Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-02-29
Contraria Contrariis Curanter,
simillia similibus Curanter.


Editors Of tie IHtelIigcReer.
The writer of the interesting article on
Dtphtheria, in yesterdays paper, IN aliu-
ding 10 the results of Allopathic treat
ment, has in my humble opinion, arroga-
/ ted to himself and TO his school of medi-
: cine, a vantage ground which is, perhaps,
not altogether teuable. Now, wish to
say to this gentlemanly disciple of the il
lustrioUs HGhuemann, that Itoo have been
an humble, hut somewhat successful Auo-
| pathic practitioner of medicine for NOR :
than a quarter of century, and to NJ.
success therein, am indebted for most Z
| the physical aud social comforts have en-
| ioyed in this life; and that durinG the win
| ter of 1855, I encountered On epidemic vis-
| itation OF Diphtheria, in Philadelphia, in
| the treatment of which l was somewhat
extensively engaged; and that since the APP
penrance of the disease here in Wheeling,
up to the present time, have had the
medical care of between fifty and sixty
clearly marked cases, including every
grade from mild membranous eXudation,
to thick plastic formation, accompanied
with gangrene and sloughiDg of the soft
parts. And that the course of treatment,
which pursue, so far from having sig
nally failed" has been attended with en-
couraging success, as have not yet lost
I
deniic or during that of 1855. Notwith-
standing my treatment has been princi-
pally local, although I use occasionally
constitutional remedies, which. by the
way. are as palatable to the little suffer-
ers and as free from injurious qunli-,
ties or effects, as those of the disciples of
Hahnemanu, for I do not often deem it
necessary TO give my patients strychnine,
(dog button arsenic, (ratsbane,) crotaius
caseavella, (poison of the rattlesnake,) or
pediculus capitus, Common louse,l nor
many other equally innocent or inviting
drugs, the many virtues Of which are
fully set forth by Hempel, Homeopathic
authority now before me, but l am content
to pursue q course of practice which. in
my hands, has been productive of the
above results, without having my conf
dence therein impaired by the trGRScs7ldent'
al fooleries of Hahneman or his disciples.
But, lest should be deemed an enemy to
all progress in medicine, will submit the
following proposition to the disciples OF
Hahuemann. Let them select ten of their
medicines prepared by themselves, ac-
cording to their own formula, and place
the medicine SO prepared in the hands of a
disintercsted person, who shall select by
lot one of the articles, and let the Doctor
take them, without knowing which ono of
the ten he took, and give it to his patient,
carefully noting all its effects, and thea let
him tell me what the medicine was from
its cffects; or compare his notes with
their own provings, contained in their own
books, of the very drug taken, and will
weld the controversy and become u No-
m9opathist, for now claim that pure
Hahnemannic treatment has no apprecia-'
BILE influence upon the human 0Sganism
whatever. This fact was abundantly de-
mopstrated few years back by Baron
Louis, in the hospitals of Paris, the medi-
cines having been prepared by HomGo-
pathists, and the most exact regimen OBJ
served The fact is, that whenever Ho-
meopathic practitioners wish to influence
the human organization, they give Alio-
pathic drugs in AlIopathic doses, of which
fact had prima facis evidence within the
last ten days Isaw Homeopathic prac-
titiouer give patient FIVE grains of car
bonet amonia at one time.
E. HALEY Mccoy.