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John C. Iteilev, Lawreneoville, 111. Post-Master, Palestine, III. Post-Master, Boonville, Ind. I'ost-Master, Rockport, Ind. Lewis (iex,i u. New-Harmony, Ind. A LECTURE Delivered at Lebanon, Ohio, on the Botanic System of Medicine, by Dr. W. Thompson. IV: llow Citizems: It has become cusComurv, in our days, among all classes of iho community, to communicate useful knowledge on almost every subject by lecture. It has been demonstrated in tho sch k1s, that those sciences which formerly einploved the intellect of the attentive

student for many years, while he waSj poring over ponderous volumes in quost of knowledge; a competent understand-; rtig can now be obtained in a much shorter time by means of lectures. When science was the boast of Greece, ani victory in the field of battle was the gUrv ot Rome, thtfir orators were constantly teaching their countrymen the rudiments of science and war, and inspiring their chieftains and philosophers with courage and perseverance. While these orators were heard, those- nations ilourjihed, those sciences advanced, and thosa people were the admiration and instructors of tho world: but when the voice of tjieir orators was heard no more, the pen of the philosopher lost its stimuli, the warrior moved sluggishly in the field, and the splendor of Rome and the wisdom of Greece wass.ion enveloped in tho gloom of superstitution lost in the dreary a-

bodes ot ignorance and ruin, and the me!

approach it in its native garb. Bat, religion has been blended with vain philosophy and the rudiments of thu world until Popish superstition and the blur of science has greatly obstructed its native glory and simplicity. So the plain path to the study of medicine is obscured, and the prize is removed from our grasp and placed beyond the science of anatomy, chemistry and philosophy, and hid in the mouldv tombs or the dead languages. I would ask, why did the Bishops of Rome perform the service of the church in Latin? liecauso they wished to keep the people in ignorance while they made a gain of them, and established their own infallibility. And why have physicians concealed the healing art under the same language? I answer, for the same purpose. By this diabolical contrivance, the Bishops obtained their wealth and kept the people in ignorance, and the Doctors have effected the same end for themselves. When the reformers from Popery began to expose the impositions of tho established clergy, both Bishops, Priests and Priest ridden people called on the magistrates and legislators to make laws and execute them upon these reformers, the people were all up in anns. Some of these do luded mortals, misguided by their Priests, were engaged in imprisoning the reformers some in burning and nurturing them, and others saying all inanjrjprof evil of them falsely; mocking, scoltn, and deri ding, &c. So in medicine. VV&2 Thom

son set forward for a reformation in r

nevoleut Creator ot all ihings has created; ids th solids being indispensable to) it commingles with the juices andncil means io preserve and restore the health strength and form, aud the fluids to mo--cr bitter and sour fluid of that cavity of man, and placed these means beyond j tion and sensibility. The solids are earth and, bv the action of heat thtrc, it goes the reach of all the human race, except it ( and water the fluids, air and fire. The j through fermentation and dccornWitrn bo a few of the rich sons of fortune, who j Creator caused a mist to 20 tin and water bv which it become r.iite HivK!

to j the eartii ; and our of the water and earth, 1 three parts or properties. Iat,th3 chyle, en j thus combined, ho formed the hotly or sol- j to supply the blood, which is c.uvyd he I ids of man. Here are all his solid arra-: through'the chylifcrous organism! artcri

had fathers or guardians to send them

schools and colleges a few tears, and th

support them while they read under the

doctors two years, and then attend the lec- j ged with a.i that wonderful mechanism ! al vessels to the heart and luns. The watures and dissecting room two winters, and j which is worthy of a divine architecture, ! tcry part supplies the glands by absor' cut pay their enormous bills; and then obtain ' and which caused the inspired philosopher j duets, and the more gross parts', or chyme a diploma to practise. j when tracing this magnificent structure to panics from the stomach through the in!eI

now, 1 Miow ine reverse ot all tins is exclaim with deeo astonishment. "I am tiiu s. still under th onnntmn of

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11 , uiu 13 iiuimn uiu an niijiwi-1 icui uiii) auu wonueriuiiy tnauo. iue tion that is playetl olT on the people in or-j bodv, thus formed in its solids, and designder to show a fair pretext for their cx-j cd lor a moving machine, is set up, a po travagant charges, and secure the conii-lrous substance; and these innumerable dence of the ignorant in their skill and in-! pores, throuirh cverv nartof the bodv. are

nicoi.

