Columbia weekly news., 1859-06-09
Eclectic.

name given 10 class of physicians VINO select
their remedies from all sects in me iicine- hence
adonfed b, those American physicians ,7ho profess TO
be liberal IN their views and independent OF part AID
favor progress and reform in medical Gcience
Vie principal object of the Eclectic System is 10 re-
foim some o tie many errors Of the lid system o.
medical pr1ctice. md substitutein the place Of dele
terious drugs articles equally ecac 'us, and al the
time art in harmony with the lnwa that govern
the animal sconomy. No csndi and experienced pny
scian of the present dav will deny what observing
public has long asserted-thaf he various prepara
tons Of mercury. antrnony. arsenic and mary othe
articles of the mineral kingdom. canao. be admins
tered in the many conditions of the srs tom ia whci
they have been used without immediate prospec-
tive rry TO The patient Ir proof OF these assertions
we quote the language of Ilr. James Hamilton Fellow
Of the Royal College Of Physicians Edinburgh who
says that among the poisons which have
been used for the alleviaon Of diseases there
are te~ which possess more active and. OF course
dangerous powess than mercury. Even the srnp
lest and mldest forms Of that mineral exert most
extensive influence over the human frame and many
Of its chemical preparations deeteriuus that in
their lie dose they speedily destroy life. He also
states that when the effects of mercury the human
hedy aocura ely investigated and duly considered
II cannot fail to appear that infinite injury must
erue from its use. Dr. Rees, of the Royal College OF
Surgeons London. says we know not whether We have
most 20 hail the discovery Of mercury bless
n. regard il since the diseases it entails
numerous those which il
Entertaining this view Of the subject the founders OF
the Eclectic System manifested their faith by their
works. by honestly setting themselves at work to find
introduce INTO aIe aun ecenf
choogogues. Whey felt that the indiscIimnate of
mercury productive Of great mischief and doing
tnan all ;ler combined TO create preju
dice against scientific medicine. To destroy the conf
dence OF community in its practitioners. and 10 drive
them from the physician TO the posrum dealer. they
must introduce substitutes though In doing they
might. like many reforrners and benefactors before
them. be called for time quacks and empires. But,
through their labor and perseverance. 1t i abund
aaty demonstrated. 10 all familiar with Eclectic
sources. that for arousng the Liver md eIecting the
Secretions generally and for producing Salvation
of harmless character. Ieptendrinl, Pcdophy Hin.
ArocvDin lrin and occasional combinations OF other
articiee. mach reliable than Mercury and
tended with its ha cards Evidence is not lack
ing to shcw that the Physiological properties of nno
ny and arsenic make them quite obnoxious the
ercurials Eciecties discard these also because the
ih2ications for which they used be met with
more safety. promptDsss aid certainty with other
edies Fer the sedave expectorant. and diaphoretie
ELECTS OF tartarze antillony than substitutes
are found in aconte. gelsemnum sanguinara asciepia
sc. No beneficial effects be obtained from arsenic
which canGet be obtained from hsfifasjn. oninne.
xantho%yIia and saicne. Tie Eclectic System embra-
ces II the medicines of mineral origin which exper-
eIce has proven to be inLocuous and serveeabe for
the cure OF diseases. whep used in suit-.,- cua-.'
ard a. sust2bie times. Such med's GEES .rS
usei. among which NAV he lent
OF iron, Eme. sode -aiphur aus
and casbonates No articlS oil TesA
thrown asde which. w1h our
chemical and physiological laws
rlsA,or desriineat 10 the future
the system
Dir. snyder devotes his time alussst as
srestmsnt OF Chronic ana Surgical de
- LLua,oufs, Plies tistlias &C A-zsled withdss.
the hniie. and =.
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