Homoepathia revealed : a brief exposition of the whole system adapted to general comprehension : with a notice of psora and Dr. Duringe's objections / by Alexis Eustaphieve.

  • Eustaphieve, Alexis, 1783-1857.
Date:
1837
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    state of medicine. Thus, the main point of inquiry must be, what this only one true system is ; and to ascertain this, it is only necessary to define that to be a true system, which is the most successful in attaining the great object of all such systems, by the most suitable means; and then to explain the object and the means, so that the question, who is right and who is wrong, maybe decided at once, to the satisfaction of the sincere and impartial examiner. The great object of the healing art is, not merely, as appears upon the face of it, to heal diseases, but, as has been shown elsewhere, to conduct a living being safe through the natural period of life, in a manner best adapted to pre- vent, as well as to cure diseases, with the least possible an- noyance to the invalid. The means by which all this is accomplished, are indi- viduality in the treatment of diseases, removal of morbid causes instead of their effects, simplicity of proceeding, eco- nomy of the forces of nature, conveniency and comfort of the sick, guaranty from harm, certainty of cure, celerity of ope- ration, and speedy convalescence. By these, in succession, shall the two systems be tried. Individuality in the treatment or diseases. Allopa- thia, either from a desire to save trouble, or from an immo- derate love of the parade of learning, or, what is most pro- bable, from both these motives, has divided all diseases, according to their resemblances, into separate groups, and classified them under different heads, afebrile, inflammato- ry, eruptive, cerebral, nervous, gastric, intestinal, profluent, refluent, constitutional, and local, and, of course, treats each group or class, as if it were one lump, with the remedies particularly appropriated to it, pretty much in the same manner as some empiric would dose all black men with one kind of drugs, all white men with another, all red men with another yet, and so on, deviating so far only from the prac- tice of the ignorant rustic, that this last marks all his sheep,