Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-29
founder built its laws upon foundation

founder built its laws upon foundation
of everlasting truths2
The beneficial effects of dahnemann's
discovery has not been con ined to the
homoeopathic school. A good example
goes a long way, and the q lopathic sys-
tenn of medicine has been greatly modi
fed and improved by the unacknowl.
edged, but irresistible influence of the
little pill dispensers. Blee ling became
rarer and rarer as the people became
educated, by watching the skillful
homoeopath. handling without the lancet
the alarming Group, the deadly typhus
and the fatal pneumonia. The disgust
ing and nauseating compounds were made
more palatable. or were abandoned Tor
the sugar coated pill, none the less harm
full. however, for within the thin coating
of sugar the deadly alkaloid was EN-,
ployed. Our opponents imagine that
our great success was somewhat due to
the pleasant manner of administering
drugs. and not to any inherent virtue in
the infinitesimal dose itself. entirely ig-
noriDg the fact that each remedy was ad
minstered in accordance with certain
well defined lsws-in fact was always
| given for symptoms SINH ar to those
which il would produce on the healthy
body. So they initiated this, and still did
not greatly succeed in lessening their
death rate. Hahnemann WIS sneered at
as mere symptom, tologist, because
he maintained, that when any foreign
agent assaulted the vital centres, the effects
were Immediately radisted u the circum-
ference in the shape of symptoms, and
these latter were to he care 'uily weighed
| and prescribed for. Unfortl uately, there
are few half hearted homo eopaths who
dislike to be called symptom hunters.
Hahnemann discarded Nosology, because
he contended that it led u a routine
practice in the great majority of cases.
| The allopathist cannot use the expe>
rience of the past, for all is uncertainty,
especially in therapeutics while the
homeopath can use without fear the ex>
perience of his predecessors, for the
symptoms of a drug do not change with
the seasons or with the years. Oul
allopsthic friends, having no certain
guide for the administration of drug,
are cropping in the dark. 1t sometimes
stated that the allopsthic prescription of
today is vast improvement on that of a
century ago. Some one who has looked
the matter up says. this is an error, il
blood letting Is left out of the question.
Hanneman said: THAT no medicine
should be given to the sick which has
not first been proved upon those in
health" If it is fair question. how
many of our druggists have proved their
remedies upon themselves before pre-
scribing for the sick? Hannemann re-
commended: That only one medicine
should ever be given at once" Does
the druggist comply with this law. oil
does he make combinations mixing his
new remedy with some half dozen Older
ones, whose virtues are more or less un-
derstoodf Let those who use such pre-
parations study 1t out for themselves
Hannemann invited everyone to- study
his doctrines. His followers of today
repeat the invitation to all who are labor
ing in the dark. Investigate We who
doubt, and you will find that there is
more in it than was ever dreamed of in
your philosophy.
In 1885 DR.. Fleischman treated in the
Vienna hospital 752 cases OF cholera; OF
these ASS recovered and PA died-or
one in three. The allopathic mortality
was twice as great-twO in three Ii
Naples, in 1884, the allopattic mortality
in this disease was over 80 per cent
TO- 03 cases and $685. deaths. No
very much Improvement in the treatment
of this disease in fifty years.
The homeopathic loss in the yell
low fever epedimic of 1873 was pei
cent; the allUpsthic loss 1T Memphi,
was 30 per cent. at Chattanooga 81 pei
cent, at Vicksburg 30 per cent In
New Orleans the Homeopathic mortality
was 6ths of per cent. Tie Southern
Homeopathic Relief ASSOCIATE IN reported
$3.50 cases, with mortality of . anC
3-1Oths per cent. Dr. kellt gg, of New
| York, when examiner of the HomeOpa
tho Mutual Life Insurance company
made the statement. which WAS nevel
contradicted. that 4,071 allopathic phy
sicians reported 72,S02 deaths. while S1(
homeopaths reported S,116. this showing
that the allopath loses by death annually
more than seventeen patients, while the
homeopaths lose only ten.
The one thing that has distinguished
our school from all others is the study OF
materia medica, and that is what has
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of late neglected this important branch
for the various fads of the day? The
rapid magical cures, which were so com
mon in the early part of the century, and
which gave homeopathy its start, have
| grown rarer of late. OccasiC nally, dur
ing wide sweeping epidemic, our school
awakens TO the Importance of the occa-
sion, and then some really excellent work
is performed. 1t really seems as il il re
qHired some malignant epidemic to arouse
the physician from his lethargy.
Considerable has been said about the
union of the two schools. Even some of
| Hannemann's associates tried to bridge
over the chasm which separates tn,
homeopathic from the allops thist. As
we are not prepared To surrender the
three essentials of homeopathy the indi
cation, the remedy and the dose-and tn,
other side are not willing to accept them
no union will result. The editor Of tn,
Southern Journal Of Homeopathy ver'
wisely remarks: I'VE do not believe tina
any agency, short of special dispense
ton of divine providence, could brin,
the allOpathic lion and the homeopathic,
lamb TO lie down together in peace in tn,
sweet green pasture of medical unit
where they could drink from the stream
of fact. flowing from the fountain o
truth, each the equal of the other, boil
the servants of h umsnity."
Mrs. Gould sang. My Lady's Bower.
as second selection, and the exercise
closed.
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
| The Western Academy of Homeopathy
continued its session this morning at II
O'Clock. The president, Prof. Il. s
Hoyne, nj. D.. of Chicago. called In,