An essay on homoepathy.

  • Wheaton, P. M.
Date:
1846
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Credit: An essay on homoepathy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. We have been induced to write the following Essay, at the request of our friends, for the purpose of explaining this comparatively new science in Michigan, believing from the interest this subject has excited in all parts of the ci- vilized world, that many in this community would be glad to give it a cursory examination, and likewise to answer some of the many objections brought against the system by interested individuals, and to show to all, that we claim to be governed by the dictates of common sense, fully as much as those who strive to overwhelm us with ridicule, and retard the progress of science. Knowing from person- al experience while engaged in the regular practice, the strong opposition that is felt by its members towards this system which strikes at the very foundation of their meth- ods, and which, in the language of Jean Paul Richter, although despised at first, is destined to drag to ruin the common receipt crammed heads, we do not expect to satisfy our brethren of the superior efficacy of Homoeo- pathy, except by its results, for these alone have satisfied us ; and if this Essay shall be the means of doing away with the prejudice which exists and has been caused by the ridicule and opposition of those who oppose a system they know nothing about, it will have answered our ex- pectations. W. & E.