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HARVEY TERCENTENARY MEMORIAL AT FOLKESTONE.
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having a directly opposite effect to the symptoms for which Obstetric Medicine : Presiclent, Sir E. B. Sinclair, M.D.; they were prescribed, and he created ’’ homocopathy"" in Vice-Presidents, Drs. Whitehead and Malins. The sections opposition to this, because in many instances drugs capable met in the afternoon. A discussion oti Dilatation of the of producing symptoms could control such symptoms when Stomach was opened by Dr. Wade in the lust room; the occurring in disease. It was the universal application of a few Treatment of Hæmorrhoids by Mr. Coates in the second; isolated facts that was the great error in this view, and no one who had any knowledge of anatomy or physiology or of the etiology of disease could have enunciated it. But the
and the Mechalllcal Treatrueut of Uterine Flexions and Displacements opened by Dr. Sinclair Coghill in the third. The reception room and mu-!fuin are ill the School of "system" took no cognisance of causes-it mattered not Art, and arrangements have been made f,r many garden whether an ascites arose from cirrhosis or from peritoneal parties and excursions. This evening there is to be a soirée tubercle, a colic from uudigested matters or from a cancerous in the Town Hall,and tu-murr ow the annual dinner of the stricture, a paraplegia from organic disease or from hysteria- Association is held. the symptom itself was alone considered. Hahnemann went even futther, refusing to admit the distinction between HARVEY TERCENTENARY MEMORIAL AT diseases, and for him preventive medicine, which deals with the causes of disease, would have been a delusion and a FOLKESTONE. snare. So also morbid anatomy had no meaniug lor hun, and each individual case becomes simply a mosaic of symONE of the most interesting events of the past eventful ptoms. Such a mixture of truth and error gives error currency, and Hahnemann’s views on the nature of disease are week was the unveiling, by Professor 0 wen, of the Harvey subservient to his therapeutical views, so that he converted Memorial Statue at Folkestone, on Saturday, the 6th inst. the entire range of disease and therapeutics into a kind of At the invitation of the Memorial Committee many members He allowed his imagination to run wtld, Chinese puzzle. of so that a the Medical International attended, Congress and believed his own fancies to be an inspiration from Heaven. He maintained that the English "sweating dis- large party of ladies and gentlemen left Clzariug-cross station ease was cured by homœopathy—by the use of by the special train kindly provided for the occasion by sudorifies—just as in the present day credit is claimed Sir Edward Watkin, the Chairman of the South Eastern for a special treatment of any epidemic because it Company. Amongst those present were Dr. Hans Hebra of happens to be introduced as the epidemic is ding Vienna, Professor Stokvis of Amsterdam, Dr. Chas. West, out. One of his followers cited the successful treatment of Mr. Erichsen, Dr. Paget, Dr. Broadbent, and others. high fever by the hot bath as proof of homccopathy, not The visitors were met at the Shomcliffe railway-station that the ot the mut have knowing temperature patient been higher than that ot the water, and unconsciously prac- about half-past three o’clock by the Mayor of Folkestone tising allopathy. Vaccination was claimed by Hahnemann and members of the Corporation, and thence the whole as proof of his doctrine simply believing that it was a c-acre for variola. His treatment of itch by the internal adminis- party drove to the Lees, upon the we-tern portion of which tration of small doses of sulphur is an instance of the the statue stands. Great interest and enthusiasm prevailed, absurdity to which he carried his views ; but probably, as in and not only was the route gaily decorated with flags and the case of internal parasites, if he bad known of the itch- arche-, but a large concourse of people were assembled at insect he would have looked on its presence as accessory to the spot where the ceremony took place. The guests were and not casual of the eruption. His recommendations to gathered upon the platform at the base of the statue, but the listen carefully to every detail the patient gave of his case words of the speakers who addressed the meeting were only audible to those in their immediate vicinity, owmg to the was most unpractical and contrary to science, and his doctrine of infinitesimals was wholly unseentific. Turning fresh sea breeze that was blowing at the time. The pro. to the homoeopaths of the present day Dr. Bristowe said that, ceedings commenced by Mr. George Eastes (to whose indeowing probably to their education, they mostly abandoned fatigable exertions the successful promotion of the scheme the extravagances of the system, and many had extended it founclrng a permanent memorial to Harvey in his native to the hypothesisthat allmedicineshave opposite effects when town is entirely due) reading a report of the Executive given in large and in small doses-a position which seemed Committee reviewing the history of the conception and The strong feelmg of founding of the memorial, the selection of Mr. Bruce a direct contradiction of knowledge. hostility on the part of the orthodox practitioners towards Joy as the sculptor, and of the Nestor of British physiolo. homœopathy was not to be wondered at ; Hahnemann had gists, Richard Owen, as the unveiler of the statue. Pro. poured contempt on the " allopath," and the variance had tessor Owen then unveiled the statue, which is in bronze been maintained. But the literature, schools, and per- and of colossal proportions. It is certainly an admirable sonal attainments of many of them showed they could work of art; Harvey stands with his right hand placed over not be all charlatans, that many were honest, able, and his left breast, and alumau heart inhislefthand, wttbthateamcultured men, some having high medical