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 P & E &A CE .

Th e f oll ow i n g a rt i cl e s w e r e w ri tt e n f or, a nd e
pu b l i sh d i n , t h e Au g u st a nd
S e pt e mb e r nu mb e rs of t h e Amm ca n H omoe opa th i c & e v i ew , w i t h ou t t h e l e a s t
ant i cip a t i on t h a t t h e y w ou ld e v e r a pp e a r i n a n y ot h e r f orm &y r e qu e st h ow
. ,

ov e r , of s e v e ra l ph y s i ci a n s , f or w h os e li t e r a ry a n d s c i en t i fi c a tt a i n me n t s I h a t e

th e high e st re g a r d , a n d a ls o of a n u mb e r of i n fl u e n t i a l l a y me n w h o d e sir e ,
'

th e s e pl a i n r e a son s mor e w id e ly k n ow n , t h e y a re t h u s o ff e re d w i t h b u t s li gh t
a l t e r a t i on s
. M a n y i mp ort a n t p oi n t s h a v e b e e n b u t sligh tly n ot ic e d , a n d ma n y
ot h e rs e n t i r e l y o mi t t e d , be c a u s e o f t h e li mi t e d sp a c e a ll ow e d i n a mon t hly
me di c a l j ou r n a l . To f u rt h e r e x p l a i n w h a t h a s b e e n sa i d a n d a d d ot h e r f a c t s
w o u ld t ra n s c e n d t h e p rop e r li mi t s of t h e p r e se n t p a mp hl e t .

Th e fi gu re s a n d c a lc u l a t i on s w hi ch h a v e b e e n gi v e n i n t h e l a st a rt icl e of
co u rs e c a n n ot b e e x a c t , t h e y a r e me r e ly re p r e se n t a t i v e , b u t t h e y a r e so mod

e ra t e a s t o b e w i t hi n t h e a d mi ssw n of a l l , so t h a t n on e ma y s a y t h e y a re on & ;
sp e c u l a t i v e .

I f t h e f ol l ow i n g a rra n g e me n t of f a c t s h e lps t o e n l i g h t i n t h ose w h o a re di spe l &

e d t o c a v il , a n d a ti sf y t h e t h ou s a n d s w h o a l t h ou gh c on v i n c e d o f t h e e ffi c a cy,
s ,

a re i n q u i r i n g a s t o t h e re a son of ou r di mi n u t iv e d os e s t h e y w ill f u l fi ll t h e me i t r

a n g u i n e e x p e c t a t i on s of t h e Au r n o n .
 THE S MALL D OSES O& H OM GOPATHY .

rs a cn mos or rn r s oLoo r i .

H o m oeo p a th y i s a p roven f a c t, whi ch mu st s o on b e a d m i t s

t e d by ev ery intelligent u n p rej u di c e d m ind Al l who ca nd i

.
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d l y an d i m p ar t i a l ly i n v e s tigate it s c l ai ms, a re s u re to b e s a ti s
ti e d , w i th e ve n i t s m os t s t ar tlin g revel a ti on s Ev en i f th e re
.

wa s n o t he ory by w hi ch we c ou ld e xp lai n th e modu s o p era n d i

o f it s re me d i e s th e m ere m ention of what i t doe s , the bare
,

o b s erv a tio n of n u m b erle ss ca se s wo u ld b e s u f fic ient t o g i v e

,

s u c h u n denia bl e evid enc e ; a s t o m a k e a ny ho ne s t m ind pa u s e

a n d i nv es ti g ate . &u t th an k s to Hahnemann , there i s a l a w

d i s covered p o s iti ve a n d cert a in b y whi ch we are dire c te d to
, ,

t hat r e medy wh i ch w ill rem o ve d i s ea s e .Th e v ar i o u s symp

t om s p oi nt a s s o m an y fi n ger s to th e d ru g w h i ch by p ro d u ci n g
, ,

a si mi l a x con di tion i n th e or g an di s ea s ed eradicate s t h e mor

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,

b i d p 1 oc oe s I n s e p arabl y c onne c ted w ith thi s l a w t h o u gh not

.

a p art of i t come s t h e do ct rine of s mall do s e s , dil u ti on s and

, ,

t rit u ra t i on s . The s e dil u tion s & c are a n e c e ss ity a ri s i n g f rom

.
,

t h e p e rf e c t ad j u s tment o f the law an d n o t a codal o b li g a ti on

,

W s are all p ron e t o materi a li sm I n

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u p on all who bel ieve . .

s p ite o f a l l the le s son s 1 11 d y namic s we are re c e i vin g f ro m t h e

d i sc o v e i y o f i mpon d e ra h l e f or c e s, we lo v e to deal w ith thi ng s

t a n g ible ;

l l 1 e homoeo p at h i s t , i f h e c ou ld d o s o w ith imp u n i ty , w on l d

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i v e j u s t a s l ar g e d o s e s a s t h e a l l o p at h i st s , b u t b y re a s o n Of
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the te n der su sc e pt i b il l i t y of the diseased o rg a 11 a 11 d the specific ,

O pe rati on o f his remedy u pon th at o rgan he i s compelled b y ,

the f o rce o f ci rc u msta n c es to g rad u ate his dose to the ac u te ,

o r ch ro n ic sl u ggish o r i rritable cha racte r o f the disease

,
The .

a llopathi st by givi n g m edi cines w hi ch act u pon o ther orga n s

’

th a n the o n es a fi o c t e d may gi ve a lmost a n y d o se the

patie n t w ill retai n a n d yet not a g g rm ate the exi sti n g di seas e
, ,

becau se the med ici n al f orce is spent in dist u rbing h e a l th v

o rg a n s .

The misapprehe n sio n o f the reaso n o f the d i ff erent dose s 0 11

e i t h e r side i s the g reat st u mbl i n g block both to the pro f os
,

sio u al a n d laical i n accepti n g Hom oeopathy W hat se n se .

,

say the y i s the re i n gi vi n g the millio n th or trillio n th of a grai n

,
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o f medici n e
? W hat scie n ce or a n alogy is the re f o r u si n g the
3 d or 3 ot h d il u tio n o r atte n u atio n ? or is there commo n sense
i n s u pposi n g t h e y have a n y e fi e c t ? ’

l V i t h o u t gi vi n g the more pop u lar reaso n s w hich have b ee n

o f t e n repeated w e reply & Physiology Pathology a n d all o f
, ,
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t h e collateral scie n ces n o t o n ly j u sti f y b u t make it i n d is ,

pe n sable The smallest m o lec u lar q u an tity o f a dru g i s i n

.

pe rf ect conso n a n ce w i th a n d the cr u de a n d massi v e d os e s,

w hich are y e t i n v og u e are directly a g a i n st a l l th e teachi n gs

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, ,

of other departme n ts o f sci e n ce At p rese n t w e shall r e f er .

o n ly to t h e f acts o f
physiology as co r roborati ve of the dose s ,

of Homoeopathy .

