Columbia weekly news., 1859-12-08

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DIR. SNYDER
Eel EG TIL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
OFFICE n. W. COR. BUSH & sANsoMF SITS.
Opposite the Metropolitan Hotel
SAN FRANCISCO.
Eclectic.
name giTen to a class of physicians who seec
Their remedies from all sects in meaic'ne- hcrce
adopted hy those American physicians vho profess 70
be liberal in their view and independent OF rarv a1
favor progress and reform il medical ec,enae
The principal object OF the Eclectic ystenn IS tc 'e
fcrpl some Of the MANY errors cf The ola svstpm q
medical practice and substitute N tie place OF 7ele
terious drugs articles e3uaiy efiaec ,rs, Tie
time act in harmony with Tie laWs thzt
TIE ln,rpaI " carts5' ar a,snd ,.1v
s,can of the present aas wiz Ieny vaat o.or. ms
puhtir has long -tIat l.r te.- rsau-fa
t,ons Of mercrsv antr,orv. s.r,1 1,.sr n:
articles Of the rlneral Kin yiap, 7sr.at 9e ,dn ~ =,
tered in tie many cond tcns of tl.e ~ljot
they have heer use1 wit}ont .r,1u-eate rr.,-.ar
tive irInrg the paTent. I. NIT = t,-eep ASSET
gu"te the lare"age Of IN lame, Han.'ton Fellow
OF the -eO' Al College - PHI -icianS F. rbgFh. }.f
saws that among the nrmer ps posses wlirli hay.
been used of the or acyqticr If tsaeaecS tr-t
are teW wfrrh possess ra're artiye an+ ~
Dangerous poyes than nerrr, Ier~ tie s.rrr
ic-t ana N est 'frUrS q. -'af wnr-al e,f RI most
evenSive lrfrerce cver the tuUiaa fra'as and many
ct lts cher1Ca orepa atoms ieiy tat
then sma lest dose they .ue liz de troy fe He als
Ntae- that when she effects Of ,ner v - the human
bed, acHura3eig lrNee4 gatej duiv CONSIDERED
: cannft tal t0 9rpear I At i1-nitt niurv mast
,e oni uss n RaeS. e the Rovai ,.ollegeo
Surgeons Len 'on S'Ivs We tntS 'ot whether have
most reason 20 4'' +he SteeIy f mercury ble>
regard i cnrst diseases entsili
are n,nerous t,.tSe VIII Ii if ire
kutPrt ain no tas ~ th sub act. .he fo snters
the et * = stem rliltaS-d tI.air faith hy L ,r
w'rkf h hcees'!' se.Icg theTsselve at work to find
an1 'ntrc5 ce nj the p-T ess sae nd mCte etsce7t
chvlcg gueS Th.f 4elt hat the inds"riminate
r1ertLse 'o1 Ave rroet "a sci ef aGi 6o,ag
thar sIs o'her rrrntdrs TO treate pretu
aea5rs- scnti,e me.rlne 10 desiroy tie conf
.ece Of cs'Ururity IN =, cract;oners and to drive
Tee t''io' tie ptYszSao the uCStrur ealer they
m st .r1f1pte sphst=fgtes tho gE in dnng they
fll2tt tte raHy retorrrers and benefactrrs before
VEN he f'sfed ar tine lu1nks and empires. But
fbrca2 the'f ia,r and petSey erance II is now abupd
9n+lv Demonstrated 70 hi familiar with Eclectic
HAT for arnusng the Liver and efecting the
SecrcopS 2elie'aiy and for producing salvation
ot i hHrmleSs character, LepaEdrim Podophyllin
Apacsnn jljin ami occasional combinations Of other
arJlee 1luch reliable than Mercury and at
terGe1 with of its hazards Evidence Is not lack
ing Ia STOW that the Pathological properties Of antno
ny and arsenic make them quite as obnoxious as the
mercurals Fcectcs discard these also because tfe
nnications for which they used can he met with
more safety Promptness and certainty with other
e-ies For the sedative expectorant and dia phoetic
effects of tararzed antimony more than substitutes
ATE todnd IN aconite gelseminu. sanguinara aclepia
&c. No beneficial effects be obtained from arsenic
which cannot lie obtained from hvdrastin quinhe
Xanthoxyln and saiicine. The Eclectic System embra-
ees all the medicines of mineral origin which exper
fence has proven TO be innocuous and servceabe for
The cure OF diseases, when used in suitable quantities
and AT suitable times. Such medicines frequently
used among which may be mentioned the preparations
of iron lime soda sulphur and many of the sulphates
and carbonaes. No article of real therapeutic value
thrown aside which. with present knowledge Of
chemical and physiological laws. be used without
TSk deTiment to the future integrity and healtful
the system.
DR.. Snyder devoes his time almost exclusively TO the
treatment oi Chronic and Surgical diseases