Columbia weekly news., 1859-11-17
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Eclectic.


name giy on ;, = pfseioians who select
their rtmere< srsr. all saft~ 'c,re- hero
ajOptea ., tnoSe American vscss VII" Trctess
bessl in tlerr r,deper len. ~ patty az.
tavcr rroyress and retrrrp men.eli .csepre
The pr'ncpai "bee OF the Frltct'r -y~teo, is IL re
tom, ef tie many errors - the clt system ci
ynetscai practice hstt,t he Ilare nf dele
terioIs ira9, a-trie egPst .ffcari1es. ard st tlf
same ,u4e II rl.,r n the lsSv that O
the ariua NJ ean.iiG an1 verifoce4 rhy
scian OF the present day ~ le1s what an observing
public ha, long asserted that .be var'ous prepara
ttons of nereerv a"''uiouy ar>auc anf rasrt o'te
as$eles ~ tte uerai s'ngi, rannrt ~
g-red 10 tue mans onndtuon, q the system VIC
they have been without nmea;ate fl pro,rec
tive INJURY to the patent Ia proof of these assertions
we quote the language ot IN Ia res Hamilton telloH
of the ROYAL t,liege of Physicians Fi,nbrreh. WI
says that among the n0mer. Iasens which hav
been used fo f,,e aievation ni diseases tbe
arr few which possess active and, OF course
langeroas pcNess tnao mescuty Even the snip
lest ami m'iaest forms OF teat nluera exert u most
extensive thfueuee over tbe hrman frame and mlnl
Of its chemical preparations. deleterous hat IN
their smallest tbev specify destroy lite He ais,
states that when tie eiett> of mer.urv the l.
bedy are accurately Investigated and duly red
1t cannot tai 70 appear that indnte inrrv m -
crue from It's use llr Rees nf the Ro al Cci;egen.
Surgeons Ionoon, says know not whether We have
most reason 10 hail the OF mercury bie
Dg, or regard 1T curse the diseases entail
are as numerous those which it
Entertaining tins view of the subject the founders
the Eclectic System manifested their faith by their
works, by honestly setting themselves at wors to hnd
and Introduce into the profession safe and more efficient
choogogues Whey felt that the indiscriminate OF
mercury was productive of great mischief and doing
more than all other combined to create prelu
dice against scientific medicine. To destroy the conf
dence of community in its practitioners, and to drive
them from the physician to the nostrum dealer they
must introduce substitutes, though in doing they
might, like many reformers and benefactors before
them. be called for time quacks and empires But,
through their labor and perseverance, it is abund
antly demonstrated, all familiar with Eclectic
sources, that for arousng the Liver and eectng the
Secretions generally and for producing salvation
OF a harmless character, Leptandrim, Podophyln,
Apocynin lridn and occasional combinations OF other
artclee are much more reliable than Mercury, and at
tended with of its hazards. Evidence is not lack
ing to show that the Physiological properties of antno
ny and arsenic make them quite obnoxious as the
mercurals Eclectics discard these also because the
limitations for which they used can be met with
safety promptness and certainty with other
edes For the sedative expectorant and diaphoretic
effects OF tartarized antimony than substitutes
are found in aconite geseminum sangunara asclepia
&c. No beneficial effects can be obtained from
which cannot be obtained from hydrastin qunine,
xanth0xylin and salcine The Eclectic System embra
ces all the medicines OF mineral origin which exper-
fence has proven to be nnocuous and serviceabe for
the OF diseases when used in suitable quantities
and at suitable times Such medicines are frequently
used, among which may be mentioned the preparations
OF irOn lime, soda sulphur and many of the suphates
and carbonates No article real therapeutic value is
thrown aside which, with present knowledge of
chemical and physiological laws. be used without
risk detrment to the future integrity and health
the system.
Dr. Snyder devotes his time almost exclusively to the
treatment of Chronic and Surgical diseases. Cancer
TumOurs Piles, Fistuas &C., cured without the use of
the KNIFE, and attended with but little pain