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H O M CE O P A T H Y

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cation was over an a n on y m o us sign a t ure from a d esire th at the qu e stion o f H om oeopath y
shoul d be diveste d of al l personal relati ons , and t hus l eft to be d eal t w ith on i t s ow n
er t T letters ove r th e signature of A n t i H
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profe ssed t o deal with facts , it ap p eare d d esirabl e that s e c re s y sh ou l d n o l on ger exist .

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Anti Humbug havin g al so promise d a thi rd l etter , H o o op athy fel t i t wou l d be bet
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te r that t h e correspon d ence shoul d h enceforth be over the wri ter s real nam e
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promised third l etter h a s not appeare d , a n d it m ust th re ore b e i n ferred that A nti
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Humbug feels hi msel f si lence d R e s t i n g u pon th e soli d base o f Nature s l a w, that l ike
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c u re s lik e , t h e Ho m oeopath has not t h e slightest fear of d i scussion w i t h th e ad h erents o f a

pra ctice of M edicine i n which al l is d oubtful an d uncertain , onl y so far as i t accor d s w i th

t h at law T h e true Hom oeopat h h a s n o d esire t o inj ure th e pra cti ce of any regular p ro
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fe s s i on a l medical man , bu t onl y urges upo n the latter as a bo u n d e n d uty t o hi msel f, t o

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God a n d to s ufle ri n g humanit y , that h e test fairl y an d honestl y th e great law u pon wh i ch
al l curative action res t s . T h ere are n o w thou san d s of regularl y educate d Phy
s ic i a n s and Surgeons wh o h ave gi v en up the uncertai nties and i n j uriou s treatme nt o f A l

lop a t h y fo r the safe a n d reliabl e prac t ice of H omoe opath y . Under i ts treatm e nt a c ute
cases y ield and recover with a rapi d ity w h ich amazes th e m ost experienced practi tioner ,
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while man y chronic cases are greatl y rel ieve d , or entirel y cure d , w hich resi ste d th e skil l
and attention of Allopathi c physicians for y e ars I n som e i nstances th e sam e m e d ical
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m a n , w h o foun d his e ii orts ba ffle d w hi le an A l lopath m et w ith alm ost i m m e d iate success
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a fter adopti ng the true metho d of c u re .

T h e correspondence is n ow place d i n a com plete form before the p ublic an d i n t e lli

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gent men are asked to give their serious attention t o a m atter w hich rel ates s o cl osely to
the i r own comfort, an d t o t h e i nterests of H umani ty .

Montreal , A ugust, 1 8 6 4 .
 G 0 LD M E D A L— F A C U LT Y
H O M CE O P A T H Y
T o the
E dit or of the M ournns n T a a us om r r . eral econom y T hose s u bstan c e s are varie d
8m I n l ooki n g over your report of t h e
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p roce e d i ngs of t he l a t e Con voca t ion o f t h e
M 0 0 1 1] U n i versity , I n o t iced t h at t h e Med i
cal Fac u l t y was desirous that som e li b eral
a nd ge n erous h e ar t ed ci ti ze n s h ould com e
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o r w a rd wi t h a G ol d M e d al t o b e com p e t ed
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or by t h e S t ud e nts at th e A nn ual M edical
Exam i na t i on s of t h e Uni versi t y .
T h e hop e of o b taining a gol d me d al h as
bee n , and is considered , a good sp u r t o m en
ta l exer t i on i n al l depar t men t s of k now
l edge , b ut i t seem e d t h at there are
ot h er thi ngs wel l w or t h y of t h e a tt ention of
th e li beral h ear te d ci ti zen and the M e d i cs
an u sefulness of th e y oung grad uat es i n
d den t , b u t t h e y should do t h eir b es t to e s t ab
m edi ci n e , w h o are about t o p ut i n t o prao
ti ce on sufferin g h umanit y t h e theori e s of
thei r school , i n that department o f m ed i
ci ne com mon l y term ed t he T heor y and
!
Pr cti ce of P h ysic t o which oth er branches
a 1 s t Be c m s e H om oe opath y p ossesses a
of m ed i cal educat ion are collateral .
I n t hi s “ T h e or y an d Pract i ce of Physi c ”
one P ro fe ssor i s t h e teacher ; and th ere i s
on e p eculiar m eth od of practice taug h t i n
t h e Uni vers i ty for t h e cure of diseases , which
m ainl y consists of bleed ing , l e e c h i n g, t h e
ad mi ni s t ration of purgatives , e m e t i c s , di ur
otics , t h e use of cauteries setons , m oxas ,
,
an d t he raisin g of pustular eruptions on the
h eal thy ski n by t h e appl i cation of croto n
oi l an d t artar em eti c o i n t m ent I n fact tor
. 4 t h Because th e prac t ic e of medicin e
turin g th e heal t h y par t s of th e body outsid e
or i ns id e for t h e c ure of th e diseased par t ,
an d interru pti ng t h e natural secretions of
th e h ealt h y ski n by p eri od ical ly pai n t i n g
w ith Iod i n e , b urni ng w i t h t urp entin e m us
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t ard , red or w h ite h o t irons , S p anish fl ies ,
& c , w hich conduc t makes m an y pa t ients
. fe s s or of t h e Practice of Ph y sic i n th e Uni
believe that s omet h ing e nergetic a nd heroic
has bee n accomplished . ot h B ecause H o m es c pa th i c m e d ici ne c a n
A ccordi n g t o t he teach ings of thi s class
o f P rac titi on ers , diseases situated i n on e o r
gan o f th e bod y are t h oug h t to be a lle v i a t
ed by exciti ng a d i sease i n another organ ,
an d by a d m i ni s t eri n g s u b stances i n large
quanti ti es w h i ch cann ot b e m ad e use of as
e l e m en t s o f worn ou t tissu e and which are
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c o ns e q ue ntl y rej e cte d b y th e assi mi lative
organ s as w orth less and i nj uri ous to the g o
OF M E D I C IN E A ND
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occasional l y as rou ti n e sugg e sts , b u t i n
t h ei r admi n i stration , for t h e al l e v ia t ion o f
d iseas e th ere i s n o recogni t ion of a c u rati ve
la w i n na t ure .
If t he Medical F a cul ty of M c G ill Uni ver
s i t y, or any li b eral and progr e ssive ci t i z e ns
of M on treal are anxious t hat t h e y oung gra
d ua t e s emana t ing year ly from thi s M e d i c a l
b e h o o l, shou l d be i n p ossessi on o f a larger
amount of knowledge to fi t th em for t heir
ard uous ta sk and th e b es t k nown means o f
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a l lev i a tin g t he distress o f th e i r f e l lo w cr e a
tures th roug h out t he Provi n ce of Canad a ,
t h ey should n o t rest sat i s fied wi th t h e m er e
presen t a t ion of a Gol d M e dal t o t h e m e e t
d i ligent, o r perh a p s t h e mos t t a len t e d s t u
l i s h a chair t o teach the Pra c t ic e of P h y
sic ,” according t o the “ Doc t rines a n d te a ch
i n g s of Hom oeopa th y ” For t he follo wing .
reasons
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un i versal la w of cure , and t h erefore rai s es
the prac t i ce of ph y sic t o a science .
z ud B ecause the ad mi ni s rat i on of m e
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di c i n e s , a ccording t o t h e Ho m oe op a t hic law ,
d oes not inj ure an y part of t h e heal t h y or
g a n is m .
s t d Becau se the properl y sel e cte d H o
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m oe opa t hic remedy acts c urativel y o n t h e
d isease i t sel f, and remo v es i t, (w h en c ura
tiv e mean s are poss i ble w i th m a n
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accor di ng t o the doctri nes and teac h ings of
Hom oe opath y has b een , a nd can b e ampl y
p roved to b e , atte n d e d with m ore recoveri e s
i n al l kinds of ac ute and c h roni c d iseases ,
when fairl y teste d , than t h e met h od of p ra c
tice calle d A l lopa thy , as t augh t by t he P ro
versity at present .
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almost al way s b e admini stered easi l y an d
wi t hout repugnance t o a ll cl asses of p atients
and und er al l circums ta nc es .
e th Because the sick room duri n g the
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treatment of th e patie nt may be kep t a l way s
fre e from appeara nces of bl ood a nd o t her
repul sive a nd fi lth y atte n dan ts of A llop athi c
treatment .
7th Be cau se the s tudy o f th e prac tic e of
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ph y sio ac cord ing to th e d oc trines a n d te ac h
i n g s of H o m m o pa t h y can b e dem onstrate d
t o be a p h i lo s O p h i c a l s t ud y , w h ich be comes
m ore and more i nte res t i n g at every s te p of
p ro g ress , and i s worthy the p rofoundest
schol ar, the most ca pac ious i ntellect , a n d
th e p urest c h ristian .
8 t h Because the m o at i ntellec t ual an d
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exper i enc e d of t h e Al lo pa t hic school have
i n t h e i r honesty acknowl ed ge d t hat A l lo
p ath y i s a delusion and a snare i n the tr ea t
m en t of Dy namic di s eases .
9 t h Because t he b est time to learn the
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differen t m e th ods of p ractice is d uri n g
y ou th for i t i s a wel l k nown fac t , that i n
, Y ours trul y ,
the advanced years of li fe i t i s one of t h e
m os t di fii c ult tasks to u n l earn t h at w h ich was
learned as tru th — (although error ) — i n
y ounger years In 9 9 cases out of a 1 00,
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old men are found condemning that which
t hey do no t know, because t h e y wi l l n ot
s p end t he ti me necessar y i n investi g ating
the t rut h .
loth Beca use H o m es c p a t h y experim ents
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on l y on health y i ndivi d uals and n ot on the
sick .
1 1 t h Because Homoe opath y d oes a way
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wi th t h e a bsurd and he t erogenous p re s c ri p
tions of P h r s i c ia n s w hich ofte n conta i n
dozens of different and nauseous m aterials ,
calculate d to distu rb the p rocesses of nature ,
and to fight a g ai ns t each ot h er i n th e dark ,
and w hi c h to o frequentl y leave their un e x
po lled d e t ritus to inj ure the l iving machi n
ery for li fe . g round Bu t there i s l i ttl e chance of th at
1 2 t h Because H om ee pa th y d oes not pan
. takin g p lace , so l ong as one grai n of so u n d
d er to t h e d e p raved t as tes of p eople , wh o
require for t h eir money a quantity of colour
i n g ma tt er , and a t aste of something that
b it e s , b efore th e y ca n b e li eve a cure of their
d iseases possible . notion but to b e discarde d i n its turn w i th
1 3 t h Because i t i s wel l known that young
. th ose w hich prece d e d i t
medical s t udents would a t tend H o m oe opa
t h i c lec t ures on th e P ractice of Ph y sic i n
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large num b ers , i f th ey were al lowed to d o
so by th e Fac ul ty o f M edici ne .
1 4 th Because Hom oeopathy w il l ofte n
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cure di seases which are considere d i ncur
ab l e by ordinary prac t ice . acquiri n g the m eans of livin g , b y p reyi ng
For these reasons I woul d earnestly re
commend t he liberal and tru t h lovin g citi -
zens of M ontreal an d t h e Faculty o f M ed i
di oine of M ( Gill Col l e ge t o t a ke i nto their
, revel led i n h is i n fin i t e s s i m a l d ose s , m ai n
mos t serious cons i dera t io n th e esta b lish
ment o f a H o m o p a t h i c Chair i n th e M c G ill
Co l lege — (o r s h ow cause w h y n ot , like
rat ional m e n ) .
By es t a blishi ng an d en dorsing such a
chair , and granting a gold m edal y early for
the most proficient Student i n H om oeopath y ,
t h e Fac ul t y of Medicine or an y ot h er would
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confer upon themsel ves l asting h onor for , real l y becam e T h e supre me abs u r d i t y o f
be i ng amongst th e first, to adopt a tr u th i n
p ractical s c ie n c e w h i c h i s fast re v o lut i o n i s
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ln g t h e whol e M edical World , and wh ich i s
n ow only cond em ne d b y those w h o are u n
ac quai n ted wi t h i t ; who are i n tereste d i n
i t s do wn fall , or p r e j udiced aga i nst i t .
H o m ce o pa t h y i s tc o n so n a n t wi t h th e known
fac ts of A natom y, Ch emis t r y and o th er col
late ral branches , and partakes of t h e truth s
of these Homoe opath y serves t o m ake
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p h ysiol og y m ore c le a r, an d g i ves a m ore
p rofound appreci ation of th e germ s o f
Patholo g ical A n a t o m y fa ud sh oul d t he re for e
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h ave i ts dissem i nat ing power i ncrease d , b y
al l legitimate m e ans .
H O M CE O P A T HY .
(Aa r t H n u n uq s Ln r rn a N o
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T o th e E dit or of t he Mo ur n s “ T a a us o n rr r . .
S ra , — M y attent i on has bee n cal le d t o a
letter con tain ed i n your issue of 1 2 th May
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last under the signature Ho
, m oe o path y ,
la ud a t in g that system of practical m e d icin e ,
and denunciating i n equally vigorous term s
wh at th e H a mte ap o t/t i l t s are pl eased to d e s i g
nate t he d llop a t h ic mod e of t rea t m ent T h e .
writer of t h i s l etter brings to h i s assistanc e
no less t h a n fou rteen r e a s on s i n support of
h i s posi t ion , but logical ly s peaki ng , the y
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are not reasons but rat h er p os t ulates , whi ch ,
i f granted , the trul y ecl e cti c practic e of th e
p resen t da y woul d tum b l e and totter t o t h e
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com mon sense remains existent i n th e c om
m uni t y . h i s true that e very a n d an y ln
novation u p on tried usages w i l l fi n d its su p
p orters for t h e ti me bei n g , th e n e w fan g le d
D espi t e , h ow
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ever , o f what Homoeopath y , Hy d ropath y ,
S y m p op a t h y , an d al l other p a t h y ’s m ay d o
and how ever much t h e Professor of thes e
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p a t hy s may d el ud e th e pu b lic , and o b
tai n wi lli n g d u p es , th ere can not be th e
l east doub t that noth ing but th e d esire o f
U p on t h e imagi na t ion of th e i r d upes l ies at
,
th e found a t ion of al l these d i ff ere nt “ p a t h y s ”
When Hah nem ann started Ho m oe opathy , h e
tainin g th e doc t rin e , with simi lia sim il i
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bus curantur , th at t he energ y of m edi ci nes
increased with thei r d i l u t ion , an d tha t a
medi ci n e atten u a ted to the d ecilli onth d e
gree was far m ore pote nt i n its e ff ec t u p o n
d isease than an ordi nary grai n of th e sam e
me d icine and i n fact th a t th e m ore i t was
att en uated , the m ore acti ve an d vi g oro us i t
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th is doctri ne be ca m e s oo n tra nspare nt, an d ,
 a ccord i ngl y , th e H om oeopathists soon b e
cam e spli t u p i nto several sects — som e of
which s t i l l em pl oy m edici nes i n t h eir i n
fi n i t e s s i m a l d oses w hi le others use them i n
,
th e or d i nary d oses ; t hus sai lin g un d er false
c ol ours whi l e a t hird class adopt th e m e
d i u m course , o n th e pri nci p l e , we su pp osed
i n m e di c t ut is s i m us i bis ”
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of . H a h ue
m anis m may i ndeed b e said t o be truly
e xti n ct at the present d ay an d i t i s m y
si ncere beli ef that nothing mai ntains i ts
p rese nt nomi nal exi stence t h an a deficiency
of earning a livelihoo d b y m ore h onest an d
l egi tima t e means T h e se l f glori fied man
. p ropose d t o l eave him t o his medi t a t ions
ner i n whic h y our H om oe pa t h i c p ra c t i ti on
ers wi l l reason w ith you , upon your extreme
i nca p ac ity of p ercei ving w h at i s s o pal pab le
t o himsel f vi z , th e val ue of m edicines gi ven
, .
i n quanti ties so smal l t h at a drop of t h e St
La wrence woul d prove energetic , may ca p
t i va t e as i t has undoubtedl y done man y
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m i nd s , but t h ose ca p a b l e of serio u s re fle c
ti on can c ertai nly n e ver becom e convi nced
b y any such assertions . It re quires a l i ttl e
m ore th a n th e assertions of fi ft y y ears to d o
a wa y wi t h the accumulate d exper i ence of
say t w o thou san d — an d yet th e B omes e
p a t h i s t are not b y an y m eans too vai n to
p roc lai m t h at th e y are attem p t i n g i t T o
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preven t th is le t ter from ex t endi ng t o a n
u ndu e l eng t h , I w i l l reserve a fe w facts for
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Homoe p a t hy to digest for m y next, an d
o that t h at fact, i f i t proved anything would
i n t h e m eanw h ile , w i ll i nform h i m th at the
text of i t wi l l b e hi s fourth postulate , that
th e practi c e of Hom oe opat hy has b een , an d
can be am p l y p roved to be atte nde d wi th
m ore recoveries i n al l ki nds of acute an d
chroni c d iseases , wh en fairl y tested , than
t h e m eth o d o f prac t ice called A l l opathy ”.
I d o not b y an y means pro p ose to enter i nto
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an argumen t with Hom oe op ath y, ” as t he
subj ect i s u n fi t te d for y our col umn s ; al l I
d esire i s t o narrate , i n as succi nc t a manner
as possi bl e , th e res ults of a fe w cases w hich
w ere pl a ced u n d er Hom eopathi c t reatment
b y t h e late Dr Rosenstei n , i n the wards of
. p a tient should b e placed i n a ward by hi m
th e Montreal G eneral Hos p i t al , at that ti me
u nder the service of Dr Hal l , of thi s cit y ;
. with i n th e least d egree , and aft er th e m ost
a nd i n whi ch the fu llest an d freest s way
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w as a fi ord e d t h e prac titioner I rem em ber
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w el l the o b loquy which was cast u p on the
ph ysi cian for his supposed derel ict i on of
d uty ; but whe n i t i s recollecte d tha t no
t h ing b ut th e i nterests of h umani ty coul d
h ave guide d h i s course ; and tha t n ot h in g
unfor t unate issued t h at t h e treatment pur
sued was witnessed a t that ti m e dai ly b y a l
m ost al l t h e l eadi ng p hysicians of the city ;
that the Hom oe opath ist had the fairest p os
si b l e play , and t h at h e ex p ressed hi msel f
a t t e r w a rd s to tha t e ff ect , as I am i nform e d ;
w hat s tronger p roof coul d be ad duce d of the
va l u e o f the t wo s y s te m s of pr ac tice . e d, m ad e a d eci d e d but ste ady ad vanc e ,
I hav e the h onor t o remain , S i r,
Y ours , truly ,
AN T I H UMBUG -
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Montreal T ran scrip t , ! une 4 , 1 8 6 4 .
No 2
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T o th e E ditor of the Mo urn s “ T a s s s c n rr r . .
S ra ,—Some time h a s elapse d since m y lot
ter to y ou da te d May 2 7 th , i n w h ic h I p ro
m i s e d t o detai l t o y o u a fe w facts for
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Ho
m m op a t h y ” t o diges t aft er d oing w h i ch I
, ,
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The infl ate d, eve n arro gant s t yle i n w h ich
h is le tt er i s couched , m eri t s a rebuke h ow
ever mild , a ud I trust that he will receive
i t i n t h is l et t er i n which I pre pose t o op
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pos e f ac t s t o his a s se rt i on s .
About the y ear 1 8 4 5 , Dr G D Gibb n ow. . .
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of London , E n g , acted as Hou se Surgeon
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to the Montrea l General Hos p it a l , whi c h
d uri ng t h e earl y summer mont h s w as under
th e p rofessional charge of Dr Hal l D r . .
R e s e n s t e i n was th e on l y j ubilant B om es e
path at that ti m e i n t h i sl c i ty , a n d th a t h e
m ust have been a man of varied and deep
l earnin g , i s p rovea ble from t h e fact tha t h e
w rot e a b ook on Hom oe opat h y h owever much
,
h is enemies ma y have desired s uc h a con
summa t ion . We should su p p ose ther e fore ,
,
be suffi cient t o de m onstrat e h is com p etence .
He wa s promised c h arge of th e ear l i es t i m
portant cases wh ich occurre d i n t h e Hospi
t al , an d the oppor t u nit y was n ot long w ant
i ng.
The fi rst case w hich presente d i t sel f, was
one of p u re Inflammation of the l un g s i n a
y oung man , and as t h is was an easi l y de
t ooted disease , an d its l imits defi na b le , i t
was ad opted at once , as th e fi rst subjec t of
experi ment Dr Rosenstei n w as fort h with
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sent for, wh o af te r arriving at th e Hos p it a l ,
sti p ulate d as necess a ry t o success t h at t h e
sel f, an d that he should n ot be tampere d
perfect assurance on t hese poi n t s , the treat
ment was assumed at once It i s almost
un necessary to add t hat Dr Rosenstei n was .
i nforme d b y Dr Hall , that i f u nfortunat ely
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the disease p rogressed it woul d b ecome t h e
,
d uty of t h e latter to tak e the case ou t of h is
han d s I have now t o observe th a t the pro
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gress of th is patient w as watc h e d w i th con
s i d e ra b le anxiety b y t h e l a t e Drs Ho l mes , .
Crawford and Bad gle y, b y Dr Campbel l , a n d .
other physicians of t h is city w h o were al l
gl a d of the Opportun ity of seei ng H o m oe o
pat hy fairly teste d T h e resul t was t hat
.
the d isease , d espite of the treat m en t pursu
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u nti l a bout the fo u rt h or fi fth day of treat l ugs o f H om es c pa t h y ha ve bee n