fallibility. Now, from all these barriers we have to disentangle our minds, before we can fairly approach the plain path which leads to tho healing art. Being divested of all this, the beasts know their food and med icinc. Thus divestod, the ancient Egvptians excelled our modern doctors as far

as the day excels the night. Nay, thus

designed to throw out of the b-vlv the un

wholesome vapor which generate within it from the unwholesome matter inhaled swallowed or absorbed. The body, thus formed, is framed and based by ossified particles calied bones, and these are not only mechanically joined together at proper parts by their articulation with each o-

ther, but bound to each other w ith strong

divestef, the Indians of our western wilds cartilages at ench articulation, and bound

w ill) elastic corus to their relative members through every part of the whole machinery, and are thus prepared, by their properties of contraction and dilation, to

cine, the members of the established faculty, with their deluded train, commenced the same inhuman course; thev reviled him, they imprisoned him, they treated him with cruel mockinjis and scoflinjrs; and those who follow his steps, and are engaged in forwarding the medical reformation, have had to bear derisiou, contempt, slander, reproach, and the sneers and sarcasms of the populace; an ' I am sorry to say, that some professors of religion have let themselves down to this disgraceful level, but still this medical reformation is rapidly advancing and exhibiting its triumph over the head of all this flood of opposition. Laws which were made to fi:i3 its practioncrs aro repealed; the eyes of the people are beginning to be opened on tho subject, and, from repeated demonstrations of the Botanic Medicine, used in this system of practice, the American people are constant! convinced that its pretensions are no phantom; that its powers are not delusive, nor its clainjs upou their

confidence a shadow, but that imperious truth aud sauerior worth, mark its rapid advancement, makes-numerous accessions

to the list of its advocates, find demands unshaken confidence in its exhibition. The people of our country and age are so elVectually deluded by th-j commiujfiiug of other sciences wilh that of medicine, that we have often heard thorn say, howcan these men Thomson ians cure tho sick, who never studied anatomv aud

chemistrv? Thev know nothing about the human system, &.c. Thi- is the old slanir over aain, which was uttered bv the established clergy, and a thousind times reiterated by their deluded followers, who were often heard to say, how can these men preach tho Gospel, who have never studied the science of the schools. This is now the strong hold of the people against Thomsonian reformation in medicine. The doctors have given the signal, and the people reiterate the sound. It is often said, it the regular doctors would take the Thomsonian medicines in hand, thev could do much mod .v i tli them.

excel our wisest doctors in curing the sick,

as far as the latter excel th former in literature and science. 1 admit that so much of chemistry is indispensable to the medical practitioner as will enable him to prepare hi simples and compounds in a suitaide manner for the human sstem; and the same is indispensable for tho cook. So much of anatomv, also, is necessary tor the practice of Medicine as will enable the practitioner to know a healthy state from a disordered one, and to ascertain the part where a local disease is seated, with the knowledge of the proper rem edies to remove the complaint then he is prepared to be a successful practitioner. The system of practice taught in the schools is depletion, viz: reduce the patient below the range of tho disease: thus they have resortel to means ia their nature calculated to effect this object. Hence camo the use of the lancet, the mineral, the vegetable, and animal poisons, combined with starvation, &c. All designed lo reduce the strength of the patient. Here permit me to ask you, my respectable auditors, would not the disease have reduced the patient fast enough without those destructive means to help it; or, if

the constitution of the patient was only able to support itself under the weight of tho disease, must it not fail when it has to bear the disease, and these poisonous a-

gents added to it? Suppose you should select a mn of the best constitution in tho neighborhood, and he in perfect health, and then commence with hiwi in the following manner first day, take one pint of blood, give him )i or 15 grains of calomel, and forbid him to eat any thing but bread and water, and bat

little of that; the second day, take a pint' The second of these branches admits light

of blood, give a heavy portion ot calomel,! to the organs ot sensibility, and external

anu niaeo a lame ouster on me uoweis. on ec. 3 ami motions are peneiu. 1 nesc.

