Learned quackery exposed, or the difference shown between poisons and medicines / compiled by Alanson Mosher.

  • Mosher, Alanson.
Date:
1846
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Credit: Learned quackery exposed, or the difference shown between poisons and medicines / compiled by Alanson Mosher. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    REMARKS. In presenting this pamphlet to the public, the Author is aware that it will fall into the hands of some who will, on account of prejudice against it because it does not ac- cord with the writings of the medical Faculty of the pre- sent day, laugh at its contents and use every means their ingenuity can invent to prejudice others against it. Truth crush'd to earth will rise again, Tl>e foe of tyrants and the friend of man. The question is often asked, What made you undertake to practice medicine on a system so unpopular, if you wished to practice ? Why did you not practice the old way—bleed, blister, &c. ? To this we answer—we were orxe given up as incurable (by the learned mineral poi- soners) of a disease which they called Pulmonary Con- sumption, and after being convinced that we must die under such treatment we called on a steam Doctor as the last resort, and by the judicious administration of nature's remedies we were restored to health, and as we consid- ered that we owed our life to that system of medical practice called The Thompsonian, or Botanic System, we concluded to become acquainted with it, and do all our abilities would allow us, in relieving the sufferings of those who were so unfortunate as to be affected by dis- ease, and after pursuing the study of medicine three years we commenced practice. What, says one, does your Thompsonian doctor have books and study like other professional men ?— To this we answer we have a society called the Thomp- sonian, Botanic Medical Society of the state of New York, which holds its meetings annually, and its mem- bers are required to study the science of medicine at least two years, and if they can pass an examination be- fore the board of Censors, they then have a license to practice. All our students at the present day come un- der these restrictions. We also have colleges in some of the states, for instructing students on the Thompsonian