HOMOEOPATHY V. ALLOPATHY. 
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One more quotation upon the physiological effects of 
cinchona, and I have done with it. I dare say, my opponent 
has heard of Dr. Routh, a physician who wrote a book during 
the latter part of 1851 or the commencement of 1852, entitled 
w Fallacies of Homoeopathy.” Possibly my opponent may 
even have the book, and that he may have read the follow- 
ing : — “Now bark” says the Doctor, “certainly produces 
symptoms , as alleged by Homoeopath ists, very like those of ague” 
' (e Lemon juice cures, but does not produce scurvy.” Pos- 
sibly it may not ; but, nevertheless, it is well known to be 
capable of producing a derangement within the system very 
similar to it. 
“ During a residence of twenty years in the West Indies,” 
says Dr. Stevens, cc I have only seen one case of scurvy, and 
that case was decidedly brought on by the excessive use of citric 
acid , which an American gentlemen had been recommended 
to use as a preventative against the yellow fever. His own 
conviction, as well as mine, was, that the scorbutic symptoms 
had been brought on by the acid. This was immediately laid 
aside, and by the use of carbonate of soda, he w r as completely 
cured in three weeks.”— ~ c Observations on the Healthy and Dis- 
eased Properties of the Blood, by W. Stevens, M.D., p. 451. 
Again, Pereira observes, p. 1686 , “On hypothetical grounds 
alone, Dr. Stephens ventures to assert that citric acid pro- 
duces scurvy.” 
“ Iodine removes glandular enlargements, but does not 
cause anything at all analogous.” 
M. Zink found, in a case fatal from iodine, which came 
under his notice, enlarged abdomen from distension of the 
intestines with gases, enlargement of the other viscera, and 
serous effusion into the peritoneum ; also enlargement and 
pale red rose colour of the liver. — Jour. Complement air <?, xviii, 
p. 126, quoted in Christison on Poisons , 1829, p. 138. 
In a fatal case from iodine, described in c Rust’s Journal, 5 
the leading symptoms, mere pain in the region of the liver, 
loss of appetite, emaciation, quartan fever, diarhoea, excessive 
weakness, and after the emaciation w-as far advanced, a 
hardened liver could be felt. — e Magazin fur die gesammte Ileil- 
kunde , xvi. p. 3. 
“ Iodine, indeed, has been supposed to possess some 
specific pow 7 er of influencing the liver, not only from its effi- 
cacy in alleviating or curing certain diseases of this organ, 
but also from the effects of an over dose. In one case, pain 
and induration of the liver was brought on ; and in another, 
which terminated fatally, this organ was found to be en- 
larged.” — i Pereira j 2nd edition, vol. 1, p. 244. 
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