PEEFACE. 



THIS book is chiefly therapeutical in its scope, and 

 is intended to be a rational guide to the student 

 and practitioner of medicine in the treatment of 

 disease. At the same time the MATERIA MEDICA has 

 not been sacrificed. On the contrary, it will be found 

 to be set forth in detail by the adoption of a natural 

 and concise arrangement, which presents the subject 

 in such a form that it can be quickly appreciated 

 and easily remembered. The author attaches im- 

 portance to the plan which he has adopted in the 

 description of the Special Therapeutics, and which con- 

 sists in systematically tracing the physiological action 

 and uses of the different drugs in their j 

 through the body, from their first contact \\itli it 

 locally until they are eliminated in the si-i-ivtion. 

 In the part of the manual devoted to General '! 

 peutics he lias further departed from the ordinary 



