A narrative of the life and medical discoveries of Samuel Thomson : containing an account of his system of practice, and the manner of curing disease with vegetable medicine, upon a plan entirely new : to which is added an introduction to his New guide to health or, Botanic family physician, containing the principles upon which the system is founded, with remarks on fevers, steaming, poison, &c. / written by himself.

  • Thomson, Samuel, 1769-1843.
Date:
1822
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Credit: A narrative of the life and medical discoveries of Samuel Thomson : containing an account of his system of practice, and the manner of curing disease with vegetable medicine, upon a plan entirely new : to which is added an introduction to his New guide to health or, Botanic family physician, containing the principles upon which the system is founded, with remarks on fevers, steaming, poison, &c. / written by himself. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    become miserable invalids the rest of their live, and their friends console themselves with the idea that it is the will of God, and it is their duty to submit ; the doctor gets well paid for his services, and that is an end of the tragedy. It maybe thought by some that this!-; a highly coloured picture, and that I am uncharitable to apply it to all who practice as physicians; but the truth of the statements, as respects what are called re gular physicians, or those ■ - from the medical society, wiil not be doubted by any who are ac- quainted with the subject, and will throw aside pn dice and nou-lv upon it—those whom the i suits lam willingshould wear it. There are, however, many physicians within my knowledge, who do not fol- low the fashionable mode of practice of the day, but are governed by their own judgments, and make use of the vegetable medicine of our own country, with the mode of treatment most consistant with nature ; and - is the conduct of those who have undertaken to dictate to the people how and by whom they shall be attended when sick, towards them? Why, means that would dis- grace the lowest dregs of society, tint savages would not be guilty of, are resorted to for the purpose oi in- juring them, and destroying their credit with the public. 1 have had a pretty large share of thi< kind of treat- ment from the faculty, the particulars of which, and the sufferings I have undergone, will be given in detail in the course of this narrative. Sometime in the month of November, 1802. my chil- dren had the meazles, and some of them had them very bad. The want of knowing how to treat them gave me a great deal of trouble, much more than it would at the present time, for experience has taught me that they are very easy to manage. One of the children took the disease and gave it to the re-t. and 1 think we had four down with them at the same time. My third son had the disorder very bad ; they would not come out, but turned in, and he became stupid. The canker was much in the throat and mouth, and the. rosemary would have no effect. Putrid symptoms made the,r appear- ance, and I was under the n.'ccs y of inventing some- thing for that, anJ for the canker. I u^ed the steam of