An investigation of homoeopathy / by William Sharp.

  • Sharp, William, 1805-1896.
Date:
1856
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Credit: An investigation of homoeopathy / by William Sharp. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WHAT IS HOMGEOPATHY? True philosophers, who are only eager for truth and knowledge, never regard themselves as already so thoroughly informed, but that they welcome further information fi-om whomsoever and from whencesoever it may come; nor are they so narrow-minded as to imagine any of the arts or sciences, transmitted to us by the ancients, in such a state of forwardness and com- pleteness, that nothing is left for the ingenuity and industry of others.— William Harvet. Among the many important topics of the day, none, having reference to this life only, can possess higher claims to calm inquiry and earnest attention than the varipis resources which are available to mankind, when suffering from bodily disease; -—a trial which few, if any, at all times escape. In the present age of discovery and invention, it would be remarkable if, while every branch of art and science is pro- gressively and rapidly improving, the resources of medicine remained stationary. Would it not be surprising if, while all around are sailing forward, we saw that the physician alone was becalmed ? But this has not happened ; the onward wave has reached the healer's barque, the breeze has caught his sail, and he also is gallantly in motion upon the mighty waters of natural science.