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OF having faithfully experimenled upon them-
selves and others. and the result was two-fold:
viz.


Ist Proving the accuracy Of the expert
menls performed by Hahnemann and his dis
cipIes.
2nd. That medicines have been supposed by
The AlIopaihic school, TO be invested with pro
pertes, which they really do not posses Ac
cordlngly, Prof. Joerg ends by warning prac-
tuoners OF the danger Of giving nitre in inAa-
nation: assaiGlidain Hysleria and Hypochon-
drlasls Prussic acid, in inhammatory affections
oi the larynx and bronchia, because in his ex
perimeRts upon healthy individuals, these sub
stances had produced similar affections. He
turiher expresses his astonishment at finding
results so contrary 20 received opinions, and
states that as far as his experiments have vel
gone, he has scarcely meet with remedyl the
real properties OF which are known. And, al
though these experiments have moi converted
the members Of the society, they have proved
as lar as they have gone, the accuracy and
not the fallacy, Gas they desired and expected)
OF the HomGopalhic Materia Medica. 6


The opinion Of Bchat, who is no mean au-
thority upon this subject, will now intro
duce. He says "there is not 10 the Materia
Medica any generalsystem, but this science has
been by turns influenced by those who have
ruled in medicine: hence the vagueness, the
uncertainty, which now present themselves
The incoherent assemblage OF opinions, them
selves incoherent, il is perhaps OF all the
sciences. the best representation Of the caprices
Of the human mind. What do say? II is
not science of lhe methodic mind, il is
shapeless assemblage of inexacl ideas. of OBJ
servaions often puerlle, Of deceiyM means, Of
formulas as absurdly conceived as they are
fastidiousy collected. Itis said The practice OF
medcineis disheGriening Isay more, il is not
in any respects, that of a reasoning man. .When
we draw the principles in great measure from
our Materia Medica."9 81


After such full and unequivocal confession
of some Of the most distinguished medical
writers and practitioners, who have fiourshed
at different epochs, in reference to the imper-
fections, inadeqnacy, and fallacious character Of
the Allopathic Matera Medica, any attempt on
nv part to expose il further would be work
Of supererogalon. shall therefore leave this
part Of the subject by again remaking, that,
while only the ordinary are resorted 10 by the
medical profession 10 discover the virtues Of
their efforts will be as fruitless as
those of their predecessors. JIG.