ment, fro m a t riflin g s pac e at t h e upper part be am p ly proved t o b e , atte n d ed w i t h
of t h e r igh t lun g , i t h ad i nvad ed nearl y t h e more recoveries i n a ll ki nd s of a c ute an d
whol e of i t Dr Hal l now t ook the case i n
. .
c h ronic d iseases when fai rl y te s t e d th an
h i s own h a n d s a n d b y t h e ado p ti on of ener
t h e met h od of prac t i ce c al l e d Al l o p a t h y,
,

g e ti c measure t he p oor man s l i fe was saved , as t aught b y the Professor of th e Pra c tice
’
”
bu t n o t b fore ser i o us fe a rs of i t w ere e u
.
of P h ysic i n t h e Uni versity at pre sen t , is
t e rta i n ed .
wh at I wi l l l eave f o r th e con sid e ration an d

S h o r t ly after thi s u nfa v ourable result of digestion o f H omoe opathy

!
T h at person .

H o m m p a t h ic t rea t ment , there presen te d

v
wi ll d ou b tl ess get out of t he di ffi c ul t y by
t he o b serva t ion t h a t Dr B ose n s t e i n d i d n ot
t h e ms e l ves fo r adm i ssion i nto t h e Hos p ita l .

no les t h a n th ree c ases of fever and a g ue k now hi s professi on .

— that hi s practice was
no t a tru e exam pl e of H om o p a t h i c p ra c
The cas e s were al l wel l m arked ; one c ase
b y a l iver com p l ic at i on , th e secon d by a t ice —i n sh o rt t h at i n com parison wi t h ,

others w h dole out their phys i c i n i n fi n ite

co m p li ca t io n of d isease of the l i ver and o

s p le e n whi l e th e t h ird was an u n c om p li ismal d oses , and y et u p on th e p rin ci p l e of

,

os t e d case D r R e se n s te i n was again s ent

. .
sim i l ia si m i li b us !
h e was a n i nc om p oop ,

fo r, and was o ff red t h e selection of the i t must s t i l l not be forgotte n that h e w rot e a
e

cas e s M uch t o th e astonishment of every b ook

.
.

one h e ch o se t he sim p l e st case of the th ree , I w il l probabl y troubl e y ou w i th a thir d

v ia t h e uncom p licat ed cas e w h o was at letter , an d i n th e m ean wh i le be g t o s ub
once placed und e r h i s charge Th e hos p i s cribe rn y s e lf, y ours trul y ,
'

tal b ooks wi ll record th e fact t h at i n th e A N T I H U M BUG ‘

.

c our s e of a b ou t a for t night t h e two compli June 8 , 1 8 5 4 .

o s t ed c a s e s were dischar ged , wh i l e a ft e r a — T ra n scrip t , J une 2 7 , 1 8 6 4 .

p ro t rac t ed trea t ment of nearly six weeks

t h e pa ti ent under h o m o pa t h i c manage T o the E dit or of th e M our a n a n T a aus oa rr r .

ment i m p lored Dr Hal l to assume th e t reat

S ra , — I n y our issu e of t h e 1 2 th of May
.

m en t o f h i s case I remem b er well t h at one

las t , you were kind en ough t o gi ve me space
.

d a y ela p sed wi thout that youn g man havin g

i n y our val uab l e col umns fo r t h e i nser t ion
had a s h ake (I for get the tec h nica l term ) ,
of an ar t i c l e regardi ng t h e est ab lish m ent of
w h en D r B exclai m ed , now he i s cured
a Hom oe o p at h i c C h ai r i n th e M edical F
. .

