The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-20
HOMEOPATHY AND CaoLRRA.

Claims of the New School Regarding
Treatment Of the Disease.
At the recent annual session OF the
Homeopathic Medical Society of the State
OF Pennsylvania Dr.ICharles Mohr of Phila-
delphia read an interesting paper entitled
"Provings and Their Relation to Cholera. "
The following are extracts from it:
while old school practitioners and their
adherents may well stand eghast at the
threatened invasion In this country of
cholera, the homeopathic profession and
laity, because Of the provings of medicinal
substances by Hahnemann aud his follow
ers, and the results obtained by them in the
treatment Of cholera in former epidemics,
may regard the present epidemic In Europe
and the possibility of an outbreak In Amer
lea with comparative composure. Nothing
In the history of medicine IL grander than
Hahnemann's labors, which led him TO do
clare, before he had seen case of Asiatic
cholera, that camphor, cuprum aud vera
trum would be the most efficacious remedies
for the successful treatment of the disease,
on the principle SinliLid, and that they
would also prove the best prophylactics
This Sage of Coethen' was no less diligent
than Andral and Brousias and a score more
OF allopathio physicians in observing and
studying the course aud pathology of the
disease In its devastating merch toward
Europe. He took the same reports which
reached them, but instead Of theorizing TO
decide whether the disease was enteritic or
enteralzic, whether the remedies should be
antiphlogistic or ansispasmodic, he collected
the symptoms given, weighed them one by
one until picture OF the hideous monster
arose before him as the living reality. Then,
guided by the great therapeutic law, sim
lila Simtlibus curdntur, he asked himself
what drugs have been known to produce
symptoms like those characteristic Of that
awful picturel With knowledge of the
pathogenesis of various drugs possessed by
no other living physician, he unerringly
pointed out the trinity named and issued a
pamphlet giving directions for their apple
cation, and sent copies to his medical
friends who were willing to cope with an
enemy that was shifting 20 the death thou
sands OF human beings.
"In Russia, Hungary, Austria, France,
England and America the three remedies
named surpassed all others In efficacy dur
ing the prevalence OF Asiatic cholera in the
countries named In the years 1881, 1889,
1888. 1913, 1S49, 1850, 1858, 1854, 1856 and
1873.
"No disease has ever proved better illus
tretion Of the folly of empiricism or OF the
insufflciency of pathological theories than
Asiatic cholera. After the last epidemic In
America, in 1873, a government commits
sion, authorized to make report upon its
history, characteristics and treatment,
stated this fact: I'm the advanced stages OF
the disease che entire range OF the pharma-
copoeia seems to have been brought into
use, with no better results than have been
obtained In previous epidemics.' No ac-
count was taken OF the cases treated by
homeopathic physicians, but OF the whole
number treated by allopathic physicians So
per cent. ended In death.
"Other theories were added to those here
tofore escertained by all alIopathic physi-
clans during the epidemios of 1884 and 1885
In France, Italy and Spain, until these
numbered eight, but under the old methods
Of treatment and under new methods which
were justified by the newer theories. the
mortality reached an average of over 20 per
cent. No wonder there was CONSERVATION
among the people In those countries and
that the confidence of the populace in med
ical men was so shaken that many were
driven away from the sick with sticks and
stones.
"What has been learned sincel SO far
from the statistics of the epidemic In Ham
burg, not to speak Of Russia. where the
death rate must be appalling, the mortality
is about IS per cent
"Now. contrast ell this with Hahne-
MAINS method of treatment. In the cholera
epidemic in Russia and ueighboring coun-
tries IN lSSO-'3l, according to the report OF
the president OF the imperial council OF st.
petersburg, the total number OF cholera
patients under homeopathic Treatments in
the departments of Sertow, Tambow and
Tower, was 1913, with loss of 108, a NOR
tally rate less than per cent. In 1882 the
King OF Bavaria sent commissioner 10
collect statistics. who raDorted that there