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HOMŒOPATHY.
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CHAPTER XI.

HOMŒOPATHY CONTINUED. ITS CHANGING AND UNSETTLED CONDITION—DR. HERING'S SENTIMENTS—WORTH OF HOMŒOPATHIC PRACTICE—ANECDOTE BY DR. MEAD—DANGER FROM HOMŒOPATHY—SALIVA OF BOA CONSTRICTOR, ETC. ETC.

We have seen how, and when, and where, Homœopathy originated. We have examined its principles and considered their operations. We have seen that its theories are wholly visionary, and in direct opposition to those immutable laws by which all things are governed. We have seen the whole scheme contradicted and refuted, by all reliable history and experience; and if this is not enough, we shall now see it repudiated by its disciples and followers. We have seen what Hahnemann's Homœopathy was, and what all his honest followers professed and practised; and now we will endeavor to ascertain what Homœopathy is at the present time. As soon as Hahnemann had published his theories and plans of operations, all competent judges decided