I f e v e rv ph y s i c 1 a n be f ore admi n i steri n g to 11 1 8 patie n t

x
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,

w o u ld ask himsel f t h e t h re e f ollo w i n g q u estio n s they w o u ld , .

s o o n b e come d il u t i o n i s t s o f some sort

’

They are these & l st .

,

t a t is the orga n ism w hi ch I am abo u t to do s e ? 2d t at .

i s the ca u se o f the disease ? 3 d I n the light o f these ans w ers .

h o w la rge o u ght the pa rticles o f my medicine to be ?

1 st Le t u s look w hat i s th e organism w hi ch req u ire s this
,

u nn a t u ral aid a n d w e sh a l l see that i t i s n

o t a s el f operati n g
l

,
-

g ri n d i n g m a c h i n e i n w h ich poiso n o u s plants a n d mi n eral s are

,

t o be b ro u ght to a c c rt a m co n sistence b u t an i nco n ce vably

i ,
li n e t ender a n d d e l i c a t e me c l 1 a 11 i sm f ear f u lly a n d wonder lly
,
, fu
made Th e atoms of? cr u d e medi cine which phy s i cian s h a ve
.
b een an d are s till gi vin g are ma n y ti me s larger than th e
,

con d u i ts thro u gh w hi ch they m u s t pa ss to reach the part

d isea s ed . The cap illarie s or ve ss els thro u gh w hich e very
ato m m u st pass t o i ts place of d e st i n a t i o n a re o n ly of a n , 0

inch i n diameter The blood glob u les are the carriers w hi ch

.
—

tak e a n d deposit these pa rt i c l e s a n i they a re of a n i n ch

,. 4 0 0 0
.

The w alls o f these glob u les or carriers are i n thi ck n e ss 0

o f an i n c h The f ibres i n the n e r ve Ce n ters a re

.
bu t b e-

4 0 O 0

c ome s o small as to be i n mm e a su ra b l e w he n th ey reach thei

peripheral dist r ib u tio n The d iscoverable solid s of the b o d v
.

a c cordi n g to M a e n d i e are n ch b u t most o f the m

j f an i '
g o , o o n ,

are act u ally so s mall that they ca n n ot b e mea s u r e d eve n b y ,

the ai d o f a mic roscope h f aj e n d i e w ell re marks th a t the y

.

are b eyo n d t h e k e n o f o u r se n ses as th e i n f u sory a n imal ,

glob u les of fl u id s & c w ere b e f ore the i n ve n tio n of th e n i

.
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c ro sc ope A n d he adds & He w h o shal l d iscover a n i n st ru

.

me n t b y w hich w e may percei ve th e i n t ri cate a rra n geme n t

o f matter w ill e n rich the fi e ld of h u ma n k n o w ledge a n d i m
,

mo rtal ize himsel f S eei n g the n that these pa rts each o f w hi ch

’

,
.

ho w ever mai n tai n s its i n d i vid u ali ty a re so sm a l l a s n o t t o be ,

°

d i s co ve rable by t h e mi c o sc ope w here i s the pro pri e t v i n ,

‘

that p ro f essed sci e n ce w hi ch cro w ds the system w i th cr u de

a n d u n t r it u rated pa r ti cles e i t h t r ve g etable or m i n e ra l w h i c l i
, ,

m u st either clog u p or break do w n the del icate t ext u re i n its ,

f u tile e f f or t t o rem o v e a lesser malady .

M a n y o f the mi n e ral remedies w hi ch a re commo n ly a d

m i n istere d u n tri t u ra t ed con s ist o f parti cles each o f w hi ch
, ,

are f rom 3 to the 1

,
part o f an i n ch i n di amete r These .

o f co u rse ca n n ot u n dergo sol u tio n a n d abso rpti on i n smaller

f orms f o r they are insol u ble i n t h e chemi cals o f the h u ma n

,

system They c a n only operate a s m e ch an i cal irritant s to the

.

m u c o u s membra n e o f th e i n t e s t i n a l t ract and thu s p u n i sh t h ,

u n o ff e n di n g b o w el s f o r a d isease in some other l o cality If ’

.
,

there f ore w e desire the ato m s of med ici n e t o reach the plac e
d i s eased they m u st certai n ty b e small e r than the v essels
,
&

thro u gh whi ch they are t o pa s s ; th at is they m u s t b e less ,

than the o f an i nch i n d i a me ter It i s a plain f act i n .

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Me ch an ics , th at a l ar g e r s u b s tan c e cannot p a ss t h ro u gh a

s mal ler o p en i n g ; an d ye t the d u ti f u l ch ildren of H i pp o c rat e s
neithe r hee d nor p ractic e u p on this p h i l o s o phy .

O u r 2 n d q u estion i s & H ow came the d i s e a s e ? &or th e s ak e

.

o f bre v it y and ill u strati on we s hal l here re f er onl y to t h e se

d i s ea s e s whi c h ari s e f rom a sp eci fic ca u s e ; an d i f we s how

t hat they hav e b een e x cited by th e re c e p tion of some atom s
or p art i cle s , s o s mall as to b e i m p erce p tible by th e mi c ros
co p e i t will s u rel y gi ve u s s ome cl u e a s to h ow l arge ou r me d
,

i c i n a l p arti cles sh o u ld b e t or th e one m u s t certainly p e n etrate

,

to where the other ha s been lodged ; the l a s t sh ou l d be s maller

than the fir s t A s repre s ent i n g on e cla ss of these d i s ea s e s
.

l et u s take Scarl atina H ow is it prod u ced ? By a p oi s on

.

w hich enter s the ci rc u lation at lea s t s u f fi ciently to hav e it s

,

e ff ect u pon the nervo u s s y s tem H ow large are it s parti c le s

.
,

or h o w m u ch ha s entere d the sy s tem ? Alas n o man can s ee

or a pproach the calc u lati on of it s amo u n t ; i t i s s o fi ne and '

so sparse as to be invisible and im p onder ab le .

