A letter to the President of the Royal College of Surgeons, on the late proceedings of that body, regarding homoeopathic practitioners / by James Russell.

  • Russell, James, M.D., F.R.S.E.
Date:
1851
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Credit: A letter to the President of the Royal College of Surgeons, on the late proceedings of that body, regarding homoeopathic practitioners / by James Russell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cutting short disease,, and ,gre^tjly.. hastening convalescence, and to the services of those who,understand the ju§p,.Qf thefn- Seeing that , homoeopathic practitioners are men , equal,—in respect'of scientific education, powers of observing,, an4 per- sonal character,—to other members of the profession, is Jit not natural to ask why, in this country alone amongst the na- tions, a course so unusual shp^ld be adopted to-vvards thenXiby their professional brethreipt.?, ,1 cannot understand it^,, I,sqt aside, as irrelevant, all personalities, and adopt the language applied by a great ornament* of the profession to another con- troversy Yet have I not so shaken hands Avith those desr perate Resolutioners,—who had rather venture at large theii- decayed bottom, than bring her in to be new trimmed in the dock, who had rather promiscuously retain all, than abridge any, and obstinately be what they are, than what they have been,—as to stand in diameter and swords-point with them ; we have reformed from them, not against them ; for—omitting those improperations and terms of scurrility betwixt us, which only diflference our affections and not our cause,—there is be- tween us one common name and appellation, one faith, and necessary body of principles common to us both. All my feelings towards the College are kindly, and the College knoWs that they are so. With many of its members I have ahv'a^rs been, and trust I shall continue to be, on . the most friendly footing. In the meeting of the Medico-Chirurgical Society, some were spoken of as holding up all the best acknowledged principles of our medical philosophy and practice-—principles that have stood the test of thousands of years—as'(ielusions and errors. I have not so spoken, nor has any one iCyer spoken so in my hearing. I would have proved but anaiin- patient listener. But while I have been no denouncer of pre- vailing modes of treatment, I have, as occasion offered, soli- cited the attention of my brethren to other modes whi(il\ I * Sir T. Browne, Tleligio Medici.