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2 Hahnemann, who daily enjoyed his glass of beer
3 and his pipe, took both these favorites under his pro-
4 tection, declaring them less obnoxious than tea and
5 coffee ; but, who can blame me for having inclinations
6 of an opposite cast? I cannot endure strong beer,
7 and smoking produces nausea, whilst I find tea and
8 coffee very agreeable, never experiencing the slightest
9 injurious effect from either of them, for, I am accus-
10 tomed to both. Similar results will necessarily occur
11 to every one who habitually uses certain special articles
12 of diet. We daily consume a considerable quantity
13 of common salt, in our various dishes. Many would
14 be surprised, could they see the yearly amount collected
15 into one mass ; and would be inclined to think, that
16 our stomachs, and, perhaps, our intestines, also, would
17 finally become crusted with a coat of salt : yet, whilst
18 in combination with our diet, it does not produce any
19 striking, or sensible effects, it, nevertheless, proves a
20 very efficacious remedy, when administered as a medica-
21 ment, in proper doses.
22 On attentively considering what I have just stated,
23 the reader cannot think it extraordinary that I regard
24 the two medical systems, Allceopathia and Homceopathia,
25 as two opposite poles. The first rushes into the field,
26 armed with enormous pills, and bottles of all sizes,
27 containing the most powerful mixtures, striking at the
28 foe with wild and deadly force ; the other, with less
29 martial display, attacks the enemy in a manner which
30 seems the quintessence of feebleness and inertia — a
31 small case, containing pygmean flasks, filled with lilli-
32 putian pills which the least breeze would scatter to
33 the winds, and a few minute drops, are all the direful