Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-05-22

y our practitioners, and still greater increase IN
our ws.,srS bass. sss,s .ba V Nv
h ave been organized; and IN this their nrst year
Of united work, they have taken steps TO found a
charitanle inntitu Tor, while At the same time
they have assisted their Eastern brethren In a
similar work. They have In the past month
hell theit hrst public celebration, that Of the
brirthday o. Hahnemnnn, and the arcat success
attending u showed The public interest In humet-
patty on the Pacific COST. An Invitation comes
irum the members Of the California societies 70
the American Institute To hold its next session
with them. Thns they show good record ior
the year, and let ua trust II ls only year Of a
long life.
FrCln the extreme West We 10 to the extreme
East Of our ouuntryi and confess II is with 70.
luctauce aud with mingled feelings OF pride and
shame that l speat Of my native city and tho
history Of Homeopathy there In the last halt
Athens Of America place noted ior lis IN.
teligsnco aud education; but hlAsi Tor lts bitter
preiuJicea, too Boston, which tortured witches,
banishsd Biptlsts, and hung Quakers, and
which, In the year Of grace isil has found
among IT, citizens some more foolish, N not al.
lowed TO DO a. wicked, as any Nho had infested
iti streets two senlnries before. In Boston has
been enacted a drama vhlch-littls 70 the
amusement u the prime pal actors--ondsd in a
broad farce. At the meeting Of the American
Medical Association, held Ia Washington two
years age two men, certainly not even with
their own class, the must respected physical s
Of Massaehusetts, represented that tie 'daeaa.
ohusotts Medical society allowed quacks and
homeopatha among lie members. They sua-
lion against the sueiSty, which was threstened
with NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., as the national bOIy
would receive no delegates from y society that
tolera,sl the herc,J q homeopathy. .AgEry At
hrst, the society Afterwards thought Il best To-
eat "humble pie" and set Itself TO do what Il
had proved To the association could not legally
be done, yiai TO espel these heretical NUMBERS.
I WI no. Elys the majority Of the society eredl.
believe they were sufhciontly foolish TO under.
take this task, but a few self-appOlnted leaders
rushed forward, with tanners hyinK prepared
-, ,ns great ,iS,oTy ws1h Would no, ssy S,Ts.,
the pr6iession, Al eharactst n H. pyae,Itio1sts
This attempt courageously begun, 90 oonspicu
onsly AMI isnoblv I,iled Thai N draw nI'.,, N,
leaders The ouIspoksn, unanimous eondsmns.
lion OF the press and The sontemnt az ths sntis.
community.
The trial, suddenly and amulinRly through
the agency Of the hirh shsriii Iost ~ eharsster
Of a 'sStaf Chamber trial " and was hammered
70 the supreme court Of Massaohusetts, where
We are quite content to await a decision to 10
with the public We suffer no loss from alIopath
prcjudices. The following from an aliopathic
Journal describes the feeling Of some in the pro.
icssion IN regard 10 this matter, and Il IL littls
signincant that this article va, written by Inc
very man who nrst compelled the society 10 this
attempt TO do what they had asserted aud knew
that they had no legal power to perform. he
sayI anu ny "ay ~ Nnich they htlsmpted "
~ -, Wy nuss ,e aIsei OF AT set
,',iR,,.s. ~ vi S.,a 70 All interests
~ puI goses :. Pon yaeio IN tner ohAraeter
oe ~ ~ Wy SALenSu hrsguiaIs the
PIllNneke ~ .es'ghihE from the society, which,
uhen askel lor IN Years past, they hal denled,
mn .he 9nonuors laughed At them. They
tnIsatonou Nne"ea expulsion y they did not
They Summoned them then indiyIduaIIy anI nv
name DetVre poaru OF tIiAl, and when met for
me purpose o. tryinB them were themselves
ssIvsa WIN nkl uguhetiOn, and oitoi by the
sneIln W .heHseNss apPear ~ court And
W, nne e wa tne lankh hssinf Themselves held
w 70 populL oetision, rdlcnled In the neuspa.
p ,s yaLsso ~ tnsI owl associates aud one VI
thelI lealots rendered severely VI from more
NIetened oesgars than At present tho board Of
c c,s ~ me MAasAchusetis Medlcal 50.
eieVI Dshoetatey SURFING hornets nest
they a. uelDerateiy sat town thervon, and there
they az settnk SUI. Heaven pity them II II
Gan Should they eventually succeed In carry
my tue technical point that has been made, aud
IN ehpelunB thcir lhroo score homeopatha, one
~ que, they viii nave involved Themselves, and
p1ssloly the s0elety also, 10 labyrinth VI legal
proceedings, OF which no man living may 500 the
: III ~
hA aroused pupaiaf ~ pathy with the irregu.
lars 70 suoh an extent as % divert, during tho
past year some hundred thousand dollars, or
more OF lees IRON the pockets Of orthodox TEL
Iva
This trial awakened an Interest such az per.
maps no medical event ever before oaused In
community For many years the necessity Of a
and one had oson recently sstsSllsSoi on q