The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-02-05

; grain of epiUm and lC0 grains suga
: NIX, grain Of this IN xt ire with 10,
more Ci sugar and 10 on. VIVA
amount ct sugar think ye will be re
CURED to administer one grain o
opium ms prescribed by Hahnemann
hemember you are throwing ava,
20 100 of the opium at each dilution
TO retain all the opium, Q gr) aud
reduce 1t TO the 30th division, would
require more sugar than has ever
been produced on the globe. Yes
or ever will be produced on ten such
globes. II in lump it would fill
the orbit of Saturn. Yet this drug is
so ieartully potent that serious results
may follow if you dare TO take more
than three sniils from the vial con.
talnlng pinch from this huge
lump.
Illustrating the faith of the dis1i,
pies of sugar rlums, / will relate a
case which occurred in neighboring
city, several years AGO. A patient
bad been attended by an Eclectic
doctor, who, after a time, was sue.
ceeded by a Homeopath-the man
died shortly afterward and each doe
tor boldly accused the other of being
the cause of his death. The Home
opath, to make the question clear on
his side, published aa article in
newspapers, stating that he had only
gwen the patient single drop doses
of Tine. of Aconite root at the SOth
dllution, and consequently he could
not have killed the patient. Now, a
single drop Of Aconite thus diluted
must be dlflused through mass Of
fluid SO great that it would require
Tor 1t to run out at the rate of n
thousand hogsbeads per second,
more than seventeen septil!ions OF
years.
Questionable the Homeopath
kill the patient2 If he gave him
drop from this huge solution, GER
tainly not-but, if, on the contrary,
he gave him one drop Of the Tine.
Aconite thus diluted or the duode-
cillionth part thereof, he undoubted
ly "killed his man" from dstention.
Here Hahnemann's definition of
disease. Diseases" he says care
the immaterial changes which take
place within ourselves, the dynamic
alterations which our spiritual life
feel"-O, dear! This reminds US of
liegels' definition Of an idea, taken a
chapter on the curiosities of litera-
tur.: THE idea ist he event, that
the conception, as the universally
which is unity, determines itself to
wards the same as objectivity and
antithesis, and this extremity, which
has conception for its substance, leads
itself back through it's imminent dia-
lectic into subjectivity.
Excuse me for retailing what ia
probably old to most of you, but |
Wsl to call attention to the worst
abuse of all of IIahnemapn's dogmas.
He informs US that after eleven years
meditation he has come TO the con
clusiOn that all chronic disease origi.
nate in three primary forms, viz:
Syphilis, Sycos es and the Itch, and
that last foul disorder is more prolific
than the others. Then he enumerates
between thirty and forty diseases
which are caused by this self same
itch, among them are dropsy, hys-
tcrla, convulsion, st. Vitus' dance,
! etc.
Another dogma is founded on the
latin proVerb "sjmiEu SimiUahs
cur0nt~r," or like cures like, ga hair
Of the dog is good tor the bite" If
a person is suffering from nausea give
him the ghost Of an emetic. Again
q remedy that will cure a disease,
will cause the disease if given to a
healthy individual. How think
ye will mercury and Syphilis work
under this ra!e. One Of the leading
characteristics of Syphilis is conta-
| giousness, can mercury create a con
tagious disease but this is to absurd.
Yet gentlemen of the other profess
sion, abandoning their common sense
as a guide in medicine seem to take
as easily with humbugs as any other
class. feel particularly warlike to-
ward the other professions, especial.
| ly the ministers-they who carefully
study the Book of Revelation, and
forget that the Book of Nature is
from the same author. Let him cast
his eye over his library of profsns
literature ''see those volumes; they
are of men, full Of wisdom, but no.
thing original; they are all borrowed
from the book Of deity, the book Of
nature-the always open book, OF
which, the sky is one chapter, and
the earth the other.n
The conscientious physician sits
enchained, enchanted by religious
truths, enforced and illustrated by
an eloquent and talented man minis
tering at the holy altar. But what
is his modification, may / ask, on
seeing that same reverend gentleman
linked, arm In arm, with a medical
imposter, sustaining yb all his infiu
ence unscientific and untruthfu dog
mas, renouncing the book of nature,
and putting in its stead the imagin.
ings of bewildered brain. But il ID
not alone Of the professions / speak
nor do / wish it understood that
enter any complaints. The point il
simply this, the coming doctor is t.
be just what an educated commun
ity--an enlightened common sens
makes him, for his associations Will
the C, immunity are most peculiar
yet his pursuitsthe most catholic o
all vocations.
No rank, no sect, NO party exclude
him from their acquaintance. Hi
knowledge and culture make him th'
companion OF the wisest and bes
men, and his duties make him ac
quainted with the worst and lowest
Characters that other people only
read about are his familiars. Mrs
Partington is his intimate acquaint
ance, aud he krows that exceilen
old lady has many good qualities
aside from her amusing speeches
He is familiar with the bullies OF tn.
prize ring and rum hole, and the ac
complished gentleman, with th'
demi.monde and the lady of cultur'
} and refinement. "lIe sees Cesar al
other men do in the Senate Chamber
and he sees him IN the fever when h,
cries like "sick girl" for drink. =
He sees humanity when disease anC
suffering have torn off all disguise