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152 kind of banner, upon which they think they see inscribed, in mystic characters, "By this ye shall conquer."

We are now prepared to understand and estimate the nature and effects of homœopathic practice. If the practitioner adheres strictly and honestly to the principles and rules laid down by Hahnemann, and regulates his practice by such authors as Jahr, Possart, Laurie, Hull, Duglas, Teste, and Miss Emma Cote, he will do no positive harm. Everything which he pretends to administer will be so attenuated that neither good nor harm can possibly arise from its use in any case, or in any dose. It can only serve to amuse the patient or his friends, whilst the efforts of nature, if they are sufficient, restore him to health. But if nature cannot accomplish this without assistance, she sinks under the load, and the patient dies.

But I am told that Homœopathy is not now what it was once, and that many new discoveries have been made in Hahnemann's great discovery, and that great improvements have been made upon his great improvements; or, in other words,