and forbid him to cat pursue this course also, are the sins of ideas, and produce

tor one week, anJ I am sure your patient taesr corresponding impressions on the

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tation, and th absorbents still take 'fpf at every advance, the nutritious pri;ieriy ; aud the secreting vessels are still 9 implying tho remaining mass with suflicicnt moisture to keep tip the fermentation until it is drained of its nutriment, and leaves the body to give room fbr a fresh supply. This whole alimentar, -.!

properly contains thvj entire organs of digestion: bu? digestion is more gt u-mllv spoken of in reference to tho stoma-h or duodenum, and its appendages. We shall, therefore, return to it for u few minutes. First, the bile is secreted from the gall bladder into the alimentary canil a littlo below the stomach, butby-a kind of re gurgitation, the bilious matter, or bitter fluid called bile, is carried into the storj-

arh in different quantities for the purpose)

propel the different parts to motion, and to of neutralizing the acids and nresprvinr

circ ..inscribe the motion to proper bounds them from preying on the living membra mi

Leside these innumerable cords, muscles, ligaments and sinews, there are an infinite variety of nerves distributed through all the parts, and wisely arranged to convey the electric fluid and sensibility to every part. The glands, also, arc situated in the various parts of the system, to prepare and secrete the proper moistening juica, to support and replenish the machinery, and preserve it from wearing bv the constant friction of the parts. I sav, while these are so wisely arranged for their uses, the arteries, with all the veins which the supply, are designed to convey the blood, with its warmth and stimuli, to every point through tho whole man. All these arteries and ramified veins are proportioned in size and structure to the

different ofrices assigned them, or to the quantity of stimuli their dependent parts ruq lire to excite them to perform their

respective functions in the harmony of the general modus operandi. Tho body, thus constructed for a moving and sensitive machine, contains a largo cavity, passing longitudinally through its centre, w hich is no less w isely constructed for the objects of nutrition, inhalation, and exhalation. To begin with this cavity at the superior end, you Audit divided into many branches, and passing off by the cars, eyes, note and mouth. The first of those admit external sounds to tho nerves or organs of sensibility, as signs of ideas, making corresponding impressions in the mind.

odics of the poets were succeeded by the J This is a great mistake. The Thomsonigro ins of the oppressed. Th Jews hat j an reformation is as much in theory as in their public meetings for their orators to! practice; and, as the converted Jews were

touch the nation the precepts of Moses

mid the promises of Gcd. John's mission was chiefly t) teach, by public orations, ihe advent of the Messiah. The Savior rame teaching publiclv the rudiments of the kinTdMu of Heaven. The commission uien to the Apostles, w as to preach to, ui to teach all nations, by public lecVues. All these facts corroborate our 'ideas, and demonstrate the superior ad-

vatit;::oof public lecture

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prone to relapse to Judaism, and could

scarcely get entirely clear of the tradi-

of their fathers and the prejudice of

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ie.io eonsuieraTions tne snnpie

their early education, so these doctors will be mixing medicine, and blending the two systems together; and it has been proven, over and over, that the regular doctors w ho have embraced our system, mak the most unsuccessful practitioners: for we al! know when a wrong system is receiv

We rnav add s ed and nourished in early life, it is hard to

fact ot be entirely eradicated. But wo inquire

the "roat number w'm may be instructed.! what is anatomv m the practice ot medi

at thesime moment, from the lips of one : cine? We all know that we are made of

srnber. and the ideas arc often simplified I the dust. ccc. The study of anatomv is

in this vav, in a manner that would not ; but littU more than the study of foreign

frequently he lono w ith the pen, and im-! names and technicalities, and we believe

uessed eti the tr.inJ Pv gestures and signs, t that reason and a close examination ot

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will besiok in his bed, and ten chances to

one if he can .e raised araiu.