— th e d i sease i s c h ecked and wi l l never re a

cult y ,
of M e G i ll University T h at arti cl e
turn , wh i le your cases , addressing Dr Ha l l , ”
.

was repl ied to by An t i Hum b ug i n t wo

.

m a y h a v e t h e d i sease return at any m i nu t e ” , ,

—But th e fo l l o win g day wi tnessed anoth er le tt ers , w i th promi se of a t h i rd o n e M’ y!

.

shak t h us shaking to thei r foundations al l

e
at t ent i on was direc t ed to An t i H umbug s -

,
’rejoi nd er on the 2 7t h of J une l ast , a n d I
th e H m m ) pa t h s p redic t ions By way of .

h ave p atien t l y wai t ed a fortni ght for A n tl

ex h i b i ti n g to th e students t h a n i n atten
Humbug ’ ”
s N o 3 epistl e A s his N o 3
da nc e , of whom I was one th e e ffi cacy of ,
. . .

m o re i
d i t n m od ifying the progress of dis
e
does not ap p ear to be forth com i n g ,
with
e ase Dr Hal l placed a case of the same
, .
your permi ssion I wi l l e n d eavour to repl y
n o w to h is N o 1 an d 2
dis see a s u b s
,
e
q de n t ly ad m itted , on pl a i n
. .

m i lk a n d wa er with out a p article of medi

t I n ever h ave admire d anon y m ou s l et
,

0 10 6 and th is m a n got on equal ly as wel l as

.
ters It l ooks to m e lik e a soldier fi ring .

did t he c a se e n t ru s t e d to th e professional a t hi s enem y from beh i nd a he d ge : there

c har g e of D r B os e n s t e i n .
fore , however i m p erfectl y and fee b l y I m ay
.

N e w, S i r t h e foregoing i s a truthful nar

,
use th e pen , I ack now ledge m ysel f not at
ra t i ve , or i t i s n o t T h a t i t is the former al l.
asham ed of Ho m o pa t h y as th e onl y
,
t h e re i s a b undant evidence eve n now i n p rinci p le of cure , of wh ich t h ere i s abun
t h i s c i ty for i ls su b stant ia t ion I have freely dant p roof ”
.
I t i s to be hope d that A nti
.

us e d Dr Ha l l s name , a li b e rt v for w h ich I Hu m bug w il l d isclose h i mse l f

’
. .

am sure h e w i l l forgive m e althou g h I ques ,

wn s r rs n ou m i u r ur I
‘

t ion much i f I h ave a right to ask i t as a t I n re p l y in g t o

, , A n t i H umbug , ” it w i l l be
-
-

t h e ti me h e was a p u b lic o fi c e r disc h argi n g

n ecessary , first, to define w h a t i s m eant b y
,

an offi c ia l d u t y , a n d wh ose ac ts were open Homoe opa t hy si nce “ A nt i Humbug! h as

k i nds of cri t ici s m —Fai rer cases for refus e d to d e fi ne i t
-
,
to a ll
H o m m op a t h y th e n
.

t es t ing th e valu e of H o m m s a t h i c tre atmen t

p i s a princi p l e es tabl i shed i n n a t ure
c ould n ot b y a n y p oss i bi l i t y h ave been ne for th e c ure of dynami c d is eases ,
1 cte d a n d ye t t hat mod e of trea tment m ost
a
,
and p ractical l y , it , i s a s fol l ows
s ignal l y t a i l ed .

M edicinal su b s ta nces have certai n proper

N e w, S i r h o w far th e foregoi ng fac ts c a n
,
ti es w h ich mani fest t h em sel ves , o n bei ng
g o t o pro v e th a t th e doctri nes a n d te ac h
adm i nis te re d t o p erso ns i n h ea lth , b y p ro
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d uc i n g c ertai n s y m ptom s . Wh en th e first of its sm al lness —p e r se H ow ri d ic u lo u s

s crup l e d ose of I pecac ua nh a , for i nstance , an d u nreasonable i t woul d be t o s h ut our
was gi ve n to a person i n heal t h , Bil ious eyes s o tha t w e coul d not see , because we
v omi t i n g , w i th h eadache , vert igo , naus e a , cou ld n ot we igh a ray of ligh t ; or to deny t h e
l oss of ap p eti t e , sever e p a i n i n th e stomac h , power of l i fe over our m uscu l ar fram e b e
& c , w ere i nduced
.
W h e n I p ecac uan h a is
, cau s e we coul d no t weigh or c h emica ll y d e
tak e n i n lar g e doses by a person i n tect it . Li fe is a fi ner t hin g th a n eve n th e
h eal t h i t m ay b e looke d u p on as a g eneral
, b ug bear of deci l lion t h parts of grai n s of
l a w , t hat t h e a b ove sym pt om s wi ll take m edici nes , but woul d A n t i H um b ug ” or
-

p lace , as any one m ay soon sa t i s fy h i msel f any o f his conf re re s deny their o wn exi st
about , if th ere are doubts exis t ing i n his e nce a n d stren g t h o n t h a t a ccoun t Th e .

mi nd . T h is property o f Ip ec a c b ecame powers resulting from l ife are known by

known onl y by ex p eri m ent . experi men t the powers resul tin g from th e
B y the experi ment of administeri ng a adm i nis t ration of a h i gh or low d il u tion of
small dose of Ipecacuanh a t o a person i n a H o m es c p a t h i c rem ed y are lik e wise kno wn
disease attend ed with s y m p t om s si milar to by e xperiment, and H o m oe op a t h i s ls are per
t hose prod uce d i n a h ea l thy p erson , by a fe c t ly wi lling t o leave th e ma t ter t o suc h a
l arge dose of I p e ca cuanha , i t wi l l be found test N o m an has the right t o say t h at t h e
.

that al l t h ose symptoms wi l l cease, and i f worl d does n ot t urn rou n d u p on i t s o wn

a ll the sy m ptoms ha ve cease d , the n the axis , wi thout proof ; nei th er has a u v m an a
d isease , the cau se o f th e sym ptoms , has rig h t t o s ay a p ri ori th a t Hom oe opat h i c
bee n re m ove d Whoever prescri bes m ed i
. rem ed ies d o not act, b ecause t h e every day
ci n e for th e cure o f disease upon t h at p ri n p rac t ice of Hom oe opathists p rove t ha t t h ey
ci p i c i s a Hom oeo p ath ist I p ecacuanha
. d o act—j ust as demonstrati vel y as th at t h e '

“
has b een m erely t aken as a n exam p le H o . world s t i l l t u rns , ” and as clearl y as life
m o p a t h i s t s have ex p erimented on t he and light act H o w illogical ly som e t i mes
’

h ea l thy b ody w i th over two hun d red reme peo p l e reason u po n such ma tt e rs A gen .

d ies , recor d i ng the s y mptoms prod uced by t i eman one d ay said to m e D o c to r i f y o u ,

eac h remedy , and t h ey selec t a n y on e of could onl y sh e w m e t h at a plant could l ive

these prove d rem e di e s and ad minister i t t o as w el l u p O n a d m p o f w ater as i t would
the d iseased person u p on the same princi u pon a pi nt, I w ould bel ieve i n H o m oe op a
pl e as t h e Ipecac uanha was selec te d and t hy ” Thi s g entlema n pu t food and m e d i
.

ad m i ni s t ere d R egarding th e dose used b y

. ci ne upon a par I re p lied tha t H om oe o
.

Hahn emann w h e n h e com mence d to test p a t h i s t s di d not feed th e i r pa ti e n t s u p on a

the princi p l e of Hom oeopath y , i t was a large grai n of beef ste a k to provide n ew ma t erial s
-

one , b u t h e gradual l y lessened i t , a s he for t hei r worn out organs , neither did th e y
fou n d a sm aller dose m ore u seful , and , l ike fee d their plants u pon a d ro p o f water .

a s ensi b l e man , b e ado p ted t hat w h ich he
foun d t o b e th e best Now , as the n
.
every H om oeo p at h ist i s p erm itte d to select
t h e d os e w h i ch h e fi nd s m ost successful ,
wi thout sai ling u nd er false colors ”
B ut .
a person ca n never b e a H om ce pa t h i s t who
selects at ran d om a nauseous b ol us of Bh u
bar b , O pi um Cal omel , H y o s c i a m u s & c ,
, ,
Hom oeopathis t s give medici nes i n minute
,
doses , sel ected t o act accordi n g t o t h e la w
of c ure , be c ause they find from e x p erime nt
t h a t diseases are subd ue d better b y t h ese
mean s than by an y oth er , bu t t h ey d o n o t
fi nd tha t heal th y or dis e ased m e n can l i ve
p on drugs alon e , w hether i n large or smal l
. g oses .

w i t hout bei ng guide d b y a cura t i ve rul e , an d

H O IKE O P A T H Y N O T A M OD E R N D IS C OV E R Y
i n doses suffi cie nt t o sicke n a h ealthy h orse .

!
A large d ose o f medici ne , H o m oe 0p a t h ica lly I t woul d appear that A nti Humb g i s - u

selec t ed , wil l i n crease t h e disease ; a likewi se ver y ignorant of t h e ant i q ui t y of

dynamised dose , H orr oe op a t h i c a lly selected , Hom oeopath y for h e say s I t r e quires
w i ll be powerf ul on ly to c ure , n ot to d estroy a littl e more than t h e asser t i ons of fi f t y
th e body ; and t hi s i s what staggers many ! ears t o do awa y w ith the asser tions o f s a y
a n A llo p athist H e al way s looks for som e
. t w o t h ousand years , and ye t the H o m es c p a
d eran g e me n t i n the h eal t hy parts before h e t h i s t s are n ot by any mea n s too vai n t o p ro
w i l l beli eve t h at t h e d i sease can be cured . clai m that the y are a t t e m p t ing it H o m oe o .

“ Anti Humbug ” wou ld see m t o im p l y

- pat h y i s not a n ovel ty T h e novel t ies a re
.

that a m an can not be a Hom oe opat h ist w it h Allopat h y , for em piricism m us t b e

w ith ou t c o n fi nin g h im sel f t o a d ro p of th e al ways chan g i n g I n t h e ti m e of V i k ra m a
.

S t Lawrence T h is si m pl y s h o w s h i s ut ter
. .
d ita kin g o f Uj a i n , fi ft y si x years b efore t h e
,
-

i gnorance of th e su bjec t Does h e thi nk

. christian er a th ere was a S an c ri t poe m c

t h at b e cause a medici ne i s red uced t o a which sai d “ It h a s been hea rd of old tim e
thousan dt h or a m i l lionth part of a grai n , b y i n the world t b at poison i s t h e rem ed y for
p oi so n
”
tri turation , tha t i t d oes n ot a ct on ac count I n the w ritings a ttri b u te d t o B y
.
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there
i s th e fol lowing, B y similar Stu d e nt o f Med icine T o thi s im por t a n t
p oc ra te s
.

cas e of pneum onia o n e Dr B o s e n s t e i u the n

thin g s disease i s prod uced , a n d by simi lar , . ,

t h i n g s , admi nistere d to t h e sick , the y are resi d ent i n Montreal , was sen t for H e i t .

w as w h o d id b a ttle for Hom oeo p ath y , lu t

‘

h ealed of t hei r diseases T hus t h e same

to
.

t hi n g wh ich will p rod uce s t ra n g ua ry , w h en “

A n t L H um b u g
”
woul d seem h i mse l f
i t does n ot exist wi l l remove it w h en i t d oes , ! sneer a t t h e po w ers of Dr .

wi th whom I wa s u nac quainted and wh o

tha t was a fa ct at t he ti me of H y po c ra t e s
,
.
( ,

T h e Homoe opat h i c law of cure exis te d t h en , I b e li e ve is n o w d ead a n d not a b le t o d e

i t d oes so n o w and ever wil l do , i n d e p e n fe nd h i m s e lfj — b ecause h e sa y s i n i tal ic s
,
that Dr Bos e n s te i n w rot e a B ook on
d e n t ly of t h e be lief of t A n ti Humbug or
‘ ! - .

any o ther man .

