Homoeopathy; its principle, theory, and practice ... / Published under the superintendence of the English Homoeopathic Association.

  • Sampson, Marmaduke B. (Marmaduke Blake), -1876
Date:
1846
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    rials from which to form our judgment; and it may be quoted the more readily, because it has received the approval of the profession. Even the Lancet, notwithstanding its complaint that “ in the literature of medicine in England, marks of degeneration are truly evident and deplorable,” having affirmed that it displays much sound erudition, judgment, and practical knowledge ; that it is written throughout in a scientific spirit; and that it may be recommended as a safe guide for students, its author being “ one of the first pathologists of the day.” From this book, the following are selections— and first, with regard to the treatment of AGUE. Blood-letting, in this disease, though disapproved of as injurious, more or less decidedly, by Morton, Senac, Coliny, and Pringle, has nevertheless been practised or recommended as occasionally useful by various physicians. Notwithstanding the variable results obtained, blood-letting, at the approach of the paroxysm, was tried by Jackson and others of the army physicians, sometimes with apparent bene¬ fit, often without any. Still more recently, it has been recommended and practised by Dr. Mackintosh of Edinburgh. It has also been tried by Drs. Stokes, Townsend, and Law, of Dublin, and others ; and also in the East Indies, and with very opposite results. These results are, in general, still inca¬ pable OF BEING RECONCILED.
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