degrees. And if est, thoughtful expression in his face which has been banded honest and educated, were they to be scouted because of I down to us in the painting at the College of Physicians. their belief ? He was only pushing his arguments logically, Professor Owen then read his address, which we hope will be and he could not expect that all would agree with him, published in extenso. In it lie urged the youth of Folkestone when he argued that the hommopath, if honest and well 10 follow the example set by their famous townsman, and informed should be treated as such, and that the dignity of pointed out how different were the conditions of medical the profession would be better considered in so treating education at the present day as compared WJth Harvey’s than by direct opposition. We have nothing to fear for tllnc; but the main burden of his address was the topic medicine. By persecution, bigots are made martyrs ; but which is just now uppermost in the minds of British take away antagonism against any party or sect, and its physiologists—viz., the subject of vivisection, and Pro. spread ceases. If homœopathv were false, as he believed it fessor Owen’s utterancei on the subject will be received with to be, it could not survive. Dr. Bristowe in concluding his great attention. At the close of the address the Mayor and Dr. Bowles respectively welcomed their visitors to Folke. address was enthusiastically clieere(l. Dr. Davey proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. Bristowe, stone, and a sptcial dedicatory prayer was offered by Canon and Dr. Long Fox in seconding the motion was supported Jenkins. by much cheering in declaring bis disagreement from the j The two or three hundred visitors then proceeded on foot conclusion of the address, and in pointing out the absolute to the Town Hall, where they were entettained by the impossibitityof there being common ground withhomoeopaths, Mayor and Corporation at a banquet. The time of the whose doctrines were either a system of medicine or were departure of the special train having been fixed at 8.15 P.M., not. This expression of opinion, somewhat irregular under the toasts were few and brief, including one, proposed by the circumstances, did not however detract from Dr Bris- Professor Owen,aud drunk in silence, "To the Memory of towe’s reception, which was extremely enthusiastic, for it Harvey." The healths of Professor Owen, Sir Edward was felt that he was merely expressing his own views, and Watkin, Mr. Eastes, and "The Foreign Visirors," were also drunk with enthusiasm, and the company dispersed aftera had no desire to convert others to them. The sections were duly constituted. Medicine : President, most enjoyable day, the ladies of the party having been Dr. Long Fox ; Vice-Presidents, Drs. Withers Moore and thoughtfully entertained at the West-ditt’ Hotel, the size of Bushell Anningson. Surgery : President, Mr. Martin Coates; the room in the Town Hall not allowing of their presence at Vics-Presidents, Mr. C. Macnamara and Dr. A. G. Davey. the banquet. "
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having a directly opposite effect to the symptoms for which Obstetric Medicine : Presiclent, Sir E. B. Sinclair, M.D.; they were prescribed, and he created ’’ homocopathy"" in Vice-Presidents, Drs. Whitehead and Malins. The sections opposition to this, because in many instances drugs capable met in the afternoon. A discussion oti Dilatation of the of producing symptoms could control such symptoms when Stomach was opened by Dr. Wade in the lust room; the occurring in disease. It was the universal application of a few Treatment of Hæmorrhoids by Mr. Coates in the second; isolated facts that was the great error in this view, and no one who had any knowledge of anatomy or physiology or of the etiology of disease could have enunciated it. But the
and the Mechalllcal Treatrueut of Uterine Flexions and Displacements opened by Dr. Sinclair Coghill in the third. The reception room and mu-!fuin are ill the School of "system" took no cognisance of causes-it mattered not Art, and arrangements have been made f,r many garden whether an ascites arose from cirrhosis or from peritoneal parties and excursions. This evening there is to be a soirée tubercle, a colic from uudigested matters or from a cancerous in the Town Hall,and tu-murr ow the annual dinner of the stricture, a paraplegia from organic disease or from hysteria- Association is held. the symptom itself was alone considered. Hahnemann went even futther, refusing to admit the distinction between HARVEY TERCENTENARY MEMORIAL AT diseases, and for him preventive medicine, which deals with the causes of disease, would have been a delusion and a FOLKESTONE. snare. So also morbid anatomy had no meaniug lor hun, and each individual case becomes simply a mosaic of symONE of the most interesting events of the past eventful ptoms. Such a mixture of truth and error gives error currency, and Hahnemann’s views on the nature of disease are week was the unveiling, by Professor 0 wen, of the Harvey subservient to his therapeutical views, so that he converted Memorial Statue at Folkestone, on Saturday, the 6th inst. the entire range of disease and therapeutics into a kind of At the invitation of the Memorial Committee many members He allowed his imagination to run wtld, Chinese puzzle. of so that a the Medical International attended, Congress and believed his own fancies to be an inspiration from Heaven. He maintained that the English "sweating dis- large party of ladies and gentlemen left Clzariug-cross station ease was cured by homœopathy—by the use of by the special train kindly provided for the occasion by sudorifies—just as in the present day credit is claimed Sir Edward Watkin, the Chairman of the South Eastern for a special treatment of any epidemic because it Company. Amongst those present were Dr. Hans Hebra of happens to be introduced as the epidemic is ding Vienna, Professor Stokvis of Amsterdam, Dr. Chas. West, out. One of his followers cited the successful treatment of