New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-23

Hosui.. a. Teip.c 'oased w.so IT, DEAN % ilahne-
fn,rn and ,he Londo1. dy,leopa.hi, Hospital 'o''
had recently cl ,-ed ~ e'ooT-. 20,
Ia view If thes. S.cts, therefore, ~ M9tony Ill
nittee state, ,tsy canno. b.. corHi. ha. ]: ~GliI
he both unwt.e and neypedcrt 20 change me hi-l'
yovrrnmen; of Bellevue Hospital. or ph'. any -
u5n II II IN barge OF & Board Of Hom"oPa'he p'ac.
titioner- fer the purpose 81 exp T.Il"hun5 VIII $780,
sysfem upon the inmate -.
The Minority Committee state that Homeopathy =
no longer an experiment that 'a'h ru'c"T e' -
during tie past half century has more iuis u'
strated u q rue reform IN medicine. IL had pa'
through the stages Of ra,llery rdcue and abuse ar
would soon reach the stage Of general adopt'n' in"
though i was laughed AZ a. mr. az having 10 w.
whatever, yet aterly Il mad been objected 10 a.
manenily inurng me paiieu;, though "PPa'e"''
curing for . time. U
The minority Committee ai-o hold tha. the wei
known fact that much less medicine = no" 5I.rru =.
'he Alopaha than was formerly neco 'sary 20 enc
cure was in great measure owing 70 the snc,e -
the Uomeouhtbs The minority contend that there i
I'm. one vnv 20 fairy investigate his subject ana tha
j. by receiving the facts Of Homeopathy from nus
who have solicited them and whose testimony anu
Indictment ammo; be denied. Homeopathic practUon,,
or. were a. be found 10 every Part Of the clvi!ll"u
world Homeopathic journals were published IN aiI1
every language Home 2pathic hospitals and dispense
riet were active operation nov only I'D ores. ia
.ries but in our own borders. and these facts haa
been entirely ignored by the majority report Inc
majority had cat their eyes back more than twenty
YEAR and not no,icng the fact that during those
twenty years Homeopathy had spread ut rae u.l,
parallel il the history OF medicine. The practitioners
in the United States were numbered by thousands;
while in this city and suburbs there were one hundred
and fly most OF whom had formerly practeed Alo-
pathv. In some OF the States, Homeopathy had been
sanctioned add encouraged by special legislative en-
actmens. Homeopathic county societies were Incorpo
rated in this stale ard there were two hourIshhg
Homeopathic colleges in the country.
The Mississippi State Hospital at Matches, and very
recently the Chicago City Hospital had been placed
under the charge of Homeopathic physicians, whe 10
our own CITY several private charities, among whlch
was mentioned the Protestant Half-Orphan Asylum
showed wonderful improvement IN the health oil ther
inmates since they had come under the Homeopathic
treatment.
The minority Committee contend that among the
higher classes of citizens nearly one-hai are iQneo
paths while at the same time the numbers OF the
sick poor who apply at the private dispensares for
relief were steadily increasing.
The minority state that the majority report omitted
TO mention that of the Investigating Commission OF
twelve Allopathic physicians, appointed IN 1873 0y
the King Of Naples in addition 70 the report OF the
majority of that Commission, that Homeopathic treat,
ment was of no effect; that Drs. Marchessani and
Alessi. Two Of the Commission, Were thereby con-
verted To Homeopathy. and published pamphlet in
ts defense; and second. they had omitted 10 mention
that State paper was issued by the Government,
cersurng the Commissioners for reporting in accord
with their preudlces and not IN accordance with
the clinical results; and third that the Government
decreed henceforth physicians should be left free to
choose what method OF treatment they should adopt
The minority DENY that the practice OF
has been forbidden the Russian territories but that
on the contrary the practice is rapidly spreading and
is patronzed by the highest classes of inhabltants
The edict which had probably been mistaken by the
majority committee, one that prohibited the sale
of 4HoDotbic quack medicine In the instance where
the majority had attempted comparison OF results
from the hospital at Fultsch'n where 43I cases were
treated Alphabetically and not one died. and I2o
Uomeopat hicaly and five died. The minority state
that this result was unprecedented in hospital history
and they ask if it would not be well to Introduce the
Fultschn practice into Bellevue Hospital, "here inc
deaths average ten per cent, as the Homeopathic
practice of Fultschn exhibited but loss oil -FOUR per
cent. -,
majority that the great Homeopath Hospital of
Vienna had recently ceased to exist, and state that
the charge is entirely without foundation and without
n shadow of truth. They state, furthermore, that
there at this time no less than three Homeopathic
hospitals in Vienna IN active operation.
