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onged attention. No doctrine, however inge.
NOUS, not based on positive demonstrable facts,
viii anygnsre;be regarded ~ as piece Of
postica stiec bia,ion. whichssnay indeed nmuse
thelhncy b,.tscan never in6nence the conduct
OF Scientific men, much less Of practesI Phy
scians. But utHomGopahy comes before US 10
much more imposing aspect, and claims our
attention on grounds which cannot be gainsaid.
| II presents itself as a new art OF medicine, as
mode ofpraclice utleryat VARIANCE WIN lhal
Hong establishedin the'worlds and claims the
notice OF mankind on the irresistible grounds OF
its superior power of curing diseases and pre-
serving human life. And il comes before US
now, not in The garb of suppllant, unknown
and helpless, but as conqueror, powerful
famous and triumphant. .v.f,3 ~
! sThedisciples Of, Hahnemann are spread oyer
the Whole civilized world. There IS not
town Of any considerable size IN Germany,
France, Italy, England (Russia) or America
that does not boast Of having one or more no
maopalhic physicians few OF whom
are men Of high responsibility and learning
many Of them il large practice. and palronlzed,
especially, by persons of high rank New
books on Homeopathy issue, IN abundance
from the press: and journals exclusively de-
voted To- the cause are printed and widely eHT
.calated in iEurope and Americafl Numerous
hospitals and dispensares tor the treatment OF
the poor on the new system have been estaD
lished, many Of which publish reports blazon-
ing its successes. not merely in warm phrases,
but in the hard words and harder figures OF
statistical tables. The very fact OF the publ
cation of third edition of such a large and
expensive work as DIR. Lawrie's, proves how
widely the practice is spread among the public
generally, &Eh fl iGeA ile f4N


The last triumph which Homeopathy has
achieved, is the conversion ofthe Profesort OF
Palhologyinthe University Of EdingbHrg from
the old faih." aa h !t4i l9hl 9QS


Now these declarations made by DR.. Forbes,
whose position as journalist. affords him the
very best opportunity of obtaining an extensive
and accurate knowledge of every thing that
ranspires relating to medicine, are diametrl-
cally opposed to those Of KY. who says"We
spoke in our last OF the limited countenance
and support Of Homeopathy, we intended
that duration, as well as extent, should be un
ders,ood in,s patronage" Without attempt
ing 10 harmonic such conflicting statements,
we leave il to our readers TO decide, which Is
true. Evidently one must be mistaken. Here
is a question Of veracity 10 be settled between
them.


In subsequent essay ! shall pursue The
same subject, viz: the spread Of HomoGoPa-
thy. &c., &c.-more in detail. l,d5.4qJG


1T is computed that the number Of Homoaopa-
thic physicians in this country is at the present
time between 6 and 700; and we know il 10 be ra-
pidly increasing, as we almost daily hear Of some
new converts. r#s ytg Fgf4 II


There are two homeopathic Journals publish
ed in the city Of New York, and another in the in
terror of the State, s5 ..s,a.,t t,..tgtstts.,q


tWllIlam Henderson, NJ. Y. n.A9 Inae