An address to Lord R. Grosvenor, on the fallacies and fatalities of homoeopathy / by Charles Evans Reeves.

  • Reeves, C. E. (Charles Evans), 1828-1880.
Date:
[1854?]
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Credit: An address to Lord R. Grosvenor, on the fallacies and fatalities of homoeopathy / by Charles Evans Reeves. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    34- Poor as man may be, there is a very sweet pleasure in being able ta lay down, although the couch may be of wood, and feel that hq has not failed to do all that science has placed within his reachi for those who have entrusted their lives to his care. It is trueJ that we march to a knowledge of disease in the midst of pain, which we are often unable to relieve, and see disease strike down young and old, and our knowledge, but as a straw against it. But, nevertheless! medical men, ere they speak against the art which they practise, should remember, that it is their ignorance and not her defects, which makes them less successful. It would be wrong of me to seek for gratitude from the hands oi the homceopathists—men do not like their faults exposed, advantai geous as it is sure to prove to.them. I have, therefore, only this idea to solace mvself with, that the good wishes of our friends, and tin maledictions of our foes, alike aid us on our journey towards para dise. tnan i naa a ngin, cu uu. * j eooked-up plagiarism of Dr. Bull’s Advice to Mothers. LONDON: COOPER, PRINTER, 41, CLARENDON SQUARE*