Excerpt from Homeopathic Materia Medica: Being a Summary of the Curative Action of the Principal Remedial Agents Employed in the Homeopathic Practice Few men ever read a title-page in full, and fewer still ever read a preface, and the reading of an introduction is usually considered a work of supererogation, and tantamount to a read ing of the book itself in advance; for, in a general way, the introduction to a work is the statement of its plan, its contents, its arguments, and its conclusions, and in most cases it could be dispensed with to the comfort of the compositor, the reader, and the compiler, or author, as the case may be. Our title-page sets forth the main scope and design of the work, and the sources from which it has been collated, and that it is designed to pro mote the use and progress of the Homoeopathic method of healing the sick, which knowledge is most needful to the world. For that the Homoeopathic law of cure is the only one founded in consonance with the great Creator's will, is no longer a prob lem to be solved, because it is consonant with his fixed and immutable laws, stamped (at the creation) upon all sentient. 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.