Characteristic Indications of Prominent Remedies, for the use of students of materia medica and therapeutics

Stated third edition, revised and enlarged. Flexible cloth 12mo, 131pp. Printed recto-only. Very Good with rubbing wear, creased spine and fraying loss starting at the spine ends; stain to cover and minor discoloration. Previously published as Characteristic Indications for One Hundred Remedies..., but scarce in any edition.

Identifies "key-note" symptoms matched with various substances--a straightforward premise, written "in the language of the authors from whose works they have been selected" (3), resulting in odd and inconsistent phrasing. Some entries reflect objective medical terminology and symptom documentation, others are more of anecdotes and opinions, and some offer all of the above. Caulophyllum is indicated for a variety of pregnancy complications (49) and Chamomilla for "Over-sensitiveness after coffee or opium" (52). Aconite lists, "He is afraid to go out, or to go where there are many people, or to cross a street; his life is rendered miserable..." (7) Under Rhododendron, he says, "All evil results from menses becoming irregular from getting feet wet" (107). An interesting glimpse at how medical information was recorded and interpreted, and fun to read as experimental literature.