An Inquiry into the homoeopathic practice of medicine. [Including] Homoeopathy, allopathy and "young physic" by John Forbes [and] Letter to John Forbes […] On his article entitled "homoeopathy, allopathy, and young physic" by William Henderson […]

New York / Boston / Philadelphia: William Radde and J.T.S. Smith / Otis Clapp / C.L. Rademacher, 1846. Hardcover. See Description. First U.S. Edition. Three tracts together - pp. 154, [2]; pp. 58, [2 blank]; pp. 66. Bound in period blind-stamped brown publisher’s cloth – rubbed. Neatly re-backed preserving the original spine. The corner tips and outer edges of the boards are professionally repaired; some cloth discoloration is visible on the bottom corner of each board. The interior contains occasional mild scattered foxing. Damp staining is present on the lower corner edges of the pages. A penciled inscription is lightly marked on the front free fly-leaf. Page 54 of Forbes’s tract contains a marginal corner crease and a lightly penciled note. The corner tip of the rear fly-leaf is chipped. William Henderson (1810-1872) was a distinguished British doctor and fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He created a scandal by adopting the practice of homoeopathy. Henderson’s book "An Inquiry into the homoeopathic practice of medicine" (London, 1845) contains a description and defense of homeopathy followed by numerous case studies and treatments. In response, Doctor John Forbes published a critique of Henderson’s book in the January 1846 edition of the "British and foreign medical review" entitled "Homoeopathy, allopathy and ‘young physic.’" The critique was viewed as overly favorable toward homeopathy and Forbes, therefore, resigned editorship of that periodical. Henderson’s subsequent "Letter to John Forbes" appeared both in the "British journal of homoeopathy" (1846) and separately [See DNB]. All three tracts are included in the New York 1846 edition of Henderson’s "Inquiry" – each with a separate title page and pagination.