Homoeopathy, as practised in Manchester : contrasted with its alleged principles / by William Roberts.

  • Roberts, Sir William, 1830-1899.
Date:
1862
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Credit: Homoeopathy, as practised in Manchester : contrasted with its alleged principles / by William Roberts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I now proceed to lay before the reader some authentic facts of this nature. Many of the prescriptions in my collection were given for I know not what disorders but with regard to others of them I possess exact information, and this affords the means of judging how far the treatment was in accord or disaccord with ordinary practice. The first prescription registered in the preceding chapter contains three grains of phosphate of zinc, to be taken thrice a day. The patient was a young ware- houseman, whose employers were known to me. His case had excited some interest and sympathy, and it had been mentioned to me as one of epileptic fits. Sub- sequently the patient consulted Dr. Browne, who verified i the diagnosis. Where is the homoeopathy of this prac- i tice ? Zinc is an old and esteemed remedy for epilepsy. We have used it as sulphate, oxide, valerianate, and as ] phosphate, and yet a soi-disant homoeopathist, who pre- tends to follow an altogether different law of cure, resorts ’ to the same drug, in the same dose, and for the same disease ! An interesting series of prescriptions was placed in my hands by a youth suffering from hypochondriasis and spermatorrhoea. He had been under treatment at the epilepsy, consumption, constitutional syphilis, hypochondriasis, skin- diseases, ague, &c., and in acute complaints which are not usually dangerous, as primary syphilis, diarrhoea, constipation, &c.
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