Homoeopathic domestic physician : containing the treatment of diseases with popular explanations of anatomy, physiology, hygiene, and hydropathy, also an abridged materia medica / by J.H. Pulte.

  • Pulte, J. H. (Joseph Hippolyt), 1811-1884.
Date:
1852
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    Of late years a great deal of attention has been bestowed upon the preparation of popular works on the treatment of diseases, by the med- ical profession, as well by members of the Homoeopathic as of other med- ical schools. This shows, evidently, that the hitherto backward world of medical science has been caught at last, with the proper spirit of modern progress, whose distinguishing feature in scientific matters consists, undoubtedly, in the tendency to popularize abstruse sciences and make them useful and accessible to the many. Homoeopathy has not been in the rear as regards these popular trea- tises and many valuable volumes have been issued from the press within a short time which have facilitated in a great degree the domes- tic use of the homoeopathic medicines. This service, rendered by the profession to the public in a liberal and generous spirit, has been am- ply rewarded by the latter, in extending all over the country, more rapidly, the blessings of our beloved healing art, and establishing its title, as a benefactor of mankind, more firmly in the hearts of the people. The author well recollects that the first domestic physicians which appeared, were looked upon with distrust by some of the profession. But the people in general hailed them as welcome friends in their do- mcM ic afflictions, where counsel is so often needed at times, when med- ical aid cannot be obtained. Imperfect as the first efforts of this kind must naturally have been, their beneficial results for families, and for the spread of Homoeopathy, were such that the improvement of these necessary medical guides was rapidly undertaken and accomplished. All honor and praise, however, must be given to those few in Germany and America, who made the first attempts to popularize the practice of Homoeopathy. At this time scarcely one homoeopathic family is without one or more books on domestic practice, which is a sufficient evidence of their practical utility. Thus have these messengers of mercy and usefulness traveled with, and often ahead of, the regular practitioners of Homoeopathy—the si lent, but efficient missionaries of truth, declaring it everywhere by facts and conquests over disease, won by the people themselves. The