Columbia weekly news., 1859-09-29
DR.. SNYDER
n FI y Y
Eclectic.

Eclectic.
A name given to class of physicians who sele
their remedies from all sects in medicine-henco
adopted by those American physical ms who profess
be liberal in their views and indereudent of party and
favor progress and reform in medical science
The principal object OF the Eclectic System is to
form some OF the many errors Of the old system OF
medical practice, and substitute in the place of dele
teous drugs articles equally eicac rus, and at the
same time act in harmony with the laws that govern
the animal economy. No candid and experienced ply
sician of the present day will DENY what observing
public has long asserted-that The various prepara-
tions of mercury antimony arsenic aiid many other
articles of the mineral kingdom. cannot be admins
tered in the many conditions OF the system in which
they have been used without immediate prospee-
tive injury the patient In proof of these assertions
quote the language of DR.. james Hamilton Fellow
Of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, who
saws that among the numersu spoisons which have
been used for the aeyiatcn Of diseases there
are few which possess active and. Of course,
more dangerous powess than mercury. Even the simp
lest and mildeSt forms of that mineral most
extensive influence the human frame. and many
of its chemical preparations deeterious that in
their smallest they speedily destroy life. He also
states that WHEN the effects of mercury the human
bey accurately Investigated and duly considered
il cannot fail TO appear that infinite injury must ae
crue from lis use Dr. Rees OF tbe ROYAL ColIegeo
Surgeons. Lon,lc, says know not whether have
most reason 10 hail the discovery Of mercury as bes
ng regard it as curse since the diseases il entail
numerous those which II cures.
Enter tanning this view Of the subject, the founders
the Eclectic system manifested their faith by their
works, by honestly setting themselves at work to nd
and introduce into the profession safe aud efficient
rhologogues. Whey felt that the ndiscrimnate OF
mercury productive Of great mischief and doing
more than ali other combined to create prsu
dice against scientific medicine. To destroy the conf
Gence OF community in its practitioners and TO drive
them frem the physician the nostrum dealer they
must introduce substitutes. though in doing they
might like many reformers and benefactOrs before
them. be called for time quacks empires. But,
through their labor and perseverance, it is abund-
anty demonstrated to all familiar with Eclectic
sources, that for arorsing the Liver and eecIing the
@ecretons generally and for prod Icng Salvation
of harmless character. Leptandrim Podophyllin.
ApOcvnin. Iriu and occasional combinations Of other
articiee. Euch reliable than Mercury, and
tended with OF its hazards. Evidence is not lack
ing show that the psychological properties of antmo-
ny and arsenic make them quite obnoxious Is the
mereurias Eclectics discard these also, because the
limitations for which they used be met with
more safety, promptness and certainty with other
edes For the sedative expectorant. and disphoretc
effects Of tarfarized antimoly. than substitutes
&c. No beneficial effects oe obtained from arsenic
which cannot be obtained from hydfastin, quinine,
xanthoxyn and sacine. The Eclectic System embra-
all the medicines OF mineral origin which exper-
fence has proven be inuocuous and serviceabe for
the diseases when used in suitable quantities
and at suitable times. Such medicines frequently
used among which may he mentioned the preparations
of iron lime soda sulphur and many of the suiphates
and carbonates No article of real therapeutic value
thrown aside which, with present knowledge OF
chemical and physiological laws. be used without
risk detriment the future integrity and health CT
the - stem.
Dir SNYDER devotes his time almost exclusively the
treatment of Chronic and Surgical diseases Cancer
lungurs Piles, Fistuas &c., cured without the
the II rhe. and attended with but little oil pain