ALLOPATHY V. HOMCEOPATHY. 
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ALLOPATHY v. HOMOEOPATHY. 
A note on 6 Mr. Haycock's Observations on Homoeopathy which 
appeared in e The Veterinarian' for September , 1854. By Finlay 
Bun : Edinburgh Veterinary College. 
Mr. Haycock commences his paper of last month with 
the serious charge, that I desire to abandon the discussion on 
homoeopathy —which has been continued for several months 
in these pages. I admit the charge. I believe that further 
discussion were not only idle and unprofitable, but almost a 
libel on the judgment and common sense of the readers of 
the f Veterinarian .' To them, and to the profession, I most 
willingly refer the case, in perfect confidence that the facts 
and arguments adduced on both sides will receive their care- 
ful and unprejudiced consideration. 
In Mr. HaycoclPs last communication, he exhibits a curious 
opacity regarding certain passages in my last paper, which, 
however, I humbly submit, are perfectly intelligible to those 
who choose to understand them. Many of the statements 
previously advanced, and already exposed, are here reiterated 
and supported by cases and reasoning, which, however in- 
genious, are neither pertinent nor conclusive. Dissevered 
from the clever witticisms with which Mr. Haycock seasons 
his productions, they will be found to consist of dogmatic 
crochets and extravagant inconsistencies. Mr. Haycock 
seems, indeed, to have found the principle of homoeopathy 
so indefensible, and his previous position so untenable, that, 
in his last paper, he adopts that last and lowest shift open 
to an unfortunate disputant, he avoids the subject in hand, 
and indulges in personalities. I should be sorry to demean 
myself by repaying Mr. Haycock in kind, and can easily 
afford to permit his polite remarks to pass for what they 
are worth. 
In concluding, I must thank Mr. Haycock for the unex- 
pected publicity which his critical observations have given 
to my book, and also, especially for the liberality with which 
he has been graciously pleased, from the heights of his critic 
chair,, to bear his disinterested attestation to its merits. 
