Homoeopathy examined, or, Homoeopathy in theory, allopathy in practice / by Robert Verity.

  • Verity, Robert
Date:
1836
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Credit: Homoeopathy examined, or, Homoeopathy in theory, allopathy in practice / by Robert Verity. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ]6 with which they have been violently displaced from their right principle, and afterwards serried toge- ther in all hues and colours, as homogeneous evi- dence of the empirical proposition upon which the homoeopathic theory is founded, can only be tho- roughly detected in all its involuted bearings by a mind enlightened by philosophic and medical knowledge. The majority of cases successfully treated by the homoeopathic disciples will be found amenable to the following conditions, either seve- rally or conjointly, which, indeed, may be re- garded as the least objectionable points of their practice, and which alone acknowledge a rational principle of causation. But, be it most empha- tically remarked, they have no kind of relation- ship or dependance whatever upon the theory of homoeopathy. These conditions consist in, an immunity from disturbing causes by avoiding excess of interference; a calculated hygienic regi- men in all its branches; the exhibition of minute doses of the most powerful of the narcotic poisons ; or of the class of remedial agents having an alterative action upon the system.