Homoeopathy : its nature and relative value / by Archibald Reith ; with an appendix by D. Dyce Brown.
- Date:
- 1868
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Homoeopathy : its nature and relative value / by Archibald Reith ; with an appendix by D. Dyce Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![after siicli a candid statement ? It had been well for tliem, and for the public, too, had his pupils acted on his most sensible advice. So far from following out the obvious indications from the above cases, Liston's experience has been almost universally ignored. Our standard w^riters— Sir Tliomas Watson, Aitken, and Eeynolds—do not deign even' to notice it when they speak of the treatment of erysipelas. It cannot be that they are ignorant of it; and the only other conclusion is, that they have, with common consent, tacitly suppressed it, because it was an unanswer- able Avitness for Homeopathy. The late Dr. Horner of 'Hull in his pamphlet (appendix) quotes the opinion t)f some eminent Allopathic physician:i relative to Homoeopathy. Thus Dr. Combe says—Let us scout quacks and pretenders as we may. Homoeopathy pre- sents too strong a' case to warrant as to dismiss it with ridicule and contempt. If I were now in'practice, X should hold myself bound withoiit' further delay to test its truth, by careful and extensive' experiment. Professor Brera, a celebrated Italian physician, says— Homojopathy is decried by some as useless, and by others as strange; and although it appears to' 'the great majority as ridiculous and extraordinary, it can nevertheless not be denied that it has taken iti staiid in the scientific M^orld. It has its books, its journals, its cihairs, its' hospitals,' clinical lectures, pro- fessors, and most respectable communities to hear and to appreciate. Haviiig attained' this rank, it by no means deserves contempt; but, on the contrary, a cool and im- partial investigation, like all other systems of modern date. Professor M'Naughtoii, of New York, says— Whether Homoeopathy be true or not, it is entitled to have its claims fairly investigated. The object of the profession is to ascer- tain the t]'uth ; and if it should turn out that in any diseases tlie Homoeopathic remedies are more efficacious than those known to the ordinary system, they ought unquestionably to be used. It will not do for the members of the profes-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21911101_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
