Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-11

studied, in 1905, twenty-seven drugs had
given an affirmative answer to the hypo.
thesis, and In 1906 he had confidently nut
forth simllia similibus, curatur as the
cardinal principle in therapeutics and ola
rather time has emphasized the confidence
projected by this great and anylitical mind.
Tor right here we notice that q light broke
forth into the therapeutic darkness Of the
age, that right here In exceeding travail
OF soul mind, surrounded by vindictive Cd,
position, was given birth II you please, to
the only therapeutic fact that has enabled
the medical profession to rise from a hor.
rible condition Of impiricism and the alem.
bics of alchemy to the semblance Of a
science.
The New System.
Instead Of that which up to this . time
had been violent and confusing. there an
peared In the course OF evolution Of medi-
cal thought a principle, the capitalization
OF the best that had preceded. at once
benefcient and reliable.
1. The apprehension Of disease by the
symptoms, that is as we say by It's clinical
character and history.
2. The ascertainment Of the W Of
drugs by proving on the healthy human
body.
" IL dppllCdtlou OF drugs TO disease
by a principle that insured at least direct
ness of aim.
4. The administration Of remedies singly
Instead OF in complex mixtures.
b. The prescription In doses too small
to aggravate existing troubles or cause
eXtraneous ones.
While time and experience have modified
some OF the original views, there has been
no radical change to this day. We now ac-
cept the methods Of the founder as
he taught and practiced; with the
law Of similarity the p~rovings OF medi-
cines upon the healthy, the single drug
and minimum dose. But however he NAV
have been justified, and no doubt he was,
In rejecting the pathology Of the times
from his system, we do not feel so Justified
In regard to the pathology Of our day, be-
neving such limitations to be unnecessary
II not fatal to the fullest usefulness Of the
law. Today. therefore,, we insist upon
including pathological similarities and hold
there can be no perfect similinum or
totality without them. Historically speak,
Ing. the PRONUNCIATION Of this law has been
a beacon light to therapeutics. II has
had a revolutionizing effect upon the pre-
dominating school of medicine. Surely 1
see written upon the scrolls Of fame, in
AbAN NAo llu Nal udUlb
"Hahmemann." During this era Helmholz
gave US the op~hthalmoscope; siebach, by
his knowledge OF physics made fame
through his discovery OF thermal electricity.
We must not overlook Daguerre, who in
vented photography, which has been a
great help In illustrating by means Of the
eye. A later invention along the same
line is the biograDh. which shows every
step OF an oDeration. One OF the important
discoveries was the "X-ray'' by Roentgen
This wonderful discovery renders the
Opaque human body almost transparent,
making It very useful.
Recent Discoveries.
Laempece discovered by accident that this
method was greatly improved and the
sounds more distinctly heard IL a hollow
tube was placed between the chest and
ear, The outcome Of this priRriple is the
stethoscope. The name of FNSvaz, the
Lyons surgeon, has been perpelIated by
the hypodermic syringe, which he devised.
The clinical thermometer was first applied
practically by Sanctorious of Padua, pro-
fessor OF medicine, and author OF the ia
nous book, ode Statica Mediea." How
J ever, Currie Of Edinburgh first employed
a thermometer in treating typhoid fever as
early as 1907. 1t was not until 1886 that
tneIuOu6lTg udu6 rear progress anu not
until 1850 did It come into general use. due
mostly to Trabue and Wumderlich's stu
dies on temperature in disease. Pasteur
began his studies In fermentation in 1854.
Through his studies, aided by the Micro
scope, the opinion was reached that micro
organisms played an important role In the
causation OF disease. Many Investigators
became imbued with the spirit, and through
their diligent efforts the microbes causing
many diseases have been isolated, II re-
NAMED for Koch to discover the bacillus
tuberculosis, which Is the cause OF con-
sumption. Working on this hypothesis. Sir
James Lister introduced antisepsis In 1867.
! which has been a great boon to surgery.
Crawford w. Long. in 1912. at a little VII
Iage in Alabama, was the first TO put to
sleep a patient with ether and remove a
small growth. In 1916 DR.. Morton. a New
England dentist at the General hospital at
Boston. anaesthetiEed q patient for DR..