Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-04-23

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reference of Homeopathy. AS an ex-
ponent of Homeopathy | believe it my
duty to correct some statements con-
tanned therein.
The first point that needs correction
is the first sentence. which is intended
to be definition of the term Hompo-
pathy, and reads thus "The flda-
mental principle of the Homeopathic
system of medicine is, that disease may
be cured by the administration of pois-
onous drugs which occasion diseases of
the same apparent character. y
This definition cannot be accepted
by Homppathist who can give rea-
son for the faith that is in him.
Ipecac. causes vomiting; given to a
person suffering from nausea and vom-
iting it will cure him according to the
above definition, because il mah,es him
ronit-beca use sit occasions a disease
lin him) of the same apparent charac
ter" I thought it had been decided
that two wrongs can't make right.
Homeopathic physicians don't pre-
scribe medicine 6eco4seMey mahe peopie
sick, on the contrary they do it because
they make them well.
The definition as l understand HON.
nopathy ought to read somewhat after
this fashion
The fundamental principle OF the
homeopathic system of medicine is,
that disease is cured by the admins
tration Of a SmaNquaatity of sncha drug
as will cause a similar disease IN HE
Heahhy-not in the sick, as the defni-
ton implies. We never experiment
on the sick-we don't consider it safe,
or right to do so ; but there are those
who, from the experience of centuries
are enabled to perform beautiful expe
riments on the sick, as their very scien-
tific autopsies abundantly show
The next point, is the second sen,
tence, and reads
''lhis principle is still stoutly contest
ed by the regular school of physicians,
and cannot by any means be regarded
as well-established." That the princi-
pie is still stoutly contested is not to be
disputed, or wondered at. That Christ
came into the world over 1900 years ago,
is still stoutly contested by some
The principle of the indissolubi-
lily of the Union, was also for a
time rather strongly contested, but
il [ recollect rightly it was finally
established somewhere in the vicinity
of APPROXIMATION. But that the princi-
pie is "still stoutly contested by the re-
gular school of physicians y is rather
muddling, unless it is admitted that the
adjective " regular" is used ironically.
How can that be regular which knows
no regularity? which is made up of in
consistency, uncertainty, improbability
and nonsense? 1t seems to me self-ev-
ident that compound of these four
must be exceedingly irregular in its ac-
ton. How then can the so-called
CIRCULARS" be regular +?
But the statement that "the principle
is not by any means we'll established
is 1.-THE most unkindest cut of ALL" for
the author evidently doesn't mean to
say the principle isn't very extensively
believed in, but that it isn't established
on good foundation--on truth. This
is an assertion, and it is left to those
who believe it to be based on truth, to
prove it. But to do this, [ am afraid,
will take more elbow-room than you
can spare. | will therefore content
myself by saying that [ believe as fully
that the law " SimiIia Similibus Curan-
tum" likes are cured by likes is based
on truth, as / do that vaccination is II
preventive of smallpox. If our law is
mushroom that sprang from the blain
of Hahnemann some wet morning, and
is only kept alive by persons whose
brains are equally prone to run into
mushrooms, there our solid Drained
friends of the regular school of ply
sicians" are also afflicted with the dis
ease that makes us SO odious in their
estimation, that to consult with us in a
case of emergency, is to go to the res
cue of bemired hog in the beautiful
habiliments of saints ; for what "regu-
lar physician" refuses to vaccinate p
What untenable nonsense they exhibit
when they vaccinate. Think for a mo-
ment of the abuse they heap upon lis
for prescribing nothing" and calling
it Aconite, Belladonna, Nox Vomica,
&c, and then go to work themselves
and introduce perhaps the billionth part
of grain of vaccine virus into the blood
of their patient, to prevent one of the
severest diseases we have to deal with.
But this isn't the worst of it-this oery
high potency" is sufficient to protect
the patient seven years, although there
is continual change going on i'll the
system-a continual combustion and