H o m oe op h a t h y
”
. N o w as to w ri t i n g book s ,
Shakes peare was n ot i gnorant of the pri n I have read man y w orth les s a l l opathic
.

ooks an d even some whic h were c o n s id

c i p le . H e say s I n poison there i s ph y sic ; B ,

and these news , ha vin g bee n w ell , t h at e red val uable i n m y you nger days , a nd
woul d have made m e sick , being sick , have l ooked up to as the cli max of pro fi ci enc y
In some m eas ure made m e w e l l H e n ry I V , . .
twenty five or t h irty y ears a g o w he n I was
-

P a rt z ; Act 1 ; S e e 1 . .
a s t u d e nt i n E d in b urgh , are n o w throw n
aside as useless as far as t h e Pr actic e t h e y
H O I CE O P A T B Y NOT Q UA C KI BY '
D r M c I n to s h s
.
i nculcate i s concerned . .

Neither i s Hom oeopath y q uackery Q uack .

Book , for i nsta nc e , which ad vises s o val i an t
ery p re tends t o t he poss ess i on of som e val ly “ Bleedi ng i n th e col d stages o f F ever
ua b le nostrum , some unexplai ne d e n e rg e
an d Ague ,” an d bleed ing i n almost e very
tic re a t m e
t n t
”
s o ld for p rivate gai n but w hich
thi ng e lse to s y ncope, i s never Open ed , y et
is not disc los ed for the p u b l i c goo d Wh o .
we S t u d ents ad mire d M c I n to s h , and l ooke d
ever may have secrets i n his energ et i c upon h i m as th e fi rst P hy sician an d th e
treatments” Hom o p ath y has none , n o nos most acute , of th e da y Wrot e a B o ok ”
.

t rum , it court s enquir y , and asks al l to make I have n ever see n Dr Rosenste i n s b ook ,
.
’

a th oroug h i nve s ti ga ti on of i ts clai ms It .

is a rec og nised la w of h ealing an d wi l l b e the
means of driving a w ay from the Profession
al l quacks to whatever c lass of m edi cal
prac ti tioners th e y belong
s uc c s s s r ur r um
i t m a y be good . B ut B urn s said “ that
some Books w ere l ee s frae end to e nd ,
and som e greet lees w ere n ever penned ;
even M i nis t ers th e y h a s been ken nd , a rous
.
i ng whid at ti mes to ven d , an d n a llt w e
A LLO Scripture ” —T h e w riting or cep ym g of a
'

s ouorou rs r n os : .
.

ra r e r . Book i n itsel f m a y or may n ot be a m ea sure

A nti Humbug ” s ay s , i n his first epistle
- of a m an’s abili t y or ac qui rem ent .

“
t h at t he wri ter of this l etter brin g s to his
assis t ance no less than four t een reasons i n
sup p or t of h is positi on ; bu t log i c a lly speak
ing, t hey are not reasons , but ra t h er p os t u
So that t h e m ere matter of proc laiming c nes’
s e lf the au th or ofa b ook does no t argue i n favor
,
of a man ’ s com petence to cond uc t th e tre at
ment ofa case ofpneumoni a or an y other case .

la t e r, which , i f granted , the truly eclectic Regard ing th e l ength of ti m e requi re d

p rac t ice of th e present day would tum b l e before recover y ta kes plac e i n cases of
a n d t o tter to the groun d ” I take “ A nti . Pneum onia or I nflamm ation of th e Lu ngs ,
!
H umb ug at his word , an d wi l l en d eavour Dr H ughes Bennet , Professor of Cli nical
.

to prove th ose p os t ula t e s , ” an d as Anti M edici ne i n the Universi ty of Edi n b ur g h ,

”
Hum b ug has only a t tem pte d a d isproval an Al lopathic auth or of acknowled ge d abil i
of m y 4 t h postulate , I w i ll, 1 s t of all, attend t y say s T h e majority o f cases o f Pne u
bo lt. V iz m onia of m e di u m i nte nsity recover betwee n
T h at t he
doctri nes and tea chings of the seve nth and fourte enth day s , an d h e ”

H omm O p a t h y h ave be e n a nd can be am p l y nam es th e peri o d s of re c ove ry as betwee n

p roved to b e attended wi th more recoveries the 7 th , i 4 t h , and 2 1 s t d ays , an d tha t the
i n a ll kinds of acute an d ch ronic d i se ases rea l t e sts o f s uccessful pr ac t ice are not to be
when fairl y te ste d than t he m et h o d of p rac sough t for i n t h e rel i ef o f s y m ptom s , but
tice called Allopath y as taught b y the P ro i n the removal of the dis ease wh en it h as
fe s so r of t he Prac tice of P hy sic i n th e Uni bee n establ ish e d , an d that treatment w i l l be
”
versi ty a t present Now , Mr E ditor , le t
. . the best which “ c e t e ris p ar ib ue ” causes fe west
,

us exam i ne t he m od e by which Anti d eath s and recovery i n the s h orte st ti m e ! .

!
Hum b ug d is poses of this p os t ula t e
”
of N ow , it i s remarkabl e t h at “ A nti H um -

mine :H e ci t es fi rst, a mos t im p ort ant

.
bu g i n h is d escri ptio n o f th e p ro g ress and
”

case of Pneumoni a which occurred i n the , t rea tmen to f his g r e a tc as e of p u e u m o n i a d o e s

,
Montreal Gener al H ospita l , about th e y e ar n o t gi ve us the ra t ional and ph y sical si gns
1 8 1 5 , which cas e was then under the care whic h i t m ust h ave presented , wh en at fi rs t
of Dr Hal l , and observ ed b y Dr Gibb an d
.
. i t was “ an i mport an t c as e of p ure i n fla m m a
!
A n t i H umbug h imsel f, w hi le h e wa s a
-
tion of th e lung s n or those signs , w h en i t
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sh ad o w e d forth , there is a case of p u re i h “

'

w as onl y i n v olving a trifli n g sp ace

a c as e
a t the upper lobe of the righ t l ung ,” the fla m m a t io n of th e lungs ”
When H om oe o
.

signs are absent t o o, w h en th e case in p at h y i s desire d t o be m ad e t o appear of no

!
vade d nearly th e whole of th e lun g , ” absent value , thi s pure i nflammation of t h e lungs
t o o , wh e n progressi ng under Dr Hall ’ s . en is easi l y converted i nto occupy in g trifl i ng
”
erg oti c treatment ” . space of upper lobe of one l ung , wh en
We ll, i n the absen ce of th e ratio n al “
t he trul y eclectic practice! r e quires its
an d ph y sical signs of t h e s p reading of the '
energetic t reatment manifested ; words are
i nflammation from th e t ri fli n g space ,” w e ready aga in , “ invasion of wh ole l ung a t
m ust presum e t h at that par t of t h e l ung tende d with serious fears ”
S uch cooki ng .

which was not affecte d wi t h d isease w h en o f th e case t o serve a purpose Mr E ditor , . .

”
Dr Bos e n s t e i n commenced hi s treatment
. savors stron gl y of an Uncle H umbug i n
becam e aff ecte d w ith the i n flam m ation i n the work of describing the most fai r case
four or fi v e days after wards , which i s a very t h e world has ever see n for that m u ch love d
comm o n occurrence , for i t wil l be found trial of Hom o pat h y .

that one p orti on o f t h e l ung d uring t h e , I n order to test fa i rl y th e Hom oeopathic

p rogress of Pneu moni a wi l l be manifesting
, treatment , a m ultiplicit y of cases are re
t he sign s of t h e first stage of i n flammation , quired b ut of a n y give n case , i t must be
v i z : of co n gestion w h i l e anot h er portion
. persis ted i n t o the en d It s h ould h ave
,
.

w i ll m anifes t those of t h e second stag e , or b een s o i n that case of Pneumonia, as I s h a ll

that of He p ati zation , an d another portion presen t l y prove .

sti l l t h at of the third stage , or th at of Sup T h e report of the case of Pneumonia mad e
p u r a t i o.n A nti Hum
- b ug ”
and Dr . use of by “ Anti Humbug -
for t he c on
Hal l , m ust s urel y h ave k nown that fact . d a mnation of Hom oeo p at h y , shoul d have
If th e y did , th ey t hen took i n t h e ir f a i r t ri a l b een atten d ed with t h e record of ever y
of Hom o p at h y , undue advantage of Dr R o . c h ange of a ll th e s y mptoms , rational an d
se sn t e i s i gnoran ce
n
’
.If they di d not kno w p h ys i cal, as the disease progresse d u nder
t ha t fac t the n the y were i gnorant But . b o t h t reatments , t o make it of any bene fi t
i f th e y k n e w the fact , and w o u ld n o w A
to u s i n a prac ti cal poi nt of vie w .

mak e t h e pu b li c b elieve that i t was an u n T h e remedies em p loyed by Drs Bosen .

u sual th in g for one p ortion of an organ to stein and H a ll should have b een recorded ,
b e i n flamed w h i l e ano t her was becomi ng so , t oo , i n a case book kept for the purpose , and
th e n A nti H umbug” attem pts to make
- sanc ti oned by bo t h p ar t ies a t the time .

dup e s of th e peo p l e , i t i s therefore for A h Where i s t h is case b ook ! Give us the record .

ti Hum bu g t o be an ecl ectic he r e i n se

-
” ”
E very Hospital wor t hy of t he nam e , i n an y
le c t i n g ei t h er horn of that di lemm a upon cou n t ry , so r e cords i t s cases , as a m erchant
wh ich to em pal e hi msel f . records hi s transac t ions i n h i s d ay book ,
,

Regard in g t h e progress of disease , Dr . an d then every addi t ion or su btraction from

Be nnet sa y s : “ There was a tim e when it
’
t he record m ay b e seen , a lways afterwards .

was s u pp osed t h at t h e p ra g re s s of ty p hus W h ere , I ask , i s the record of th is , and o th e r

fev e r , smal l pox , and m any oth er diseases
which are now al ways al l owed to run t h e i r
natura l course , c ould b e arrested by m ed ical
i nterference but wit h r e gard to them there
,
has bee n establ ished t h e p ri n c i p le , ls t of
cases , i n the M ontreal General Hos p i t al By
t h e examination and s t udy o f such records ,
o f i n t e re s t i n g cases , students bui ld for them
se lves a b asis for Diagnosis and Treatment i n
after life an d a desire for u p holding only that
,

preventi on z ud , wh en t h is fai ls of s imply ,

w h ic h i s true Wi th ou t such study and ex
.

conducting t hem to a favorable termi nation , a m i n a t i o n a h a b it of vague sel f c onceit e d a s

,
-

and that every i nflamma t ion once formed ser tion is engendere d w h ile t h eir defenses are
Where
,

ru ns throu g h a d efi nite c ourse ”

H o w does
.
loose and wri gg li ng t h roug h life .

thi s correspond wi t h t h e snatch in g of the is the record , I ask , M r E ditor 7 .

c a s e from t h e h and s of D r B os e n s t e i n
. As a resident of M on treal upon enquir y , ,

T h e question , accordin g t o Dr Ben net s

’
.
I am ashame d t o s a y , t h at t h ere h a s bee n
princi p les , s h oul d have been ho w d id the ,
n o record , n o case b ook ke p t h itherto in th e

trifling s p ace at th e up p er part of the right M ontreal G e n e ra l Hosp i tal , for th e record
l un g progress
”
7 ”
I n what di fferent st ate of sym ptom s and trea t m ent of cases .

w as th at smal l spot of i nflammati on at t h e T here has been n o record w h atever kept of

end of the four day s treatm ent of Dr B ose n .
t h e cases cited by A nti Hu m b ug i n th e -

s te i n ! What were th e changes of th e ra M ontreal General Hos pi tal Anti Humbug .

-

says “ It requires a littl e more t h an the

t i on a l an d physi cal sign s bel ongi ng t o i t ,
w h e n Dr Hal l pl ucked t h e bran d from the
.
asser t ions of fi fty y ears to d o away
burni n g W hy d id n ot A n t i H um b ug ”
- with th e accumul ated experienc e of,
te l l us about these th ings sa y t w o thousan d y ears ” What woul d
.

