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bracing ite Theory and Therapeittics, for the reason thatl hâve 

 no désire to aid plagiarists or empifjcs in purloining and ap- 

 propriatmg what does not belong to them. 



CONCLUSION. 



In closing, it is deemed necessary to remark that it is due to 



Zo2 ? ° aUSe WMch ^ 6ngaged ^ time a » d Mention 



for some years, to notice some of the effects resulting from the 



ZZIT % this new enterprise > and from ** **»■£ 



through some of my writings. ^ 



^f W T ^^f* that this Dew theo ^ of Catarrh and my 

 treatment of it wonld be acceptable at first to the médical Facnlty 

 Bemg an innovation, they of course would deem it a présuma 

 tuous invasion of their cherished «standard Works," and Th E rI 

 PEUTicsof "established practice»so called. By them tUst 

 novation would be considered an infraction o/medieal ÏÏnï 

 by-laws, and other régulations of State and local médical societies 

 which hâve been organized to promote the science and practiee G f 

 medicme. And, as every thing new on this subject, however lue 

 it may be, is deemed heretical, because it may hap^en toconta- 

 vene traditional dogmas and opinions, it is f course repudiated 

 as unworthy f considération. The sanctuary of assumed perte 

 tion,orthe laboratory of "standard works," and « establishtri 

 practiee," must not be invaded and desecrated by the criticisms 

 of heresy, or captions disputations. 



Such is the stringent précaution, such the vigilance, with 

 which the fadelof our présent médical hierarchyof exe usTve 

 ness is guarded, and by which, the fallacy and dehosion of thel 

 théories are prevented from exposure and démolition 



Smce an accurate and reliable theory of Oatarrh has been de 

 veloped by my writings, and the cure of it demonstrated beyond 

 «ml by my treatment, an additional impulse has been imparted 

 to quackery and its mercenary instincts. ^partea 



Suddenly every pretender to the healing art, every charlatan 

 and every doit that can read, has become Lplyà m bu ed iTl 

 knowledge of the disease, while intuitive skill has enaïïJh^ 