D u r i ng e very e pi d e mi c w hich s weep s o ver the land , w e -

s ee s trong r ob u st , and health y men , abl e to de f y the element s

and end u re a l l m
, ,

an n er of e x ce ss , in a f e w ho u r s , by t h e
m i ght of an u n s een incalc u lable amo u nt o f sp ecifi c p oison ,
,

shorn of their s tre n gth an d s traightened f or the grave S o wit h .

the v iolent f ev ers , w h ich every s ea s on prevail es p ecially those

,

of the s o u th and we s t th e i n s i di o u s ca u s e attack s the s trong

“
,
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ma n armed , and s oon leave s h im , a tro p h y of i t s de s troy i n g
power P arot i ti s , or m u m p s , i s o f ten contracted by the i n fi n
.
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i t e ssi ma l q u antity of contagio u s m atter recei ved b y m erely

p a ss in g in the s tr eet Hoo p ing co u gh w ill keep one aili n g f or
.

week s , y et the s en s e s have never bro u ght to ou r com p rehen s ion

the s i z e of the d o s e ne c es s ary f o r it s p ro d u ction .

So w ith the morb id deran gement s whi c h ari s e f rom c onta c t

w i t h an i mal p oi s on s a s Syph ili s, H y dro p hob i a , the bi te s o f
, .

ser p ents & c , the molec u les n ece ss ary to e xc ite t h e s e are s o
. .
,

e x ceedi n gl y s mal l that th e y c annot b e m ea s u red , or wei gh e d ,

a n d n o one c an te l l how li ttl e may p rod u ce a ra v agin g di s ea s e

a n d horrible death Th e s u bs tan c e s w h i c h c a u s e t h e s e d i s ea s e s

.
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a re n ot an o m alo u s either i n the ir f ormati on o r act i on Th e v

, .

a re th e re s u lt o f th e s ame law s which f orm the most harmle s s

,

c ompo s iti on . Each p oi s on ha s an electi ve af fi n ity f or a ce rtai n

p arti c u lar or g an or tis s u e and the org a n sele c ted determine s
,

t h e character of the di s ea s e &u s t s o with medicines each

.
,

h a s i t s sp eci fi c i mpre s s or more plainly poi s ono u s i nfl u e n ce

, , ,

u p on some p arti c u lar organ or par t The ma n ner of acti o n

.

i s th e s ame in both the di ff erenc e is o n ly i n inten s ity

,
To .

t h e h u man s ys tem the one i s eq u ally as f oreign and obno x io u s

a s th e other . The ma teri al whi ch prod u ces disea s e s i s s o p er z
me a ti v e i n si z e a n d s pari n g in q u a ntity th at i t e n sm e s u n i
, ,

f orm ity an d c e rta i n ty of act i on Nat u re th u s gives u s le s so n s

.

i n re g ard to do s e s an d s ay s in e very f atal case o f th e disease s

we have mentio n e d b ehold the power o f high atten u ation s .

I f the obj ection b e made that the medici n e s we gi ve are f a r

le ss acti v e an d s evere i n their operation than the speci fi c
c a u s e s o f d i s ease ,
we reply that thi s i s more than co u nter
b alanced by the i ncrea s ed s u s ceptibility of the parts at the
t ime the medicine i s gi ven W hen the seeds o f di s ea s e a re
.

i ntrod u c ed i n the s ystem all i t s part s are i n healthy ac ti on

, ,

a n d e ompa 1 a t i v e l y tolera n t of the f oreign in fl u en ce b u t whe n ,

the remedy 1 s appli e d whi ch ha s it s s pecific action u pon t h

p art aff ected then the s u s cep tibility of that organ by rea s on
,

o f the di s ease i s l u e l ea s e d a m illion f old and at least i n

,

a g reater degree than the a c t i v i ty c f the fi r s t e x ceeds that o f

t h e la s t
.

A gain i t i s al s o tr u e that me d i c i n e ha s all it s sp eci fi c action

e v en when taken in health , in do s es s o s mall a s not to be

p ercei vable to the s i ght or to u ch The gardener need s n u ff

.

the f ra g ran c e of the flo w er b u t once in order to a ss ig n i t t o

,

i t s p arti c u lar c la ss A s in gle g rain of m u s k w ill s cent a roo m

.

f or year s an d yet l o s e n o p e rc e p tibl e s i z e or weight Here.

a c t u al p arti cle s are c ontin u ally bein g emi tted and yet years

m ay ela ps e witho u t ap p reci ably l e ss enin g the b u lk .

Take a l u mp of Opi u m or a b ottle of la u dan u m and merely ,

s mell a f e w ti me s of e ither , and y ou will s oon b egi n to f eel

t h e h eav y h ead the d i z z ine ss , t h e d reamy re v ery , an d al l th e

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pe c u liar e ff ects of Opi u m Tak e a s mall q u ant i ty of t h e

.

po w de r o r ti n ct u re o f l pecac u a n ha a n d tr e at i t i n the sam e

,

w a a nd y o u w ill soo n f e e l n a u sea f ai n t n es s a n d the u su a l

y , ,

e f f ects u po n t h e membra n es o f the respi rato ry orga n s & se .

Bell a do n n a a n d the pec u liar h e adach e d ry n e s s o f the throa t

,

et c w ill soo n b e m ade appa re n t

.
S o w ith the w hole cl ass o f
.

odo ri f e ro u s dr u gs a f act w hi ch a n y physi c ia n o r l a r ma n

, ,

m u st admit to be t ru e Le t u s the n ask the q u e stio n agai n

.

h o w la rge a re the particles w hich y o u th u s r eceiv e i n m erely

mel li n g of th e s e prepa ratio n s ? All m u st an s w e r they d o ,

n ot k n o w ; f o r they a re n eithe r see n n o r f e lt y e t they a re j u st ,

as s u rely mate ri al as the rock s o f t h e ea rth a nd they a re ,

,

s u fficient i n size to p rod u ce a d ru g dise a se .

D o e s n o t commo n se n se declare that e very phy s i ci a n sho u l d

r ega r d a n d a c t u p o n thes e physio l og ical te a chi n gs a n d d o c ,

n o t t h e sam e commo n se n se declare that i f these have an

acti o n u po n the he a lthy econ omy they sho u ld a n d m u st b e
,

t rit u rat e d b e v o n d the h e n of o u r se n ses w h e n w e d e sire t o,

hav e t hem exert a c u rati ve i mp res s u po n t h e te n d e r a n d i m

p e ss i bl c o rga n diseas ed ?
.