When fa ir p la y t o H om oeopath y i s fi rst

”
the experience of t e n thous a n d y ea rs of such
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an H ospi tal p ractice amou n t to 7 Simpl y a with ulceration of the c orn e a , w h lc h a m e d i

rope o f sa n d l! T h e next c as es “ A nti Hum
bug re fe rs to a re some cases of Fever an d
,
- cal gentl e man o f t h i s cit y pronou nc e d a
very ser i ous o n e T h i s u lcer w as c u re d i n
.

A g ue ” . Wel l wha t was the t reatm e nt te n days b y C a lc re a O a rb .

adop ted , and u pon wha t pri ncipl e ! Th e I h a d a case of a young woman w h o h a d
s p ecific p rinc i p le ” A nd w h a t is that 7
.
been treated a llo p a t h lc a lly for a m e n o r rb aaa ,
An ti Humbug ! cannot tell What d id D r
- . . wit h lun g a nd li ve r com pl ica t ions Sh e h ad .

B os e n s t e i n g ive i n th i s case of Fev e r and been u na bl e t o get ou t of b ed for s e ve n

A gue , and h o w l ong d id i t remai n i n Dr . m on ths an d had bee n sh ockingl y t a r
Hall s hands afte r Dr B os e n s t e i n fa iled !
’
. t ure d b y t h o e nerge ti c t rea t m n t a i
e
”
.

Tha t would require to be known b e fore w e t h at time A fe w pel l e ts of ap p ropriate

.

can see t h e su p eriori ty of D r Hal l s trea t ’

.
Homoe opa th i c remed i es e n a b l ed h er to com e
ment , p erha ps bot h me th od s faile d , and to m y o fii c e i n t w o weeks I h ave had .

an y me th od wi l l fai l ul ti ma t ely i n every n um e rous cases wh ich l on g resis t e d al lo

person s case, at dea t h
’ “
A n ti Hum b u g.
”
- pa t hic or ecl e c t i c treat m en t yet r e cov e re d
m en t ions a case w h ich got on as wel l on mi l k u nder th e Hom oe o pathi c L et th ese s ufii c e .

and wate r as th e p at ient o f D r R osens t e i n . . from my own cases th e y wil l m ore t h an .

’ !
D id t h e same case on m i l k and wa t er counter balance A n t i Humbug s v ery u n
“ -

n o t g e t o n b e tt er t han s imil a r ca ses und er fair cases .

A l l o p athic t reatment ! If we are to belie v e R egard ing th e c ases of fever an d agu e

S i r J o h n F or be s , one of the he a d s of An ti referred t o we know not wh e th er the treat
,

H umbu g s ” s ty le of practi ce , it ou gh t t o have

’
m ent of Dr Rosenstei n was t h e sam e as
.

g o t o n b et ter .
t h at adop t ed b y D r Hal l or n o t Bleed
. .

Fairer c ases than these for testing th e .

i n g i n t h e cold stage i s n ow gi ven u p ,
val ue of Hom e op a th i c trea t ment coul d no t as t h e great c oup ” for i t, a nd specifics are
by any possi b i l i ty h ave b ee n selec t ed , and a d mi nistere d by th e e c lec ti cs or a l lopa th i sts
yet th at mode of tre a t men t most si g nal l y or e m p i ri c s , e i t h e r name wil l sui t A nd w h at .

fai led , ” says A n t i Hum bug - I w i l l , now are t h ese s p ecifics O n e of th e best authors
gi ve , t o c o un t e r p o ls e t h ese mos t absurd and on a 110 p a thic m at e ri a m edica N e lli g a n , ,

u nfair cas e s , some i n favor o f Hom o p at h y , says of t h em t hat t hey are agents wi th t h e
and as A n t i H um b u g b rin g s forwar d som e
- rat ional e of t h e remedi ate m od es of ac t ion ,
ca s es w h ic h occurred u nder h is own c og n i z o f w h ich we are unacquai nted ! T h e y are ,

ance , I w i l l gi ve a fe w which came under ch osen b y allo p at h ists or eclec t i cs , em p i t i

mi ne I h ave h a d under my t re a t m e n t i u th e
. cal ly , but i t wil l b e fou n d t h at th ese speci fi cs
Hom oeopathic Dis p ensar y i n t h is ci t y, a ac t u p o n t h e Hom oeopat h i c p ri nci p le o f
!
cas e of Broncho Pneu monia, and i nci pi e nt Si milia Si m ili b us C ure u t u r ” .

P hth isis , w h ic h resis t e d th e t rea t ment of t he For t h e fai r t rial o f H om o p ath y t w o

M on t real General Hos p i t al for ni ne m on th s -

c ases were elabora t el y ch ose n T h e i n fla m

T h is case recovered , by t h e 3 rd of Bryonia m a to ry case has al read y bee n d isposed of,
and P h os ph orus , — medici nes H om oe op h a bu t w h a t of t h e oth er case of fever and ague
t h i c to the d isease . whi ch resisted the tr e atment of Dr Rosen .

Another case h ad b een d ismissed with s tei n s o l on g wi thout b ene fi t A nti .

ou t b enefi t from th e M on t rea l General Hos H umbu g” nai vel y ne g le c ts to t el l u s h o w

p i t a l a f te r a long residence an d m uc h tor t ure
,
long i t r esi sted t h e e nergetic treatm ent of
for Ar t i cular Rh euma t is m w i t h me tas tasis to D r Hal l , afterwar d s F or th e fai r t ri al o f
. .

t he P e ricardium Wh e n he b ecame my p a
. Hom o p at hy one c ase was sn a tched n u
ti en t i n t he D ispensary, i t took h i m th ree s c i e n t i fic a lly out of t h e hands of t h e e x p e ri
h ours and a h al f to wal k a mi le He su f .
.
m e nte r i n i ts na t ural progress I n the .

f e re d excrucia tingl y over th e region of the oth er case of fever and a g ue ” t h e pati ent ,

H eart Had been b urned , physicke d, b lis

. snatch ed hi msel f out of the ex p eri m e n t ers
t e re d , pai n t e d wi th Iodi ne , & c , & c , wi t h . . hands ; b ut b o t h cases were take n fr o m D r .

ou t b enefit, for a long time i n t h e M on treal B os e n s t e i n b e fore th e d i sea e s t e rmin ate d s

.

G eneral Hos p i ta l He was cured by a fe w

. It i s wonderful to se e p a t i e nts beari n g u p
doses of Acon and Be ll . b ravel y u nder a c o n t i nuance of t or t ure ,
Another p e rson w h o had been for a l on g al l opa t hi ca l ly , for l ong p eriods and ye t t h ey ,
period i n th e Montreal General Hospital , wi ll become resti ve i n a f e w d ays u nd e r
b urn e d blis t ered and tor t ured as usual
, Hom o path y Al thou g h n o n b el ievers i n
.
-

for disease of heart, comp l i cated wi t h Hy dro Hom oe opath y th e y ex p ec t to b e reli e ved an d
thorax asci t es and g eneral drops y, was c ured at a m o m e n t s n o t ice M a n i s c er t a i n
'
.

broug ht to t he H o m o p a t h ic D is p ensar y ly i nconsisten t b u t 0 h ow m uch e ve n t h es e

,

and cured by a fe w doses o f Aco n a nd . most a b surd t ri a ls of A n t i H u m b ug ! s n eak -

Digita lis . i n favor of H om oe opath y for i n An t i H um ,

-

I had a c as e of scrofulous op th alm ia ’ ”

bug s e mpha ti c lang uage , n othi ng un fo r .
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t un a t e is s u e d” from the terribl e d ereliction the y w ere s u ppresse d b y a j oint r esol u tio n
of d ut y of D r Hal l perm itting a H om oe o
. of Dr Pari s , th e Presi d ent o f th e Roy al C ol
.

path to be w ithi n t h e wall s of t h e Hos p i tal . lege of Ph y sicians and other mem bers of t h e
Surel y An t i Hum b ug ” has m i s t aken a
- Medical Cou nci l Lord R G rosvenor (n o w
. .

m ol e h il l for a m ou n t a i n If t h e Medical . Lord E b u ry ) , a ware th at Dr M ac lo ugh la n .

Facul ty connec t ed with th e Montreal Gen h ad i nspec te d t h e H om oe opathic Hos p ital

eral Hospi tal or t h e governors of t h e M on
, i n Golden Sq uare , and o bserving t h at t h e
treal G eneral Hospita l h ave an y desire to s tatis tics of th i s Hos p i tal were no t i ncl uded
benefi t h um an i t y b y gi vi ng pati en t s the i n the general returns made t o Parl iament ,
ch o i ce of t h e Hom oeo p at h ic t reatment , I move d for C o p ies of t h e returns that h ad
w i ll m ost ch eerfu ll y assis t them to a c c o m bee n reje cted by t h e M edical Council T h e .

p li s h t h at o bject I wi l l sh e w the m n o t
. motion was agreed to by t h e H o use of C o m
by s i n gl e cases , but b y am pl e a n d reliable mons , wh e n t he a b ove resol ution , astoun d
statis t ics that th e Homoe op at hic method of
, i ng to t h ose w h o were no t previousl y
practice i s i n accordanc e w i th m y 4 th pos ac quainted with Hom oe op ath y , was made .

t ulate . D r Horner p ronou nces t h i s proceeding on

.

I w il l now gi ve some i nformation from th e part of th e Royal Col lege of P h ysicians ,

other so urc es Dr Benne t t , wh o from p re
. . as a conspiracy a gainst t h e trut h , an d
j udi c e or i gnorance i s opposed to H o m oe o against h umani ty itself ” What can be .

p ath y , wri t es th e followi ng statem ent t e th oug h t of a p rofession w hich suppresses

gard i n g cases of Pn eu monia , w hic h were s u c h f a c t s because th e y condem n i t s p rao
,

se e n b y Dr George Balfour o f E di n b urgh

. . tic e , whi le i t s ad h ere n t s are t o o p re j ud ice d
‘
H e s ays , ver y severe cas e s of Pne umonia t o test Hom oe op a thy for them sel ves I
w ere o b s e rved i n th e Hom oeopa t h i c Hos p i T h e proceedings o f t he M edic a l p ro fe s
ta l of Vi e n na , un d er treatm ent t hat n o rea sion agai nst Hom oe op ath y , says Dr R ush , .

sona b l e Me d ical man can sup p ose to b e any of Phi l adel p hi a, is a n ex traordi nar y pi cture
thin g e ls e t h an i nert y e t m ost of t hese ,
of p re fat ory p a m c , v ulg a r wonder , i gnorance ,
cases got wel l I ask i f i t i s n ot reason ,
ob t ru si ve van i ty , p l ans for profi t and p c p u
abl e t h a t cau se s should be j udged by th e e f la ri ty , fatal “ blunders , distracting c on t ra d i c
f e c t s prod uced I f Hom oe o p a th y i s at t end e
tions , and egr gious em p iric i sms ”
.

e d w i t h b etter resul ts t h an al lo p ath y , i s i t T h e mean duration of D isease particul arl y

reasona b l e to adhere t o a llopathy for t h e Inflammation of t h e l ungs has b ee n s t ate d ,

c ure of d isease , because Dr Bennett or . b y Drs Tessier an d L o u i s of P ari s D r Hen

. , .

A nti H umbu g, say i t i s n ot h i ng ! Cer

-
”
ders c h , Professor of P a t h ol o gy , U n i versi ty
t a i n ly n o t A ccordin g to Dr R outh , (A i
. . of E di n b urgh and Dr D i e t le , A llo p athi c
.
.

1 0 p ath i c Physi cian ) th e sta t is t ics of dis

,
Ph y sician of Vienna , t o be as fol lows
eases treated H o m o p a t h i c a lly and A 110 T re a ted
p a t h i c a lly , are as fol lows H om o p a t h i c a lly Al lopathicall y . .

Death s u nder A verage d urat i on of

Hom oe opathy A l lopath y . . cases ll§ days 2 9 days . .

’ ”
I nflammation of th e E xpectan t sys t em , A nti Humbu g s milk -

l un gs 5 i n 1 00 2 3 i n 1 00 and water system 2 8 days .

Dysenter y 3 i n 1 00 2 2 i n 1 00
r xrs s s i vn
. .
a nn or a r uv
3 i n 1 00 1 3 i n 1 00
Inflam mation of t he St Bartholomew s Hos p ital sp ends £ 2
.
’
,

3 i n 1 00 1 3 i n 1 00 6 00 sterli ng p er annum , i n dru g s ;

A S IA T IC C H O LE R A .
pi nts of black draugh t were a d mi nis t ered ,
and l eeches appl ied i n one ye a r T o .

