The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-05

At Last the Last.
Editor PALArKA NEWS:
beg space i'm your valuable paper TO
notice some of the statements contained
in DIR. McRaes reply in your issue OF
Aug. Goth, which might mislead some
careless reader. ~
used the word Experimentation adj |
visedly, when I.appIied it to allopathic |
practice, in contradistinction to homeo-
pathy, having been assured of the fact
by members of the allopathic faculty,
while every remedy in the homeopathic
pharmacopia is a chemically proven rem
edy he classification.
The adaptability of my railroad illus
tration, evidently reduced the doctors
resources to a marrow gauge SO he
makes scapegoat of bobtail. lie as
sumes to ignore Prof. Iilienthal as
not s.wortlly of notice" Well, let me
compare his wisdom with that of DIR.
Floral S. Thomas, Harvard NJ. d., who
stands at the very top of allopathy,
writing in the N. e. Medical Monthly,
Jan. 10Th, 1884, on an. D., What 1T is
and What 1t Should Be-" says that ''out
of 10 medical schools in the United
States, but 12 are worthy of notice in re-
view, of these 12 the Boston University
School Homeopathic stands at the head,
for the following reasons 1t requires
for admission an examination in gram
mar school studies, and in physics ana
Latin. 1t has restored the degrees of
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of
Surgery" This places the properly
qualified believer in homeopathy in the
forefront of the nineteenth century, not
merely civilization, but cultivation, DR..
McRae to the contrary Notwithstanding.
His next proposition astounds me.
Evidently he quotes the mortality report
of the whole population, which includes
the sick and well, and has not a SEM
blance of analogy to the statistics which
Iquoted, which related to sick under
treatment, and il allowed his compari-
son, it would not detract one iota from
the strength of the fact, that of two no
meopaths in one city treating actual sick
ness, the homeopathist loses less than
half the rate per cent. that the allopath-
list does. To make his case good 1t de-
wolves upon him to give comparative
statement from homeopathy including
the number of cases treated in those
same eight districts, that would show
which stands highest.
why should lie compare the surgeon
generals report to ''R. Bingham's re-
port when 1 quoted verbatim from the
published report of the Commissioners
of Charity and Corrections legally
constituted body. He further attempts
to discredit my statements by quoting
from the Columbia College announce
ment. And what is that? Simply 1T
own advertisement of its facilities
What does he prove? nothing. They
only pretend to approximate the mum
Der treated when they say ten thousand
He speaks in the present tense-weii, IL
1876 the number was 5,65S in 1880, :,
058, an increase of 1901 in four years
IN the increase from 1890 to 1881 is in tn
same ratio, any one with ''niodieum
of sense can easily believe they nov
treat the number claimed andsee that
does not initiate with the facts quoted
To take subterfuge in platitudes and III
nuendoes, is not argument. As {
where the dictum of one school place
another, might retaliate in kind, bu
forbear-it proves nothing. He give
me my case when he says: 1T is we
known that no regular allopathic coileg
will receive certificates from eclectic
homeopathic nor any other irregula
school"
How about that board of three? BIZ
1 mnst be brief. Iapprehend the valu
of the Professors services of physical
to humanity are in proportion to h
ability to successfully combat diseaS
and prolong life. Having shown b
facts that a preponderance of that abilit
is possessed by the homeopathic, l re.
fnc case. Thanking DIR. McRae for h
assurance Of friendship, which l appr
ciate, and had no doubt of its existenc
Iremain, Respectfully,
r. BINGHAM.
Melrose, Fla, Sept. 1, 1885.
E. A. Crawford, of Tallahassee. sh,