New-York tribune., 1870-10-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

.oov or uoNpoPiTdY. By DR.. v GGiEyoGI o. nn k0nm
ben TTsss,ed By Csc r. ,s,., ~ seuYsrs Boeeks
~ s.sIF r. 81 "a" '"''s''
q,hc pripeiples of the Homeopathic school of
ocal practice are set forth in this work IN opposition
40 fhe psychological system Of therapeutics as repre-
seuted by Ilebg, Virchow, Wuudcrhch' ana "'heI Vi
crt scientists Of Germany. II makes no preensohs 10
n,nrIor character; indeed the profound speculative
nare of many Of its discussions as well as its absto
snd often complicated STYLE rcmoves IL from the eVel Oh
GENERAL comprehension; but an exhaustive eX"slon
OF tho rationale Of the Homeopathic treaui'en. ~
claims tho attention of the frceminded mOuieai ne
s,uc,ut surprising any treatise now polO-0
the public IA the Gcutencss OF "s ~ ,he
and the originality Of many Of its CONCLUSIONS " -
very commencement Of his work. tho author p'Ty & ,o
engcs the first principles OF his opponon. ,, oauses
rival schools divergc from each other ." or tp
snd conditions of fc, and hold so I''ie " ~ ai.nrsn
,ho,r urinary postulatos, TO compel q 'o' ,'e.a
- =, o,,oio, with regard TO the treatment oi u4
,,,,,t,i,,- tho current physiological views 'O
tbo coil as the elementary principle oi NC ~ - 20
mountains that they are insufficient hs ''
81, ,or NJ therapeutics They teach us nothing III
regard 70 te chemical composition OF the CELL az" iu'
nlsh only the yaguest ideas Of its physIca
So oso m respect to the limits Of health ana eeese'
tho .dvo ocs OF these views are singulariy ihochhe
and ambiguous, opening wide door 10 cl'Nls"
and doubt No light is thrown On the connee"oh pe-
tween the facts experience and theaws OF then aeuo
u
ter and az rds basis for physiological explanation
This force cannot be inferred from the natural laws OF
nhysiology The idea Of 1t is pure abstraction, as
much as that OF the doGe OF the SKY bu oS o
author argues nothing is more dangerous lot scehSo
than the use Of an abstract idea as the grouu Va "
uition The fundamental law OF our reason is thh' VI
necessary unity But this has twofod aspect mt
. tho barmouv OF oar material knowledge with the Ia"s
ofuoure and second under the form OF IDEAS as tue
direct perceptions OF reason. There are t"o
mutually opposed, the one for the ldea' the other o
nature But these often conionnded WIN
each other The law Of the spiritual woru Is
.ftep identified with that Of the material world. Aence'
,,o rrevoent s,nerstion about the vital force. The
natnr of health and disease according to the author is
eouay misunderstood by the disciples OF the od sehoo
who asrbe all the phenomena Of sickness ana haa'h u
change in the conditions OF life. The fahacy OF tl'
theory exposed at great length in Win o'e
erroneous princirles which fan away, in the opinion
pr Grauvogl before the superior light OF Homeopathy
Nearly the whole of the rt part Of the work occupied
with a vigorous polemic against the physiological sys
TEN OF medicine which continues TO be taught IN th
universities In the second volume, the ulscussloi
assumes IA practical character, the ehVao.
OF various therapeutic agents is considered an
the clinical experience Of the author Is repofte
IN a oopious detail OF interesting cases. As I'd
result OF his practice he confidently arrives at the con
elusion, that tie Homeopathic treatment OF dlso"s
demands a far greater amount OF theoreucal ana I'"t
tica knowledge than is possible for the curative mou
? Of the prevailing schools. In consequence numeIon
cases which they have pronounced ineuraoe are eaS
managed by the new method. An imposing array y
statistics drawn from the records of public hospitals
brought forward proof of the superior efficacy OF t
treatment and suited TO produce adeeper impression o
unproessonal minds at least than the subtle reasoning
ofthe work ITSELF The translation Of these volumes ha
evidently been task Of no common magnitude ana ]
complete success has been obtained in reproducin
tbe ideas OF the author in terse and dOmatic English th
fault may in great he ascrbed TO the ooscu
and involved style of the original which, in this respect
shares the imperfecons Of many Of the great scen
the works ia the German language.