Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-04-16
MEDICAL, REFORM.

That great change has within few years been
wrought in the practice Of medicine, one will
pretend to deny. II is well known that the study
and learning which has been for ages lavished upon
the of mineral posons, medicines, have failed
to answer the reasonable expectations of the public
The old physicians have abandoned the use Of the
lancet, and have found il necessary to reduce the
quantity of medicine given to perhaps one-ffth of
their original doses but diminishing the quantity
does not improve the quality such change can
never answer the demands of suffering invalids.
A change was required which should dispense
with all poisonous drugs, and substitute system
of innocent medication, which would harmonic
with nature, and remove diseases, without the risk
of injury to the constitution. For the accomplish
ment of this object many talented and learned men
have zealously labored, and great reform has been
brought about. Among the champions in this
reform, we believe all willing to yield the palm
to DIR. r. Greene, the founder of the " Boston
Indian Medical Institute"
DIR. Greene, after studying the various systems
of medicine, and finding that they had not the basis
of nature, turned his attention to the study of
Natures Laws spent several years in travel, and
received much useful information from those " chill
drcn of Nature - the "red men of the forest"
whose habits and system of medical practice he
thoroughly investigated and which has greatly
assisted him in the development of system, having
nature for its foundation, and science for its super
structure.
About ten years ago, DIR. Greene located in Bos-
ton, when the success Of his treatment was brought
fully before the public, and his sphere of
funess enlarged. His Allopathc friends viewed his
success with jealous eye and his practice was
animadverted upon in one or two of their medical
journals in very dgnifed terms. That he
successful in all ordinary diseases was admitted
but they were slow to believe that he was able to
cure Cancers and Scrofuiotn Hlnors To convince
them and the public of his success, he published
facts in regard to of such cases, giving the
names and residence Of such persons who were
willing to have their names used, so that any one
could be satisfied of their truthfulness He also pre-
served specimens of cancers as they were removed,
that they might be examined by the doctors, or by
the public. Several hundreds of these cancers, some
of enormous size, soon accumulated, having been
put up in glass jars where they have since remained
exhibition at his rooms, sc Bromfed Street,
Boston, to which the public have free
These incontrovertible evidences of success
brought out the press in his favor, and drew
around him large number of friends who were
interested in the common cause OF humanity.
The business at the office increased that it became
necessary to relieve DR.. Greene from the details of
his practice, in order to make his services available
TO a larger portion of those applying for treatment
For this purpose and by the advice and cooperation
of influential citizens, an organization was formed
under the name of the " Boston Indian Medical
Institute" Not that the practice was crude like
that of the Indian, but based upon the Indian sys
TEN, natural principles, harmonizing with natu-
raj laws and avoiding the Of poisonous drugs.
Under this organization the Institution has become
the most popular Medical Asylum in the country,
where patients daily received and successfully
treated for all the various ills of the human family
But few people have adequate idea of the extent
of business done at this Institution, the number
of cures effected, although nearly all are familiar
with the fact of frequent remarkable operations
being performed with the most favorable results.
Such results not without their lesson. They
speak hope to many sufferers, and the basis of such
hope is firm one, for it rests upon experience, and
upon facts.