, 1877-01-28

TIE DOCTORS AID THE SCARLET FEVER.
Well, the doctors have met. The a1opath-
lists have met. The .homeopathists have
met. The big pills have met. The little
pills have met. The Superintendent of
Health, who wanted them to meet, has also
met, md be has been rewarded for his desire
to havc them meet by corresponding desire
on their part to bounce him. There are
probably q thousand doctors in the city and
four or five medical colleges full Of fedglings
who will soon have perm: ssion to attach an
II. D. to their names, which indicates, even if
it does not stand for, More Dosing. OF this
number several hundred have been in coun-
Gil upon scarlet fever, diphtheria, and other
epidemics now scourging the city and moving
down the children ct an appalling rate.
Meanwhile, those afflicted with these diseases
in their homes, and those apprehensive lest
the Red Death may any moment stalk in
upon them and snatch away their little ones,
have waited in the hope TINT there might b.
wisdom in many counselors, and that they
would point out the avenue of escape from
tho horrible malignity and cruel dispatch
with which these epidemics seize upon and
hurry their victims TO the grave. The re-
ports Of their meetings, however, as printed
in the daily press, will not bring much of
comfort to the sick-room, or of assur-
ance to those who are npprehcnsive of
attack. The allopathists at the outset
do not agree with tho homeopathists,
and uics psrsa. Neither do allopathists or
homeopatllists agree with themselves. It
only remains for the eclecics to meet and
disagree with oil the rest to mako the confu-
sion Of discord complete. DR.. BEEDEs pre-
ventivo seems to hive been the 6ete NOR of
both assemblies. The allopathists oppose it
because ho is homeopathic, and the home
opathists oppose it because he administers it
in alopathic form. DR.. BEEnE having used
the sulpho-carbolate Of soda with excellent
results in his practice, not having lost case,
gives it to the public, when straightway
uprises an allopathist aud puts his foot on it
because he has used it end lost cases, and
then uprlses homeopathist, who puts sAisfoot
on it because he has used it and lost cases.
the one because lie followed in the wake Of O
homeopathist, and the other because he
SoA1AAAtteA t4o AAI)hI0ouaD1e 6Iu u QepaIl-
ing from the formulas. For if DR.. BEEBE
can use it in an allopathic dose and curs his
patient. what becomes of the infnitesimal? :?
In other words, trample out the cure, but
preserve the disease if the third decimal
attenuation Of the prophylactic is
to be endangered But, gentlemen,
both Of the big and little pills, if we may
not have the su]pho-carbolate Of soda, whit
may We have? Shall it be belladonna This
will not do, because it is homeopathic
remedy. The allopathists must not use it.
If the homeopathists use it, to what degree |
Of attenuation shall it be used, Or shall it be
used at all? One homeopathic says it is
dangerous to use it Unfortunately. An
other informs us thet it acts as predispo- |
nent Another doesn't believe in it, because
he has tried it and it has failed, while the
most successful doctor in the city seems to
have been the one who has used it in thirds !
and sixths and other attenuations, and lost