Psycho-therapy in the practice of medicine and surgery . I The Present Status of Medicine <i»). Part One. CHAPTER I. THE PRESENT STATUS OF MEDICINE. Drug Medication Does Not Com-mand Professional Confidence. Not very long ago aneminent practitioner of the dominant school ofmedicine said in my hearing to a class of stu-dents whom he was addressing on the subject oftyphoid fever, with a case from the hospitalwards lying before him, Gentlemen: Concern-ing treatment, let me say that the very besttreatment for this disease is plenty of fresh air;little, or no, food; and no medicine
Psycho-therapy in the practice of medicine and surgery . I The Present Status of Medicine <i»). Part One. CHAPTER I. THE PRESENT STATUS OF MEDICINE. Drug Medication Does Not Com-mand Professional Confidence. Not very long ago aneminent practitioner of the dominant school ofmedicine said in my hearing to a class of stu-dents whom he was addressing on the subject oftyphoid fever, with a case from the hospitalwards lying before him, Gentlemen: Concern-ing treatment, let me say that the very besttreatment for this disease is plenty of fresh air;little, or no, food; and no medicine may have to administer some drugs to ap-pease the anxiety of friends, but I assure youthat we have no medicines that are of any practi-cal service in this disease. But, says the homeopath, that admissionwas from an old-school practitioner. The newschool can offer better testimony. Can they? We shall all do well to give moreanalytical study to our resources as disclosed inthe light of results fairly attributable to remedialaction. The following has been taken from the annualaddress of the Presi
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