Excerpt from Homoeopathic Materia Medica for Nurses: With Introductory Chapters on the Principles and Practice of Homoeopathy With Therapeutic Index If there be any claim to originality in this volume, it may be said to be in its arrangement, which has seemed to be the form best adapted to the accomplish ment of its purpose. The official preparations, together with physiological actions and uses have been omitted, as having no well defined place in a work intended to portray the teach ings and practice of Homoeopathy, yet a careful read ing of its introductory chapters will clearly show that the physiological or better the pathogenetic action of drugs upon the body in health forms the true basis of their proper homoeopathic application. When we con sider a drug in accordance with its pathogenetic action, we refer to its sick-making power and its characteristics are some of the finer effects obtained through provings on the healthy. Its subject-matter will not in all probability be found to contain anything new, and those versed in the under lying principles of Homoeopathy will readily determine the sources of its text. 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.