Telegram-herald., 1891-11-04
RHlTARE WEHEREFORl
The Homsopsths Rise Up ana
Make Answer.
EcRg lLLcPiIHIc BIG0lRYEIpcSED
Ih~y shss tns satarAi covardiss Al
lsxsa 10 Exiss ana Ask oaIy That
Thsfr syss=m set Ia ksesSai<sa
q. me Bsst-0thsr faets.

played. that the first line oi this arti-
Gle might be kept standing for monthly
use, were lt not that the matter be-
comes flat, STAKE and anprofitaDle. But
the article published IA the papers
q October 25 10 so peeuliarly rieh ia
funny interest. that we unhesitatingly
srve II up as a .-bonne bouche-" IL
seems that the good citizens Of Grand
Rapids, including many oil ne wealthy
patrons OF Homeopathy contributed of
their means sor the support of the L.
y. A. Home and Hospital The board
Of managers met and appointed q
medical aud surgical staff, all the ap-
polnIees being Allopaths. OF course.
some naughty Homeopathic practi-
ti0ners with malice prepense. called at
tention TO this fact. and asked why
they should rot be represented 10 carry
out the views OF medical treatment
held by maay OF the contributors The
board OF mana ayers moved thereby,
voted that the Homeopath have the
privilege OF appointing staff, with
rooms and wards separate from the
"regulars-r This was more than some
o. the poor regulars could bear, and
resulted in their resigna ton, notwith-
standing their pretenrions 70 liberal
iiy." 'progfessiveness." and broad
tc.entiiic medicine" Doubtless the
members who reasgn-d from the staff
are et,ueafel physicians. and, In general
matters. o!en oi good Judgment. but
where there is prospect OF their be-
Org brought into contact with Hcmeo-
oathe physicians. their courage and
their common serSe oozes out at their
elbows. and they establish themselves
f1 such a picture - mental imhecility
"a was displayed IN the article pub
iished a week ago last Sunday. When
vii, those men. and Others like them.
fcarn that the world - inhabited by
others than themselves? They cali
themselves regulars" Regular means
according to rule. What rule. please?
Whea ten prominent men OF their
nA0ol give rs many different prescrip-
tiops FOR a ease. for which ten promi-
tent Homeopaths all prescribed the
81 me remedy. The fact Is. their irrcg-
uiarity Is so well krown that no one
expects two Aliopaths to prescribe
the anne remedy IN given case. The
confessions ~ prominent men in their
rcNoc' should shame them into drop
ping the word regular" DR.. Wood
says sa the preface OF his Therapeu-
tics. ''Thc old and tried method in
therapeutics Is that OF empericism or
n the term sounds harsh. of clinical
experiences He further saws. 'Ther-
apeutics developed in this manner can
not. however. rest upon secure foun-
dation- What today IL believed. Is to-
morrow cast aside Continuing, he
SAYS. What has clinical therapeutics
esta hlshed pcrmentertiv and indispu-
tabiy''' Scarcely ANYTHING beyond the
primary fact that quinine viii arrest
an intermittent. arrest Is good.l that
salts will purge and that opium vii:
quiet pain and lull to sleep. He also
SAYS. Experience IL said ~ he the
mother o. wisdom. Verify she has hre1
II medicine ra ther blind leader of the
blaad, and the history OF medical pro-
Eress Ia history OF men grouping
n, the darkness. finding seemingly gems
OF truth. io~e after another. onlv in
lew moments 70 cast each back into
the vast heap of forgotten baublee
taat IN their dav had also been mis-
t& &ksn scr verities." DR.. Oliver Wen.
cali Holmes savs. with the exception
o. morphine and suipuric ether. firm
" believe that II the whole Materia
stediea could be sunk to the bottom
81 the sea 1t would be all the better
FOR mankind and all the worse for the
fishes. That the school IL not "-epu.
iar' the above quotations anpIy
prove and from the testimony adduced
We can but wonder how any intelIi.
tch' mind can Justify the existence oI
sueh n'oDstous wrong to haunt us
As 70 your marvellous progress In
fnediessl science We challenxe disproo
OF the assertion that In the thera
feutic department.. 1. e., ths use %
drugs as curative agents. no progres,
has beeu made outside Of homeopath,
which eat furnish q ruiz. or euid~. TO,
fts successful repetition. TIE old senoo
S-ories ia the fact that they are not
bound hs any law. neither is a shin al
sea without heirn no compass. Pro
gress h always according 10 law, with
out kaw there in no progress In an,
science we have two series OF phe
nomena and a law Of relationship
side. and the drug symptoms as pro
dueed on the healthy human being, OF
the other the disease symptoms Al
they sris from natural causes. ant
the law OF Relationship IL that Of sim
Clarity To establish the ques
ten OF your liserality. shall
quote from . speech delivered BY DIR
Cox OF waShinxton. DC. an ailopathi,
physician. ~Ao with DR.. Bliss had beer
expelled from the AIlopathic Medica
Association. ~ the District of Colum
hia, for daring 70 take a seat on IN.
board OF heasth n nember of which
board was homeopathic physician
Mind board of health = not strictly
thereof meet Gully "a cftizrns appoint
81 90 advise for the general good o
the city Or. Cox says. An emlneni
physician Of this district. nr. .. W
Bliss. invited ne TO consult with hin
dnriag the illness Of our vice -presitien'
Coifsx. and for So soIng. was rxpelle,
from the aesoefa ation witch refused m,
emission bpcause served upon Ia
beard of health with Or. VERDI.
tcmeopath. do net lntend 20 discus
the principles cf medical ethics. hsIt
eannot conceive how nv anv twisting
process the question 81 'tAsrspeftic-
~hlch s. ere oafy point q difiersne
between the schcoisF is in any va
oivsd IN snv questions waich seFne
before the hoard a. hesith-' ta an
atomv. phvsicsexv. nyxieae. surxsr
and -hera ssry I tsk~ r. that ths hcu
ecpafhs are deriving their krowiets
frcm the same sourss es ourselves
aud are asite s< learned ~ we dsr
q. ~ II a hlrs ssru> saat men er