Dr. Curie's clinical lecture on homoeopathy.

  • Curie, Paul Francis, 1799-1853.
Date:
[1840]
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Credit: Dr. Curie's clinical lecture on homoeopathy. 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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    yn // DR. CURIE’S 'V CLINICAL LECTUREV w j W\ V_L : V'N N, .4>;, •}••; homceopathy: ON Gentlemen,—We are now about to examine anew medical science, which leads us to the completion of the old, but which still requires the aid of the latter to be in itself complete. If we throw a glance over the past, we shall find that by- means of studies made upon the bodies of the dead {anatomy), we are led by induction to recognise (diagnosis), and to class a large portion of the diseases which affect humanity. But we have hitherto required a law, for the application of the me- dicaments to cure them, and also a perfect knowledge of these medicaments. Hahnemann has appeared, and revealed to us, both the law of application and the science of medicaments. It is my intention to make known to you these two branches of this new science. Like many others, Gentlemen, I have seen a multitude of systems pass before me : I have deeply studied them all, both in theoiy and application, and the result of this study has been the conviction, that medical science has been actu- ally converted by them into a tower of Babel, and that the truth must be sought for independent of any system. For this reason I have thanked God and Hahnemann, that the homoeo- pathic law (or art of curing) has been revealed to humanity; and have proudly accepted the task of propagating and teach- ing it to the world. I purpose, in these Lectures, to conduct you to theory by practice; I shall, therefore, succinctly explain all that may be necessary to the full understanding of my first lessons. For theoretical details, I refer you to the works of Hahnemann. There is in man an ever active power, which unceasingly strives to expel from his organic structure whatever might tend to its premature disorganization ; a power, of which, till the n