1 relinquish their absurd theories; and nothing remains
2 fox us, but to pity those who tire doomed still to con¬
3 tinue in darkness, Yet, tve ought not entirely to d.s-
4 Tegard old works, but to select, as I have done, such
5 portions as appear useful. I have tested some of the
6 simple remedies mentioned in their books, w hich, having
7 been injudiciously administered, had fallen- into disuse
8 (their real utility being misunderstood, or, overlooked)
9 and. in some cases, 1 found them very efficacious. In
10 prosecuting my experiments, I principally consulted the
11 Persian works, 7'ohfcl Khrmij Jd-V &?, and TohJ’l al
12 Mumimu, Ud. A ml to these I shall refer, as
13 often as the special cases T relate, may require.
14 At present, there are (no different systems of medical
15 treatment practised in Europe, viz. AUocopolhia and
16 Hvmoeopulhia; both of which have been contending for
17 supremacy, during the last half-century. The lbimer
18 i*i the ancient method, and i universally recognised and
19 taught in all the universities of Europei but, as both
20 of these systems have their pro. and con. I shall, for
21 the sake of the general reader, give a concise account
22 of each ; which accounts may, at the. same time, serve
23 as an introduction to the in'diinn-si/sleM I have adopted.
24 Allrtopathin contains remedies which operate so vio¬
25 lently, that, if the doses administered are not v ery nicely
26 adjusted to the. disease, or, if » mistake occur (which
27 too often happens) the effect, instead of being salutary,
28 proves injurious, if not fatal j and the patient, then lies,
29 not of disease, but, from the improper means used for
30 its removal. In such eases, it would have been better
31 to.have left the patent to the fostering care of nature.
32 The number of those who are sent (some of them in