Excerpt from A Practitioner's Handbook of Materia Medica and Therapeutics Based Upon Established Physiological Actions and the Indications in Small Doses: To Which Is Added Some Pharmaceutical Data and the Most Important Therapeutic Developments of Sectarian Medicine as Explained Along Rational Lines The neglect of this subject by laboratory investigators, most of our clinical teachers and our physiologists, makes it imperative to draw considerably upon the mass of more or less valuable sec tarian literature. This has been done in as nearly a judicial spirit as possible. There are so many instances where all three schools of medicine substantially agree upon the indications that the task is not so difficult as might appear upon the surface. Where such an agreement is not obvious, divergent views will be carefully weighed, and whatever data appears to possess the most substantial Chemic, physiologic, and clinical foundation will be given preference over anything of a theoretic nature. This is a series of studies, and is not a treatise; a volume of suggestions, and not one of principles. It presupposes a knowl edge oi the established materia medica and rational therapeutics. And presents from the standpoint of a seasoned regular what he apprehends we and all physicians, regardless of school, are coming to recognize and practice as common ground. 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.