These indications are the result of experience. I can imagine some one saying that we should not have had so much experience had the doctor followed the antiseptic methods; he would not have seen so much puerperal fever. Let me say, for the gentlemen’s satisfaction, that most of the cases which I have seen have been in consultation with other physicians, and that he has never had but one case of the disease in his own practice at one time. Again, the methods which he has used have been uniformly crowned with success.
In conclusion, we will again repeat that we give this as our experience with puerperal fever, believing that it shows it is possible to treat this disease successfully by strictly Homoeopathic medicines after the manner taught by our founder; that if it is followed, the patients will be able to return sooner to a life of usefulness, and, as a school, we have given the patient the advantage of the beneficence of our laws. Physicians may ask, Why should we not avail ourselves of the methods generally recommended?
Because if you fail to take advantage of the possibilities of the law, and to give your patient the advantage of the quickest, safest and most pleasant methods of cure, you are not true to your patient, not true to yourself, and can give no reason for belonging to a school with a distinctive name, or to one which has a special auxiliary congress.
