CONTENTS. 



PAOB 



INTRODUCTION 1 



PART I. THE INCTRGANIC MATERIA MEDICA : 



GROUP 1. THE ALKALIES AND ALKALINE EARTHS . 27 



2. THE METALS 57 



3. THE METALLOIDS 95 



4. THE ACIDS 1-4 



5. WATER 132 



,, 6. THE CARBOHYDRATES AND OTHER CARBON- 

 COMPOUNDS 134 



PART II. THE ORGANIC MATERIA MEDICA : 



GROUP 1. THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM . . . 17-') 



2. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM . . . .373 



SYNOPTICAL TABLES 386 



PART III. GENERAL TIIERAPEUT1 



CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION : THE FOUNDATIONS OF 



RATIONAL TREATMENT . . .392 

 II. DIGESTION, THE MOUTH . . .397 



III. DIGESTION. THE STOMACH . . . in"; 



IV. EMETICS AND VOMITING . . . 415 



V. DIGESTION. THE DUODI-NTM . . 420 

 VI. THE INTESTINE .... 



VII. THE LIVEH 439 



VIII. THE BLOOD 44< 



IX. METABOLISM. Tin. ACTION or Yi 



ALTERATIVES ... 



