Homoeopathy : its tenets and tendencies, theoretical, theological, and therapeutical / by James Y. Simpson.

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1853
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    symptoms in, 178; alleged effect of squills on, lb. Pneumonia, a touch-stone of skill, 103 ; ob- servations of Louis, Grisolle, Dietl, on Its frequent spontaneous cure, 17, 105; statistics of its treatment by Dietl, with- out medicine, 105 ; incorrectness of Dr Fleischmann’s homoeopathic reports, 106; same results from homoeopathic treat- ment and no ti'eatment at all, 105, 106; symptoms, duration, etc. of it varied by proper treatment, 110; small mortality from it in Army and Navy returns, 113. Polypus, relative treatment of in homoeo- pathy and legitimate medicine, compared, lo2. Potencies, description of, 279. Potentizing, doctrine of. (SeeDynaraization.) Prohibitions in diet, homoeopathic, 83. Provings of drugs made in different ways, importance, 77 ; imposture practised by, 259; nature of Hahnemann's, 257-8; their morality, 75. Psora. (See Itch.) Quack, Dr IMead's anecdote of a London, 238; Matthews’ letter to, 178. Quackery, sums spent in advertising, and for stamps, 239 ; promoted by the clergy, 14o. Quack systems, enumeration of the more prevalent, 78, 80. Quin, Dr, on the magnetoscope, 120, 123. Quinine does not produce ague, 213-4 • number of symptoms of, 259. ’ Qiiintillionths, the amount of sugar and fluid required for, 65, 283, 285, Radetsky, Field-Marshall, case of, 270. Rationale of homoeopathic method of cure, ^1.-j Its contradictory character, 213. Jvegiraen, remedial efficacy of, 82. Religious symptoms caused and' cured bv various drugs, 30. Religious conversion aided by homoeopa- thic globules, 27, 29. Repetition of dose, rules laid down by Hahnemann regarding, 225; results of too frequent, 227; allegations about one single dose or smell curing a pleurisy, etc., Resolutions of the colleges and medical societies, 1, 8. Routh, Dr, fallacies of homoeopathy, 93 Rubbing quackery, its history, 78; theory, ^04 ; character, 201. Russell, Dr R., origin of homoeopathy, 242, 24.J; on ipecacuan, etc., 274 ^^2^6“’ homoeopathy in, Rutter, .Mr, his magnetoscope and experi- reinadi 120; Dr King’s, 121. Salt, a powerful medicament in 30th di- lution, 4-a; provings or symptoms of, 72 • quantity in a tear, super-llahncmaiinic, ^TdlUnm'’’ l'''‘'l’'0lactic power of Lclladomia against, refuted, 230. Scripture, homoeopathic interpretations of 25 ; homoeopathy foreshadowed in, 24 ’ Sealing-wax, fatal results after swallowin<>- a drop, 258. ° Sea-scurvy, cure of by lemon-juice, etc., 251; its former ravages, ib. Shakes, increase the potencies of drugs, 43- number required in preparing medicines! 43; Hahnemann’s rules, 264. Silex, symptoms from, 48; in every homoeo- pathic drug from the mortar used, 48. Similarity of symptoms,'amount of, not de- fined, 163; must be great, 164; failures of law when similarity great, 169 ; success where not p-eat similarity, 166, 167. Similia similibus airantur^\a,vt of, 237 ; de- fects of proof of it, 240, 254; supposed analogies in physical and moral pheno- mena, 149; ditto in nature’s cures, 151 • an infallible law, 237, 254; an infallible 2^'’) '^ut disproved, 2p4; ditto in case of cinchona, 246; in vac- cination, 249 ; in scurvy, 251; goitre, etc., 252; failure of, in production of ague, 243; failure of) in cutaneous diseases, 240; a law in witchcraft, 147. Small-pox, its alleged removal of cow-pox given by Hahnemann as proof of homceo- pathy, 152; Hahnemann’s own authority states the very reverse, 1.53; cow-pox con- current with, 156; Bosquet’s deductions, 158; cure of amaurosis, ophthalmia, etc., by, 166; prevention of, by vaccination, 241; a non-recurrent disease, 250; effects of vaccination upon, 249; thuja, an al- leged specific for, 249 ; treated by internal doses of small-pox matter, 29. Sniall-pox and Measles, simil.aritv of, 168- but not curative of each other, 170. ’ Smells, argument for infinitesimal doses derived from, 234. Smelling of dry globules, Hahnemann’s last favourite mode of exhibiting his medicines, 62-65; smell of a gold fee, Snow-friction remedy for frost-bite, not homceopathic, 255; ditto explained, 256 Speech on homoeopathy at Medieo-Chi- rurgical Society, 8-20. Spiritualisation of drugs by shaking and rubbing, 23, 140. so Starch-pills symptoms and cures from, 258. Statistics of homoeopathic hospitals, 90 • causes influencing, 94; modified by grade of patients, ib.; modified by hospital ar- rangements, 95; modified by age of pa- tients admitted, 96; modified by nature of disease.s, 97-101; modified by errors in nomenclature, 102; of homosopathic com- pared with British hospitals, 102; of pri- vate homoeopath ie [iractice, 90. ‘ Statistical proof of diniinution of mortality m London, etc., 116, 117. ^ Stephen’ Mrs her specific for gravel and stone, 36 ; ditto, purchased by the British larliament, 36; defended by Dr Hart- le.y, 30. Sugar, aniouiit of, required to reduce one gram, 267; to quiiitillionth, 65, 283; or dccilhoiith globules, 53, 284.