Njw, yon all well know that this is the

course of practice pursued Wy the doctors

ot these times. No'.v, I would ask the common sense of this assembly, if they cau believe that a course of treatment which will kill the well, can possibly cure the sick; or if the medicine, of itself, will destroy the health, and break dawn the constitution which is healthy and strong, can the same medicine repair and nuild up the constitution of the weak X The truth is, the whole system of. depletion is founded on error, and may all be rejected together. I may be blamed for saving even this much against the-popular system; but I ask no pardon for this. The health and happiness of the free men and matrons of' our free republic is at stake, and it is no time to compliment error, which is fraught with danger and death. This subject deserves fearless examination it challenges investigation, and is worthy in itself to intercs: every

mind. The third branch of the ercat cav

lty admits of wmes from external objects to the organs of sonsibility, which, as

signs of ideas, make their corresponding impressions on the mind. The fourth and main branch admits tho taste of external objects to the organs of sensibility, and, as signs of ideas, make their corresponding impressions wn the mind. Each of these, with all other parts of the machinery, hair and nails excepted, being impregnated w ith these nerves or organs of sensibility, become sensible to the touch from external objects w hich, as tho sigrw of ideas, make thftir corresponding impressions on the mindr Thus, all our ideas are produced by the effect of external agents acting upon somo ono of the five senses, and, communicated to the nerves, generate and control our thoughts and ideas, so that a disorganization of the ncrvousystetn will produco a confuiion of thoughts and ideas, or what is called delirium or mania, and thus every idea of

pain or pleasure, joy or grief, anticipation

human being who knows himself to be li-j or rear, &c, which i3 rcceiveJ in either

the body or th? mind, i conveyed through the nerves or organs of sensibility, aud the constant sympathy is established in man, with the external objects with which he is in any way associated. Besides these great objects, the different branches

! of this great cavity are designed tomain-

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bri'ditness her that can srve up herb,

t-f disseminating knowledge by public lee-tt:ir-:. R ligi ni and medicine are tin two ui-jeets vjlii- h hould chiefly claim the attention of men. Religion points out the op.lv irmrdy fertile health and happix:ess uf"i!; soul, and the science of medicine is an attempt to point out the remedy

fjrt!;erh-ikh aud happiness i f the bodv. I the fre.it-, rots, flesh and Ibur, with other

The (,V;;t r is the author --f both. Tiie ingredients to suit the taste and nourish

iv.t 1 lv.,: .ttivnrivl m m in bv sneeial I th bodv. is a practical chemist,' while the

revelation, and the latter bv creation. In .graduate in general is but a theorist, and

the Book of Revelations," therefore, we j k his know ledge t but a hollow sound. im.-t search for the rudiments of religion j Whiie I feel friendly to learning, and wish

and the ri nedics tor the diseases ot tho ! it to flourish in our country, ana eve

to'; and, ju the bok of nati

hcarch for the remedies for the

able to disease. Having thus briefly descanted on the depletive system, and the corresponding regimen of remsdies, I shall hasten to lay before you the Thomsonian system, and nature of the remedies used in its practice, and this will present the subject be

fore you, on a general scale; and, should I tain, by their peculiar cravings, a proper ". 1 1 1 1 .tt. t t

ther evidence vf the unequalled advantage I schools of science. As for the study of

chemistry, we believe that, after tho student has read his volumes and took his de

crees, our little daughter, w ho never read j

a page on the science, can cel this graduate i a the most useful branch of chemistry, as far as the sun excells the moen in

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tne ikxiv. in-2iauerci mcsewiu ciauo our alteuti 1 1 for tho present and form the bais of th- present lecture. This would 11 1 it

to i MU'pIo 1 iM piam suttee.!, ceuiu wej

:rc, we must 1 1 ranch of science to be pursued with avide diseases of ily and promptness, yet 1 wish it to tL dis-

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tmctly utulerstoou; mat a gooii classical tdueatioii is ue tiling, and she secret by v.hieh vhesitl; i to l.e cured, onoihcr. I huvo -ct to lr com iacd th'it th'i It

I continue these lectures, 1 shall hereafter

select some particular parts of this general mass, and attempt a more thorough investigation and development of every part which this general view introduces for our consideration. All I ask of the people is, to divest their minds of prejudice, and remember that we

are all subject to disease. We may roc:; j traction, are prepared to receive food in

be compelled to submit and try tne experiment of S':uo system of medical practice, and it is highly important to investigate this subject with candor and deliberation in the time of health, aud not leave it for the fatal moment of disease. The Thomsonian Ssstcm, with tlu nature of the remedies it emplovs, will now be presented fr your consideration, and such a sketch of ihe anatomical facts as tiaie will admit of, and tiuy serve, in some degree, to show the correctness of its basis. All animate bodies are constituted by tho. coujiued nropertici cf solids aaJ tbt-

