Defence of Hahnemann and his doctrines : including an exposure of Dr. Alex. Wood's "Homœopathy unmasked".

  • Russell, John Rutherford.
Date:
1844
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Credit: Defence of Hahnemann and his doctrines : including an exposure of Dr. Alex. Wood's "Homœopathy unmasked". Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SPECIMENS OF MISQUOTATIONS AND MISSTATEMENTS IN HOMOEOPATHY UNMASKED. P. 28. But tbis which is essential, &c. In this passage Dr Wood charges Dr Black with an attempt to prejudice the public against the use of Allopathic remedies, in cases where they have been found to be in a measure successful, on the ground, that the largeness of the dose makes them unpleasant; leading the reader to suppose this to be the grand objection to them. Though aflFecting to quote the author's words, he wisely [?] omits reference to the page; for his readers would have found, on turning to it (p. 8), that Dr Wood had omitted, in his quota- tion, the most weighty reasons assigned for setting aside the Allopathic procedure, viz. the indirectness of the old method, the danger resulting from its massive doses, and formidable appliances ; and, more than all, the inferiority of its results. P. 30. Dr Wood is speaking of the treatment of habitual consti- pation, and quotes, as exhibiting the manner of dealing with it adopted by Homoeopathists, a passage which has reference to a totally ditferent circumstance, viz. the presence of oifending matters in the stomach or bowels. He also refers to a passage (p. 164, twice misprinted 64) which does speak of the treatment of chronic constipation, and refers to the temporary ineflBcacy of Homoeopathic means ; but here again the quotation is garbled, 1st, by the omission of the words, aggravated by the use of purgatives, thereby leaving out of view the chief reason for the resort to enemas ; and, 2d, by the substitution of often'' for sometimes ; thereby conveying an exaggerated notion of the frequency of the occurrence.
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