The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-20

tricts, with their chlorine gas, car5olic acid, sui.
phuric acid, burning sulphur, ETC., and very Of
ten have SO poisoned the air of the sick
chamber with the same agents as to destroy
to 50 lower the vitality of those in attendance as
to make them an easy prey to the disease. They
then expect the preachers in their funeral dis
courses to charge it all up to divine providence.
Although the allopathic death rate in some cities
was more than ten times as great according to
the number of cases healed, as that of the homeo-
pathic, yet, by their routine practice of BULLDOG
Ing the authorities, they persist in keeping them
selves in charge of the health boards and are
flooding us with circulars instructing us how
to act when cholera comes. They recommend
the same wholesale poisoning of Gods pure
air with the same noxious gases which produced
the dire results in the old country. When they
say sClean up" we should say "Amenlr but
when they order the air of our sick chambers to
be SO poisoned with noxious agents as to hinder
the recovery of our patients, or to lower the
vitality of the attendants, iii is our duty to order
Hands off y and to enforce our order.
Another specimen of their routine demands a
passing notice-their habit of experimenting
upon the sick. Their enterprising pharmacists
send broadcast to the profession propositions to
furnish medicines free to everybody who will
experiment with these drugs upon their patients,
the only thing asked in return being that they
will report the result of their experiments.
| have propositions from some of their pharma-
cists to furnish me with working bulletins" to-
gether with a supply of the drugs to be expert
mented with: only asking in return that I give
the result of these experiments upon tho sick /
try them upon. l wonder that intelligent people
will submit to such things.
An excellent paper on "Non-malignant Strict
ufe of the Rectum' was read by DIR. e. Il. Cole,
OF Michigan City: a paper from DR.. NJ 7. Run
nels on Recent Progress in Abdominal Surgery"
and a paper on 'TrichophytoSis,a which con-
cluded the afternoon session.
EvEyrNc cEccTnN
AT the evening session the president read his
address, and papers we're also read by DIR. F.. 0.
Clemmer, city, on "Hodgkins's Disease, y and by
DIR. j. N. Taylor, of Charlottesville, on "Erupt-
i've Diphtheria and Scarlatina." DR.. Taylors
paper showed by the citation of cases in his own
practice the evident kinship of these two
dreaded disorders.
The Presidents address was on ''The Pro-
gress of Homeopathy" The statistical portion
of the address showed that only sixty years
have elapsed since homeopathy was introduced
into the United States. The bureau
of statistics of the American In
of S57. We have twenty nine State societies, with
2, 439 members. Besides these there are twenty
one clubs and 102 local societies, with 2,S9l mem
bers. Homeopathy has twenty three general
hospitals, with ,438 patients, and owns property
valued at So. 1888, 600, These hospitals treated
last year lO.S99 patients. There are also thirty
one special hospitals, valued at So. 06l. 357, which
treated last year 5,2S8 patients. There are
forty nine dispensaries, universities, with 144
professors and 1914 students, 4Ol of whom grad
uated at last commencement There ire in the
United States 6, 1852 graduates from homeopathic
colleges. not including the 4, 900 old school grad
yates, who have abandoned allopathy
and are now practicing homeopathy.
There are eighteen homeopathic medi-
cal journals published in America.
find there has been a gain everywhere, and that
homeopathy is stronger today than ever be-
fore, and growing stronger, healthier and richer
each succeeding year.
DR.. NJ. T. Runnels, now of Kansas City, was
made an honorary member of the institute. DR..
j. B. Hunt. q resident of Indianapolis twelve
years ago, al which time he was president Of the
institute, was present, and made a few remarks.
DR.. h. N. Coons. Lebanon; S. G.. Hastings,
Spiceland; F. HI. Huron, Danville, were made
members. A fraternal dispatch was sent to the
Michigan Homeopathic Institute, now in ses-
sion.
The days session then closed, to meet at $50
this morning, at which time, by invitation of
Prof: II. B. Jacobs, they will visit the Institute
for the Blind in a body.