An epitome of the American eclectic practice of medicine, surgery, obstetrics, diseases of women and children, materia medica and pharmacy : with glossary, designed for physicians, the student of medicine, and as a domestic practice for families / by William Paine.

  • Paine, William, 1821-
Date:
1859
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Credit: An epitome of the American eclectic practice of medicine, surgery, obstetrics, diseases of women and children, materia medica and pharmacy : with glossary, designed for physicians, the student of medicine, and as a domestic practice for families / by William Paine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    PEACTICAL PEINCIPLES AMERICAN ECLECTIC SYSTEM OF MEDICINE. The present state of society is admitted to be one of great in- telligence, and as such, demands a thorough revolution in all those systems which ignorance has originated and self-interest kept alive. The supporters and advocates of such systems not only assume to be wise, but condemn every thing which is op- posed to their prejudices and inherited opinions. This is now the case with the old school or allopathic system of medicine. This system is a thing of the past, a product of the dark ages, and bears upon its face the ancient date of its birth. Its great object and aim are secrecy, and when scrutinized by the light of the science and intelligence of the nineteenth century, its fallacies, deformities and imperfections make a most unseemly exhibition. Its advocates, notwithstanding, assume the preroga- tive of infallibility, and like the priests of old, are doing all in their power to keep the world in ignorance, not only as to the real nature of their system of medicine, but of all other sys- tems, and in this they have too well succeeded for the good of mankind. All other cognate sciences are presented to an in- telligent people in harmony with the progressive spirit of the age, elucidated and explained in a manner calculated to impress