The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-03-11

causing tor example an lnHammatioh
of certain part of the bowels
This drug is tried ON number Of
persons in like manner and always
found to produce Inflammation in the
same part, for which it has what is
called an elective affinity, this is re-
corded as the natural law governing
the use of this drug.
Ard when in disease this part of
the bowels become inflamed, the drug
that spends its force there at once
suggests itself, but must be given in
small doses lest it canse an aggraya-
ton of the already highly infamed
and sensitive part, yet in sufficient
quantities as directed by experience
to assert its presence and suspend the
disease.
For it is a law in Natural Philoso-
ply that two bodies cannot occupy
the same place at tile same time, no
less a law of disease that two similar
diseases cannot occupy the same place
at the same time the stronger sns-
pending the weaker; hence the ori-
gin of the great paradoxical law !:
/ sDIIL1A sIMILlBUs CuRANTER.
And this is the law governing the
cure of all diseases, when care has
been effected by drugs, nnconsciously
and frequently done by allopaths; !
which is apparent only to one vcrsed
in the practice of both, who often oil
serves the same drug used IN common
the one gnided by a natural law, the
other by empiricism. Let any one
prove these statements a falsity.
But the principal study and effort
of the old school is to palliate, relieve;
they seek TO find such remedies as
will afford temporary relief, thereby
awaiting the efforts of nature to cure,
: (yis nutara nedicatriG) which it tends
to do in all instances, disease being
sci Limited, so cases in 100 recover
without any treatment if they be al
lowed the privilege.
4 In further illustration conceive the
limbs and branches Of an oak wilher-
ing and drying from a disease of the
roots; the allopathic brethern begin
TO throw on water (opium aud snch)
and protect the tree by shade (ponl
tices aud suclD endeavoring TO kecl
r the top looking green, at the same
time try TO run off the disease (pro
duet, of d sease) through the natura
outlet, by purging, sweating, etc.
Il puke, / purge, sweat 'en,
And if they die, / let em. .
Only an alotro, ,,ic.form Of the ole
way of depicting by bleeding, and
further evidence of their erroneous
idea of disease while the disease o.
itself goes untouched; and if nature
be not too badly stultified, through
her power aud self-linitation of dis
ease, the roots regain their former
f healthy condition. A great cure has
been made. Whoop, hurrah for sci
ence.
], Again take case of rheumatis m,
j in which there is said to be acid il,
the blood, this we grant in many
, cases; these wiseacres seize npcn this
pathological fact as the basis of a
scientific treatment and give alkalies
TO neutralize the acids, together with
! their usual routine OF anodynes I;
which is fair illustration of their
law Of cure:
, CoNTRAIA CoNTRARIIs,
Apply something to produce con-
trary state, and seems perfectly ra-
! tionaI; and is adopted by the new
, school whenever the exigencies of the
case require as palliative, but not as
"a curative measure they 60 behind
this and strike at the disease which
causes The acidity.
i Here it can be easily seen how the
Lion aud Lamb lie down together,
how the two laws work together; the
one as means of temporary relief OF
! a palliative, the other to eradicate the
disease and curative. The old school
!, on the one hand palliative, the new
on the other curative; and the two
!. laws OF opposite meaning harmonize
coNTRARIA coNTRARIIs EFT sIMlLIA
" STMILIBUS.
The new school physician can and
] does, If he sees fit, avail himself Of all
the means in common with the old
) school as palliative, without any viol;.-
| tion of his law of cnre whereas the
) old school, when pinned down tc
3 their law of cure and theory OF dis
! ease, jump like the flea. from one
5 thing to another, claim all and have
! nothing, bnt are easily tracked by
their work.