Valedictory address to the graduating class of the Homoeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania.

  • Moore, Thomas, 1821-1887.
Date:
1861
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Credit: Valedictory address to the graduating class of the Homoeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania. 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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    doses, and to discontinue their bleedings, their blister- ings, and their cauterizations 1 No! Gentlemen, is it not rather the change in pub- lic opinion, through the influence of Homoeopathy, that has brought about this modification of old-school prac- tice] A large class of the community have seen the ef- fects of Homoeopathic treatment, and are convinced of the truth of our doctrines, only by what they have ex- perienced. Accidental circumstances have, perhaps, in their first experiment, brought the subject before their notice. What they have seen, they do not doubt; what they have felt they cannot, and will not, disbelieve. They have adopted it, not because they understand it, but SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE GOVERNED BY THE EVIDENCE OF THEIR SENSES. Facts interest them more than any theories. They care but little as to the means used, so that they are agreeable, safe, and effectual; satisfied that this is the case, with Homoeopathic treatment, they willingly dispense with the nauseous doses, the horrid mixtures, the bleedings and burnings of the old-school practice. Their only reason for previously submitting to such heroic measures was, because they then knew of noth- ing better upon which they could rely, in cases of sickness. The old-school practitioners, however, are not placed in such circumstances as to experience our treatment themselves, or to observe, directly, its effects upon our patients. They ignore the evidence and repudiate the expe- rience of others, and, consequently, they cannot believe