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Title: The Hahnemannian monthly
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Homœopathic Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania
Subjects: Homeopathy
Publisher: West Pittston, Pa. (etc.) : LaBarre Printing Co.
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
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ndoning the study of symptoms because there are fewor many we do not as yet understand ; there can be no doubt that amore perfect knowledge of them would make us all better and moresuccessful physicians. Many physicians say, and truly, that homoeopathy has nothing todo with mechanical or chemical diseases or symptoms. Then cer-tainly they should have sufficient diagnostic ability to recognize suchailments, or to detect what proportion of the symptoms in a case aredue to one or the other of these causes, since such symptoms mustnot be taken into consideration in making a homoeopathic prescrip-tion. At first glance this may seem an easy task, and one which thephysician is not often called upon to perform, but a careful study ofthe matter makes it appear in a much different light. Let us sup-pose that wTe are prescribing according to the totality of the symp-toms, and see where it will lead in the following case from practice,which we will attempt to carefully analyze: (To be continued.)
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r^2^z^ President of the International Homoeopathic Convention, 1891. 1891.) Duties and Responsibilities of Homoeopathic Colleges. 461 THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF HOMCEOPATHIC COLLEGES ASLEADERS IN MEDICAL PROGRESS. 15Y I. T. TALBOT, M 1)., BOSTON. (An address delivered before the International Homoeopathic Congress, June 19, 1891.) The condition of medical instruction in this country during thefirst century of the republic has not been such as to give us muchsatisfaction or to foster professional pride. During this time themedical schools were often but little better than a farce. They wereto a great extent irresponsible bodies established under color of law,not infrequently for purposes of professional or pecuniary specula-tion. The number rather than the quality of its students was madethe test of the medical school or college or university, as it was am-bitiously self-styled. ~No previous acquirements were needed foradmission, no control was held over students during their t

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