The national Republican., 1862-01-27

Wy tns umo Snote was no improvement In
ssoribed TO the homeopathic treatment. The
physician attributed his failure TO the action
" deeterious niasma ai,odys o1isting in hospi
tdls, and from which he could not protect mis-
patients. He Acknowledged that the rene.
dies which produced such powerful effects in
private practice, utterly failed in hospitals.
owing to the emanstions from the bodies OF
persons collected toge ther. which neutralized
ne r innni,es,mal @ ma dosss.-adt. Nod de Paris,
S:sy; 7: ES;. 1ss:. NJ kudr. employed homeon,,,,o
remedies ln one hundred and forty cases. in
the Hopital dc Ia Pitie of Paris. Tho arrange
and all the details OF treatment, were carsfuiiy
managed according TO the directions Of Hahns.
mann. The remedies we're all obtained from
ne most eminent homeopathic spothscary
ligious exaotness. The result Of this trial
proved the entire ilefiioisnoy Of the remedies
employed. II Was found necessary in most Of
the cases to resort finally to the regular treat.
ment.-Buu. Den dc Iherdpeut. 1884.
"In 1885, the homeopathic Society of Pari.
peuti0ned the authorities to establish 10.
mGopathic Hospital and DIspensary. The
minister referred the matter 10 the Academy
Sraw np wSsn S
in substance Ms follows: That they had sub.
mttted the system of homeopathy 10 the most
rigid tests In practice, without obtaining any
other than negative results, 80 far as the
action ot remedies was concerned while OBJ.
servation proved that grave dangers we're
liable to fellow It's adoption in severe diseases,
from the neglect Of proper and reliable rem.
eoies. lf the authorities yielded to this request,
tism, etc., were equally entitled to have hos.
pitfalls opened for the trial of their peculiar sys
toms, and thus every form Of quackery would
demand attention. They therefore advised
Of Pubic instruction, acting upon the advice of
this report, refused the petition.
In 1920, the Gar Of Russia ordered that the
system Of homeopathy should be tried In sew.
era military hospitals. For several years the
practice was continued. and reports Of marvel.
lous success were annually published, but It
hasentlrely failed of obtaining tho confidence of
Government, and By n recent edict il Is forbid.
den to practice homeopathy In the Russian
territories.
Homeopathy and allrpathy were tried
(Ency. jan. 1850 in The Hospital of Fultschin
for two months, with the following result:
Entered. c",ct Diet. Rery
In Allopsthic liosPttal...i5i 3si oi
In IL moeoPatbic do ...lT Is 8 IS
"Piorry states that he has tried numerous
experiments with homeopathic remedies in
HotehDieu, all OF which failed, -Ency. Apr.
1885, Soc. SdU.. p. IS.
"Bally used homeopathic remedies four
mouths In PHotel- -Dleu, with the following re.
suit: pas un malade ma etc sueri par Phom.
oeopatnie."
"Dr. Guillot, Of the saIpetriere, gave six beds
to The homoeOpathists, IN lsi1, for the treat
ment Of cholera. Or seven cases treated, all
died. ."-Lantci. ls40, 7. 1, p. 5l2.
1.-THE percentage Of mortality in the Homoeo.
pathic Hospital Of ~. Pctersburgh, 1888 a, was
sixteen and two thirds per cent.-Ency. March
1885. Rcu. Med. p. Al.
Although bomtoo opathy has existed nearly
half \ century and boasts Of having overspread
the civilized world, and received the special
patronage Uf The wealthy Of every community
As well ~ Governmsnt sanction, 1t claims for
itself TO- day but seven hospitals in which it is
practiced on the entire continent Of Europe;
aud within The last year or two several Of these
have been closed. The great HOm0eopathic
Hospital Of Vienna, which has published annu.
ally the most wonderful results Of treatment,
and Ms far ~ It's reports gavo evidence. was
entirely successful. has recently ceased to ex.
ist.
The homeopathic Hospital vt Leipsic, the
homo Of the founder Of this system, ceased
with the death Of Hahnemann. The London
homeopathic Hospital has recently closed It's
doors.
But we need not multiply facts of this kind:
enough has been given to prove TO the entire
tenn has been thoroughly tested ' IN hospitals @ sSs
and found entirely inefficient. 1t is quite true
that hospitals established BY its pxrtisans have
published reports Of the most hattering success
Of treatment, but they must be rejectedin this
discussion, because partisan. II such reports
are reliable, why the failure of these very hos.
pitfalls? Why Is the homeopathic system ex.
PEELED, not only from the hospitals Of Russia,
In which II has had years to establish itself, but
even from the Czars donations? These are
questions OF grave import, and may well give
rise to the inquiry in this community, Why are
the sick poor Of our city selected 10 be made
the subjects Of An experiment with this system
Of medical practice which has so repeatedly
failed when put to The test Of rigid investiga.
tom II the curiosity of the few must be graft.
iment"
With such facts before them, the Committee
came to the following conclusion:
The jus, pride OF every civilized and Christ
ian community Is its public charities. They
are not only the criterion by which we may
estimate its Christian philanthropy, but also
It's progress in the arts Of civilized life. Well
may the citizens Of London, of Paris, and other
continental cities boast Of their hospitals, the
growth Of centurios, and the merited recipients
0f public and private eDdOwments. To them
them them smsnsis en- men Isarnsd in the law. OIL Of hssIth
and disease, and skilled In all the subtitle arts
Of healing. They are demonstrating with
mathematical exactDess the fact, that wisely
and judiCi0usiy managed, the average OF hui.
important, indeed, have they become to the
well.being Of the people, that they are incor.
porated with State and city governments. Well
may we, under whose fostering care the public
charities Of our city are placed, inquire what is
the character Of the medical officers under
which these hospitals have attained such cele
brity? The answer, without exception, ia, that
they are OF the sama school Of education and
| practice "a that under the management of
which Bellevue Hospital has tor the last ten
years 40 signally prOsperod. They have been
mon of professional learning, eminent Ms ci,i-
zens. and often AZ statesmen, but always Of one
schocl-the 80 called regular practioe.n
No unprGjudiced mind can review such facts,
without concluding that public authorities who
deliberately consign the helpless and oonfding
sick to the charge Of medical mon practioing II
| system 80 inefficient, incur u fearful RESPONSE
! bility. And that responsibility assumes ten
subjected S to this eSperiment' @ rim are The citizen
soldiers who have sacrificed tho comforts of
home in defence Of their country. Around
them Government should throw its protecting
care, and tendorly guard their sick beds from
IENTLEMEN's READV-MADE GAR.
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