Not o n ly i s i t t r u e i n rega rd t o morb id physiol ogic a l act i o n

.

that i n fi n it e si mals a re the movi n g i n fl u en ce it i s also t r u e i n ,

t h e n ormal a n d h e althy ope ratio n s o f n at u r e I f we w atch .

t h e s e c retory a n d ex c ret o ry systems i n th e ir reg u lar a c t i o n w e

,

s ee the same t ru th as plai n ly ta u gh t Th e g ran u les w hi ch . .

are c o n t mu a l l y deposited to s u pply t h e place o f t h ose w hi ch

are excret e d a n d the rej ected eleme n t s of perspi ratio n a n d
,

o ther sec re tio n s acco rd perf ectly i n size w ith the f acts w e hav e
1 1 1 e 11 t i o n e d .

Th e p rocess o f g e n e rati o n ill u strate s t h e s ame pri n cipl e .

The i mpe rceptible d u st o f the male pl a n t i s w af ted b y t h e

ge n tlest breeze t o i t s O pposite a n d th u s i mp regn ate S pa l
l a n z a n i a n d Ar n old have sh o w n that the m illi o n th par t of a
d op of f rog s sem e n f ec u n dates the egg as rap id l y as more
’

y
h a rve y has also sho w n that rabbits are f ec u n d ated w he r e not
a trace of seme n c a n b e f o u n d & u t thi s w e can n ot f arthe r
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n
otice . O u r co n cer n is with m orb i d de ra n gem ent To b e .
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b rie f i t i s s a f e to s ay that all co n tagio u s d i sea s e s are prod u ced

,
,

by w hat al lopathi st s are yet pleased to cal l f a n ci f u l doses ;

ye t there i s som th in g more tha n the w orki n gs o f f ancy i n
t h e e ff ects th ey sho w . The v ario u s orga n i c diseases w hi ch
all physici an s are called u po n to treat are yet s u pposed to be
re a l, tho u gh th ey are prod u ced by i n fl u e n ces w hich can n o t
b e cl u tched by the h and or see n even by th e most po w erf u l
,

gla s s S i n ce the n w e f i n d that the ca u ses o f disease are n u

.

observable by a n y o f t h e se n s e s t h is bri n gs u s to o u r ,

3 d q u esti o n . W hat doses do w e n eed to remove i t ? Thi s

needs n o abstr u se r e a so n i n g n othi n g b u t the l e g t e w hich
,

commo n se n se s u ggests As has been the ca u se so m u st be

.

the c u r e This i s plai n a n d u n deni able If poiso n i n impe r

. .

c e t i b l e d oses has bee n the exc iti n g a g e n t ce r tai n ly o u r

p ,

rem edy ou ght to b e i n a l ike state o f commi n u tion ; gi ve

as mu ch a n d as o f ten as y ou choose b u t let i t b e i n s u ch f o rm
that i t may pe n etrate the f i n er meshes of t h e organ ism i n
which th e d ist u rb a n ce exists The physi o logy of the parts
.
,

a n d the mi n u te f oreig n i n f l u e n ces i n trod u ced both tell u s i n ,

u n mis t akable lan g u age let the a ntidote be s u ch i n size that

,

i t c a n f ollo w the ba n e The re i s or o u ght to b e an adage

. .
,

w hich say s & o u ca n not se n d a dog i n a rat h ole Neithe r

y
-

c a n y o u e r adi cate di sease by cr u de dos es o f

,
d r u gs It m a y .

s om e times be held i n abeyan ce w hilst n at u re e ff ects the c u re .

b u t n e ver by these radically removed .

The tr u e hom o eopathist w ill give e n o u gh medici n e to obtai n

the e n d desired w hether it b e the 1 st the 3 d or the 30t h
,
.
,
.
,
.

The p a rti cles of the 3 d 6 th or 1 0th t rit u ratio n s a re mor e

,

p e rceptible to the se n ses tha n the disease prod u ci n g atoms .

Wh y the n is i t u n reaso n able that w e sho u ld fi n d a s we do ,

f i nd that these are q u i ckly c u rati ve ? It i s n at u ral f o r those

,

w h o have n o k n owledge o f atten u atio n s to have mo re c on fi

dence i n 5 grai n s o f the p u re d r u g than i n f i ve grai n s of the
3rd trit u ration yet the last contains tho u san d s more of par
,

t i c l e s than the f ir s t and altho u gh they are very mi n u te i n size

,

yet each contai n s all the di s ti n cti ve characteristi cs and speci fi c

endo w ment s of t h e ori g inal d r u g w i th the v a s t ad va n tag e
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t ha t par ts may e nte r where th ey e lse wo u l d n o t A c c ord

i ts .

i n g t o M ayrho f er, in o n e g ra in of th e 3 d tri t u r a ti o n o f Tin

o r A rs eni c there a re
,
p arti c le s o f th e me d i c ine .

The sa me a u th or by a g la ss of m e di u m s iz e h a s s e en P l a t i na i

i n t h e 1 0th d il u tion ; Go ld i n the l oth a n d 1 1 t h p ot e n cy ;

S ilver i n the 1 2 th atten u ation ; M erc u ry i n th e l 0th ; Iro n
in 7th and 8 th ; Ti n 1 3th a n d 1 4 t h ; C o p p er 1 2 th The se .

a re f acts a n d c annot b e avoi d e d Ye t when w e sp e a k of th e

.

3 d or 6 th a tte n u a tion o u r allo p a t hi c f ri en d s s till s ta nd b a ck

w it h hor ror and e x claim there i s no m edi c ine i n t h e m & T h e y

f org e t that r u le i n philosophy w h i c h s ay s th e re is n o li mit t o

t h e d ivi s ibility of matter , or el s e beli e ve i t to be t r u e i n e v e ry
thing e l s e b u t medi cine T h ey a re willing to ta ke th e mi cro
.

s c O pe and s earch f o r the min u te ca u s e s of di s ea s e or f o r it s

,

lo ca li ty in the sy s te m b u t when it i t p ro p o s ed t o u se th e s a m e
,

mean s to observe the a tom s whi c h may c u re , they a re d u mb

’
wi t h a stoni shment a t the loo s e re a soners of th e a g e
‘
.

Here we s ee the incon s iste n cy of modern P hy s i olo g i s t s .

