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second; the fourth, forty-eight hours after the third; and 
thenceforth every seventy-two hours. 
“This course does not disturb the health of the children. 
They should follow their usual manner of life in all respects, 
both in food, air, and exercise, but avoiding all excess. 
“The only thing I prohibit is, the use of too much vegetable 
acid, as sour fruits, vinegar, etc., which tend to increase enor- 
mously the action of Belladonna, as my experience has taught 
me.” 
Dr. Sigmond, a strong opponent to homeopathy, in his lecture 
on Belladonna, when quoting the supposed effects of this medi- 
cine as a prophylactic in scarlet fever, thus speaks of Hahne- 
mann: “T have to speak to you of a man of high intellectual 
attainments, of great sagacity, of inflexible courage, of unwearied 
industry, who, amid difficulties of no common kind, has laid the 
foundation of a system which, whilst it cannot but create a few 
smiles at its singularity, is the work of great erudition, much 
toil, and striking ingenuity ; we must not confound Hahnemann 
with those despicable charlatans who would sacrifice at the 
altar of avarice the lives and the happiness of thousands, who 
prey upon their deluded victims by the most daring and insolent 
effrontery, who have neither the education nor the feelings of 
men of principle, and whose success in their vile occupations is 
a reflection upon the state of society. The great acquirements 
of Hahnemann, the boldness with which he has promulgated 
his doctrine, the skill and fierceness with which he has carried 
on his arduous controversies, mark him as a man of no ordinary 
stamp. It is a disgrace to. the character of our humane and 
liberal science, that her votaries should so often, in their zeal 
for their cause, forget that which is due even to the mistaken 
labourer in the arduous paths we have to pursue” (Lancet, 
1836—7, vol. ili.) ; 
Pereira (Elem. of Materia Medica » Vol. ii. p.859) endeavours to 
prove that the prophylactic powers of Belladonna are useless, and 
that the evidence brought forward in its favour is only negative, 
