The homopathic therapeutics of uterine and vaginal discharges / by W. Eggert.

  • Eggert, Bill.
Date:
1879
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Credit: The homopathic therapeutics of uterine and vaginal discharges / by W. Eggert. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    outside of the restricted views of homoeopathic teachings, when these views or principles have been strictly complied with and have been found wanting. That there are powers in nature and art as- signed to cure diseases besides those taught by Hahnemann, none of us will deny, but no one will also assert that those powers are better understood now than those which Hahnemann disclosed to us. He wanted all restrictions removed from those who are en- dowed with the necessary power and knowledge to preserve human life, and with that delicate consciousness which every one whom God has appointed a guardian of human life should possess. Thus spoke Hahnemann, a master and genius in medicine, a man of the highest culture and learning; and when he penned these lines he thought he addressed his equals in learning and experience, like Hufe- land and others. But he certainly did not entertain the idea to allow the ignorant to experiment upon the sick. He never would have granted liberty of action to the majority of our practitioners. Such independence he would have willingly accorded to masters like Hering, Dunham, etc., but as to the majority of our doctors-it would be like putting razors in the hands of young children. What would an experienced surgeon say of a practitioner of surgery, who in spite of his title could not attend properly to a common fracture, if he would see him going outside of the accepted rules to accom- plish the reunion of bones, and thereby risk the patient's health and life? Would he accord him liberty of action? Just so with homoeopathic practitioners. First, let us become homoeopathists in the truest sense of the word, and if we fail, then it will be time enough to go outside of our restricted views. And we feel jus- tified to say, the more we endeavor to become the former the less we will need the latter. The whole soul of the homoeopathic healing art centres in the thorough understanding of its Materia Medica and in the art to ex- amine a patient properly; this latter must naturally include a knowl- edge of anatomy, physiology, chemistry, microscopy, etc. If thus equipped the practitioner finds himself at a loss, then to him and him only we grant liberty of action. It is all in vain to say that those who entertain our views ignore progress; on the contrary, we hail it with the same pleasure and,earnestness that any candid seeker after truth would do, to benefit the human race and alleviate its sufferings. But at the same time we try to guard and protest against anything that could be abused by ignorant persons, to drag medicine into licentiousness under the mantle and name of homoeopathy.