The name s of M aj e n d i e , D raper a n d D alton , w e menti on wi th

the highest re s pect a n d ad mi ra tion of t h e i r ta l ent s , ac q u i r e
me n t s and t ri u mph s By t heir dev o te d l a bor they h a v e con
.

f err e d a n ine s ti m a ble b oon u p on s cien c e an d m anki nd Th e y

.

w i l l n e ed n o m on u me n t s b u t t h e f ru i t of thei r toil An d y e t
.

af ter hav i n g a cc o mpl i s he d s o mu c h , th ey ref u s e t o u se th e s e

f acts f o r their highe s t e n d T h ey h av e h el p e d to d e v e l ops a
m
.

beau tif u l s cien c e , b u t th u s f a r i t h as s erved a s u ch f or a mu se

ment as u se I t i s th e pri v i l i g e a n d d u ty of h omce 0 pa th i s ts
.

to ta ke th e s e f act s a n d a pprOpri a te th e m t o t h e i r h i gh e s t a n d
,

legi ti ma te u se na me ly , to c o rro b or a t e t h e s u bs ta n ti a l f a c t s
,

c one c te d wit h ou r l a w of c u r e .

TEACH I& GS O& P ATH O LOGY.

Non e of t h e d e p a rtm e n ts of m e di c a l sc i e n c e d u rin g th e l a st

fi f t v y e a rs h a v e b e e n so r a p idly d e ve l o p e d as t h o se of Physi
,

olo gy and Pa t h ol ogy Mo d e rn inv e s tiga t i o n h as n ot on ly

.

g iv e n u s a n id e a of th e w on d e rs of th e hu m a n m e ch a n ism ,
bu t a l s o of t h e s e a t a n d n a t u re of dise a s e Ab ov e w e h av e
.
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re f erre d bri efly to the f act s of phy s i ology a s not m erely su s ~

tainin g b u t demandi n g only the d o s e s of ou r school i n the

f ollowing we s hall mention so me o f the lesson s o f athology
p
or di s ea s ed p hy s i ology with re f ere n ce to the same
, .

W hen all the parts of the body are i n health a n d every

,

c on di ti on i s s u pplied f or the proper pe rf orman ce of each

f u n cti on th ere i s nothing m ore bea u tif u l than the u n i f or m
,

regu larity with wh ich each acti on i s mai n tained a n d n o thi n g ,

more wonder f u l than the end u rance of thes e deli cate parts to
the irritati n g oppres s i ve i n fl u ence s to whi ch they are s u bj ect
, .

&rom the e x ternal we h ave br u ise s and w o u n d s cold and

,

heat su ch a s wo u ld destroy even mi n eral s u bstances and in

, ,

the internal mi a s m noxi o u s vapors specifi c po i s o n s of diseas e

, , ,

a rtifi cial s ti m u lant s an d narcotic s contin u ed viol ati on s of

,

known physiological law s and l a s t tho u gh n ot lea s t dr u gging

,

th e s y s tem w ith cr u de medi c ine s ; yet f ro m the e ff ect s of a l l

t h e s e it i s the nat u ral tendency f or p art s to rec u perate to
, ,
‘

t hrow o fi their morb i d action an d re su me t heir normal con

,

d iti on Thi s t olerance i s the Provi dential arran geme n t by

.

wh i ch ou r live s a re p re s erved Thi s i s the pec u liarity o f th e

.

ani mal f ormati on that tho u gh i t i s su c c e pti b l e to th e s malle s t

,

inf l u en c e s an d mo s t deli cate i mpre ss ion s yet it wil l b ear a n d

,

a pp arently recover f rom the gro ss e s t i mpo s iti on of f oreign

s u b s tances The s e are t h e f act s when i n health b u t i t i s n o w
.

o u r inqu iry , wit h how m u ch of an i mpre ss i on sho u ld a

di se a s e d or g an b e to u ched or how m u ch medicinal f orce doe s
,

i t req u i re to remove di s ea s e .

P ath ology , i n a f e w word s will a n s wer thi s qu e s tion In .

ou r fi r s t arti c le we s howed t h at medi cine s in do s e s s o smal l a s

n ot to b e pe rc e pt a b l e to the si g ht or to u ch , even on the healthy

e co no m y , p ro d u c e d d e c i ded and p e rm a nent i mp re ss i ons now

l e t u s s ee i n w h at rati o t h e s u sc e p tibility of an or g a n i s i n
cre as e d by dis ea s e or h ow m u ch m or e i mp re ss i bl e i t s th a n
,
i
w h en i n h eal t h , an d t h en w e shal l h a v e t h e rat i o b y wh i ch t e
h
d ose , e v en of t h e se imp er c e p ti bl e m e d i ci ne s , sh o u l d b e d i mm ~

i e h e d i n or d er to p ro d u c e a li k e imp r e ss ion .

Ta k e th e fi r s t e x a mpl e f ro m th e e x t e rnal Th e h an d w he n
.
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h ea l th v , ith proper s u rro u n di n gs ma y bear the wei ght o f

w ,

3 00 l b s u p o n it u 1 th o u t i nj u ri n g a tiss u e 0 1 ca u si n g se v e i e
.

p a i n & u t let i t become d iseased ; let a l l the m u scl e s n on es

.
, ,

ti ss u e s & c be b ro u ght to a high state o f i n fl amm ati o n s u ch i s

. .

w e co n sta n tly see b y t u mo r s b o ils a n d oth e r l o cal o r co n sti , ,

t u t i o n a l a ff e c t i o n s a n d w hat i s the co n d iti o n th e n

,
Th e .

e n s i b i l i ty i s s o f a r i n creased th at the w eight o f a f eather ,

c a n no t be bo rn e ev e n & a grai n o f the so f test s u bstan ce i s

,
a

really pai n f u l to the to u ch This i s n o t im a gi n ary b u t some

.
,

t hi n g w hich e ve ry o n e k n o w s w h o has e xp e r ie n ced these ills .

t a t pa r t o f 300 lbs i s 5 a grai n ? It i s fl g sw , part of i t

. .

\ V e fi n d the n that these tiss u es w h ich w he n i n a n ormal c o n , ,

ditio n w ill b ea r a c e rtai n imp ress i o n w he n th ey a re ex cited ,

b v i n fl a mmati o n w ill o n ly h e a r the y , o f th at i m “ &

pre s sio n Thi s bri n gs u s u n av o idably to th e logical ded u ctio n

.
,

that w her e i n h e alth on e g rai n o f medi ci n e has o n ly a mode rat e

a ctio n the re
,
w he n di s eased the .
l o f a grain w ill pro
,
—

d u c e e ve n a pai n f u l s e n sati o n .

