The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-02
w.. HOMEOPATHIC
ISIS.
4 Possible But by no Means PrOba-
BILE, reconciliation Between the
old and New School Physicians.

4 Possible, But by no Means PrOba-
BILE, reconciliation Between the
old and New school Physicians.
Sixty one years ago Hahnemsnn pub
lshed his famous essay entitled Tine
Medicine Of Experience" which called
down the relentless criticism and excited
the active hostility of al orthodox
practitioners. This feeling eliminated
l. 1851 IN which year the British med-
cal association passed q resolution that
lit WAS derOgatOry to its members to hold
any intercourse with Hon Uopathists "
Since then there has been little abate-
ment of this artagoEism between
the two schools, and TIL very re-
cent no disposition on either side to e.
feet a reconciliation. We find in the
last number o! the London Lancet, the
ieading medical authority OF Great
Britain, paper from the pen OF DR..
Richardson, f. K. s. accompanied by Il
letter rom DR.. Wyld, Vice President
o. the British homeopathic society, which
Is a. least significant OF great change
in medical opinion, and may possibly be
the precursor of the union ~ no distant
day of the rival schools OF the century.
DR.. Richardson's contribution recites the
particulars OF 3 remarkable interview
with DR.. VIVID, who had called on hIm
90 express Z. wish that some step, might
be devised TO make up the breach that
had so long existed between the men,
beers 0. his school of physic and the main
BODY o, the professors OF medicine, aud
winch re. u ted in u request to the letter
gentleman to rednce MS views to VIII
nag This DR.. Wyld agreed TO do, and
rave Dr. Richardson permission to make
MS letter public. 1t Is this letter, writ.
-eu under the circumstances thus de-
scribed, which forms the text OF
lae Lancet article. In it, after briefly
touching upon the origin OF the
homeopathic schims, Dr., Wyd proceeds
10 note the changes That have taken
place within the last quarter OF cen
Jury, and says, "raany men have arisen
Ia the ranks OF medicine who have re-
LouugeG all tue hereSies of the past IN
TIE treatment acuts disease, while the
rOmeopAihIsls nave, on their side,
plmost entirely abandoned the use OF
g.ob4les, and have substituted doses IN II
.algIble form, their rule for
dose being, III effect to give u Gose suf-
.i,i utIy large TO effect lis purposes, but
10. SO large rs 10 discomfort
rr weaken the patient. Further we find
that whereas the early homcOp-
ARTISTS denounced all auXllIaries 10 the
-reatmeu OF disease, II Is now the prac-
ice to make frequent use OF all remedies
Of similar kind, such as occasional
aprrients. auodynes, oplaLes, anesthetlcs
tonics, galvanlsm, hydropathy, Turkish
b,,h and mineral waters. In short, We
define our practice MS rational medicine,
Including the application OF the law OF
,outrarIes, but pins the application OF the
law OF sImlars.' DIR. WyId believes tins
modification of theory ana practice has
brought the two schools into very close
It.XtaposIliOn, and nc asks the question:
IL au that usLracIsm which might by
some be considered justInable in 1871,
.,.d go,d with any justice under The
,,.LeTed circumstances which now exist!
In answer TO the natural objection that
% tcreuurse Is denied, mainly because OF
.ae sectarIau professions OF the hOmeop-
u.AIs ?, he declares that the latter have
10 desire 10 publish themselves, and
makes the remarkable statement,
Ion the first time, We believe,
i'm print that they have ceased
u write nomeopa,hIsts on their door
p.atcs; that many of their best books
eliminate iae Ia ue uDuea. att. nom
tie title page, and that some nave even
formally objected to the Use OF the ter IN
..homcuyatnIc school" BY way OF re-
capltulnunn he makes the following dis
,iucl admission: First, that the views
expressed bv Hahnemann are often eX-
travagaut and incorrect; secondly, that
Hlppoorates was right when he sand
some diseases are uusJ treated by SINH
/ f. and some by coutrarIes, and there
lore It Is uuwIse ana incorrect 10 MS
sumo the tile HomeopatnIst; thirdly
that although many believe that the &c
ton OF the minutes msl III nature can be
drmonstTs ted, It's use IN medicine Is prac-
ucaliy, by large numb III tins couh-
LEV, al. but abandoned. DR.. VIVID asks,
therefore, only the same liberty OF opin-
ion IN medicine rs in religion or politics,
and al smalgamatlon with the
great body OF the profession
on equal terms. DR.. Richardson,
/ IN commenting upon this letter,
expresses me belet that 1t offers u means
Tor bringing about Reconciliation, and
/ thinks II AL ac: SO manly and peace
/ hearing as 10 demand At ieasL atTuce Tor
| Lore>. ana hearty consideration. The
/ Lancet itself, however, Is rather more re-
served, and, discussing 1t under the cap
I ton OF .S.Iihing the Flag reminds no.
mwopa,hisis that nothing less than
/ the most unrtscrved Remuneration OF
al the dogmasIs of homeopathy, il
name aud deed, can be ac-
copied 1t expressly repudlstes the IN
! ference from the letter that reconcilIa.
ton may be brought about by mutual
concessions, and says very plainly that II
homeupsthIsts would enter the societies
O. the orthodox school they must become
practitioners Ct rational medicine, and
/ openly and fully renounce their proies
s'ons. creed. Thus the natter rests.
What the next step Will be is likely to
depend quite as much on differences in
temper "a differences In belief