Drugging in the Dark

Such is the practice complained of by a correspondent of a contemporary, who finds that many physicians administer medicines in what seems to be a reckless and unscientific manner,—“Strychnine, arsenic, digitalis and aconite, are favorite remedies in all sorts of diseases.” Used in this connection, we may very well object to the word remedies; in other respects we must agree with the complainant, adding that in America quinine seems to hold a high place in the list of drugs that are prescribed w...