If w e n o w tak e the case o f Opi u m me n tio n ed b e f ore , ,

w hich i n c ommo n w ith m a ny other medi ci n es p rod u ces all i t s

.

cha ract e ristic e ff ects eve n i n health by me re ly smelli n g o f

the d ru g i n w h ich process w e pe 1 h a ps l e c e i v e t h e 3 3 , p art
,

o f a g rai n w e shal l fi n d th at w he n the i mp r essibility o f th at

,

part o f the brai n on w hich Opi u m h as i ts sp e cifi c actio n i s

, ,

a ro u sed by active i n fl ammatio n the n the fi g w g w w o f a ,

‘

grai n w ill make qu ite as pe r ceptible a n i mpres si o n as the

, ,

5 5 ,
o f a g1 ai n d id w he n 1 11 health These fig u r e s ca n n ot l ie .
,

and c a n obj ect to the

n o on e
p1 o c e ss by w hi ch they a r e
reached f or i f t he re i s thi s vastly i n crease d s u sceptibili ty i n
,

t h e tiss u es o f the h a n d in di sease over that of health the n

, ,

there i s cer tainl y a correspo n di n g i n crease u n der like circ u m

s tan ces i n a n y o f the tiss u es of the b ody .

As a n other ill u stration o f this principle let u s look at the

stomach W hen that organ i s i n health a n d re ady f or the
.

di g estio n of f ood it w ill recei ve an d retain all th at i ts s ize

,

w ill admit
; b u t w hen f r om either local or other ca u se s there
arises ac u te in fl ammati o n of it s t l ssu e s, then i t w ill not retai n
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a p arti cle o f f ood E very phy s i cia n m u st have been at the

.

bed side o f p ati e n ts w hen they have said I ca n n ot take a

-

drop o f w ater w itho u t v om iti n g It i s commo n to see cas e s

.

w here ev e n th e smell o f f ood prod u ces n a u sea a n d e mesis .

It i s n e e dless f o r u s t o comp u te the f racti onal part of th e

f oo d th u s rece i ved f rom t h e sme l li n g i n r e spect to the u a n
q
a

tity the stomach 1 11 i g h t co n tai n f o r i n visibl y s m all t ho u gh i t

,

i s i t i s s u fficie n t n o t o n ly to m o re tha n satiate b u t t o b e so

,
,

rep u g n a n t as to be i n sta n tly dismissed .

Another ill stratio w e m i g ht take f rom the e y e “ hen a l l

u n T
.

i ts pa rts a re w ell a n d n at u r a lly f o rmed i t i s abl e to b ear a n y

, ,

q u a n tity o f light n ecessary f o r t h e m o st pe rf ect v i sio n b u t .

w he n ac u te Ophthalmia ravages its pa rts the n e very b e am

,

m u st b e sh u t o u t f rom the ap a rtme n t i f e v e n a re f le cted ra v

,

e n ters the room w here the eye i s p r ote cted by the most care
f u l b a n dage the patie n t i s i mm edi ately cogn iza n t of i t a n d
,

cries o u t w ith p ai n . It i s pe rf e ctly saf e to sa y that th e

b illi o n th p art o f th e l i g h t w h i c h i s ag eeable a n d n e ces s ary
'

i n he a lth w i l l prod u ce excr u ci ati n g pai n d u ri n g the i n fl a m

,

m a t o ry stages o f diseas e I n f act w e ca n n ot comp u t e t h e

.

q u a n tity o f light w hi ch i s actu ally pai n f u l i n Ophthalmi a ,

that i s fi g u res w o u ld f ail u s to tell what f ractio n al p a rt i t i s

o f t hat del u g e o f light w hi ch fl o w s u po n u s i n the o rdi n ar y

p rocess of visi o n j u st as they sa y fig u res f ail to tell w hat

.

p art o f the cr u de mass i s the 3 0th dil u tio n .

&u st so w i th the ear .The soldie r w he n i n s u ch health as

,

allo w s hi m t o b e 0 11 th e fi el d of battle recei ves the co n ti n u ed

,

a n d most t e rrifi c p eals of the ca n n o n as o n ly a pleasa n t ex

,

c i t e m e n t w h i ch soo n f ails eve n to p r od u ce e n th u si asm ; b u t

, ,

let the sam e soldier b e stri c k e n w ith a n y malady w hi ch a ff ects

th e brai n s o as to prod u ce ir r itab ility of the a u ditory n erves
, ,

a n d he w ill t he n b e in s u ch co n ditio n as to b e g r e a tl y di s ,

t u rb e d by the i mpressio n o f the so f test w hisp er or the so u n d ,

of the lighte s t f o ot s tep .

Th e se are not isolate d ca s es b u t represe n tati ve i n stan c e s

,

o f a n u n i versal law w hi ch gover n s not f o u r o n l y b u t all t h e

,

organ s a n d tis s u e s of the h u man f rame The acti on of t hi s .

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law what we may call the i n d i ca ti ve hal f of the con

f u rnishe s
d i t i on s of medi cal science ; the c orre spon d i n g hal f being s u p
plied by the c u rat i ve po w er s of th e dr u g s w e n o w have an d ,

those w hich are yet to be discovered .

In the example s gi ve n w e have selecte d tho s e w hi ch are

,

plain an d can not be m i s u n derstood or mi sconstr u ed and they ,

s u rely prove a l l that w e ask of them or else Path ology and ,

Mathematic s are a del u sion and p ain a f re a k rof the i magi

natio n .

I n the f oregoing i n s tance s we have s ho w n that th e su sc e p

t i b i l i ty of an inflamed tiss u e i s to the s u s ceptibility o f a
, ,

healthy tiss u e a s ,
to 1 it con s eq u ently f ollo w s that
, ,

the medicinal i mpression u pon the di seased ti ss u e m u st b e to ,

the medi cinal i mpre s sion u pon the healthy ti s s u e , a s 1 to

Le t u s now apply thi s principle to a f e w ca s e s of di sea s e ,

and see how large a dose Pathology tell s u s to gi ve Aloes .

and C olocynth are acknowledged by writer s o f the ol d s chool

to have their principal or s peci fi c e ff ect u p o n the b o w els the
, ,

fir s t more especially u pon the larger intestine s an d rect u m .

They gi ve the s e medi cine s in do s e s of 2 or 3 grai n s each an d ,

even in these do s e s they are comparatively harmle ss f o r the ,

rea s on that the bowel s are i n health at the ti me of adm i n i s ter

ing They p re s crib e accordin g to the p rinciple of Coz ma ma
'
'
.

