12 Preface 



of therapy or dosage will find place herein; but the 

 effort to be fair to all and to preserve a judicial 

 balance will be consistently maintained. 



Having previously written two works upon ma- 

 teria medica and therapeutics, the author does not 

 exploit herein either a newborn or a shop-worn 

 enthusiasm. Having very largely used the botanic 

 remedies as discriminatingly as the exigencies of 

 practice permitted, and noted some successes and 

 many failures, he believes himself to be in position 

 to record somewhat of the things the careful and 

 modern practitioner wishes to know regarding the 

 botanic drugs. If the reader but partially agrees 

 with this "preliminary egotism," as a preface is 

 well said to be, as well as with the main text of the 

 work itself, the author will feel abundantly repaid. 



Harrisburg, Pa., 1917. 



