The Provocation and the Reply; Or, Allopathy Versus Physio-medicalism: In a Review of Prof. M. B. Wright's Remarks at the Dedication of the Cincinnati New Hospital, January 8th, 1869

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Page 43 - O, wad some Power the giftie gie us to see oursels as others see us!
Page 106 - States or some foreign country, or who can not produce a certificate of qualification from some state or county medical society, and...
Page 41 - ... quackery. What merit do physicians flatter themselves they possess, by being able to salivate a patient? Cannot the veriest fool in Christendom give calomel and salivate? But I will ask another question. Who is there that can stop the career of calomel, when once it has taken the reins into its own possession ? He who resigns the fate of his patient to calomel, is a vile enemy to the sick ; and, if he has a tolerable practice, will, in a single season, lay the foundation of a good business for...
Page 26 - Dissections daily convince us of our ignorance of disease, and cause us to blush at our prescriptions. What mischief have we done under the belief of false facts and false theories! We have assisted in multiplying diseases ; we have done more, we have increased their mortality.
Page 106 - Ohio, or any person coming into said state, who shall practice medicine, or attempt to practice medicine in any of its departments, or perform or attempt to perform any surgical operation upon any person within the limits of said state, in violation of section one of this act, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars...
Page 41 - Upas, with limbs racked with the pains of the inquisition, minds as imbecile as the puling babe — a grievous burden to themselves and a disgusting spectacle to the world, you would exclaim, as I have often done : ' Oh, the lamentable ignorance which dictates the use (as medicine) of that noxious drug, calomel.
Page 37 - It is probable that, for forty years past, opium and its preparations have done seven times the injury they have rendered benefit, on the great scale of the world,
Page 107 - Society, and the failure to file a sworn copy of such diploma or certificate as above provided, shall be prima facie evidence that he has not attended or graduated at any school of medicine, or received a certificate of qualification from any incorporated State Medical Society, and subject him upon conviction to fine or imprisonment as provided for in section two of this act.
Page 106 - ... for such offense, and upon conviction for a second violation of this act, shall, in addition to the above fine, be imprisoned in the county jail of the county in which said offense shall have been committed, for the term of thirty days, and in no case wherein this act shall have been violated, shall any person so violating, receive a compensation for services rendered...
Page 20 - It is not a science for a methodical mind. It is a shapeless assemblage of inaccurate ideas, of observations often puerile, of deceptive remedies, and of formulae as fantastically conceived, as they are tediously arranged.

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