On homoeopathic medicine : illustrating its superiority over the other medical doctrines, with an account of the regimen to be followed during the treatment of diseases / by Croserio ; translated from the French, with notes, containing the opinions of Brera, Broussais, &c., on homoeopathia by C. Neidhard.

  • Croserio, C. (Camille), 1786-1855.
Date:
1837
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    speak gigantic; until then, it had scarcely overstept the limiti of the city, where it originated ; but soon after, Dresden, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Vienna, Italy, Hungary, America, Asia, and Africa had their Homceopathists. A savant, esteemed as well for bis private worth as for extensive condition, Dr. de Guidy, has brought it into good repute in the second city of France, by the successful] ourea, which he performed by it; and by bis zeal to communicate to bis colleagues the knowledge, which be possessed, he has powerfully contributed to the rapid extension which it lias made dining these latter years. Dr. Peschier and Dufresne of Geneva, have given an extraordinary impulse to its propagation by the publication of their journal, exclusively devoted to the new doctrine. Hitherto, the progress of Homceopathia in France, has been much more rapid than elsewhere, owing to the liberal manner in which the practice of medicine is there organized. Nearly every town in France of any magnitude already possesses homoeopathic practitioners, several societies have been established to cultivate and extend the know- ledge of the new art, public lectures on the theory and practice have been organized, and the numerous students of the medical school at Paris, will soon carry it into every corner of the kingdom. The important original German works are already translated, and every thing seems to announce the near fulfillment of the prophecy of the venerable reformer himself, viz : that from France would issue that general impulse, which would render his discovery po- pular in all parts of the world* CHAPTER III. Division of Diseases. The healing art has up to the present time divided discuses accord- ing to their niture, origin and duration. According to their nature, there were sthenic and asthenic (excess or deficiency of tone) inflam- matory, bilious, mucous, nervous diseases, &e. Hahnemann, for