Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-03-15
For the Waterman
The Administration aud the Doctors.

| '"b '"9ivn ouIBcphs OF Tue homeopathic ialth bl
Commissioner Van Aornam, headed" What L
lt?'' the writer seems at loss 10 understand tn,
grounds Of the Commissioner 5 action, but incline,
to impute unworthy motives TO the Adminstia
ton Of President Grant In defense of the Ad
mlnistration and the Commissioner, wish to 81,
that sec nothing in the action complained oil
but integrity Of principle--wise and iudicious
action in official position; and why the transac.
tion should call forth such reflections as it does
from the writer | cannot understand. unless the
hnbituol errors visionary theories, unsouud rca-
sonings, not to say dishonest practices, Of his "a
vorite school, have unwttingly cloudod his per-
ception TO the noble principles involved For is
it not plainly the right and duty Of government
10 select, in iulfllmont Of law, such medical or
surgical aid as it deems best qualified to per.
form the duties required2 Government Offices
should be filed by sound men, having scientific
bass-not farned out to this or that quack or
individual who may ask for them Doc. not
every corporation, every family, every person in
the land enjoy the right here exercised by the
government, though they may not choose as wise
ly2 What thoughtful man would not tremble
Tor the stability and success Of the cherished prin
ciplesof self government, should he see the strong
minds of the nation adopting the false and vision
ary theories Of a school, not one of whose distin-
gushing doctrines will bear the investigation
necessary to establish scientific truth-whose
wunted discoveries Of new laws Of nature in dis
case and its cure, have been and are daily shown
TO be false imaginary and uulounded leaving 10
them only the common boast Of all quackery-
success which they hesitate not to declare
without stint or scruplc, like the patent medicine
monger who said, " My body was awn in two in
a saw pit-one bottle Of the medicine performed
a perfect cure Who believes The totality Of
the symptoms alone constitutes the disease ?' Or.
that, " 1t is only by means Of the spiritual inau-
cnce Of a morbi6c agent that our spiritual. vital
power can be diseased and in like manner only
by the spiritual (dyaamic) operation Of medicine
that health can be rcstorel2" In these PROPOSE
tions 18th and I6th Of Ilahnemann's Organon) all
that is essential, available or important for phys-
clans or others to know Of disease, as cause. pa.
thology and cure, is falsely stated, denied or
ignored, as not existing or non-cssentiM. In
short, the whole science Of medicine spritualizcd
and approachable only through the yagaries Of
ymptomatology 4 pretty basis for Army Sur
geons and no body can ever get well without
the spiritual operation Of homeopathic pellets
Alas for mankind if health could only be restored
by the spiritual or any other operation Of medi-
cine Rather say, health can not be restored
without the healing power of nature to aid and
assist, which is the Office Of the true physician.
should like to pursue the subject. but time and
space arc precious, and it is unnecessary Yet.
to cover the whole ground let me add, that a
writer who could make the statements contained
in the article under consideration, and advocate
As true and worthy Of acceptance, the teuets Of
must be well stocked with brass
and duplcity or have faith and hexbnity like
that Of POlonius. Do you see yonder cloud
that's almost in shape Of a camel2" By the
mass, and it is Ike a camel indeed 80 " Methinks
{ is hkca weasel. " " 1t is backed hfe weasel
Or Ike whale ?" " rery like a whale 80
While am upon the subject, let me say a few
words upon an editorial article in the Christian
Onion Of Feb. sth, entitled, UnchariidJleaess that
pdssefA UadersfaRdiHg. for the foregoing is in
,art an answer to this editorial The inc)mpre-
lensible uncharitableness from the stand ptoin
# the Rev. editor, consists in the fact that
he Medical Museum, sustained by the govern
nent and located at Washington, having made |
nd ingenously photographed some new and
killiul microscopic discoveries Of Importance. |
in regard to the science Of Pathology,
eluses copies to homeopathic medical schools. |
while freely distributing them to other medical
olleges and scientific institutions. First, would
SIX of what use can photographs of pathological
If other scientific discoveries be to any medical
nan or school whose distinguishing dogmas.
mong many others equally groundes5 and il 1
usory, are as above stated? 10th and 10th Of
lahnemann's propositions.) lIommopaths not
My ignore but deny the utility Of Pathological |
Investigations, and even ridicule searching the |
uman body, dead or alive, for infornation-de-
laring that " For the physician the fofaEfy OIL
he symptoms alone constitutes the disease" and .
true guide to remedies, regardless Of pathologi-
al changes which they claim are not the results
{ DISEASE, but Of all@pathic treatment Thus.
Organon, page l7i,) " Everything of really
iorbid character, and which ought to be cured.
onsists solely IN The sum total Of The symptoms
y means of which the disease demands the medi-
me requisite for its relief; whilst on the other
and, every Internal cause, every occult quality.
imaginary material morbiilc principle is moth
lg but an empty dream" Again" Be not
10 anxious to insist on the dissection Of the
'rpses of those you have done to DEATH You
ould not do it did you know what you thereby
'yealed to him who knows the truth There is
splayed in dissection not what was present
'iore your treatment, as you would fain per-
lade the relatives, but what was produced bV
'ur treatmetr (llahnemann's lesser writings.
7 DIR. Dudgeon, page siO) Would not the
ndlng OF photographs of recent pathological
scoveries to men of such caliber and views be =
Se casting pearls before swine, which we are ,
not to do? Incompatibilty and non !
have been declared by the homoo- A.,
tbs as essential to their system, as it was :
the exact opposite Of the old, "as opposite as /
y is to night, and " Joins issue with the old
stem on every inch of its possessions, and has to
at 1t from its businesses among the morasses Of 1
se experience, of vain hypothesis and theory" =" t
To illustrate, let me present brief view from /
Q clerical field where we often encounter the b
10 marked " eraagshcai," beyond which pro- S
sional non-intercourse exists But could cler c
men generaly-could even the liberal editor of -
0 Christian UHiOH-belicye il advantageous TO b
0 cause for which he labors to be on terms of
oiessional comfy with Mormons, Mahometans, f
e-loyers, etc. Does he read with pleasure and c
hcation Joe Smith Bible and the Koran, and h
&c his choice sermons and writings to acknowl- h
&c aud increase the influence of those sects and n
'reby strengthen their hands to maintain and "
'ead their pernicious influence! | think not. "
% There is danger that not a little harm NAV ,
ut from the free use of the new narcotic. or a
chIoral. That it has valuable medi- a
al properties and is an admirable sedatiye. g
IRE can be no doubt. But it is one of the most u
cinating Of narcotics and the hnhitnnl sl r "A u