An earnest appeal in behalf of human life, health, and happiness / by James McAlister.
- McAlister, James (Publisher)
- Date:
- 1847
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An earnest appeal in behalf of human life, health, and happiness / by James McAlister. 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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![preserving *nw ••• orphanage. Missionaries in foreign lands, who possess a knowledge of medicine, hold a thousand fold greater influence in their hands over the heathen than those who do not A clergyman in New England who purchased this woik, and who procured a diploma from its distin- guished author, by visiting the poor of his flock, and proscribing for them, has acquired an influence over them which no power on earth can break, and an at- tachment and confidence, such as the most affectionate and trusting children feel toward, and repose in, a fa- ther. Most certainly no clergyman should be without this book, and the knowledge which it contains. To such it must prove, in a thousand ways, and on num- berless occasions, an invaluable treasure. But to Physicians and Surgeons who desire to ex- td, and especially to succeed in mitigating human suf- fering, and saving human life, this book is certainly one of the most valuable which they can put in their pro- fessional library. They may have read all other authors —they may be familiar with Richerand, with Wilson, with Watson, Eberle, Dunglison—with Hunter, Cooper, Abemcthy, Armstrong, Hall, and a host of other medi- e«l and surgical writers, but without tlus work their studies arc incomplete—their fitness to be successful practitioners must necessarily be imperfect—nor will their skill, however great, compensate for their igno- rance of the immense fund of practical knowledge which they cannot fail to find in this incomparable vol- ume. We might fill a volume with extracts from let- ters of physicians who have addressed letters of con grntulation to the author, and who have spoken in terras of the highest praise of the work, at the same time ex- pressing the sinccrcst gratitude to Dr. Beach for his labor of love and mercy, in placing within their reach a work which had given unprecedented success to their professional labors—a success so greats that it was be- yond what they had ever expected, and which would be to any but an eye-witness incredible. The letters are from many who had practised for years on the old mineral, depletive, and hypothetical system—others from those who had long practiced Thompsonianism by emetic* **nu steaming, and others on various hypotheses, or systems, so called. The following are specimens of the great mass of testimonials of the above description which have been received by the author :— Dr. I. F. Deffenb acker, of Mason, Ohio, writes— Dear Sir -I have been practising medicine for several years. During the last four years I have had your ' American Practice,' in three volumes. I consider your work this mastkh-pikck of all the books that I have read mi medical practice, botany, and surgery. I am done with the calomel practice, and continue, for good reasons, opposed to the Thoinpsonian, regarding it as a very imperfect system. One of my students obtained your new work, [The American Practice Abridged, in one volume,] in Cincinnati, for five dollars. It is worth one thousand dollars, instead of five. I do really think, Doctor, the Botanic System, based upon scientific prin- eSnles, will be universally embraced before many years. Yours, truly, &c. Dr. Joseph Grover, of Rock Island, HI, writes— Dr. W. Beach, Sir—I hare had, according to the Reformed system tn nutum, ~_ . to my personal knowledge, the calomel and lancet prac- titioners have lost one out of every ten casts which they treated, who were affected with the same diseases; L e, where I lost two out of fourteen hundred they lost out of the same number one hundred and forty patients. Dr. Noah Miller, of New Carlisle, St Josephs Co, Indiana, writes as follows:—Dr. W. Beach, Dear and venerable Sir—I have read your works with the most exquisite pleasure, and am compelled to exclaim, Bles- sed be the name of him who founded the glorious sys- tem of Medical Reform!—whose superior skill and talent succeeded iu bringing out of chaos this brilliant system of medical science, which dispenses blessings to an who receive and practise it I I have had on an average from seventeen hundred to tliree thousand patients yearly, during the last three years, and I have lost but/bar »» tients in that time. All this is the result of vegetable medicines, prescribed according to your 'AMERICAN PRACTICE, or REFORMED SYSTEM OF MEDI- CINE. ' Says Dr. M. M. Miles, of Boston, Mass., I used the remedies recommended by your medical work, for two years or more in my practice, and I am highly pleased with their effect upon the system, in every kind of dis- ease ; so much so, that no money would induce me to rt- turn to tlie use of mineral poisons. TO THE AUTHOR OF THE AMERICAN PRACTICE: Sir—Some tune has elapsed 6incc I became acquaint- ed with your Reformed System of Medical and Surgical Practice, and I now embrace the opportunity to state, that the theory or principles advanced in your work fully meet my approbation, and which have been am- ply illustrated and demonstrated by an extensive prac- tice. I was educated in the old school of medicine, and have, therefore, tested both systems. But a sense of jus- tice constrains me to state, that the Reformed method of treating diseases entirely surpasses the other; and 1 am fully of the opinion, if it is embraced by competent persons, that it will supersede the mineral and deple- tive course, and become the standard practice of the day. With most cordial wishes for its dissemination and final success, I subscribe myself Respectfully yours, ANDREW SHANKLIN, M. D. Middleton, Hyde Co., North Carolina. To the President of the Reformed College or Medicine, New York Citv : Dr. Beach, Dear Sir—Although personally unac- quainted with you, yet your name and works are famil- iar to me. The American Practice I have studied, ad- mired, and approved, and am fully of opionlon, that your system of practice will become universal Yours affectionately, and with Much respect, A. UPHAM.M.D. ' Rochester, New Hampshire, These are specimens of hundreds of similar testimo- nials,'voluntarily presented to the author, by physicians of different schools, who have embraced this system](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21139751_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
