 In the midst of his fascination with Naturphilosophie, Fechner started writing satires under the pseudonym “Dr. Mises”. His first two publications were spoofs of the pretensions and practices of the medicine of his day: Beweis, daß der Mond aus Jodine bestehe (1821) and Panegyrikus der jezigen Medicin und Naturgeschichte (1822). These satires also contain a critique of the methods of Naturphilosophie, which Dr. Mises chastened for its hasty analogies and its lack of careful experimentation. Despite his awareness of its flaws, Fechner did not lose his enthusiasm for Naturphilosophie. He believed that its problems could be overcome by finding and employing the proper methodology. Hence the proposals in Stapelia mixta, which were designed to put Naturphilosophie on a sounder methodological footing.