Excerpt from The Homoeopathic Recorder, 1905, Vol. 20: Monthly Drosera has prevented whooping cough we could enlarge this list, but think it sufficient to prove that the belief in prophylactic agents against several, especially contagious diseases, is adopted by the highest authorities in Homoeopathy with Hahnemann at their head. In our text-books we are told that certain diseases, pneumonia, typhoid fever, etc., run a certain course, in a definite period of time, has so manv stages. Yet, by proper treatment, the disease can be aborted at any of its stages. This surely is another admission of the prophylactic treatment. If the entire disease was not prevented, part of it can be, and this is prophylaxis all the same. Reason confirms the possibility of preventing diseases by the administration of medicines. Just as a chemical or a gas, that will destroy a flower when in bloom, will destroy that same flower when still concealed in its bud even so a medicine capable of killing, making disappear, in other words, caring a certain set of symptoms, or certain conditions which we call dis ease, will surely kill, that is, cure their symptoms when they exist in the system, but have not appeared outside. 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.