Homoeopathy : a letter addressed to a friend / by George Hilbers.

  • Hilbers, George.
Date:
1878
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Homoeopathy : a letter addressed to a friend / by George Hilbers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    PREFACE. The substance of the following letter was originally written to a friend who was in great distress and perplexity of mind in conse- quence of the dangerous illness of one very near and dear to him. Harassed by friends without and fears within, and worn out by anxiety and watching, my friend (as is often the case under similar circumstances) had become, for the time, completely un- nerved, and thus was an easy prey to influences which otherwise would have had but little power over him. He -wrote to inform me of his trouble, and to beg me to tell him what answer he could give whereby he might hope to silence the unseasonable re- proaches and remonstrances, of those about him, who were adding bitterness to his cup by incessantly speaking disparagingly of homoeopathy, and urging him to give up the only treatment in which for many years he had felt any confidence. It became a duty, therefore, on my part to explain to him the position in which he would be placed if, in deference to the wishes of others, and contrary to his own opinion, he allowed himself to be driven to sanction a change of treatment. It is quite foreign to my ideas to assert that near relatives or friends have no right to offer advice respecting the medical treat- ment of those in whom they take great personal interest. What