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Pharmaceutical  Meeting, 
(  A  m.  Jour.  Pliaim. 
1  November,  1899. 
prevalent  but  erroneous  opinion  in  regard  to  eclecticism.  He  said  that  it  is 
a  mistake  to  suppose  that  eclectics  will  not  use  minerals.  They  will  use  any 
medicine  that  will  do  the  work.  It  is  not  the  use,  but  the  abuse  of  harsh  remedies- 
which  they  oppose.  For  example,  they  found  that  calomel  was  being  used  to 
an  undue  extent,  and  in  its  stead  suggested  the  use  of  podophyllum  and  other 
more  kindly  medicines. 
In  this  connection  it  is  of  interest  to  state  that  the  most  persistent  efforts 
have  been  constantly  made  by  eclectics  to  develop  the  American  materia 
medica.  They  have  given  preference  to  American  productions  when  possible, 
and  have  faithfully  and  systematically  studied  our  indigenous  remedies,  giving 
the  result  to  the  world  of  medicine. 
At  the  present  time  there  are  probably  10,000  practising  physicians  belonging 
to  the  eclectic  school,  and  probably  100,000  belonging  to  the  regular  school, 
while  Thomsonianism,  as  such,  no  longer  exists,,  the  name  having  been  changed 
to  physio-medical. 
Further  commenting  on  the  principles  of  the  eclectic  school,  Professor  Lloyd 
said  that  eclectics  aimed  to  be  very  liberal,  but  that  their  cause  had  suffered  on 
this  very  account  ;  that  it  had  been  injured  by  quacks  who  called  themselves- 
eclectics,  a  quack  being,  according  to  his  definition,  a  man  who  pretends  to 
cure  incurable  diseases.  He  said  that  the  code  of  ethics  of  eclectics  is  the 
golden  rule.  They  claim  that  any  one  needing  the  physician's  help  should  re- 
ceive it. 
Finally  the  speaker  said  that  the  regulars  and  eclectics  are  not  as  friendly  as 
they  might  be,  but  kindlier  than  they  have  been.  He  believed  that  there  is- 
room  enough  for  all  to  work  along  various  lines  of  research  and  for  humanit)\ 
The  prominent  schools  of  medicine,  the  homeopathic,  the  regular  and  the  eclec- 
tic, are  growing  to  recognize  the  merits  of  each  other  and  to  let  the  bad  go  by. 
Professor  Remington  said  that  he  had  listened  with  a  great  deal  of  interest  to 
the  address,  and  that  he  certainly  believed,  as  the  speaker  said,  that  as  we  grow 
older  we  become  more  tolerant,  and  that  all  schools  are  becoming  more  liberal. 
Dr.  C.  B.  Lowe  said  that  Professor  Lloyd's  remarks  took  his  memory  back  to 
a  town  in  New  Jersey,  and  to  a  small  sign,  "Thomsonian  Drug  Store,"  which 
was  the  only  one  he  ever  saw. 
Frederck  T.  Gordon,  apothecary  at  League  Island  Navy  Yard,  made  some 
