Columbia weekly news., 1859-08-25
DR.. SNYDER7
&c IFGTI PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
OFFICE \. W COR. BUSH & sANS0ME SIS,
Opposite the Metropolitan Hotel,
SAN FRANCISCO.
Eclectic.

Opposite the metropolitan ttotef,
SAN FRANCISCO.
Eclectic.
A name gi-en 10 class of physf.iaue ~ho selec.
their remedies from All sects in meicine-henc e
adopted by those American physicians who profess to
be liberal in their views and independent of party AMI
favor progress and reform in medical science.
The principal object of the Eclectic System is to re-
70, NJ some Of the many errors of the tk system Of
meicai practice aud substitute in the place OF dele
terios drugs articles equally 'icac us, and at the
same time act in harmony with the laws that y'vern
the animal economy. No c,rdd and experienced ply
scan of the present day will deny What ob erving
public has long asser'ed-tha' The various prepnra
lions of mercury. antihnny. arsenic and many olhe-
articles oil the mineral kingdom. cannot be admins
tered in the many conditions OF the system ia which
they have bt en- used without immediate or prosrec
injury TO the patient In proof or these assertions
we quote the language of Iir. james Hamilton. Fellow
Of the Royal College Of Physicians. Edinburgh, wao
saws that among the numer uS poisons which have
been used for the alienation u diseases there
are few which possess more active and oi conre
da nger powess than mercury Even tue simp
lest and mi,ieSt forms OF that mineral exert a mos,
extensive Influence over the human frame. AMI many
of It's chemical epaTations deeierous mat IN
their sn,a est dose they speedily destroy life He also
states that when The ELECTS of mercury the human
beiv are accurately in, eSRai Ted end duly chnscerec
il cshpot tail t. appear that inanite inJdrv must
crue from s use. I'r. Rees, of the ko}aiCoAe3
Surgeons. London, says W. know net Nheih'f We IA
nv, 20 ha,l lie discovery q ne'eur! rs" b's
rg or regard il "a, curse since he diseases il entail
are A.. numerous as those WHICH II cures
fpr.ra ming this view ci tie suhlfet, tbe founcefs
th- Lttec ic s,sen manifested their faith by their
works hv honestly setting themselves at work to mn
and introduce INTO the iofession safe and more sniceh
colostg.ues. Whey f !! at the in''lacu nate use o
mercury productive al great mischei, ana Uolng
mere tran sl ether cacses combined to create preju
dice against scientific medicine To Ntr0y tle conn
tIence oi community its pactioners and 10 drive
them from the ply scan to the nostruin craier ttey
must r,rn.iuea substtutes though i'll DONG 20 tue,
II, ght like many r, io,m, rs and beneiactoS before
uirtn be called lor IA time quac>s ami empires Bat
1rnugn iher aber and p-r.eyerance IL l. now aniua
antr ierpniS rate,' to all familiar with Eclectic re
sources that aruus'ug tie LIVER an1 eieciing t'
-rcTeion~ generally AMI even tor producing salvation
OF "A harmless char acler. lfp an lrin fedoiil1 iin
Aroc,iiiu fldn and soual cunlb IA ION oihti
attici,t are rauch reliable han Ae carl, aud Al
tender WITH none al its hazards Eyidence Is not dce
ing to show tht, the 'u2c"ngca propertie ol antn.
nv aud arsenic make them quite "a nonnxol> as tht
nieTcutials. cl-ctcs di,cad these also because th'
inn;cations foI inch they used can be met ~ti
more SAFETY promptness and certainty with other rem
edies; For the s.datiVe eSiecurant, anu daploreiS
effects ui tartar Zed anirony, more tnan suoSiilu p
are found in acouie. gelseninutn sangdinaIa a-e'ei
Sc No beneficial esect- can be obtained from arsen
which cannot be Obtained from h1draatn, 4U'nut,
saul ht,ts lin and salicne The Eclectic stem emrra
ces all tsp medicines OF mineral origin winch eXptl
ence has proven to be nuucuous and serS iceabe io
the re o: dSea e., when u-ed IN suitable quan'itt
aud at suitahI. times such utedIclnes are irequenN
use1 among 'ch NAV he mentioned the pre,1araluR
n il on lime soda sui paT aud many OF TIE suiphae
and carhonateS. No article OF real tbeTa eatic value
.hrowr aside which. with our present knowledge
chemical and physoiogical laws can be used wtrou
risk or de riuent 70 the integrity ana health 6
me system.
Dr. Snsder devoies his time almost exclusively 10 tl'
tea trnept OF Chronic ara Surgical diseases. U-nce
fnmours Piles Fi>tuas &c, cared without the use Vi
The knie and attended with but little o. no ram.