A letter to the President of the Royal College of Surgeons, on the late proceedings of that body, regarding homoeopathic practitioners / by James Russell.

  • Russell, James, M.D., F.R.S.E.
Date:
1851
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Credit: A letter to the President of the Royal College of Surgeons, on the late proceedings of that body, regarding homoeopathic practitioners / by James Russell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    as an unwarrantable interference with personal liberty, and fitted to lead to dangerous concealments. I did not then find a public seconder, though some members privately expressed to me a general concurrence in ray motion. During the lapse of years, ere we were again visited with this fearful scourge, sounder views had made prpgress; and no repetition of the former steps was proposed., I ta-ke encouragement from this in the present instance. Allured for a moment from her proper post of shielding from ignorant prejudices (in which the noble-hearted Dr Chalmers* formerly lent his aid), those who are seeking, by strictly scientific investigation, to pro- mote the health of the community and increase the resources of the healing art, the College has joined in seeking to excite the community with the panic cry, . ... 0 iniseri, qusa tanta insania, cives ? . . . . (jluicquid id est, tiineo Danaos, et dona ferentes. But this will not last. Very shortly I expect to see the pro- fession no longer shunning the persons or slighting the gifts of homoeopathists, having signally failed in persuading others to do so. Meanwhile, I trust at least that the public will not be denied the unquestionable benefit of some remedies on which homoeopathists have succeeded in fixing attention; for example—Aconite, in lessening febrile action ; Arnica, as an external application ; Belladonna, in scarlet fever, and, as publicly attested by Mr Liston, a most competent judge, also in erysipelas. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, JAMES RUS.SEL]. * Life, vol. iii. p, 31.