Excerpt from The Elements of a New Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Based Upon an Entirely New Collection of Drug-Provings and Clinical Experience IN presenting to the profession the commencement of a new work on Materia Medica, the editors are actuated by a desire to accomplish the responsible task in such a manner as to save the practitioner much time and study in the selection of appropriate medicines for different groups of symptoms, and of placing before him such only as are specific and reliable. Taking into consideration the limited knowledge we possess with regard to many drugs, we are aware of the difficulties to be encountered, and the immense research and labor it will require to carry out properly the duty we have undertaken. But With the aid of the Great Healer, and by dint of the industry and energy with which the good cause shall inspire us, the ideas we have conceived with regard to this important subject shall be fully carried out. 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.