▁slight est ▁dis com fort ▁( such ▁as ▁it ch ing ) ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁subst ance , ▁and ▁that ▁this ▁method ▁does ▁not ▁demonstrate ▁sympt om ▁caus ality . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁work ▁Hol mes ▁also ▁expressed ▁a ▁belief ▁that ▁" real ▁adv ances ▁were ▁made ▁only ▁after ▁years ▁of ▁work ▁by ▁highly ▁trained ▁men ▁who ▁c ared ▁little ▁for ▁fame ▁and ▁money ". ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Home op ath y ▁and ▁Its ▁Kind red ▁Del us ions ▁received ▁both ▁pra ise ▁and ▁criticism ▁after ▁its ▁release . ▁In ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁letters ▁titled ▁Some ▁Rem arks ▁on ▁Dr . ▁O . ▁W . ▁Hol mes ' s ▁L ect ures ▁on ▁Home op ath y ▁and ▁Its ▁Kind red ▁Del us ions ; ▁Communic ated ▁to ▁a ▁Friend , ▁Robert ▁W essel ho eft ▁neg atively ▁compared ▁Hol mes ' ▁work ▁to ▁writers ▁that ▁" made ▁sport ▁of ▁their ▁fellow ▁man " ▁and ▁considered ▁the ▁work ▁to ▁be ▁representative ▁of ▁" Old ▁School ▁medicine ' s ▁continued ▁sc orn ▁for ▁reform ". ▁In ▁contrast , ▁Eric ▁W . ▁Bo yle ▁wrote ▁in ▁his ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁book ▁Qu ack ▁Medicine ▁that ▁Hol mes ' ▁work ▁was ▁" the ▁most ▁thoroughly ▁exp licated ▁attack ▁on ▁home op ath y ▁as ▁a ▁dangerous ▁and ▁dead ly ▁error ". ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 8 4 2 ▁non - f iction ▁books ▁Category : Liter ature ▁about ▁home op ath y ▁Category : Med ical ▁books <0x0A> </s>