fore adopting it by thousands every year. The younger members in the ranks of Allopathy, from the causes above mentioned, are becoming impressible; they know that the old falling fabric, attraotive only because of its inherent ugliness must soon give place to something in advance, something more in accordance with the spir it of the age.

Young physic is not blind to the hand writing upon the wall. In they read the doom pronounced upon the old Regime; they care less than formerly for its anathemas, and supported by the admissions of such men as Prof. Mott and McNaughten, of this country; Dr. Forbes, and Liston, of England; Brera, of Italy; and the late Dr. Heufeland, of Germany; they are necessarily repudiating the teachings of a false Almamater, and as eagerly accepting the higher truths eluminated by the German Sage and Philosopher, Hahneman.

T.

We present the public with the first No. of the second volume of the Michigan Journal, devoted to the defence and propogation of the principles of Homeopathy. It will be remembered that we promised to resume the publication of the Journal, which from various causes has been discontinued during the past year or . two. The subscription price will be the same, to wit: fifty cents a year, published monthly.

We desire to circulate in this city one thousand copies, and a still greater number over the state; to accomplish which, the aid and assistance of our friends will be necessary. May we not hope that this enterprise will receive the countenance and cordial support of those friendly to the cause?

SCARLATINA.

The prevelance of this disease at present, in Detroit, induces u to make a few remarks upon it.

Although one of the most dreaded and fatal of the diseases to which childhond is subject, under allopathic treatment, few diseases are more favorably modified and controlled than this, when the disease is treated from the commencement with no other than hom.

eopathic remedies; especially is this true when the prophylatic treat ment has been resorted to previous to the onset of the disease.

It is a disease with which allopathic physicians can do nothing but harm with their medicines, according to the testimony of many of their ablest teachers. We heard Prof. Parker, one of the best lecturers in the United States, in the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, advise the medical class to let this disease entirely alone, for, said he, if you commence dosing you will bring on complications and your patients will die, whereas if you let them alone they will generally get well. Who, that has witnessed the dreadful havoc which this disease has made in every part of our country under the ordinary treatment, can question but this was the very best advice he could have given them. If we look for a moment at their treatment of this disease we shall see why it is so unsuc cessful. There is in scarlet fever a strong tendency to inflammation and ulceration of the throat, mouth and neighboring glands. Now one of the most common remedies used in the old practice is calomel, or some other preparation of mercury, which is well known to be capable of causing inflamation of these parts, even in the healthy, in the very doses in which they give it. Now we ask, is it strange that this remedy should increase the disease, and often destroy the patient? A gentleman informed us, that his son was taken with the scarlet fever, he sent for a physician and he gave him a dose of calomel, he called the next day and found his neck and throat greatly swollen and inflamed,and informed the father that he had the erysipelas with it, and that he never saw a case before where the two diseases existed at the same time. We told the pa

rent to tell his doctor, that if he continued to give large doses of calomel in scarlet fever, he would see a plenty of such cases.

The skin is the organ upon which this disease does, and should spend its main force, and while confined mainly to this part there is but little danger; and what we have most to dread is that it wil be translated to some internal organ. Now, when cathartics and ¡rritating medicines are given patients with this disease, is it strange that a fatal irritation of the stomach and bowels shou'd result? And when opium is given, is it strange that patients should so frequent.

ly fall victims to inflammation of the brain as they do in this case. How different is the Homeopathic treatment of it? Neither calomel, opium, nor any other remedy is ever given in doses to produce their poisonous effects, nor even to aggravate existing symptoms to any extent. Belladonna is a homoeopathic preventative of this disease, and we cannot too strongly recommend its use in all instances where the scarlet fever is prevailing in families, or in the immediate neighborhood; and it will be found to either prevent, or materially lessen the severity of the attack.

In all instances should cathartics and all allopathic remedies be -avoidad, and homoeopathic remedies used at the first approach of the disease, for it is much easier to prevent the symptoms becoming bad, than to cure after dangerous complication have ensued. In fact we know of no disease in which so much depends upon the physician's having control of it, in its first stage, as in this.

E.

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HYBREDISM.

An article in a late number of the Buffalo Homeopathist, upon this subject, has called our attention to a phase of it, which has not been noticed by the writer of that article. From no source has homeopathy suffered more, nor will it suffer more, than from the mongrel practice of its professed friends; for the avowed enemies of our cause can do it but comparatively little injury, whereas those who stand before the public as its friends, can do much to impair its integrity, and bring down our noble science to crude drugging, and to the level of allopathy.

