The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-16


true but the question ost pertinent upon the back OF
All that vas Are diseases IN the main any more sxuiy
eated ard 10 the average duration Of I'm nan e any
greater 70 eossequence o. al ms nuen sosssa
OF all questions Dr. Barlow sps@eiS. :. nc "srAVe,
Vital statistics shoxed thai the average durat'h !"
human life decreasing year by year Why was tis
He inclined the opinion that progress Il the hea
art was, say the least, ratser Roouly sho", ,.n
rally and substantially existent " t.-at II tnls
were so, where wM the cansef II was oa,ept that
the error was Two fold Firt In the erroneous
achUgs Of nultucinous schools Of medicine "A 10
the OF disease and the use OF their 90 called
r.rsoies and second 10 the III adaptea and va
quality OF many Of the articles .hus taught 10 be usei
The proof OF the rt lag 10 the fact that much OF
teachings coLsised of vsunptions 10 the essential
herent nature OF disease many Of which assumptions
were known TO be erors and then In the OF
The benefits Of any nxeo practicable con,ervat OF
cure without which the erts OF the best ply soians
either siness or perpicous There grea, err
roIs In the aopaihic school Did not the ALMOST CONT
less thousands OF saow, emaciate1 debiiitatei ind
vicuals who BY dint OF might hnd main dragging
their attenuatet forms towards tee grave attest thai
the school which now being inaUgurat.d
was q necessity iount ed Ia the almost ably So
OF human needs for great proportion OF all that
misery was fairly attributable the wanton
wboefale poisoning by OF the aKaods What lads
OF human beings were Rroanpg out weary existence
suffering with manifold Affections. caased not by natural
disease but BY the dseaseproduciug elect Of called
remedies, which real, destructive drugs, whose
deadly e6tcts the stoutest frames Of mortaS we're
equal TO the talk OF resisting Hence appeared that
there was fatal error or else verage du
ration OF humsn life would growing shorter instead
OF longer especially 10 these states where there was
perfect depge OF medical schools and where tine land
biessed by avalanche Of physicians and by album
dance OF every such rs they we've, skfuly sp
long in coming 10 the CONCLUSION that the Institution
now about TO be Set in notion was necessary and ne
cessary nil was especially necessary now even II II
had moi beer before Now when the medical schools Of this
land and all other lands failed fulfil the OF
The wants OF communities and when the scky and dying
mutudes were praying and grooming out their latest
breath Tor relief for something better than destructive
dragging this institution In The funess or Its benencen
and conservative Influences for the promotion OF lie and
comfort spring existence, ''with healing
Its wirge and offer 10 the despairing muttudes tn
the ihrsldom Of suffering and misery Dr. Barlow, in
Offering some suggestions a. TO the system OF in
stuction, dwelt upon the necessity OF the trus.
.ees making the institution . model OF order and
decorum spoke about the essiy for union and har
mony among themselves and the faculty He warned the
faculty TO beware Of the leaven Of the allopathc col
leges, which uncbemicA combination OF errors
assumptions and Hypothesis As regards anatomy he
suggested that great part OF the course should not De
much the 10 most colleges 70 the almost entire
ect OF the brain and nerves. The importance OF the
He epjoped the STUDY Of phrenology, and sug
gested the spiritual exploration ana apprehension OF dis
belonged to the province Of the teacher which he said he
would have been pie ased 10 touch upon did time permit
such as The setog the law OF doses and The Law OF the
repetition OF doser, the Law Of medicinal aggravatons
aud the law Of temporal aegravations the law binding
controlling the neetastas translation Of diseased
action, the law OF hereditary trans mission Of
diseases, the law OF idisyncraces, the la.
OF substitution Of disease, the law Of sympathy in
its largest sense with large list other topics but time
admon ished him to desirt In conclusion he reminded
them that, when they should have progressed q few
years, If unsafe counses shssi have prevailed and jee
ouses and dsens ions exsssa without stern prompt
rebuke then the of the institution would set amid
the lghtDpgs Of discord and the blacsness OF dark
pess. But bettera peaceful counses should have
prevailed, and the various officers OF the school
should have performed their varied duties In spirit bro
thery Kindness harmony should have prevailed IL only
truta specous assumptions theories and epecua
should nCulCated.
and should have been the guide OF their coca
seR, then the OF the institution would never 20
down In its setting but thoud meet Ia mid vance the
ashiDg splendon Of the everlasting day Of peace and
glory.
Dr. Barlow concluded amid applause,
A. OKEY HAIL, Esq, was then introduced, and made
fey remarks, which he said would be exceedingly sho
meopathc," somewhere about the ,hirteth dlutIon.
He supposed be bad been called speak because Of
his efforts in encavorpg TO legisate the ncoporsr
lion OF the institution against an extremely 'ao.
pa,hiep opposition But q afforded him pleasure TO
say that ga second Samuel had 10 gment in the
OF his friend Daniel Temann, who President
Of the Board Of Trustees and happy appointed
humber Of gentlemen who had, what their indi
Gated, "facutyn for instrucng the students IN the
science which Or. Barlow had Illustrated He did not
faculty In copcusion no said he was happy 70 zee
present delegation from the which had given
world Florence Nghtingae-or greater than material
enedes sometimes the friendly touch which sue
leeds tho true ply stefan
FL Recorder j. NJ srIm, Jr., gave his practical
experience, showing the benefits Of the hom1-
opa,hic system. Seven Of his eight children bad
died under treatment by the alopathic mode
Of treatment the last child was attacked with symptoms
similar 70 thosc exhibited by some Of his children who
died; he put II under the treatment OF HON u.opathc
physician and the child recovered From that for.
ward he said he became convinced Of the benets OF
homeopathic stem and thought IL his DUTY lend what
aid he could 10 the Advancement Of which no
believed was calculated 70 much 10 benefit mankind.
Mr. jams HALL related hat similar exper ences
lending 10 1ser the superiority OF the homeopathic sys
TEN.
After few remarks from HORACE IL DAY. ana an an.
nouncment OF the casses, the meeting adjourned.