Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-08

mercury. one gram " Tue quar- every uVof.
He next says. another extraordinary state
ment which ct first seemed TO me fabulous,
and may seem so to you, but which never
theless, YOU will find to be based upon
chemical facts; put a grain of tarter emetie
into Q quart of -water,-teaspoonfu doses OF
this solution every half hour, will prove
edectual for the relief of wheeling and cough
accompanying a slight bronchitis in children. "
Another wonderful remedy is Hamemilis-
He has found that two drops. or .'minimus'
OF the tincture every half hour, will often
control hemorrhages." He was at first it,
clined to look upon the statement that il
would do it, with great deal of distrust;
bat having ''tried it in cases of hemorrbages
from the nose; from the uterus; and in the
hemorrhages from hemorrhoids, I,have found
il of great benefit" He pays his respects to
our great polyehrest aconite, having used il
in leases of fibriie excitement. with dry hot
skin. a full bounding pulse, mucous MEN,
brain of the nose, and throat dry" and with
results which are familiar to US all.
1t has been a custom of late for some of the
old school to use our remedies In the form of
triturations. more especially the sulphide OF
calcium, which has been quite extensively
used in diseases of the eye and ear. Whence
did they derive a knowledge of these remedies
and their form of preparation 1t Is thus, in
borrowed uniform, that these cavaliers are
forced TO fight their battles before the public
In the new edition of the L. S. Pharmaco-
pocia. on page 1879, may be found the
formula for making triturations with sugar of
milk upon the decimal scale. A note of
explanation is added as follows This general
formula has been introduced into the Phar-
macopocia, in order that definite and
uniform method be authorized OF making a
class of powders which has come into use in
various sections of our country. Whilst the
necessity of giving recognition TO the class
may be questioned by many, the Importance
of securing uniformity in composition, is
apparent" 1t will also be observed that a
large number of our tinctures are placed in
the list of official preparations in the same
work.
Among the great and glorious truths that
have descended through former generation
to elevate, refine and bless humanity, is the
priceless boon of homeopathy; and it is
hoped that the dark of the medical pro-
fession, as well as in law and theology, is
passed; that the big0trv and intolerance,
born of the middle ages, are rapidly dis
appearing before the broad and enlightened
spirit of the new, or modern age, i'll which
we are now living.
The present period of great enlightment
and progress, may be truly said to have had
its beginning in the first half of the last CEN
fury; for then appeared upon the stage of
action, some of the greatest minds in the
moral, intellectual and scientific world. 1t
marked the beginning of an intense activity
of thoughts, in all the departments Of intel
lectual progress; the discovery and utiliza-
ton of the imponderable agents of nature.
Among the bright andthining lights of that
period, we may mention. Emanuel Kant, the
great German metaphysician, born in l124.
He was the author of system of metaphysics,
which may be said to have created an epoch
i'll the history of the human mind. In l74t,
appeared Lamarck, who was the first to frame
distinctive hypothesis of development. pub
fishing in 1909, his Phiosophic ZoolOgique.
He was the first in modern times, to teach the
doctrine of the variation of the species a
science which, later on, Darwin more fully
elaborated and perfected under the head of
the doctrine of natural selection. A little
later, appeared the French physicist Ampire.
with his great discovery in electromagnetic
The discovery in the application of steam,
was also product of the same century.
Midst the mental activity of those times;
Midst all these great and remarkable discOv-
cries in science and art: was it any wonder
that a discovery should be made in the science
of medicine? We think not TWAS in the
year 1855 that Hahnemann was born, and in
1870, the first circumstances that led to
his great discovery of the law of similar,
occurred to him.
Thus you will observe it was coeval with
those other great events. 1t was the natural
legitimate outgrowth of the state of mind at
that time. Although the idea that diseases
are cured by their likes or images. was vague
ly limited at by some ancient writers, while
Galen was constrained to ask the question,
''Are diseases caused by their likes, or oppo-
sites?" it remained for Hahnemann to reduce
homeopathy to distinctive science. This
was not accomplished suddenly, or in haste.
1t was not until six years later that he made
his first public announcement of the law of
''simiiiar stmiiibuS cBr0ntur;" and not until
1910, that homeopathy was promoted to the
dignity of science, aud given a name. We
do not claim for Hahnemann infalibility in
the system of which he was the founder. This
could hardly be accorded any man, however
exalted his genius; but the discovery which
he made and the innovations which he intro
duced are destined ere long to completely
revolutionize the science and art of medicine.
Besides the doctrine of similar, which must
ever stanl before the world a glorious and
immutable truth, he was the first to teach
through an inert vehicle crude substances
could be so subdivided, diffused and acted
upon, that previously unkno~n or unappre
ciated curative properties were developed.
Also the introduction OF drug probing as
method of ascertaining the specific action of
each article upon the healthy organism, there
by enabling the practitioner to prescribe III
disease knowingly and efficiently.
Thus the circle is complete, and we have
presented to the world system of modern
medical science, well worthy the attention
and confidence of every candid, scientific
mind. 1t is the most rational method of
treating disease hitherto known. BY it, we
are led to the greatest precision in the ipves-
tigative and diagnosis of disease. and the ap-
plication of remedies upon the knowledge of
their accurate, physiological action. think
may safely assert that no writer upon the
science of medicine has arisen since the days
of Hippocrates whose works have stood the
test of years as those of Hahnemann. Scarcely
a writer of the old school of forty years ago
is now received as authority upon medical
subjects. As the most powerful forces in
nature are the most silent, subtle and unseen;
those agencies which are TO endure the long
est to be of the greatest service to mankind;
so the new school of therapeutics, from their
inception, have experienced a moderate,
steady. enduring, but transformations growth.
While pathology has not been wholly ne
elected by osr school, it has been its mission