A few more words in explanation of "My homœopathy and Hahnemann's" : with an entirely new diagram / by Æsculapius.

  • Aesculapius.
Date:
1868
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Credit: A few more words in explanation of "My homœopathy and Hahnemann's" : with an entirely new diagram / by Æsculapius. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MORE WORDS UN EXPLANATION OP It must be pretty well known by this time that Dr. Reith, Union Place, Aberdeen, has recently advertised his method of treating dis¬ ease as “ superior to all other methods,” &c.* ; in fact, quite in the stereotyped fashion of the nasty doctors. The reception which we ordinarily give to such an announcement is to fumble the bill or the pamphlet as quickly and as quietly out of the way as possible, and to forget about it in all haste. But a moment’s consideration will shew that such procedure is not suited to the present case. Dr. Reith is not a miserable chuck-farthing sort of a quack, but a regular prac¬ titioner, and a man of considerable pretensions. To be s\]re there are a great many points of similarity be¬ tween him and the gentlemen of the non-descript craft, in regard to the manner in which they make their debut in public. And, if these points of similarity were tabulated in parallel columns, they would be found to have a wonderfully imposing appearance, and, indeed, would go a great way to make out a true case of identity. Thus, for example, as a peroration to his harangue, Dr. Reith insists on his personal experience, in suo cor pore, of the blessed effects of his remediesf :• the nasty fellows in question make this the prologue of their discourse. Again, Dr. Reith uniformly addresses the public in the conciliatory tones of business, appealing to them as an impartial tribunal, by which he will stand or fall, if they will only put him to the test, by making a trial of him for themselves less eloquently and with fewer sympathetic touches, so do the Castle Street physicians. Dr. Reith makes most delicate (?) appeals to all females, reminding them of their infirmities, and of their little children’s, if they * See Pamphlet on “ Homoeopathy : Its Nature and .Relative Value.” + Idem, p. 50. J Idem throughout the entire Pamphlet.