An essay on homoepathy.

  • Wheaton, P. M.
Date:
1846
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Credit: An essay on homoepathy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Again, many substances, although inert in their crude state, become active when thus diluted and their particles divi- ded. We are willing to admit, that at first view, it is tru- ly surprising that such minute doses of medicine, will pro- duce any effect. But is this an evidence that it is not a fact 1 The simple question is whether facts will sustain it, and we shall endeavor to illustrate this point by facts so plain that every one who does not belong to the class of those who having eyes see not, shall be able to un- derstand it to be in accordance with well established facts, which are known to all. For instance, let an individual be sick with small pox, and let another person who is not protected against the disease, barely enter the room, he need not stay a moment, and three chances to one, he will have that disease. What will cause it ] He has taken nothing into his system which he can either see, feel, taste or smell, nor can we detect aught in the air which he has breathed, by the most careful chemical experiments, or by any other means within our reach. Yet this single minute dose will give rise to one of the most manifest diseases to which we are liable; the same may be said of measles, hooping-cough, and many other diseases. It is often said by our opponents, that they would not be afraid to swallow all the medicines in a Homoeopathic case, and for argument's sake, we will admit that during health they might do so without destroying life ; but is this an evidence that they could do it during sickness? It is not the object of the Homceopathist, to make well persons, or even well organs, sick, but rather to cure diseased per- sons and organs, and we shall endeavor to show that the susceptibility of our systems during health, and disease, is very different, especially if the agent or remedy em- ployed produce a similar train of symptoms, to that of the disease.
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