, 1877-01-27
The Homeopaths Discuss It's Rem.
w. edfea and Prophyiactics.
rhey Recommend the Daily Usc
of Attenuatcd Dolfntlonna.
The Extent Of the Epidemic Attributed
to Want of Sunshine and
Dirty Streets.
Conference To.Day Between the Mnyor
aud physicians-..Correspond'
enco on Fever.
THE IIOMEOPATIIS.
VIRTUES or BELLADpyNA.

THE IIOMEOPAT1IS.
VIRTUES or BELLADoyNA.
A meeting Of homeopathic physicians WIS
Acfd in tho c]ub-room Of the fremont House
hst evening for tho purpose Of discussing tho
subject Of prophylacttes In connection with the
present epidemic Of scar1atna and dtp,ltheria.
Tho meeting was called to order BY Dr.. T. c.
Duncan, President OF the Chicago Academy.
who nominated Dr.. D. 8. Smith to preside.
The nomination was made unanimous, and Df.
Smith stated the objects OF tho mcettng+
Prof. Small spoke Of tho treatment Of scarlet
aeTc1. He had had considerable experience With
that dlaease, and bis success was reasonable.
He had confined himself strictly to tho home-
opathtc method OF treatment, although tho
sa1ne treatment was not practicable in all cases.
The treatment waa moro difficult where there
WAS a tatnt Of scrofula In the patients
system. He had generally commenced with
calcaria carbonica and followed 1t up
principally With acontto and belladonua. OF
sases ths seas9n nc had l1st n RHt oo .S.
morning and died In the evening. DR.. Small
was rather disposed to exalt tho use Of bol1a-
donna as the best prophSlacllc he had ever
Tho prophyIacttc power OF boliadonna had becr,
Vouehed for BY nnhncmann and many Of his
most successful disciples, aud the
speaker vas m not aware a Of, Of stns1e ,,s, sass
after this medicine had been used In time. lie
had also used chlorate Of potash, which he re-
garded IS ssrong antfAepttc, with marked s1ie-
ssss A. to ths sulphotsa3eolate ts q soda 70
to Eome little extent, but not sufficiently to
warrant him in pronouncing an optnion On tho
efficacy. Of this autiscptic. Generally speak
be7ladonna and tho chforate of pota.l,, oi whose
merits he could freely speak.
DR. rosrKR
aroso to express the opinion that Dr. Small hal
hoped the meeting would give no uncertain
sound With fegatd t, the prophy,aetfc powers OF
helladonna, In regard TO tho virtues Of which
& ceua 5ssa efReas sse. sa'eSs a Sfen e D c p 1s %
ing points In tho quotations were received with
applause The author Of the book cited scyornt
Instances OF the successful use Of bctlatlonna by
ssear sess a ~ "f sa as is h sTsr .9 u
tits remedy. uz. Foster cited case whvrc he
had visited family in which cue member was
down With tho scarlet fever: llc had given
took the disease, In short, he regarded Il ns
tho only known drug that was OF any nccnunt
Thntever IN preventing or curing scarlet fever,
mud he hoped this drug would take lts old place
IN tho mascrta mediea Us SURE preventive OF
DR.. Williams, a pharmacist, aided his tcsti-
mony 70 The successful use "f hclladonna, large
quantities Of which he lad sold even to allo-
pathia nlystcsaua,
Dr.. Duncan read from tho proof Of medical
article several Inducements Of the use Of bella
donna, from l!alsucmanm and other plysctans
dGn e he5sval mis5n s1 p5lts mclsnl st!o
cute with scaslatiha,-only having seen four
cases this season, and bc1falonna ilatl been
found ailsufilr!cnt. lie ha,l lately commenced
10 use tic 6ulplo-earholate II sula, hut liz was
not as yet preIs1rcl to speak of its merits. lle
considered 1t the duty, however, Of Ills incdlrul
brethren to Giysit ialr trial.
