The British Journal of Homoeopathy (Volume 34) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1876. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... "ism' named after lesser men. We hope we have always manifested the due sense of pietas towards Hahnemann, for his great discovery of the law of specifics; but we hope also that that feeling will never warp our judgment in the following out and application of it according to the true principles of science, which is one and indivisible, and cannot bend to the will or opinions of this man or that. Journals of the Quarter. Our notices of contemporary homoeopathic periodicals have been crowded out of late. In our January number we made up the arrears as regards those of Germany; and on the present occasion we shall review the journals which have appeared in France, Belgium, and America, since our last notice of them. FRANCE.--L'Art Medical. April, 1875--February, 1876.--With the piece de resistance of the earlier numbers of this series--the article De la mort de Socrate par la Cigue, by Dr. Imbert-Gourbeyre--we have already enriched our own pages. We are sure that our readers have thanked us for putting them in possession of this most learned and luminous treatise. Dr. Imbert-Gourbeyre is a dangerous adversary to encounter. Let any one express a doubt as to the reality of the symptoms ascribed by Hahnemann to any drug; and, if it be a poison, our author evokes from the stores of medical literature testimonies so numerous that it appears we must add to the Hahnemannian pathogenesies instead of reducing their volume. We are glad to see that he appreciates the collection of records of poisoning by various drugs, so industriously made by Dr. Berridge, and now appearing in this Journal. In the February number this indefatigable writer commences a study of the calcareous preparations, which promises to be very valuable. He states that the action of Calcarea carbonica in g...