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PrefaceThis work was undertaken with a desire to place before the medical profession in condensed form a resumé of the Materia Medica of all remedies in common use to date, their pharmacy and therapeutics, together with a chapter on pres-cription writing, and the management of cases of poisoning.Many physicians have not obtained the desired results from their remedies, because the right preparation has not been administered. This is especially true of remedies given in the lower potencies in dilution form. Where the remedies are not soluble, the trituration form should be employed.Where it is desirable that a particular strength or potency be used, this has been indicated.Another explanation of the occasional failure of physicians in obtaining results from their remedies is the fact that there are many so-called homœopathic preparations on the market that in reality are not homœopathic, they having never been proved, which are, therefore, unreliable.Physicians should obtain their remedies from pharmacists that prepare medicines of unquestioned reliability.Of such remedies as are official in the U. S. P., the dosage and preparation have been indicated.Under the heading of Therapeutics, the cardinal indica-tions for the remedies have been given from a therapeutic standpoint.
