Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-07-30
MEDICAL REFORM.

That great change has within few yenrs no..
wrought in the practice Of medicine, no ono vii
pretend to deny. 1t is well known that the s,,d.
and learning which has been for ages lavshed unoy
the use Of mineral posons, as medicines have f.l.J
10 answer the reasonable expectations of the nubiu
The old physicians have abandoned the use Of ~.
lancet, and have found it necessary to reduce ,bo
quantity Of medicine given to perhaps one-ffth ~
their original doses but diminishing the q,aan,
does not improve the quality, such change can
never answer the demands Of suffering invads
A change was required which should disnop.,
with all poisonous drugs, and substitute sys,aro
of innocent medication, which would harmonic
with nature, and remove diseases, without the riL
OF injury to the constitution For the accomplish
ment Of this object, many talented and learned men
have zealousy lnbored, and great reform has been
brought about. Among the champions in mi,
reform, we believe all willing to yield the palm
to DIR. X. Greene, the founder of the Boston
Indian Medical Institute"
DR.. Greene, after studying the various sy,,cro,
Of medicine, and finding that they had not the b.si.
of nature, turned his attention to the study Of
Natures Laws spent several years in travel and
received much useful information from those chill.
dren of Nature - the cred men of the fores,
whose habits and system of medical practice Ia
thoroughly investigated, and which has greatly
assisted him in the development Of system, havn,
nature for its foundation and science for its SUPER
structure.
About ten years ago. DIR. Greene located in Bo,.
ton, when the success of his treatment was brought
more fully before the public, and his sphere Of use
fulness enlarged. His Alopathic friends viewed nj,
success with jealous eye, and his practice was
animadverted upon in one or two Of their medical
journals, in very dignifed terms. That he wa,
successful in all ordinary diseases was admitted:
but they wese slow to believe that he was able 10
cure Cancers and Scrofiilos Huniors. To convince
them and the public of his success, he published
facts in regard to cures of such cases, giving the
names and residence of such persons who wero
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 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
on exhibition at his rooms, SO Bromfeld Street
Boston, to which the public have free access
These incontrovertble 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 DIR. Greene from the details Of
his practice in order to make his services available
to 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 I" Boston Indian Medical
Institute" Not that the practice was crude Ike
that of the Indian but based upon the Indian sy,.
raj laws, and avoiding the use of poisonous drugs,
Under this organization the Institution has become
the most popular Medical Asylum in the country
where patients are daily received and successfully
treated for all the various ills of the human family
But few people have an adequate idea of the exten,
of business done at this Institution the number
of cures effected, although nearly all famia,
with the fact OF frequent remarkable operations
being performed with the most favorable results.
Such results are 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.
Consumption has been treated with a success un.
expected by the patients and their friends; and tie
results in numerous cases of Scrofula, Liver Com
plant, Dyspepsia, Heart Disease, Dropsy, Female
Complaints, Disease of the Stomach, Bowels, and
Kidneys, rheumatism, and various other diseases,
give confidence to those conversant with the fact,
that cures ore effected at this Institution which
have bafied medical skill elsewhere.
Facts like these cannot be resisted and this prac-
tice must necessarily take precedence in the minds
Of the people.
Many clergymen, editors, and other professional
gentlemen have visited this institution and sigi-
fed their entire appreciation Of the system of prac-
tee, and expressed desire that the facts connected
with this treatment should be made known to the
world.
The Institution, whose Card is here appended, is
now placed upon firm basis, and is an honor 10
the city of Boston, and one to which her citizens
can point with pride, in view of the vast amount
of relief it has afforded to sufferers throughout the
country and the confidence with which the invalid
may look upon the results Of its practice in the
future.