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Rh strictly to the rules laid down by Hahnemann, whilst others declared that Homœopathy should not be fettered by any rigid rules, but that every practitioner should be left to pursue such a course as his own judgment might dictate; so that in a short time many nominal homœopathists were found utterly to disregard every principle which Hahnemann had laid down. But as no possible harm can arise from administering attenuated doses indiscriminately in all cases, and as it is the most easy and most convenient course, many still choose to follow it, and leave their patients to the recuperative powers of nature. Others follow this course, or depart from it, as occasion seems to require. In his old age Hahnemann rejoiced in the thought that he had accomplished his object, and established his medical scheme upon a sure foundation. But, alas! even now when he has but just parted with his visions of infinitesimals, and bid adieu to his dear Organon, shuffled off his mortal coil, and laid himself down to rest, many of his beloved disciples repudiate all his doctrines. They do, indeed, preserve the name of Homœopathy, as a