VI INTRODUCTION. 



admired and relied upon, in niuet3'-nine cases out of a hundred, 

 because, notwithstanding the antiquity of the old system, the new 

 has done what the old failed to realize and the man accepts the 

 truth of Homoeopathy and believes in it because through it his life 

 or that of his friend was saved. 



It is quite true that Homoeopathy has done what Allopathy has 

 failed to do, and it is impossible to assign an intelligible reason for 

 the non-acceptance of the principles of Homoeopathy among so 

 large a proportion of the medical and Veterinary professions, the 

 real fact, stated in plain unvarnished language is, that for some 

 unaccountable reason, the word Homoeopathy and the name of 

 Hahnemann, its discoverer and founder, are like the proverbial 

 red rag to a bull, to members of these professions; the bull with- 

 out thought, reason or compunction on seeing a red rag tosses and 

 does his best to destro)' it; this is very much like the action of the 

 medical profession towards Homoeopathy ; a rational person would 

 naturally conclude that on hearing of what Homoeopathy could do 

 and had done, the medical profession, whose first duty it is to save 

 life and ameliorate suffering, would hail with jo)^ and thanksgiv- 

 ing any discovery that promised well to realize so desirable an 

 object; and that, without loss of time, it would fearlessly and 

 honestly investigate the facts and prove them for itself; it is 

 acknowledged tint by no means an inconsiderable number has 

 adopted this course, with the result that so far as is known publicly 

 not one single member of the allopathic professions ever under- 

 took the serious investigation of Homoeopathy with a conscientious 

 determination to learn the truth, the whole truth and nothing but 

 the truth who did not accept the principle as his guide in the 

 future. This is a fact worthy the serious consideration of every 

 practical layman, and from it he may without difficulty draw his 

 own deductions as to the reason why so few, as compared 

 with the full roll of medical practitioners and Veterinarians 

 in the world have adopted Hahnemann's golden rule, as their 

 own; true, America has shown a splendid example and she has 

 done more to foster the growth and development of this glorious, 

 life-saving principle than any country in the world, and she in- 

 cludes among the alumni of her famous medical colleges a suf- 

 ficiently influential number of the loyal followers of Hahnemann 

 who are a power in the States; still, as compared with the vast 