'

Con tr cw z a s Ow a n tu r and c on s equ ently p u rge the b owel s

'

when the disea s e i s i n the h e ad l u n gs , heart throat or any

, , ,

o th er part of t h e body They can g i ve the s e do s es there f ore

.

wit h im p u n ity a s the b owel s are in a cond ition to tolerate

,

even a lar g er amo u nt Th e Hom oeopathi s t al s o g ives Aloe s

.

and Colocynt h , b u t he g i ve s t h em when the disea s e i s i n that

,

p ortion of the b owel s on whi c h t h e s e m e d i ci ne s h ave thei r

sp e c i fi c action t h at i s in irritation an d inflammati on of t h e
,

l arger b owel s an d re c t u m , or in D i arrh oea , Dy s entery , & c ; an d .

b e c au s e o f the a c u te inflam m ati on of t h e s e p art s t h ei r su s ,

ce pt i b i l i t
y to m edicinal im p re ssi on i s i n c rea s e d i n the s a m e
p roportion a s t h a t of th e h and we h av e m ention ed Con se .

q ently , i f t h e h eal thy b owe l i s on ly m o d erate ly a ff ecte d by

u
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tw o g rai n s of Co l o cy nth , t h e i n fl ame d b ow e l w ill be j u st a s

m u c h aff e cted by t h e 7 7 3 35 5 ” of a g rain Thi s we fi n d not
-
.

m ere l y tr u e i n t h eory b u t als o in p ra c t i ce Th o s e w h o g i v e .

the 3 d d il u ti on or tritu ration of Colocy nth , i n Dy s entery (a ,

d o s e of w h ich i s ab o u t eq u al to f w l w a p art of a
t h at i t is v ery s u rely c u rat i ve i n the ca s e s w h ere it i s i n di c a t e

e d u nle ss t h e p art s are too m u c h i nflamed i n whi ch c a s e i t

,
,

w i l l b e ent i re l y too s trong and evi dently aggravate the

,

e x istin g di sea s e I p ecac wi l l o f ten p rod u ce na u s ea i n the

.

he althy p er s on in d o s e s of one grain Accordin g to the law

, .

of i m pre s sib ility t h en when the s tomach i s already di s ea s ed

,

a n d na u s eated we can only give of a g rai n

, 51 .

I ha ve j u s t s een a c ase of i nten s ely vi olent n e u ralgia a ff e c t ,

i ng t h e right s i de of the head and f ace The patient had , .

tak en h u g e do s e s of Narcotic s Sti m u lant s and Nervine s , b u t

, ,
‘

w ith n o e fi e c t, e x ce p ti n g to leave her in a more trem u lo u s

c on diti on She h ad s lept none f o r 4 8 ho u r s a n d wa s al mo s t
.

d i s tracte d w ith p ain A f e w do s e s of the app ropriate reme dy

.
,

a mo u nting to not m ore than the g 1

of a g rain , re
, 0 0 0 0 0 0
x
'

l i e v e d and c u red in the Space of two ho u r s .

The rea s on why the ma s si ve doses of V aleri an & c had no .

,

e ff e c t was b eca u s e they di d not t o u ch the part diseased

, .

Their a c ti on wa s u p on other and h ealthy part s of the sy s tem .

& u t the h om ce opa th i c do s e w a s a s n earl y a s possible t h e

S i milim u m It had it s speci fi c i mpre ss u pon the parts aff ect
.

e d b y & e u ra l g i a an d there f ore the s mall e s t infl u ence onl y

,

w a s nece ss ary to c au s e a response f rom the tender tiss u e I .

h ave no p red il e ction f o r the abo v e or any s i z e of dose b u t

i
,

gave that w hi c h , co n s i deri n g the condition s W o u ld b e most ,

q u i ckly c u rati ve 1 m i ght m ention other cases or disea s e

.

i ll u s trati ve of the s am e p rinciple eno u gh to fi l l a vol u me b u t

, ,

th is i s u nnece ss ary a s they w i ll readily occ u r to any on e w h o

w i l l f ollow o u t the s e reflection s .

E v ery new c onvert to H omw opa th y is astoni sh e d at t h e e fli ~

c a c y of the sm al l d ose s w e em pl oy , an d many at fi r s t s u ppo s e

the y m u st b e the mo s t acti ve po i s on s b u t here we may se e .

t h a t it is not b e c a u s e of an y c orro s i ve a c tion or br u te f or c e

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belongi n g to the medici n e b u t beca u s e o f the ac u te su s

,

c e pt i b i l i ty to the slightest i mpressi ons w h i ch i s al w ay s a

,

co n sequ e n ce o f a n i n fl amed organ or tiss

”
\ V e o f t e n hear loq u aci o u s doctors i n order a s t h ey su p
,

po s ed to sho w the i n co n si s te n cy of Hom oeopathy relate t h e ,

case of some child w h o s w allo w ed a whole b o t tl e f u l l of little

pills w i th o u t pr o d u ci n g the l east u n pleasa n t e f f ect This may .

s ometimes e x cit e a l a u gh b u t it sho w s a w o f u l i g n ora n ce o f

,

t h e la w s o f disease s u ch as n o m ed ical m a n sho u l d be g u ilty

,

of . I t i s tr u e that a child w he n i n health or w he n t h e organ

, ,

o n w hich t h e medici n e h a s i ts actio n i s in health m a y take

, ,

n o t the co n te n ts o f one bottle o n ly b u t the co n te n ts o f a do

,

z e n bottles w itho u t being se r i o u sly dist u rbed

,
an d yet w hen ,

t h e impressibility o f that orga n i s ex cited by i n fl ammatio n ,

t h e n six pellets f rom the same bottles w ill prod u ce all the i m
p ressi o n desired This is so perf ectly i n accord an ce w i th th e
.

o the r i n sta n ces w e have gi ve n as to need n o f u rther n otice

,
.

t y the
,
n (l e e s the Allopathi st conti n u e to ri dic u le o u r

d oses a n d say there i s n othi n g i n t h e m ?

,
Le t h i m disca r d
K
&

t h e theo ry o f admi n ist ratio n i f he choses let hi m say there i s ,

n o s u ch l a w o f c u re b u t f o r his o w n ho n or a n d i n tellige n ce
, ,

l e t h i m n o lo n ger disregard th e i n v i n cible u n mi stakeabl e ,

t e achi n gs o f Patholog y w hich sho u l d b e s tro n ger than e ven

,

his o w n prej u dices .

