Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-06-08

and the same men had been known TO send coss
from their vs their patients to smell disease
five attempt to with the advocates Of Homeop
say and sndeavor to show them ts absnrdties, they
VIII say 1--WE care nothing for the theory % long -
the pyuctice Is successful" To show how easily men
may be deceived upon this point, will refer briefly TO
Perkn.ism About the ciose Of the 18th century, Dr.
PERKINS introduced this great discovery into Great
So great was his success that great portion Of English
nobility for time bold defenders Of his doctrine and
many Of them were cured by him Of grave disorders 80
strong was the feeling favor his doctrine that So
ciety formed, for the advancement Of Perknssm,
composed of Princess Ministers Of State Bishops learned
professors 1t seemed that these learned men consd
cred be almost capable Of rendering man Inn
mortal Besides this all medical means considered
worthless, and for short time rational medicine seemed
have to end AL kinds Of diseases were cured
including consumption, and broken bones PERKINS had
in his possession at time documents from the most
respectable men, certifying that he had performed up
wards of 5 900 And how these miraculous
cures performed? Simply by the Of two pieces Of
metal Of ron the other Of brass, about three and
half inches in length and pointed end The points
these being placed in contacts gently drawn
the part Of body where the disease supposed to be
seated This the only means which he used and there
were thousands Of Of the highest responsibility willing
to certify these pieces OF metal in the hands Of PER
xISs were able almost every known disease. Fl
nally person who believed the imagination had to
do with the than the pieces Of metal procured two
pieces Of painted WOOD which nearly resembled the
metallic points pass for the genuine and il found
upon trial that these sticks quite potent to
as the genuine metallic When this fact became
generally known, it found that even the genuine
points ceased to cure The charm Of Perknssm lost
and the practice came to a speedy end.
Tie history of Perkinsism to show how easily
mankind may be mistaken in regard to the influence Of
of medicines No honest physician will deny that under
every system practice much credit is given to the
influence of the medicines given In all diseases there Is
tendency towards recovery and there Is doubt that
nineteen twentiehs Of all Of ndspostion would re-
suit favoraby without any interference whatever. Still
is very natural person when sick to resort to
sort Of medical treatment and If he gets we he apt to
ascrbe his recovery to the medicine. I: should be re-
member that everp recovery is brought about by the
Operative powers Of nature. This Is sometimes done
ariM tie aid of medicine and sometimes without It. This
being the case becomes to be exceedingly careful
how We ascrbe recoveres to medicines used and when
that the remedies wholly inert certainly
should give nature the credit for bringing about cure
and not the medicine.
shall devote my next article to review Of Dr.. DrS-
CANS criticisms After this propose giving Eclecti
cism brief consideration.