Accordin g t o a docume n t ordere d to b e this c at a l o g ue m u s t of course b e add e d th e

pri nted on th e 2 1 s t May , 1 8 5 5 by t h e House ,
gallons of l ife b l ood le t ou t b y th e l an
-

of Com mons , and w h i ch ough t t o be i n t he cet and th e fearful a m ount of su ff ering i n .

l i b rary of ever y h o m o p a t h i s t and every flic t e d b y b listers an d ot h er ex t ernal a pp li

ph i la nthropist i n th e w orld , th e com p ara cations al l , i t wi ll b e o b s e rve d ,u nn e ce s s a ry ,
-

tive d eath rate d uri ng th e fearful epidemi c nay , far worse t h a n u n n e c e s s a ry T he

of Asi a t i c C h ol era in 1 8 6 4 — an d surely i t is
.

death rate under Hom o p ath y i s m uch less

n o t r iflin g di s e a s e , nor
“ a di s e a s e o
f chi lad! t h an u n d er Allopa t hy for th e d ura t ion o f
”—
hood was under c a ses curabl e b y b oth sy ste ms i s as 1 1 3 for ,

H o m o p a t h i c treatm ent per 1 00 . Ho m oe op a th y agai nst 2 9 days for A llo p a thy .

A ll opat h i c treatment per 1 00 . Were t h e Montreal General H o spi t al c on

A lth ou g h th e sta t isti cs relati ng t o th e treat verted into a H om oe op a t h i c Hospi t al , i t
m en t of A si atic Cholera at t h e H o m oe o wo uld be capable of rel i evin g h u ndred s of
p a t hi c Hos p i t al w ere certi fi e d b y D r Mac .
p a t ients p er an nu m more than at present
lo ug h la n , A l l opa thi c Ph y si ci an an d Medical j ust i n th e pro p ortion that 1 1 3 d ays bear t o
I nspector of the Genera l Bo ar d of H ealt h , 2 9 d ay s T h e i mm ense a mo u nt of rea l
.
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good w hich woul d res u lt i f H om o p ath y thus disposed o f pos tulate N o 4 I h ope I . .

we re ad o pte d inste ad of A l l opath y th rou gh ha ve s ustai ned it to Anti H um b u g s sati s

“ -
' !

out th e world , i s al m ost incalcula b le It is .

fac t ion . I sh al l endeavour i n m y future
i n the nature of such a po wer as H om oe o comm unication to sus tai n t h e r e m ai ni n g
path y to b e encroac h i n g , and i t surel y can o t u la t e s s e ri a ti m a nd th e n d ra w m y d e d uc
p s , ,
no t b e cal led arroganc e ! to proclaim tions .

boldly what one can defend as being true . Y o u rs trul y,

A rrog a n c e ! I t hink , be l ongs t o t he proci s
, J O HN WA N L E SS , M D . .

mat ion of error , and i nflat ion to th e wind

!

Montrea l , Jul y 1 4, 1 8 6 4 .

bag , which ca n be easi l y collapsed I h ave .

'

H O M C E O P A T Y H
T o th e Edi tor of the M o s r a a a r T a a us c arr r
. .
Dr G roe n e ve lt i n 1 7 03 p ub li s he d a l ittl e
.

Sir —With your permi ssion I now pro

,
work full o f i nteres t in g cases of S t ra n g u a ry
c e e d to prove , what Anti Humbug has -
” — w h ich were c ured b y S pani sh fi le s a ,

p ronounce d to b e rather pos t ulates than !

m edi ci ne w h ich is wel l known to prod uce
reaso n s I n m y last com munication the 4 t h
. S t ra n g uary i n a health y i ndi vidual wh en
p os t ula te was disposed o f, the others w il l give n i n l ar g e doses F or the pu blicat i on
.

b e taken up seriat i m . of thi s b ook , th e R oyal Coll ege of Physi cians

T h e ls t reason gi ven i n favor of the os of Lond on commi t ted D r G ro e n e v e lt to .

ta b li s h m e n t of a Homoeopathi c c h air i n t h e New g at e by t h e warrant of thei r own Pre

,
”
M ed i cal Faculty of M c G ill Uni versity was s id e t
n . Anti H um b ug
- assumes a cer t ai n
bec ause Homoeopa th y possesses a univer form o f academical p ersec ution too .

sa l law of c ure , an d t h erefore raises t h e As there is a good d eal of space

practice of p h ysic to a science ” I t i s a wel l
known ci rcums tance that t h e medici nes
chose n by Hom oeo p athists are chosen for t h e
cure of diseases , b ecause the same m edicine
w h e n give n i n a large dose to a h e a lt hy i ndi
vid ual will p rod uce sym ptoms si mi lar to the
symptoms of th e diseas e which i s to b e trea te d
T h e le g al way of proving th at H o m o p a t h
i s ts select t h eir r e medies upon thi s law of
cure , would be to sw ea r a fe w Hom oeopat h
i s ts and o bt ai n th ei r evidence from t h e wit
ness b o x : Anti Hum b u g! need not p ut m e
-
. t o be occupie d i n provi ng th e other pos t u
lat es , l et m e be as brief as possi bl e with
eac h . T hese i nstances o f t h e la w of c ure
w il l be su ffi cient t o prove th a t th ere i s
on e , an d i f there can b e on e case proved
t h at m edici nes w h i c h pro d uce a complai nt ,
i f not t here , wil l c ure a si m ilar c om plai n t
i f i t be t h ere , the n t h at i s su ffici ent , for
nature h as never t w o laws for t he a c c om
p li s h m e n t of th e same obj ec t al l h er l aws
are sim p le an d of u ni versal app lic atio n for
accom pli shing th e end i n vi e w .

to t his trou b le I p resume

, Instead of. I t therefore raises t h e practice of
pe rforming this feat, however, I will physic t o a sci ence ” i s th e remaini ng
g ive him a few m ore i nstances w h ich p rove portion of th e postulate ” W hat i s a .

t h at medicines d o ac t curatively and a c science ! Sci ence i s knowl edge bui l t

cord ing to th i s law Hippocrates said
. on principles ”
T h e practice of H om oe o
.

give a draug h t from the roo t of mandrake , path y i s b ase d an d bui lt on t h e pri n ci p l e
i n a smaller dose t h an wi l l i nduce mania, h ere e nunciate d t h at m edici nes prod uci n g
,
and i t will ac t cura t ivel y on m ania ” . similar sym pt oms i n heal t h wi l l c ure si mi
T h e sym p toms which wi ll follow the a d lar symp t oms i n diseas e t h e la t i n form ula
,
ministra ti on o f a l arge dose of corrosive of whic h is si milia si mil i bus
su b li mat e to a heal th y person — (says Tay “
Let l ikes b e treated by T h e ls t
lor i n h i s M edical J uri s p ru d e n c e — wi l l be postulate i s thus esta b l ished .

l ike those of d y s e n t e rv , viz te nesm us and

.
T h e z ud postul a t e i s Becau se t h e ad
mucous discharges m i xed w ith blood , & c . m i nistrat ion of medici nes , a ccordin g to th e
I n fact in flamma t ion of the stomach and Hom oeopat h i c law, does n ot inj ure an y part
”
bowels . An t i Humbug d oes no t thi nk of
-
of th e health y organis m ” .

doubting t hat t h ese s y m p toms recor d ed I have proof from A nti H umbug ! h i m -

aga i nst corrosive su b li mate by Taylor are sel f to sustai n thi s postulate , for h e says
correct H o m o p a t h i s ts are al l j us t as wel l
.
that not h i ng u nfor t un ate issued ” f go m th e
assur ed that th e same kind of sym p toms i n
'

di seas e wi ll c e ase u p on t h e ad minis tration
of d ynamise d doses of corrosive subli mate
T h e way to prove ei th er i s to try
ad mi n i stratio n of t h e h om é op a t h ic t rea t
ment of h i s great hospi tal c as e s h a n d the
. p ublic wi l l know t h at one d ro p of t h e S t
.

I ha ve . w ”
La r ence w i l l not inj ure s u y y ne No , e .

abundantl y t ri ed i t and have found i t t rue

, . A nti Humbug,
-
noth i n g un fort u na te eve r !

'
’ “
W h y won t Anti Humbug ” s tu d y the m at
- ”
i ssu es from t he hom oe opathi c t re fit m e n t t o
t or, o r allow o thers t he pri vilege of bei ng t h e li vi ng organs , t h eir h o m ce a t h i c powers
p
t aug ht th e d oc tri ne of Hom oeopa thy do n ot li e in the d irectio n of inj uri n or a ns
g g
.
,
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th e y a re on l y p ower ful t o cur e But I i i e n t ha d s w al lo w e d th e m e d ici ne H ow t e

. .

k no w m y sel f t h e d i ffi culty of u n d erstan d p ug n a n t a re the nauseous d oses of al lo p ath y

i n g th i s fa ct a n d I can sym p athi se w i th t o all , especial ly t o chi l d re n
, O fte n .

A n t i H umbug w h e n h e look s a t the po wer h ave I seen th e noses o f l ittl e ch i l d re n

-

of med ic i ne s from a n al lopath ic poi nt o f held tig h t , s o t hat t h e y woul d h ave to

vi e w , from w h i ch w e can n ever see a c ur b reath e through t h e m o n t h whil e force d ,

ati ve mea n s estab lis h ed but t h rough th e to s wal low the horrid stu ff which th e stom
tel escope of a purgative , d iap h oretic , an ach wi ll li kewi se do its b est to ca s t out , by
io d i n e pai ntin g , a m oxa, arc T h is estab its o w n i nstin cti ve action
. I n fact every .

l i sh es th e second postul ate .organ struggle s t o rid i tsel f of t h ese nau

T h e 3 rd postul at e Because th e properl y s e o us , ofte n destructi ve materi als , and i t is
se lected h o m o p a t h i c remed y acts curative t hi s castin g for t h of the m ed i ci ne , by these
~

ly on t h e d i sease itself and re moves it (wh en violent e fforts , that is actual l y l ooked u pon
curati ve m eans are possi b l e wit h b y many as a curati ve process B ut th is , m y .

E very mater i al i n n ature i s k n own b y its fifth postulate surely n o one would thi nk o f
pro p erties . T h e I pecac t h e Canthari d es , d isputing
, .

Mercuri us C orro s i vus — are kn ow n b y th eir , nt h p ostul ate , Because th e sick room
properties , and th e e ff ec t s resul t i ng from during th e treatm en t of th e pa t i en t m a y be
t h e adm i nistration of these pro p erties , are al ways kept fre e from ap p earances of b loo d
lik e wi se know n T h e proof th at disease and other re p ulsive and filth y results of A l
‘

e xists , i s th at the sy m ptom s o f t h e disease lO p a t h i c trea t ment ” Surel y this does n ot .

are pres e nt Headach e attended wi t h require t o be estab lished Just visit a p a

. .

Bi liou s Vom iti n g , & c , & c , are sym ptoms tient under Ho m oeo p a th ic treat me nt , suffer
. .

of a dynam ic d i s e ase of th e S tomach or ing f rom a si mi lar disease , treate d b y Al lo

H ead I p ecac wi l l produ ce a si milar d isease p a t hy , a n d all t h is w i l l be a p parent T h e
. .

of th e Stomach or Head How i s that k nown h aggard countenance u n d er Allopath y from

.

Because Ip e c a c w i l l prod uce Headach e , a t t he narcotic th e u ncomforta b l e res ult of ,

tende d wi t h Bilious Vomi t ing & c , & c , leech e s , the writhi ngs from t h e dressings o f
,
. .

w h en gi ven i n a large dose to a h eal th y i n b listered surfaces and other m ethods of

divi d ual A dy namised dose of Ip e c a c w il l t ort ure , the prostrat ion , & c , from purgation
. .

cure , H ead ach e attended wit h Bilious and di uresis , saliva t ion , & c , & c , all t hese . .