Mr. Erichsen, Dr. Paget, Dr. Broadbent, and others. high fever by the hot bath as proof of homccopathy, not The visitors were met at the Shomcliffe railway-station that the ot the mut have knowing temperature patient been higher than that ot the water, and unconsciously prac- about half-past three o’clock by the Mayor of Folkestone tising allopathy. Vaccination was claimed by Hahnemann and members of the Corporation, and thence the whole as proof of his doctrine simply believing that it was a c-acre for variola. His treatment of itch by the internal adminis- party drove to the Lees, upon the we-tern portion of which tration of small doses of sulphur is an instance of the the statue stands. Great interest and enthusiasm prevailed, absurdity to which he carried his views ; but probably, as in and not only was the route gaily decorated with flags and the case of internal parasites, if he bad known of the itch- arche-, but a large concourse of people were assembled at insect he would have looked on its presence as accessory to the spot where the ceremony took place. The guests were and not casual of the eruption. His recommendations to gathered upon the platform at the base of the statue, but the listen carefully to every detail the patient gave of his case words of the speakers who addressed the meeting were only audible to those in their immediate vicinity, owmg to the was most unpractical and contrary to science, and his doctrine of infinitesimals was wholly unseentific. Turning fresh sea breeze that was blowing at the time. The pro. to the homoeopaths of the present day Dr. Bristowe said that, ceedings commenced by Mr. George Eastes (to whose indeowing probably to their education, they mostly abandoned fatigable exertions the successful promotion of the scheme the extravagances of the system, and many had extended it founclrng a permanent memorial to Harvey in his native to the hypothesisthat allmedicineshave opposite effects when town is entirely due) reading a report of the Executive given in large and in small doses-a position which seemed Committee reviewing the history of the conception and The strong feelmg of founding of the memorial, the selection of Mr. Bruce a direct contradiction of knowledge. hostility on the part of the orthodox practitioners towards Joy as the sculptor, and of the Nestor of British physiolo. homœopathy was not to be wondered at ; Hahnemann had gists, Richard Owen, as the unveiler of the statue. Pro. poured contempt on the " allopath," and the variance had tessor Owen then unveiled the statue, which is in bronze been maintained. But the literature, schools, and per- and of colossal proportions. It is certainly an admirable sonal attainments of many of them showed they could work of art; Harvey stands with his right hand placed over not be all charlatans, that many were honest, able, and his left breast, and alumau heart inhislefthand, wttbthateamcultured men, some having high medical degrees. And if est, thoughtful expression in his face which has been banded honest and educated, were they to be scouted because of I down to us in the painting at the College of Physicians. their belief ? He was only pushing his arguments logically, Professor Owen then read his address, which we hope will be and he could not expect that all would agree with him, published in extenso. In it lie urged the youth of Folkestone when he argued that the hommopath, if honest and well 10 follow the example set by their famous townsman, and informed should be treated as such, and that the dignity of pointed out how different were the conditions of medical the profession would be better considered in so treating education at the present day as compared WJth Harvey’s than by direct opposition. We have nothing to fear for tllnc; but the main burden of his address was the topic medicine. By persecution, bigots are made martyrs ; but which is just now uppermost in the minds of British take away antagonism against any party or sect, and its physiologists—viz., the subject of vivisection, and Pro. spread ceases. If homœopathv were false, as he believed it fessor Owen’s utterancei on the subject will be received with to be, it could not survive. Dr. Bristowe in concluding his great attention. At the close of the address the Mayor and Dr. Bowles respectively welcomed their visitors to Folke. address was enthusiastically clieere(l. Dr. Davey proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. Bristowe, stone, and a sptcial dedicatory prayer was offered by Canon and Dr. Long Fox in seconding the motion was supported Jenkins. by much cheering in declaring bis disagreement from the j The two or three hundred visitors then proceeded on foot conclusion of the address, and in pointing out the absolute to the Town Hall, where they were entettained by the impossibitityof there being common ground withhomoeopaths, Mayor and Corporation at a banquet. The time of the whose doctrines were either a system of medicine or were departure of the special train having been fixed at 8.15 P.M., not. This expression of opinion, somewhat irregular under the toasts were few and brief, including one, proposed by the circumstances, did not however detract from Dr Bris- Professor Owen,aud drunk in silence, "To the Memory of towe’s reception, which was extremely enthusiastic, for it Harvey." The healths of Professor Owen, Sir Edward was felt that he was merely expressing his own views, and Watkin, Mr. Eastes, and "The Foreign Visirors," were also drunk with enthusiasm, and the company dispersed aftera had no desire to convert others to them. The sections were duly constituted. Medicine : President, most enjoyable day, the ladies of the party having been Dr. Long Fox ; Vice-Presidents, Drs. Withers Moore and thoughtfully entertained at the West-ditt’ Hotel, the size of Bushell Anningson. Surgery : President, Mr. Martin Coates; the room in the Town Hall not allowing of their presence at Vics-Presidents, Mr. C. Macnamara and Dr. A. G. Davey. the banquet. "
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