Far more numerous were the members of another botanicalmembers of another botanical healing
group, one that originated independently of Thomsonianism. Eclecticism was
exactly what its name implied, a system that borrowed freely from all schools
of practice, taking anything that experience showed to be effective and safe.
Thomsonian remedies were quite popular among eclectics, but so were items
taken from Native American and other botanical traditions, as well as nonmineral
drugs from the allopathic armamentarium. Guided by the rule of vires
vitales sustinete, or “sustain the [patient’s] vital forces,” eclectics abjured all
strong depletive treatments, which meant lobelia as well as calomel and
bleeding.46
group, one that originated independently of Thomsonianism. Eclecticism was
exactly what its name implied, a system that borrowed freely from all schools
of practice, taking anything that experience showed to be effective and safe.
Thomsonian remedies were quite popular among eclectics, but so were items
taken from Native American and other botanical traditions, as well as nonmineral
drugs from the allopathic armamentarium. Guided by the rule of vires
vitales sustinete, or “sustain the [patient’s] vital forces,” eclectics abjured all
strong depletive treatments, which meant lobelia as well as calomel and
bleeding.46
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