of this viseus, and also to facilitate tho operation of digestion. This regurgitation i3 induced by tho sympathy of the partsvas tears flow to wash dirt from the eye and the saliva to detain offensive matter from the mouth so the i-ilo regurgitates to neutralize the acids that playon the stomach, and, mixing with the a cids, promotes the digestion, while the larger portion of the bile passes through tho intestines, promoting the same opcrati m through the whole alimentary canal. The stomach being the main organ of digestive operation, is furnished with tho principal absorlents to take up and distribute the nutritious parts of the alimentav.. . tV.. . ft .1 ' 1 1" ii

ij ui.ia ; uiu pari ucsigncu lor DIOOti IH conveyed through the chylifornus vesseta to the heart cud lungs through the puhnoOry artery; and; when it has performed these revolution, it is convcy;J to flie great artery which runs down the interior surface of the spinal column o back-hone to its lower extremities, dividing into various branches and ramifvirr all the veins thus supplying ever pars with blood. The glands, also, ;);'. up the water, and prepare and distri1.. :;e it to nil the joints, sinews, inies ines, -. While the remaining wafer, r.f;-r its Nutritious quality is distributed through iw svs tern is passed into the bladder, where it U detained until it is drained of its rcsr.nining nutriment, ten pacing thro:;! thd

urelhru, is expelled from the t.dy by a contraction of the bladder. Thus, fr;rn the stomach, as the grand fomuaiaof in whole system of the arteries fbr ihe circulation of the blood; and the glmds, for the circulation of oth:r flui Js, is supplied, and these circulativc mediums supply tho great machinery. The solids of the ma

chine being thus formed and prepared fop motion and sensibility, require some aent to propel it to motion. This agency :nus be performed by fluid-;, air and fire, which, coming into contact will explode and fly through every part of the machine, putting all into motion. When the Creator had formed the body or solids cf man, and this well formed machine was ready to perform all the motions for which it was designed, he breathed in. to his nostrils the breath of life. Thi breath of life was atmospheric air, w hich

contains a large quantity of chalorfo or the basis of heat. These entering the lungs and exploding, inflated thcru, aud action and circulation began. This colo ric being let go, flew through the whole man, thrui(h the medium of the nerves, like electricity on the rod, producing mo. tia and sensibility ia every part, and mart became a living soul. Ttus put into motion, the stomach craved food, for it would! soon be drained of its moisture. To supply thfs waste of craving, the Creator gave him the fruit of the field for meat. He cat of the fruit the digestive organi performed their offices, and the secret ry mediums supplied every part w ith its stimulus: so life was beg in and is an c.ioct produced by the agency of the flui ie, .u: heat and air, upon the well organized machine of tho solids. Life is, iherefore, a forced state, and requires a constant sti.nu!i called heat on the vital fire, for its perpetuation. The air receives its pri polling pdwer from heat; Kir, when heat and air comes into contact, th: heat rarities or expands the air, that can be no lon

ger confined, but in-.st have vent, aui

thus it presses through every pore, gi in a determination to the surface, aad prupclling every part into motiun, huo it

grind the solid parts, w hich are supplied diflusej itsell through the whole fru.iwi by the salivary glamls with a proper por- and escape through the innum.i:dc tion of moisture to reduce the mass of the I pores through cTery part of the bDd ,car-. aliment to a proper consistency for fcr- jrving off w ith it the unwholesome arid sax--mentation in the stomach. Tr.ij is the 1 plus matter of all we eat ani drink, a first process of digestion, aud should be j mounting to five eighths-of all. If woea well performed in order to health. While; aud drink eight pound in twenty-four the aliment is thus preparing in tha iiuuth, ! hour, five p junda of tho eight is carried respiration is perpetuated through the na-' off through the pores, and but three pound sal branch of the cavity ; aud, when pre-! by all other dircctious. pared, is, by the clfort of tho tongue, pil- tr m tiusporuu secretion, having mo at'-vVe.. thrown i;o the s'OTAetiwiicte, eye aided ry a, ingress J;iy a csaaUrjp

sympathy between internal and external

objects, and to keep up the intercourse botwecn the stomach and all its auxiliaries, We shall here speak of the maiu branch,

generally called the alimentary canat;

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