Excerpt from Text-Book of Homeopathic Materia Medica Repeat. As to the frequency of repetition, we are guided by the following rule: the remedies which produce symptoms on the healthy in a short period of time, repeat at short intervals - minutes and hours; one which takes a long time to produce symptoms, repeat at longer intervals and continue for a longer period of time. AS it is impossible to keep the time Of all rem edies in mind, we give the following: put in class I the gases, volatile salts, and those drugs which act directly upon the nerves; class 2, the earthy salts and those drugs which act upon the blood; class 3, compounds of the first and second classes to be repeated at medium intervals. For auxiliary treatment such as diet, exercise, rest, change of climate, we are guided by the modalities Of the drug, e. G., conditions which are worse from motion, advise rest, etc. As to diet, there is a sad need Of reliable information. Anyone who would write a book on the dietetics of each remedy would bestow a great boon upon the human race. The remedies dis cussed are the polychrests and those Of the others which have been most frequently and successfully used by the author. The latter include those which have been most recently proven and come into use. NO claim is made for anything newer or better than is found in other text-books on materia medica. The method Of presenting the Old is not wholly original. We have gleaned from all our text-books on materia medica but more especially from Allen's Handbook, Clark's Dictionary and Boger's Synoptic Key. We hope that by following the method of grouping the symptoms in their study Of remedies, undergraduates and busy practitioners may become more ac curate and successful prescribers. 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.