Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-03-07
HOmeOpathy.

Medicine has ever been practfced as an
art, before the discovery of the law of
Homeopathy, and not as a science; and
this art has never attained to any degree
of perfection. The professors of medicine
have long been striving to lay founda-
tion upon which to establish a law of care,
and it is little surprising to find that the
art of curing the sick, if not remaining al
most stationary for centuries, has made
but little PROCESS to perfection to what
might have been anticipated. The proper
ties of medicines and the power they pos
ess of healing disease, seems to have
remained almost unaffected by research.
There has been a few new medicines dis
covered, some by the aid of chemistry,
possessed of peculiar properties, and ca
pable of resisting the morbific influence
of disease, but very little comparatively
with other branches of human knowledge,
has been affected by all the combined
skill and perseverance that has been ap-
piled to this subject. And this was owing
to the want OF system, or principle or
law to guide them. They were governed
solely by clinical experience. But no
man can boast much of experience be-
cause he rarely meets with two cases
alike and requiring the same treatment.
Another difficulty i'll the way of arriving
dI d SUCCESSFUL uOuS VI tIcdbIAeuG WdS3
that physicians have always been theoriz-
ing upon the properties OF medicine and
their mode OF cure, but have never arrived
at anything definite after three thousand
years OF anxious thought and study; and
it was left for the immortal Hahnamann
to discover and promulgate the great law
of cure. And what was the fate of this
discovery, and how was it received by the
| mauy who had so long sought it? some be-
lieyed, but many disbelieved, as did the
skeptical Jews when Christ appeared.
No matter if He performed miracles,
healed the sick, cast out devils; all was
unavailing with the disbeHeving Jew.
And il is so even to this day in regard to
| the law of medicine, promulgated by
Hahnamann. The dominant school of med
| icine, is reluctant to acknowledge the
| universally OF this law, and seek rather
| to cast obloquy upon the practice. andto
prejudice people against it, on account,
mostly of the small doses used, rather
| than to attack and cOntrovert the theory
| and demolish the foundations thereof.
| They have never yet done this, and have
therefore never aimed successful blow
| at Homeopathy. The HOmeOpaths claim
| this law to be universal, and applicable
! to all medicines, and to the cure of all
Diseases. e., like cures like; or medi-
cines cure in the sick, such sutferings as
they are capable of producing in the
healthy. They claim that this law is ire
futable and incontroyertable. They claim
| that the teachings of Hahnamann
are as salutary and beneficial
to mankind in regard to their
| ings of st. Paul of their moral evils. This
may seem to be claiming too much, even
admitting the truth of the law. But what
more important object has man, except
his immortal destiny, than the preserva-
tion of his health, or the best means of al
| levating sickness, pain and suffering?
| Homeopathy originated in Germany, and
has gradually extended over the whole civ
| ilized world. Thirty years ago it was hard
ly known or heard of in the United states,
| but now it has its colleges, its hospitals, it's
| dispensatories, and has thousands OF prac.
titioners and millions OF adherents and
participants of its blessings. Yet, the
| largest portion of mankind are still in
doubt, still incredulOus, still hesitate to
trust the practice. And their increduality
is to be respected. l would not have them
adopt any new theory in religion or ply.
sizes without a careful investigation and
| examination of the whole subject. We
| ask all, physicians and laymen, to exam
inc it; it will bear investigation. Many
do not like to devote the time necessary tc
a Thorough investigation, and try to be
content to pl0d on in the dark path they
have so long followed without any lighl
but the dim uncertain one of experience tC
guide them. Some may say: Is the COM
bined experience and wisdom of three
thousand years TO be all thrown away and
| consigned TO Obliylonf
| I will answer no. Every fact known
| all certain knowledge acquired, can be
treasured up and incorporated into the
new practice. All the collateral branches
of medicine are the same in both schools
and they are divided only in the applica.
ton OF medicines in the cure of disease
Homeopathy has had a wonderful effect i'll
modifying and modifying the old school
practice. They have abandoned bleeding
almost entirely; that cruel, barbarous
custom of draining the life OF the patient
i so there was no vitality left to react
against the disease. There is much less
medicine given, and many use our reme-
dies homepathically without acknowl-
edging the law Of cure. But the great
trouble is; people have been educated in
the belief that disease is something visi-
bic, tangible and material, and they have
looked upon the product of disease as the
disease itself, The yitiated secretions
| thrown Oft by emetics ana cathartics was
looked upon as the cause of suffering, and
by removing them they done all that was
required. They do not seem to realize
that disease is the result of an abnormal
alteration of the vital forces; and, there.
fore, to cure disease effectually remove
the cause and the effect ceases, or, in 9TH
er words, restore to a healthy activity the
vital forces and the disease will soon dis
appear.
If lung is infiamed, and engagement
and hepatization ensues, we must allay
the Inflammation, or restore to normal
action the vital functions, and the extrava
sation of blood and serum is removed by
absorption, or reversal of the action by
which it was deposited. The effect ol
diseased action in the lung or in the brain
| cannot be removed by violent means; and
it is not necessary to purge the stomach
and bowels, Many wonder why Homeo.
paths never give physio. / think this
| Will explain the reason why: we remove
| the cause, or restore to a healthy action
| the functions of the stomach. liver, etc.
| and then there is no necessity for it
Homeopathy presents many new and in.