He does n o t sit do w n by the bed side o f a p atient w he n -

s u ff eri n g f rom Ga st ritis a n d s ay y o u are f ool ish a n d i magi

,
“

n ary to vom it the f e w

”
drops o f w ater y ou have take n He .

k n o w s this irritability i s a n e ff ect of the d isease a n d marvels ,

n o t at the vomi ti n g o f the smallest q u antity of w ater ev en ,

t ho u gh he has seen hi m dri n k a q u art o f i t w he n i n h ealth ,

He does n o t say to the patie n t w ith Ophthalmi a y o u o n ly ,

“

f a n cy y o u c a nn o t bear the light b u t he know s the f act that

,

w hat was be f o re pleasa n t a n d necessary i s n ow i n the b il ,

l i o n t h part of its stre n gth e x cr u ci atingly p ai n f u l to the eye

accordi n gly he se n ds hi m i nto a chamber p erf ectly d arken ed
u ntil the pec u liar s u sceptibility i s removed S i n ce th en h e .
,

regard s these p athologi cal cond ition s and grad u ate s the di s ,
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t u rb i n g infl u ence s to their i m p r es s i bility why sho u ld w e not ,

i n e very d isea s e regard these elo qu ent teachi n gs a n d grad u ate

the stre n gth of ou r remedies to the s ensiti vene ss of the organ
a ff ected .

Admi tti n g that w e are sometime s comp elled to carry o u r

d il u ti o n s s o high as n o t to be calc u lated w ith figu res w h
y ,

sho u l d w e a n y more do u b t their e ff i cacy tha n w e do t h e ,

n u mb e rles s an alogo u s f acts i n n at u re a n d t h e lesso n s o f other ,

depa r tme n ts o f S cie n ce to w hi ch medi ci n e i s so clo sely al lied .

In the p r ese n t state of Hom oeopathy i t may w ry oc c a si on a l l y ,

b e exp ed ie n t to u se medi ci n es as l ow as d rop d o ses of t h e

tinct u re & u t the s e c a n o n ly b e u sed as expedie n ts a n d w e
.

tr u s t that soo n this appare n t n ecessity w ill b e removed by

the d e velopment o f po w e r s o f the oth e r dr u g s w hi ch w ill
b e nearer t h e simil im u m tha n a n y w e n o w possess a n d c o n ,

s eq u e n tly c a n b e give n i n d ose s f a r removed f ro m the ti n ct u re s .

T h ose w h o u se the atte n u atio n s h i gh or l o w w ill c u re their

, ,

pati ents m u c h m ore s u re l y a n d p r omptly tha n th o se w h o u s e

the cr u de dr u g l st b eca u se they w h o f i n d it a n ecessi ty t o
. .

u se th e cr u de have n o t selected the t ru ly i n di cated r e medy ,

a nd 2nd b ecau se of t h e p ermeati ve size of the p repa rati o n s

.

o f w hich w e have s oke n The r e a r e also other reaso n s w hich

p .

w e ca n n ot h e re n o t i e e It is u n do u bt e dly tr u e that t h e u n t ri
‘
‘

t u ra t e d doses of the Allopathist w ith the f e w medici n es

, ,

w hi c h h e cal l s specific do c u re some cases o f disease a n d that

,

w itho u t pro d u ci n g m edici n al agg rav ati o n s b u t these c u re n o t

becau se o f the la rge q u a n ti ty gi ve n b u t by virt u e of the

“

very f e w atom s co n t ai n ed i n the mass w hi ch happe n to b e

s u f fi cie n tly small to reach the part disea s ed Th e b u k o f
l
‘

s u ch a dos e i s o f n o spe cifi c val u e a n d w ere better n o t admin

i st e re d as i t o n l y acts as a f oreign s u bsta n ce i n d ist u rbi n g
,

healthy pa rt s a n d the f e w commi n u ted parti cles w hi ch w i s e

,
'

n at u re s elects are all that i s n ecessary to prod u ce a heali n g

i mp ressi on I f physi c ians w ill regard the lesso n s of P athology
.

a nd e xerci s e a proper care f u l n ess i n s electing the remedy

i ndi cated they may even n o w b e done w i th the gro s ser
,
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ma t er i als i th wh i c h th e h u ma n syste m i s s ti ll ab u s e d a nd
w ,

r a c ti c e tha t whi ch al one i s ra ti on a l medi cine

p . .

W e are a ware th at s ome who h ave hal f i n ve s tigate d

H om oeopath y are look i n g and w a i tin g f or the day when i t s
d oses shall become more ap prec i able T h e y de s ire that i t
.

”
shall be l iberal i z ed
“
s o as to meet the con ce ss i on s of
,

mo d ern A l lopathy Thi s can ne ver b e done If al lopath i st s

. .

c ha n ge the y m u s t d rop arms a n d march in ou r rank s

,
& 0 con .

ce ss io n can be made On the c ontrary t h e si z e of the do s e

.
,

will co n tin u e to recede f rom that of all othe r s y s tem s of

'

m edic i n e u nti l the tr u e re medi e s are f o u n d whi ch meet every

,

conditio n of d i s ea s e The Hom oeopathy of H ahne mann and

.

o f to d ay i s the M edical S cie n ce of all time It wi l l b e s hor n

.

o f the i ncon s istencie s which have a th e r e d a ro u n d i t, an d

g
p r u n ed of s ome i maginary powers of dr u g s b u t it s principle s ,

will govern all f u t u re di s coveries and ap propr i ate them to ,

'

their proper u se T h i s i s not s ectarian or illiberal It i s n o t

. .

the i n ve n tion of an y man or clas s of men ; b u t the imperati ve

demands of t h e arb itrar y l aws of Nat u re The do s e i s b u t . .

the co n s equ ent ; the law of healing an d the patholo g ical

condition s are the antecedent .

The homoeopathi s t f or re a sdn s whic h w e h ave mentioned

, ,

co u ld not i f he wo u ld gi ve an y larger do s e s than are now

,

emplo y ed On the oth er hand t h e allo p athi s t i f h on es t c a n

.
, , ,

never gi ve s mal l er d ose s than tho s e h e i s now and has b een ,

u s i n g f o r year s .

It take s the s am e q u antity of &h u b arb to p u rge th e s am e ,

o f Ip e ca c to vomit the s ame of Canth aride s to bli ster t h e

, ,

s ame of Nitre to prod u ce di u re s i s th at i t ever h as , in any a g e

,

o f t h e world , a n d u nless t h e con s tit u tion of man i s c h a n ged

,

their doses can never b e al tered u nti l they gi ve u p the c on tra ry

a n d adopt the si mi l a r doctri n e .
o

All red u ction i n t h e strength of t h eir d r u gs the n i f there ,

b e a n y i s either merely caterin g to t h e good will of th e

,
-

i n t or a s t e p in f or s ak i n g th e doctrine s they pro f e ss

'

p a t e .