Vomitin g , Ho w d o we k now that ! ar e a b sent with Hom oeopathic treatment

I n th e sam e w ay t h at w e kno w any oth er the patie nt i s cal m and collecte d , free from
fact . W he n a p erson w h o i s s uff erin g tor t ure , recovers rapidly , and looks ch eer
from H eadach e atten d ed w ith Bilious ful and eve n s h ou ld death terminate the
Vomi ti ng , & c , ” recei ves a dynamised dose scene occasional l y that last act of life may
of Ip e c ac , i m me d iately after he w i l l h ave no even taste of its pleasures .

more H e adach e Vomiti n g , & c T h i s is t h e

,
7 t h “ Because t he study of th e pr actice of
. .

proof t h at t h e Ipecac ac t s on t h e disease i t physi c accordin g t o the doc t rines an d

sel f, an d rem oves i t I have been c o n vi n c teac h ings of H om oeopath y can be d emon
.

e d o f t h e test h un d red s of ti mes , and s o stated to be a p h i losophical study which

m a y an y one who wil l tr y , as H o m oe o b ecomes more and m ore i nteresting at ever y
p a t h i s t s d o T
. h e re h ave b een no signs of step o f progress , and is w or t h y th e profound

an y ot h er organ s becom i n g affected i n an est scholar , t h e most capacious i nte llect ,

”
a b n ormal w ay by th e ad mi nis t ra t ion of t he an d t he purest christia n .

dy n ami sed dose of I p ecac W e t h erefore Lord Brougham defi nes ph ilosoph y as
.

concl ude th at I pecac h a s onl y a cted on the fol lows H e w h o i n whatever situation
d isease of Headac h e atte nded wi th B i lious his lot may be cast , prefers t h e re fi ned and
Vomitin g , & c and has rem oved elevatin g p leasures of knowledge t o the
i t A nd as w i t h I pecac so with all t h e other low g ra t i fic a t i on s o f the senses , rich ly de
.

Hom oe opat h i c rem ed ies F a cts agai n there serves th e nam e o f philosopher or lover of
.

”
fore susta i n p o stul ate 3 rd Pos tu late 4 w as wisd o m . .

sustai ned i n m y last letter .

Galileo , Herve y , an d others , although
5 t h Postu l a te Because H om o p a th i c persecuted , an d set d ow n as fools , m ust
.

Medici n e can al most alway s be adm inister h ave felt a hi gh er grati fication i n p ros e c ut
e d easil y an d without repugnanc e to al l ing th e truth t h an th eir enemies did i n per
c lasses o f Patie nts and under al l condition s ”
s c outing i t, whil e th e latter woul d not i h
.

If a person h a s h ad hi s brai n con cussed , v e s t i g a t e for themsel ves H om oe 0p a t h i s t s ,

’
-
.

or i s i n a state of Epi leps y , A p oplex y , & c , especiall y those who have been A l lo p aths ,
.

hi s m outh m ay be rigid l y c losed , ye t a few as I ha v e bee n m ysel f, feel that i t i s an e x

pel l ets of th e h om oeopa th i c remedies m ay be tension of thei r w isdom to know th e powers
a l way s i n trod uce d betwee n th e li ps , an d a h of the Homoe opathi c rem edies , which th e y
sorptio n wi l l ta ke pl ace as w el l from the h ad spurn e d an d contem ne d before A n d .

m oi ste ne d m u cous s u rface a s i f the p a cer t a inl y it c au ses a n y m an t o be co m e m or e

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!
an d more a lo v er of wisdom wh e n th e re is ment o f D y namic Dise a ses .
,
re veal ed at every ste p of re s e arc h , p o w e rs T o p rove t h i s Postulate , I w i l l sim pl y
i n nature hi t herto unknown to him A ll tha t q n ote from a fe w of the em i nent Ph y si cians
.

H o m oeopat his t s wi sh i s , that A l lopa th ists o f the A ll0p a t h i c sc h ool S i r Jo h n Forbes , .

woul d s t udy th e sy ste m a nd t ry i t and se t .

P h ysician t o our beloved Q uee n regardi ng
,
”
as i de t h eir not ion of h i d i b lli t th e en ergetic trea t me n t o f A l l O p a t h i s ts ,
t e n c re y of i t .

d
W e h ave noth ing t o o wi t h i ncredi bili ty sa ys ,
T h at evid e nce sh ows not si mpl y
i n progress , fo r much of o ur knowled g e was t h e power of nature to overcom e d i sease ,
bu t t o overcom e this and the ar t i ficial dis
i n c re d h is a p r ior i , we never w ould h ave
ease superad d ed b y the e n e r g e t i c i g n o ranc e
had an y im provement i n an y science
i f we h ad s topped our p rogress by of t h e prac t i t ioner !
.
A gai n h e says I
th e stu p id c ry of i n cre d i b f li y
t . Suc h h ave i nd eed n o doubt t h at a portion of the
c ries are almost alway s made i n lg d ea th s w hich supervene to disease treated ”
u ora n c e , for t h ose w h o make t hem h a ve by art ,
are th e direct pr oduce of t h at art .

Sir Astley Cooper s a i d , “ that the scienc e

bes towed n o s t udy u p on t h e su bject
Ag ain , “ An t i Humbu g s -
’ ”
grai n of of m ed icine was founde !
d i n conj ecture a n d
common sense wh i ch i s t o b e s ufii c i e n t im p roved b y m urder
”
,
.

to r e s i s t t h e beli e f of a fact i s j ust as wi se Dr R eid

. says ,
“
m ore i n fantil e s ubj ects
,
as th e Ac a demicians , wh o when a p p lied to are perhaps destroyed by t h e pes t l e an d
by t h e le t Nap oleon t o ascer ta i n i f c on c e n mor tar, th an i n ancien t Beth leh! e m fell vic
t ra t e d s t eam according to F ul to n s process
,
'
t ims t o th e H erod i an M assacre
,
.

Dr Dickson sa y s “
So far as m y e x p e ri
could propel a vesse l , i t i s sai d th a t they . ,

repli e d by a burst of olym p ic lau gh t er , ence goes , fe w p e o p le are permi tted to d i e

and kept bac k th e clock of civil i of dis e ase , th e o rt h odox fashi o n i s t o d ie of
z a t i o n for a quar t er o f a cen t ury I t m ust t he D octor ”
K ei per s a i d
. i n m ost cases
certa i nl y be a p h i los O p h i c a l s t udy to dis th e p rover b i s true , t h at th e remedy i s
cov e r t hat there a re p owers i n na t ure , eve n worse th an the disease , and t h e Doc tor
i n t h e mi nu t e d i vi s a b i li t y of matter , which more d angerous t han th e d i sor d er H u ff .

wil l cure diseas e s , accord ing to a l aw, b et land said , m y Opi nion i s that more harm
.

”
ter th an by o t her me t h od s as , see s tatis t h an go od i s done b y p h ysi c ians
.
.

tica l ta b les . Surely th e stud y of such Boe rh oe ve s a i d t h a t i t wou l d have bee n

powers m ulti pl ying at every s t e p of our i h i nfin i tely be tt er i f medical m e n had never
,

v e s t ig a t i o n , w i l l b e i nterestin g , j ust i n t h e ex i s t ed ”
.

“
ra t io of our ad vancemen t Hom oeop at hy
. Dr Lan. e sai d ,
allo p ath ic treatm e nt i s
h a s t o d o wi t h th e germ s of dis e ase , — th e u nques t ionably an e vi l pregnant w it h re
first vi tal d e par t ure fro m h eal t h i n any s ult s i nfer i or onl y t o t he ori g i na l complai nt ,
”
t issue . T h ese v lt a l, local or g e neral , i n i n i t s d amag in g e ects on th e consti t u t ion ff .

st in c ts w h e ther normal or abnormal, m ust

,
Surely th at i s enough t o prove m y 8 th
b e p ro found and can only b e reac h ed b y a postula t e
,
.

pro found curat ive agent, whic h wil l i nduce 9 t h p ostulate w i l l be generall y acknow
t hese i nstinc t s , when a b normal , to re t urn l ed g ed as a fac t ; I wi l l sim p l y s ta te i t
to t heir norma l cond i tion . B e cause th e mos t pr e per ti me t o l earn th e
A n d what re m e d y i s s o li k e ly to a ffec t these di ff e ren t m e t hods of practice i s d uri n g
i ns t inc t s as one w h ic h i s k nown to act o n Iyou th , for it is a w el l k no w n fa c t that i n
'
-

th em excl usive l y ; for , as we hav e shown , t he advanced years of li fe i t i s one of th e

the Hom oe o p at h i c Drug i n large dos e s wi l l mos t di ffi cu l t du t ies of even a ra t i onal m a n
prod uc e sim i lar sym p t om s to th e disease t o u nlearn th at which h e l earned as tru t h
whic h i t i s c h ose n to r e medy Consequent (al th ou g h error ) i n h i s y ou n g e r y ears , and
.

ly th ese remed ies (wh en th e diseased s y m p t h at i n 9 9 cases out of a 1 00, ol d m e n are

t o ms a bate af te r th eir us e ) m us t have induced found condemning t h at wh ic h the y d o not
t h e cause of these s y m p toms , or a b normal kno w, rather t h an s p end t h e n ecessar y
vita l p roc esses , to return a g ai n t o th eir n or time i n i nves t i g a t in g t h e truth .

mal condi t ion Dise as e i s l oo ked u p on as a

. loth postul at e is a we l l known fa ct , be
v i tal t hing by Homoe o pa th ists not a crude cause Homoe opa th y ex p eriments onl y on
en t i ty , or tumour or i n fla m mati on ; t h ese h eal th y persons , and n ot o n the sic k ”
, .

are only t he e ff ects of t h e ab normal vi ta l However , I may m ention , that th e Ma t eria

cause : and w h a t m ore wor th y a profound M ed ica of H o m oe 0p a t h i s t s is s im p ly a t e
Scholar and i nt e lligent C h ri s t ian than to cord o f t h e sym pt oms produced b y th e cru d e
t race ou t life in i t s ac tion throu g h or g an med i cine i n hea l t hy p e rs o n s , a n d t he fac t s re
ism Let th i s s n fli c e f or th e 7 t h postulate cord ed b y M edical J urist a are ver y va lu a b l e
. .

8 1 h “ B e cause t h e m os t in te l lectual an d to the H o m ce opa t h i s ts , wh e n t h ey sh ow th e

.

ex p e ri e n ced o f th e A llopa t hi c sch ool h ave direction o f t he ac ti ons of the vari o u s p oi

in t hei r h o nes t y ack now l e d g e d that A l lo sons i n the h ealth y organis m . Whe n th e
pa th y is a d el u sion a n d a s n ar e i n the trea t s y mpto ms of a d is e ase are si m il a r t o t hose

