Excerpt from A Lecture on Homoeopathy Delivered Before the Legislature of Michigan It would have been strange indeed, if, in the midst of these universal improvements in the different departments of Medi cine, the most essential branch of the healing art, Materia Med ica, had remained unchanged. It may be truly said that the healing art of this day rests upon entirely new foundations, and that nothing remains of the temple of the ancient god, but a mere vestige of its glory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.