New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-26

10 ray out scraps of wisdom, the value of which
nobody will think OF denying The reader VIII
agree with me that his was father remaiKaple
book to be written at suct tlme; III conc
respects it reminds me of Goblet 5 famous at-
tack upon DIR. Rush, of Philadelphia, In feer
POrcupinGS Gazette and The Rush Lt9ht, IN
1893 The practice of DR.. Rush IN cases OF
yellow fever, Il en- epidemic IN fhllauelplia, ul9
not please Goblet, who when he was not pleased
had q habit of freeing his mind III sinewy ana
muscular English which has never been sur
nasSed Dr. Rush gave his patients too much
mercury to please CObbett, who by mere eoou
luck, for | do not suppose that ne Knew any,
thing about the matter, WAS right. Mercury, |
believe. is no longer USED by the profession III
the treatment of this disease. Though am
very sorry if The Doctor killed ANYBODY by his
calOmel pill, | must aver that Coppetts are
among the most amusing things OF the klnd
which l have ever read. Dr.. Rash, however.
did not think so. for he brought an action foI
libel against haTd-hitting Coboett, and rec0V-
cred damages to the amount OF T0,OOO. Inc
money | believe, never was paid, the Doctor
being satisfied with the verdict. Colerdge SAID
of Goblet that he seemed to be possessed by n
hatred of the whole human race, and II THIS was
true, OF course his hatred Included doctors OF
medicine. an perfectly sure that 1t included
doctors of divinity and yet, though he was al
WAYS in hot water, WAS 20 often % defendant IN
actions for libel, was so detcsted Oy men III
office and out OF office, ! have never been aole
70 think that Cobbett was really ll-natuied
wrong headed and peculiarly tenacious OF
opinion. in some respects the absurdest writer
who ever sent a sheet to the press ana Sct
there were q good many grams or ElEuncsS III
his constitution. ] cannot figure hlm sendlhg
even an enemy away hungry from his farm
house door; and now and them IN ms ROBUST ana
mcTcileSs writing, there are touches OF sweet
ness and Tenderness all the more gratelui DC
cause unexpected. -
CObbett has brought lis down from the l2o-
Oratories of the alchemysts and from the as
till rs of the Quintessences to comparatively
modern times. The quacks nave income
more dreadful as positive medl'lne nus Gu
l9rped. There used TO be an old doctor In
carly Boston. not without reputation IN his
business. who was wont TO say: wen, we
will fry this" or q" We will try that; we VIII
shoot into the tree, and perhaps something
VIII fall" "What usually fails, some poqy
said Waggshlv, " is the patient All Quack-
cry seems TO be SHOOTING into me tee. II
is mournful to think that fcvers and consump-
tons. colds and COLES, should be SO az the
mercy OF guess work. Nothing reconcnes lis
to ii bat the fact that II Is gwen 10 a'l hleia
once to die. The most absolute evidence OF
the creduhty Of mankind is its faith III vege-
table remedies. The moment doctor calls
himself botanic ne gets patients 10y the score
nave before me one of the toolls nest bcoNs
ever printed. Ii is called "Cupep6Ls EuEiah
Physician and British Herbal My emuon
was published in 1914, in London, but 1t u
much older work The editor, one Dr.
Dickinson, tells US that Dr. CaIpepeT1
travelled on foot over the great part
c ccsses Of woods and fields, the vegetable
pharmacy. adapted by wise and kind nature
for English maIadies:, Then comes touch
ing appeal: "Is an Englishman sick : Here
is English medicine in the choicest ware,
ties, herbs. roofs, leaves etc, and all mild
and saiutary, such as would be admins
tered by DESCRIBES himself, q better phy-
sician Than Mead or Friend, and more dill
gent observer of nauure-asrlngents, agglu-
tiants, sudoIifics, diurctics, dapholetlcs,
coydials. etc. The passion which some
patients have for vegetable medicines, the no
lion that whatever is vegetable must be harm
les, has led to painful boiling. Of bottled
nastiuess in all ages, and especially, IN our
own. There is no possible reason why any
thing should be harmless because 1t is ycge-
table. But the wise DR.. Culpeper goes FUR