The minority then proceed to cite the comparative
results of the Homeopathic and AlOpathc practice
which they collate from different sources. The per-
centage of mortality in the different European Homeo
pahc hospitals, as stated by the minority, is as fol-
lows:
Berlin, 10 TO II; Breseu, II to 49, Lepsc, IL to
IL; stuttgart. 10 4; Strasburg, ID 10 To- Hamburg,
TO :; Munich to 8; Milan 10 to 10; Palermo IL ITO
b. Brussels II to -; 81. Petersburg Civil Hospta
20 to II; (Seidlitz's Ciniquel l3 TO Il; Vienna
General Hospitall, 10 10 II; brothers Of Charity
9 10 To- (Elizabetherinen), To 9; Edinburgh & 10
London, X to 10; Lyons 10 to H. Paris Hotel Dieu
to TO- st. Marguerte) IL TO II; Wal de Grace), 7
TO sthe average of the mortality being from II T. 22
per cent.
The reports from the European Homeopathic hos
ptas show the following "a the per centage OF NOR
tality:
Vienna, to :; Ling, to G; Gyopgyos Hungary
9to 10; Guns Hungary > per cent; Koemser, q 10
Leopoldstadt lVienna), ; to s; Mechamitz, to B.
Nisli NovOgorod Russia 4 TO ); Leipsic, to );
Infantry Hospital ,St. Pe.ersburg), 4; Military Hos
pital vienna, 10 3; Moscow, to D. Military Hos.
pital CTubryal, to 5; London, 4 to 5; Naples, 3.
In the London Homeopathic Hospital there were,
during the years 1850 TO 1856 Co., cases the deaths be-
ing q per cent. In the st. Georges Allopathic Hosp
tai. Loudon, there WERE during the years 1854 and
1850 } 4l3 and l0lS deaths, being IS per cent
The Convent OF Refuge, from 1871 to 1913, was
under the charge OF AlOpathic physicians but since
then had been under the treatment OF Homeopathic
The number of cases treated by the Alopahs
1851 deaths, lG2 per centage OF mortality 3D.. The
number of cases treated Homeopathically was 60;
deaths 49, per centage 90. In the Hospital of Saint
Marguerite of Paris two wards under the charge
of Homeopathic physician, and two under an AAo-
pathc side by side Their reports for the years 1919
is5O and 1851 showed the following results:
Homeopathic, 1855 cases 1899 deaths, S.55 per cent;
Allopathic, 1924 cases All deaths, ll.O3 per cent
In a work entitled Fallacies OF Homeopathy by
c. II. F. Routh, NJ D., +. r. c. s., published in
London 1852 is the following summary OF compare
tive statistics:
PER onTAGE oF prAIHs.
,l ni,sss homes ss ''2P.'li''
Plearsy.. ................... -
Itn'ouiils.' 10
Typhu. lAbdomrsIl ........I5 70
Al Diseases. 80 30
The Minority Committee then proceeded 10 We
comparative statistics OF the results of hospital treat
ment Of Cholera. Under Homeopathic treatment the
facts were as follows
Sister of Charity Hospital at Vienna a2 cases, 400
deaths; Leopodstadt VIENNA l56 cases, 80 deaths
R.rln Hospital 81 cases 6 deaths; Bordeaux 81
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