The test drug-proving of the "O.O. & L. Society" : a re-proving of belladonna ; being an experimental study of the pathogenic action of that drug upon the healthy human organism. Conducted under the auspices of the American Homoeopathic, Ophthalmological, Otological and Laryngological Society, with the indorsement and co-operation of the American Institute of Homoeopathy and various state and local societies / arranged and condensed by the general director of the proving Howard P. Bellows.
- American Homoeopathic, Ophthalmological, Otological and Laryngological Society.
- Date:
- 1906
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Credit: The test drug-proving of the "O.O. & L. Society" : a re-proving of belladonna ; being an experimental study of the pathogenic action of that drug upon the healthy human organism. Conducted under the auspices of the American Homoeopathic, Ophthalmological, Otological and Laryngological Society, with the indorsement and co-operation of the American Institute of Homoeopathy and various state and local societies / arranged and condensed by the general director of the proving Howard P. Bellows. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CHAPTER I THE HISTORY OF THE TEST DRUG-PROVING The test drug-proving of the American Homceopathic Oph- thalmological, Otological and Laryngological Society was due to a desire on the part of its members for a more accurate and technical knowledge of the effects of drugs upon the special organs which it is their province to study. This desire was voiced in the presidential address which was delivered before the Society June 16, 1900, at its session in Washington, D. C, entitled The Re-proving of the Homceopathic Materia Medica from the Standpoint of a Specialist. ^ In this address there was formulated a definite working plan by which it was be- lieved the desired information could be obtained. At the same time the plan proposed was equally mindful of specialists in all other departments of medicine and the general practitioners as well, and aimed at a comprehensive and thorough revision of our knowledge of drug-action in every aspect. The ideas ad- vanced met with immediate favor because they appealed to the general need of the profession as well as to the individual desire of every member of the Society. The committee on the president's address, therefore, incorporated the following recom- mendation in its report: — This Society, composed as it is of a large body of euergetic and scientific workers, cannot do a greater or a more necessary work than to at once practically demonstrate the ideas set forth. It is the opinion of the committee that if a decisive step in this direction can be taken by our own body, the result will be such as to cause other sectional organizations to eagerly carry on the work in the different line in which they may be especially interested. Tiie committee would suggest that the president select a single standard pharmaceutical preparation for such proving: that he ap- ])oint committees composed of representative men, from our larger cities, to carry on this work, and that a report of the results accom- plished be made at our meeting next year. It is also suggested that a thousand reprints of the address be made, and that copies be sent to such members of our profession as shall be selected by our secretary, and that a report of our pro- posed work be sent to the chairman of the Materia Medica Bureau of the American Institute for the consideration and approval of this body of therapeutic specialists. 1 See Appendix A.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21168350_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
