
vior are being performed by them. while Sc
cret, but never failing acoustic drops, siin
ulltng embrocllionA and the like, are palm
, ed upon the public. And here, for u mt
ment, let us digress little 10 answer que:
ton that is often propounded--w is it, on
is often asked, that the Charlatap reQuenll
succeeds better in practice than the homes
e practitioner, BY the term success we do n(
/ mean professional success in his art bl
pecuniary success in life and esteem anon
those with whom ''money makes the man.
e Although we cannot always answer the que
a tion nor would the same explanation be o.
: plicable in every instance, we can, boweve
e assert one fact which in great measure col
8 tributes to the success of the imperic, and
is this, the response of his patients. l.
any honest practitioner be called on to tre
, an urgent and alarmngly dangerous cas-