Excerpt from The American Journal of Homoeopathy, 1847, Vol. 1 The uncertainty'of the practice of medicine is an universal lamentation throughout the en tire profession, and the existence and tolerance of quack doctorsand quack, medicines is strong proof that the public know how little reliance can be placed in the ordinary method of treating diseases. Therefore, a reform is loudly de manded - the people demand it; and they are right, for they have the greatest interest at stake, it is their health and life which are concerned. But we ask, .how shall the practice of medicine be improved 2 must we fight and devour one another? Shall we denounce and ridicule every member of the profession who dares to suggest a change in the treatment of diseases? Shall we, in the face of the strongest evidence of the fact, hoot down every physician who may declare that the administration and repetition of large doses of drugs are injurious to health, and en dangerlife'l Is it reasonable, and will it pro mote the interests of the profession, for one mem ber of it to accuse another of hypocrisy because he professes to cure. The sick without emetics and cathartics'! Again, the imperfections of the healing art are a fruitful theme with the professors of our medical schools; and they very properly urge their students to exertion, to con tribute to the improvement of the treatment of diseases. And yet, in the face of this advice, there are professors who have denounced, as quacks, those who were their own pupils, merely because they avow their conversion to the doctrine of Hahnemann. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.