The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-04-07

Hon, seopathy.

Mr.. EDITOR The questions are frequent
| ly asked, "What is Homeopathy ? and
wherein does il differ from Allopathy?"
Everything which relates to the health, and
consequently to the welfare and happiness
of man, must necessarily be of paramount
importance and as the above questions are
asked by thousands of anxious inquirers af-
ter truth, who have right to investigate
the principles upon which Homeopathy is
founded, and thus become qualified to judge
of its claims to popular favor, I purpose,
if you will allow me small space in your
valuable and we'll conducted journal, to an
swer, as briefly and pointedly as the ma
ture of the subject will admit, the interro-
gatories above set forth. Homeopathy is of
comparatively recent origin, and, in conse-
quence, the philosophy of curing diseases in
accordance with this system of medicine is
not generally understood, and, therefore, not
appreciated, except by those who have prac-
tically tested it.
Homeopathy is derived from the Greek
words, onaoios, analogous or like, and pathos,
suffering or disease and the critical mean
ing of the term is, like or similar Diseases
Homeopathy, it will thus be seen, is the
doctrine of curing diseases, by acting upon
the part diseased by means of a medicine
that, if given to a person in health, would
produce symptoms similar to those we are
called upon to cure. 1t is to be borne in
mind that there is a wide difference in the
meaning of the terms similar and identical
The same, or identical poison that caused
the disease is not used to cure it, as is often
represented by the enemies of the system,
but a substance which will produce like or
similar effects on the healthy organism
Hence the Homeopathic law of cure, SINH
lars are cured by similars -simiIia simili6us
curdntur. H-sf --l
There are many persons who suppose that
Homeopathists only differ from Allopathists
in the fact that the former give much small
er doses than the latter. This is not the
chief difference; for, indeed, Homeopathsts
have the right, and are justly entitled to
the privilege, of using such doses be they
large or small-as they may deem proper in
any given case. But experience has abund-
antly demonstrated that if medicines are
administered in accordance with the law of
cure already stated, and if a cure is design
ed to be accomplished, medicines must be
administered in small doses and this is the
reason that Homeopathists use small doses,
and the only reason
The principal difference between the two
systems is in relation to the law of cure
The homeopathic, with the help of his
proyings, makes the law of cure the rule by
which he is governed in the choice of a
remedy, selecting such an one as he knows,
from the provings ON the healthy system, is
capable of producing symptoms and morbid
| conditions similar to those existing in the
disease he is called upon to treat. And ex-
perience has abundantly proven that when
| a remedy is given according to this law OF
cure, the effect of the medicine is to nullify
or counterfeit the diseased action of the part,
and restore it to condition of health.
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