It is not our intention here to notice the almost necessarily mixed -practice of physicians, who, from the walks of allopathy commence the investigation and practice of Homeopathy, for with such we have some patience and for the practitioners some respect; for with a trembling hand, and great anxiety, must they commence trusting their patients to an untried practice, and one which, by their wisest savans, they have been taught to despise. They can only rely upon the new practice as fast as their knowledge increases, but if they are honorable men, they will see to it that homeopathy does not esuffer at their hands, therefore they will not palm off upon the public their allopathic practice as homeopathic; and, if they are under the necessity of frequently resorting to old measures, insinuate that it is because the new system is ineficient in such cases, but will frankly acknowledge that it is owing to their ignorance of it, that they are not able to rely upon it. From such our cause can suffer but comparatively little injury.

But the crowded state of the old school, and the difficulty of getting into a lucrative allopathic practice, together with the growing popularity of homeopathy, have given birth to to a mongrel set of physicians who are doing our cause much harm; and are more to be dreaded than open enemies. It was against such that Hahnemann raised his warning voice and continued to battle nobly until his death.

In our city places where homeopathy is already popular, unprincipled pretenders to friendship for and to a knowledge of our system, are not unfrequently found, who place "Homeopathist" upon their signs, and represent themselves as advocates for, and practitioners of the system, for the sake of sharing the homeopathic business; but who, instead of striving to make themselves acquainted with the practice, and endeavoring to obtain a livelihood by honorable competition, make war, in an underhanded way, upon homeopathy and those who practice it, by constantly speaking contemptuously of infinitesimal or small doses, and giving crude drugs, mixtures, emetics, cathartics, and all sorts of Allopathic treatment, and representing it as Homeopathic; or if they find the patient too intelligent to swallow such a statement, declaring that for such diseases the old practice is the best.

Such physicians, when called to see patients whom they find to be strong homeopathists, will often commence with small doses, but will be compelled for the want of knowledge to resort frequently to crude medicines. If called in consultation with a homeopathic physician, they are sure to recommend crude drugs, or even allopathic treatment. and this for two reasons; the first is, the want of a knowledge of homeopathic remedies and the application of infinitesimal doses; the second is, that they may give the patient and friends the impression that the attending physician is not using sufficiently active measures for relief, thereby destroying their confidence, not only in their physician, but also in homeopathy, caring not a fig for the true system of medicine, nor for the rules of etiquette which are regarded by all honorable physicians in their intercourse with each other.

Although the real friends of homeopathy must sooner or later become disgusted with such quackery still temporary loss of confidence in the system will often result with its friends, and occasion given for reproach and contempt among its enem es. In no way can the integrity of the new system be preserved, and the present and future generations realize the blessings which will flow from the ge neral introduction of pure homeopathy, but by enlightening the community, and thereby enabling the community to judge between the genuine and spurious.

E.

The following correspondence appeared in the Detroit Tribune sometime in the early part of January last, to which there has been no response. We therefore cannot but construe the silence of the physicians of the Allopathic school to an absolute refusal to accept of the general invitation.

It was published for the purpose therein expressed, viz: to elicit truth, and expose error; not to ferment any jealousies, strife or rancour; but to have the relative merits of both systems of practice fairly laid before the public; that they who are so much concerned might have reason and facts laid before them in such wise, that they might judge for themselves. It is our determination to lay before the people the basis of Homœopathy, and the principles thence arising, comparative statistical results-prosperity of the causeand successful treatment of special and general disease; together with foreign correspondence; and in short, to do all we can to diffuse light and intelligence on this important subject. We do not belong to the class who think that the people are not able to judge and select for themselves. If they are not as a mass, skilled in medical science and those branches of literature and philosophy intimately connected, they at least are able to understand facts or evidences of results when they are once aroused to notice them. H. To the Members of the Allopathic

Profession of Medicine: GENTLEMEN-As there has been much said against that system of medicine which we practice-the Homeopathic-by yourselves and friends, and as there is a want of knowledge of the fundamental principles of this system, as well as that which you practice, with many of our citizens, we propose to you to establish a medical journal of from sixteen to twenty pages, to be issued monthly; one half of which shall be under your control and the other under ours. We will defray one half of the expense necessary for the issuing of 2000