Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-23
HOMEOPATHY IN NUREMBERG.
The Government Cannot Recognize One
Pathy In Preference to Another.

The Government Cannot Recognize One
Pathy In Preference to Another.
Translated from Nschrichten aus Deutschland
und der Schweiz for the REcoRD-UNIos.l
A renowned professor in charge of one of
the large (European) hospitals, so says the
Chronicle, on the point of departure for a
struction to the trusty physician in charge
You have there" said he, e the painter
Schulze; the man will not live eight days :
continue precisely the treatment hitherto
followed and take careful notes, in the in
terest of science, of every particular of the
| case" The doctor then went on his jour
ney, and after spending a pleasant vacation
returned to his work in the service of suf
fering humanity. His first question to the
assistant physician was concerning the
| Schulze case. "Oh," said the assistant
he is as sound as a fish, and working
away like good fellow, to make up for the
! time he lost when sicki" Then" replied
the professor in voice of thunder You
have not followed the rules of science in
his treatment, and we part forever"
One Involuntarily recalls the Indignation
of this overlearned professor, on witness
| ing the quarrels between the doctors of
the allopajhic and homeopathic schools in
| nuremberg where they have been muualiy
| demonstrating that the science OF medicine
! is a humbug. The contest is carried on
! with the utmost acerbity, but so far the
| homeopathic have the advantage, and
| chiefly, perhaps, through the advocacy and
| protection of the Minister of the Interior,
Won Schmid. Herr Won Schmid is man
of great learning IN every department of
| science, and has ever been the enemy of
| -. 49,. / LOT oil in ln
| Upper House, petition from the State
Homeopathic Association came under dis
custom In this petition the demand or
PRAYER was made that. in the State Uni
| We: Sity (Fuebingen) the principles Of
homeopathy should be taught, and that in
| the oral examinations in medicine proper
attention ana respect should be given to
! that method. In the discussion Herr Won
Schmid took procurement part; he showed
that in the department of Government a
| spirit and view must govern, different from
that which obtains among the University
| professors. Among other things he said
80 much is now certain that it is no
| longer possible to dismiss the subject OF
homeopathy with a sheer, or with the
bare dictum-'it is superstition. | must
| nowledge-because plainly fact-that
| the doctrine of homeopathy IS spreading
in ever larger and broader circles anon g
the people, and especially among those
classes which by reason Of culture and
social position are free to express their
opinions and preferences. And it is but to
repeat the opinion of competent judges
to say that homeopathy represents
a definite movement, phase in
the historical development of medicine.
Nay, we may even go farther and say that
through the efforts of the homeopaths a
certain amount of rubbish which has over
lain the truth has been swept away, and
thus the development of the science has
been advanced. From this standpoint,
| and in consideration of the increasing eff
| forts of those in this State believing in
homeopathy, the Government must have
respect to their position and rights. This
| much is certain-that, as in all other de-
partments, so also in this, all persecution
! and chiCanery must be rigidly excluded IN
dealing with the question"
The consequence of these words of ap-
proval and consideration by the Min ster of
the Interior was a Government order that
in future all candidates for District Ply
stefan shall be examined in homeopathy.
This order naturally gave umbrage to the
allopaths and created stir in their camp.
Forthwith they made formal protest to the
| Ministry against the order. Against this
protest the homeopaths made replication !;
and, to make matters short, the result is
! that now no one can become an apothecafy
unless he has shown in his State examine
ton that he is acquainted with the medical
| practice based on the infinitesimal theory.