Punch,  36 (1859), 130.

Lilliputain Pills

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Education, Homeopathy, Medical Treatment, Quackery, Disease, Physiology


    Begins by noting that in response to a correspondent's invitation to study homeopathy, Mr Punch argued that the correspondent should study 'Anatomy, Physiology, and the nature of diseases' and thus appreciate that 'healing disease' by 'removing impediments out of nature's way' is 'ascertained science'. Upholding the principle that 'Infinitesimal Quantities produce Infinitesimal Effects', argues that 'bleeding and drenching' are far more effective than homeopathy, and that the 'certain number of diseases' which 'will get well if let alone' correspond to those cases claimed as victories for homeopathy. Concludes by asking whether homeopathy will cure such drastic medical conditions as a broken leg or cause such dramatic physiological effects as making an active gland secrete.



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