Therapeutics founded upon organopathy and antipraxy / by William Sharp.

  • Sharp, William, 1805-1896.
Date:
1886
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Credit: Therapeutics founded upon organopathy and antipraxy / by William Sharp. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SO it is sufficient to say that, up to the present moment, so far as I am informed, the development of Antipraxy, and its practical application, have been confined to my own hands. It is enough for one man to initiate a new movement; it is not possible for him to perfect it. Twenty thousand medical men may work at it, in this country alone, and every year may carry on the im- provement of its details; and every one who contributes something will deserve honourable mention. Even after this, though, doubtless, these improvements will be very great, perfection will not have been attained. Other nations will help, and further progress will be made. As with every other branch of physical science, there will always be room for improvement. 14. Antipraxy is already very successful.—Notwith- standing what has just now been said, much success has been achieved. This success is not personal boasting. I may be the only one who has seen and recognised the working of this contrary action of small doses; but whether others have seen it or not, Antipraxy really claims as its own all the success of genuine Homoeopathy. This has been explained before, and the explanation does not need repetition. 15. Antipraxy may be adopted by those loho have rejected Homoeopathy. — Inventions are commonly found in one of two ways; either by accident, as James Hargreaves, more than a century ago, got the Spinning Jenny (called after his wife); or by hard labour and indomitable perseverance, as Bernard Palissy, more than