On the fallacies of homoeopathy : and the imperfect statistical inquiries on which the results of that practice are estimated / by C.H.F. Routh.
- Routh, C. H. F. (Charles Henry Felix), 1822-1909
- Date:
- 1852
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the fallacies of homoeopathy : and the imperfect statistical inquiries on which the results of that practice are estimated / by C.H.F. Routh. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The allopathic returns arc far higher, from 7 to 10 per cent, on the average, although occasionally as low as 2 to 4 per cent. But, 1. The exclusion of moribund cases is not fair. These arc always included in our allopathic returns, even though a patient be admitted but one hour before death. It is notorious that during an epidemic of any virulence the number of these will vastly increase; and the Glasgow returns, it is well- known, abound with these cases. In some tables published by ]\I. Touchon, in his work on Homoeopathy, this error is com- mitted. Taking the numbers for four hospitals we have— Mortality, exclusively mori- Brouglit bund, Tuuclion's Actual AdmissiouB. Deaths. moribund. mortality, mortality. p. cent. p. cent. Gyongos *266 .... 11 .... 15 .... 4f .... 9-7 Leipsic 4,590 .... 157 .... 31 .... 3', .... 4’9 Sisters of Charity, Vienna 5,100 .... 267 .... 33 .... 6^ .... 5’9 Guns 722 .... 29 .... 17 .... 4^ .... 6-3 making occasionally a difference of from 2 to 4 per cent. In years of bad epidemics this difference would be much increased, as well shewn in Dr. Mateer’s cases of Fever. (^Diihlin Journal, Vol. X.) Year, Brought moribund. Deaths to Admissions. One in AdmissioDSa General. Excluding moribund. Difference. 1817 1,621 70 18 20 26 6 1818 1,258 62 7 20 23 3 1819 680 41 — 16 24 8 1820 727 41 9 17 22 5 1821 259 19 11 13 32 19 1822 305 27 3 11 13 2 1823 211 23 1 9 9 1824 408 25 3 16 22 6 1825 312 19 5 16 28 12 1826 858 60 9 14 19 5 1827 656 36 6 18 28 10 1828 481 20 1 24 25 1 1829 205 10 2 20 23 3 1830 508 47 1 12 13 1 1831 1,009 79 4 12 13 1 1832 537 52 11 10 14 4 1833 477 43 9 11 14 3 1 1834 637 60 3 10 11 Total .... 11,209 743 103 15 18 5 * Cases treated to termination.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22334610_0042.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