» rod uc e d a n h eal th y i n d i vi d u al b y a
on
re i s e n
, w e m a y be s ure that that po i son
ly n a m i s e d s o as n ot t o d o h arm w il l ac t
,
ura t lv e ly i n a sm al l d ose on th e s c ourc e s of
“P O Bii m p t o m s T h e sym pt om s of t n e
. e ffects of d isease i n t h e g eneral s y s t e m , an d
ils e a s e are sim i lar t o th e s y m p toms !
i f t he poison , w e say th ere fore th e s c ou rc e s
of th e s e s y m ptom s are sim i lar T h e cause
of th e abn ormal tissue is a vi t al d is t ur b an c e ,
it i s th e d isease , and i s a su bt le th in g
T h e an t i d ote m ust n ecessaril y b e a sub t l e
thin g t o o . T h e crite rion fo r th e selection
of t h e remedy , w as prove d on t h e hea l th y
indivi d ual i n the Hom oeopa t hic practice ,
b ut i n A ll opa t h y th e exper i m ent t o prove
th e e ffect of t h e m e d ici ne i s on t he
si ck , an d w e have alrea d y see n w hat the
re sul t s of t h e se experi m ents are
1 1 t h pos t ulate “ B caus e
. e H o m es c p a t h y
does away wi t h t he a b surd a n d h e t er o gene
, m a c h inery
ou s p rescri pt i ons o f P h ysi ci ans w h i c h o ften
con t ai n d ozens o f d i fferen t and nauseo us
material s , ca l culat e d t o d i s t ur b t h e pri nci
p l es of na ture , and t o fi gh t agains t each
ot h e r i n th e dar k — and w hi c h l e ave too f re
quently t h eir u n e x p e lled de t ri t us to i n j ure
t h e l iving m a c h i ne ry for l i f e ”
W h e n i t is
. It is sai d th at Hom oe op at h ic pat ients re
tru e t ha t e ver y m edicinal su b s tance i f
tested o n th e l i vi n g m ac h i nery , p rod uces
‘
i t s ow n p ecul iar se t of action s th ere , i t wi l l
be fo und t h a t one m edicinal s ubs t ance wi l l
ac t on one p ar t of ti ss ue , ano th er wi l l pro
duce distur banc e i n ano th er s p eci a l par t of
tissue , a th i rd , fourth and so o n u p t o doz
ens , a l l ac t in g i n d i ff erent d irec t ion s ; and
th ese s elected and adm i n i s t ered em p ir i ca l ly
are found to dis t ur b th e v i t a l p rocesses i h
stead o f i nd ucin g t h e m to re t urn to t h eir
norm al condi ti on R egardin g th e nue z
. b ulk of colourin g ma tter, an d a taste of
p e lle d detr i t us of t h ose crud e A llopa th ic
c os e s refe rred to i n t h is pos t ulate I may t e
mark t h at whe n s o m uc h Gam b oge , A loes ,
Cal om el , at h a s g e n us om n e h a s b een and is
give n t o i nd iv i d ual s i n d i sease , th e i h
s t i n c t s o f th e s t omach and b owels may be
as it were , sed uced i nto permit t in g t h eir
a b sorp t i on i n t o t h e circu l a ti n g sys t em by
w h i c h the y are carrie d t o a ll par t s of the
,
body .
T h e s e crude m ed icinal subst a nces not
being p ossesse d of any e leme nt calcula t ed
t o bu i l d u p was t e d t issue , ca n never b e
. pos t ulate wil l be granted
made to assum e t h e form of l ivi ng cel ls ;
t h e y are t h erefore always d ri ven on th roug h
th e organ s u n a s s i m lla t e d , causing func t ion
a l d isturbance , and the fur t her such detritus
i s carri ed t h e m ore i s t he di ffi cu l ty o f e x
p ul sion ; h e nce t h e reason w h y so m uc h
M erc ury , Gam b oge , & C , & c , h ave bee n
. .
fo un d i n t h e ver y bones m any y ears after
t h e y ha v e b ee n ad mini stered , t h ereby ln
,
j u ri ng the living mac h i nery for life
T h ere i s no doubt t hat th e i ns t i ncts of
t h e stomach a nd bowels have better per
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as t o wh at is g ood for th e bod y
c e p ti on s
t han t h e ph y si cian wh o ad mi nisters such
trash , but these i nstinc t s may b e co n si d ere d
t o h e often som ewhat off thei r guard by th e
i n consequence t h e evi l thi n g s are al lowe d
t o pass m uster w hen the y shoul d have bee n
. at once ex p el le d as i ntru d ers havi n g d am
agi n g pro p erties .
. W h e n Spani s h flies are applied i n larg e
quantities to a raw surfac e of t h e s kin , t h e
b la dder and oth er internal organs wi l l be
s e l ected as its s p h ere of poisonous action .
When we h ave bags of serum thrown out
b eneath t he E p iderm is upon the a p plication
of a fly blister , it i s j us t an e x e m p li fic at i o n
of th e instincts of a p art (w h e n forced t o
. sel f defenc e ) acti n g conservatively , s o a s t o
-
have t h e le a s t i n j ur y d o n e t o th e w hol e
. I n t h e adm i ni s t ration of th e
g r e at maj ority of t h e A llo p a t h i c dru gs , t h e
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th ing acco m pli s h ed is sim p ly a t e a s i n g an d
t orturi n g o f th e ins t inc t s o f tissues which ,
m i g ht b e better em p loyed i n t he endeavour
t o remove th e dis e ase from th e system , i n
acco rdance w i th nat ures laws .
quire m uch fa i t h to b e lie ve i n th e p owers
of H om oe opa t h i c d rug s — to m y m i nd n e w,
,
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i t req u ires a great er am o unt o f faith on th e
p art of Al lopat h i c p at i ents to believe i n the
curative p o wers o f m aterials which are s o
wel l p roven to m a ke o n e sick and t o be a t ,
te nded wit h s u ch undesira b le e ffects as ha v e
been all uded t o i n th ese comm u nica t ions .
1 2 t h p ostulate . Because Ho m oe opat hy
does n ot pander t o t h e d e p raved t as tes of
many p eo p l e w h o r e quire for t heir mone y ,
som ething th at bites , b efore they can b e
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l ieve a c ure of t hei r d i seases possibl e .
How often d o m e dical m en see i n d i vi
d ua ls w h o woul d pay ch e erfully for a b ig
b ottleful of nauseous su b stances wh ich whe n
,
take n wil l reall y sicken t h em , and t h e m ore
i t s i cke ns t h em , t h e more will their fa i th
be i ncreased as t o its p owers of heal ing , an d
t h e m ore the y are h urt by th e drugs , th e
more skilfu l the Dr is thoug h t t o b e w h o
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prescribes t hem ; and th is i s cal le d “ common
sense .
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It wi l l be ap p arent t o al l that this
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i 3 t h pos t ul ate .
“ Because i t i s wel l
known that young m e d i c a l students woul d
attend H om oe opat h i c lectures on t h e p ra c
t ice of p h y sic i n large numbers , i f t h e y were
al lowed t o do s o by the facult y of me d ici ne ,
b efore whom at present t h e y migh t be afraid
”
a t t h eir exam ination for their degree .
It i s a we l l k nown fac t th at various Uni
v e rs i t i e s an d Col leges h ave d enou nced
. H om oeopathists , and rej ec te d St u dents an d
applicants for their d egrees an d di p lomas ,
a n d h a v e passe d resol u tions forbi dd i n g their

membe rs t o hol d an y profe ssiona l i nte r
c o urs e w ith those w h o a d opt t h is s y st em of
Pra c t is ing Medici ne , an d this ac t of
a u thori ty is exercised agai nst al l H om m op a
t h i s ts , w i t h ou t ever hav i ng studie d the su b
j ae t as a branch of natural knowledge foun d
e d u po n observed fa cts . B y this m e a n s m a ny,
y oung m en of an enquiri n g di spos i tion are
prevented from ac knowled g ing their desi re
to become ac quainted wit h H om es c p a t h y ,
not a few of whom are Medical Stu d ents of
M c G i ll College .
T h e R oy a l Col le ge of Surgeons of E n g
land however , fi n d s t h at i t i s not expedi
.
”
e nt t o interfere i n t h is matter , an d i t is to
b e hoped th a t M c G i ll Col lege wil l n ot onl y
a
l4 th Postulate . Because Hom o p a th y
wil l o ft e n c ure diseased state s w h ich are
conside re d in cura b le by ordinary prac tice ”
I ha ve already give n evidence i n this
corres p ondence tha t this is a fac t , a nd it
would b e u sel es s t o multi p l y cases
Anti H umbu g! i n hi s first l etter sta tes
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t hat “ H O m ce op a t h y ” bri n g s t o h i s assistance
1 4 reason s i n su pp ort of his p osition , but
lo g ical l y s peaking t h ey are not reasons b ut
rather p os t ulates, which , i f granted , the trul y
ecl ec ti c prac tice of th e present day w ould
tu m b le an d totter to t h e ground But there .
i s li ttle cha nce of that taking p lace , so long
as o n e grai n o f common sense remains
e x is te n t i n th e com munity It i s true that
. truly eclectic syste m , after its to t tering , to
ever y and any i nnovation upon tried usages
wi ll fi n d its su p po rte rs for t h e tim e being ,
th e ne w fangled not i on but to be d iscar d ed
in i ts tu rn wi t h those w h ich p roc e e d it ”
i t wil l b e necessary for m e to state t o th e
public w hat th i s electic p ractic e of the
present day is of whic h “ A nti Humbug ”
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seems to be a di s ci p l e .
T h e celebrated Bro us s a is sai d w ith his
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t
b i i ng irony , th e e clecti cs are al ways m en
o f su p eri or meri t ; t h e y are never m i s t ake n
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i n th e c h oice th ey make amon g the di ff erent
se cts , a n d to b e on thei r l ist i s to b e i n fa l
li b i e T h is is I hope , a fi ne dose o f p re s u m p
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ti on Wh at do y ou t hi n k b f i t , gentlemen of
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t h e ecl ec t ic s choo l! Co uld you succee d b et
te r i f y ou wish ed , to p rove that medicin e is
onl y a map of trad it ions b oth tru e and
fa ls e , of p recepts both g obd and bad , o f
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p rac ti ce s both useful n u d angerou s and
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. not wi sh to fi n d fau lt w i t h t h e m e n w h o
consequentl y n ot wort y of a pl ac e n the
r ank of sci ences It a pp e a ra t o m e t at to
sa y we are
ecl ecti cs , is
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to decl a re th er e i s
n o sound doctri ne , t h at al l t he Profess or s
h a ve erred in a great m an y parti cu l ars , and
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that we a re the onl y ones am ong al l
p h y i i c ia ns p a st a nd presen t w h o a re h e v er
m i sta k en !
.
A n ti H um bu g be an ec le ct i c aft e r
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that 7 Doe s e c le c t lc i s rn begi n to ! t ott e r
Not y et s ay s “ A n t i H um b ug ne t wh i l e
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,
o n e grai n of c om mon s e nse remains e x i s t e n t
i n the com m u n i ty !
I wi ll ad mit t h a t co m
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mon sense i s p lenti ful an d powerful , but I
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d en y t h at there i s as m uch as a grai n
of it i n the w hol e com mun ity T h i s is onl y .
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a postula t e gi ve n b y Anti H umbug to -
p reve nt h is edi fice from tum b l in g I assert !
that there is not the mil lion t h par t o f a grai n
i n weight , or anyth i n g lik e i t , i n al l t h e com
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munit y “
.
A n ti Humbu g m a y be s o fon d
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of hi g doses t h a t h e would prescribe a bigger
,
d ose t han t here i s ex i s t i n g I f th ere i s n ot .
a w hole g ra i n o f comm on sen se e x is t e n t i n
the com m unit y , e c le c ti c is m m ust fal l Did .
4 ‘ Anti H um bug ” ever see wei g h ed i n a pai r
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of a ot h e c a rie s ' scales t h e 2 0t h p a rt o f a
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s c ru p e of com m on sen se H e n e ver did , .
an d never w il l , f or h owe ver powerful c om
mon sense m ay be i t i s an i n fi n i t i s m a l H o
,
. m os O p a t h i c remed y whi ch , accordi n g t o
“ An ti Humbu g ” shou ld have n o power an d
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, ,
could not therefore pre v e nt h is e clec ti c is m
. from fal ling .
A nti H umbug ’ s agreem ent w as ‘F th at i f
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m y postulates were granted th e trul y e c le c
tic system o f the present day woul d tu mbl e
an d totter to th e g round ” T here bein g n o .
proof that there is a gra i n of com mon sense
i n t he community , an d I ap prehen d th ere
wil l be n o d iffic ult y i n granti n g that m y
postulates have bee n sustai ned , I th erefore
cal l U pon “ A nti Humbug ” to p erm i t h is
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tumbl e to the g roun d And , moreover , i t .
is the part of i n fi n it i s m a lH om m op a t h i e and
powerful comm on sense t o al l o w th e thin g
. to t um b le .
T hi s fully proven H om oeopathi c scienti fic
sy stem of practising phys i c should be h ai l
e d by M c G i ll Col lege an d th e Go vern ors of
the Montreal Ge neral Hospital as a
great boo n t o t h e comm u n i ty , an d a
harbinger of better times to su ff erin g h u
manity a ll over the worl d Li ke al l other
system s bui lt u p on truth , an d whi c h h ave
made thei r wa y a g ai nst dom i na nt i nterests ,
Hom oeopathy has out lived an d w i l l conti n u e
t o outlive th e sneer of t h e i gnoran t .
Homoe op ath y h as its basis u pon a ree k , a n d
can wel l a ff or d to w i thstand the ragi n g bi l
l a ws o f persecuti on , enmi t y an d i nsu lt , wi th
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which i t has t o cont e nd Hom oeopa t h y d oes .
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s t i ll clin g t o a worn out a n d d a n e
gpu s sys
tem , i t is m erel y de s irous that 5t he b etter
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sy ste m shoul d be st ud ied , and the w orse one
le ft behi n d o
I a m , Sir ; y ours trul y ,
! O H N W A NLE S S ' M D
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M ontreal , { u l y 2 9 , 1 8 6 4 .
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