Or. Adam Miller cautioned people nralnst
using bclla1onaa tn1tacrimlnateIy. Otherwise
people would be rushing to the drug-s,ores af-
ter 1t, pour some OF It fa goblet Of water, ulu
heaut!ful cases Of sorc tarout would he the re.
ault, II must bc used with diserlminaton--un
ir tho attentatcd form ~ prepared only by
Homeopathic physicians. [Appla,ise.l Ie hail
also trlrl bryonA as proPllylnctlr, lii conncc-
tlon WITH, hclladonna, aud Ind found IL sue
cesaful relneuy.
DR.. Small uialo fow remarks to the same
elect, Ills experience having taught hitn that
belladonna had also uctcl as pscllspo,,cnt.
DR.. WootwnEd didn't l,ellcvu in hrla.iunna us
aprophylactic, and cited instances drawn from
his own experience where II ha1 fai!cd,
DIX. COoE
wouldn't sit by and hear bclladauna tlcrried,
Never during his work Of twenty-five years lal
he been 30 absolutely convinced Of tie positive
efficacy Of belladonna ~ q pruphylactc as
he ]lhd during the progress of the present cpl-
demtc: II was net fair trla! OF bel!adonna to
.eua sesa VI % ssa ] oie1 s.a s pys
uatioh of bclluuOnna, anil then, week after
week, md mouth after month, continue its use
during the epidemic, gradually ascending to tho
tenuattons 10 give Il III improper .oscs Sea-, vas n
Alnlply 10 enhauce the dAngcr OF fatal
result. Dr. Cook cited several cascs where
bstladonua bad been used with remarkable Hl,c-
cess. The only mild cases he had seen this win:
ter wege those where hcllaIonla ha4i been usei
with tolcrable rcgulurtty anl .ystcln; and tho
enly hard cascs, wllrrc tho d!acase was anally
been properly used. II sulpht,-carGu'atc Ut 90
diun was Q preventive for scarlet-icvet and 9TH
er septic diseases, to Or. q. u. Dccue belonged
tho credit Of the discovery, and no jealous, stu
whether he wrote for TME TninuEE or Tic
1inHs. Laughter and app'ause.l lie would
not say that tie sulpho.calbolste Of soda was 4
preventive beyond all doubt; but II It was,
Dr. Becbo was the only nsan that ind ever sly-
gcstel IT,: 1ls had cla!tnel that 1t was !,lnoeu-
Gus, but Dr.. Cook was Of the opinion that 1t
was rather ,uangerous experlmcnt TO give i to
ang 70 ssff aalqy +, hcn ss.ta S4
Df. Wtlkie dlln't bclcyc In DR.. Cooks meth.
Cd. He had tried It IN onc-thlr1t snd onc-sltxil
Dr. Cook-Whatl Every patient dict Does
the man mean thatt
D.. wilkic-Yes, most Ut them. Laughter |
Ut. Cook-The'i I say CoroneI's Inquest
would bs In order to investigate t!is causes Of
D.: w1tltie triei to crawl out Of hi. state.
ments p1y explaining that only seven patients
out Of shout alxty-iiye or seventy had died
DIR, MITCHELL
spoke tn favor OF bellatlohna, 4n.i said 1t WIS
q perfect . plophylartte Us it waa posi-
bic to obtain. 1t was evident that sl.n doctos
did not think any too highly Of tho sulphutar-
bOlate Of sotlu, for he cu,nparcu its Use with
children to the use ot three Or four battles oi
whisky to allay the bite Ut q rattlesnake. The
prescription which le would recommend waz
four pellets .! belladonna night unA nlorning.
Or. Hawk stated Ills experience With sulpho
corbolAte Of Rol2. In one rase 1t l.ad been sue
sssstu! saa ,a', f. Gno.les J. bud tai:1. ll9 WI
Or. Hawk ha4l something to say aboul
A!s idea Of thy cause. of til.
epidemic, which he attributed to Tie lnrk ol
sunshine this winter. since the 1st Of October
there lad not been fifteen days Ut sunshine
with = tnrre6poadinely low barometer. ibis
he bad no loubt, Was the cxnsr Of this severity
a1id tho prutraeteA stay Ut the ei,iIcmlc, anl
aTeu Of other diseases.
Dr. Ballard relied on bellaslouu, which he lac
found successful even III the 2Juth attenuation
feensation.l
Dr.. Slutth, tue Chairman Of tho meeting, wa,