LATIN ENGLISH. ABBREV. ATTEN.
1. Acidum Nitricum Nitric Acid Ac.-Nit. 1
2. Acidum Phosphoricum Phosphoric Acid Ac.-Phosphorus 1x
3. Aconitum Napellus Monk’s-hood Aconite 3x
4. Antimonium Tartaricum Tartar Emetic Antim tart.3
5. Apis Mellifica Honey-bee Apis. 3x
6. Arnica Montana Leopard’s-bane Arnica 3x
7. Arsenicum Album White Arsenic Arsenicum 4x
8. Belladonna Deadly Nightshade Belladonna 3x
9. Bryonia Alba White Bryony Bryonia I
10.Cactus Grandiflorus Midnight-blooming Cersus Cact. Ix
11.Calcarea Carbonica Carbonate of Lime Calcarea carb. 5
12.Cantharis Spanish Fly Cantharis 3x
13.Carbo Vegetabilis Vegetable Charcoal Carbo V. 5
14.Chamomilla Matricaria Wild Matricary Chamomilla 3x
15.China Pernvian Bark China. 1x
16.(++)Also called Actoca Black Snake-root Cimic. 3x
Racemosa.) Cimicifuga
Racemosa
17.Cina Anthelomintica Worm-seed Cin. 1x
18.Cocculus Indicus Indian Berris Cocc. 3x
19.Coffea Raw Coffee Coffea 3x
20.Colocynthis Bitter Cucumber Coloc. 3x
21.Cuprum Aceticum Acetate of Copper Cup-A. 3x
22.Digitalis Foxglove Digitalis 3x
23.Drosera Rotundifolia Round-leaved Sundew Drosera 1x
24.Dulcamara Bitter-Sweet Dulcamara 3x
25.Ferrum Muriaticum Muriate of Iron FerrumMur. 1x
26 Gelsemium Yellow Jessamine Gelsemium 1x
27.Hamamelis Virginica Witch Hazel Hamamelis 1x
28.Hepar Sulphuris Liver of Sulphur Hepar sulph. 3
29.Hydrastis Canadensis Golden Seal Hydras. 1x
30.Hyoscyamus Niger Henbane Hyoscyamus 3x
31.Ignatia Amara St. Ignatius’ Bean Ignatia 3x
32.Iodium Iodine Iodium 3x
33.Ipecacuanha Ipecacuanha Ipecac. 1x
34.Iris Versicolor Blue-flag Iris. 3x
35.Kali Bichromicum Bichromate of Potash K.-Bich. 3
36.Lycopodium Calvatum Common-Club-moss Lycopodium 5
37.Mercurius Corrosivus Corrosive Sublimate Mercurius-Cor 3x
38.Mercurius Solubilis Impure Oxide of Mercury Mercurius-S. 3
39.Nux Vomica (Strychnos)Vomit-nut Nux.V. 3x
40.Opium Opium Opi. 3x
41.Phosphorus Phosphorus Phosphorus 3x
42.Podophyllum Pellatum May-Apple Podoph. O
43.Pulsatilla Nigricans Wind-flower Pulsatilla 3x
44.Rhus Toxicodendron Poison-oak Rhus. 3x
45.Sepia Succus Inky Juice of Cuttlefish Sepia 5
46.Silicea Pure Flint Silicea 5
47.Spigelia Anthelmia Indian Pink Spigelia 3x
48.Spongia Tosta Toasted Sponge Spongia 3
49.Sulphur Sublimated Sulphur Sulph. 3
50.Veratrum Album White Hellebore Verbascum-Alb. 3x
Also the strong Tincture of CAMPHOR, which must be kept by itself.
If the medicines are only kept in pilules or globules, the following twelve tinctures, of a low attenuation for acute cases, should be kept in a small separate case or drawer, namely- Nos. 3, 7, 8, 9, 15, 33, 39, 41, 43, 44, and 50.
These are recommended to be kept with arnica-plaster, strapping- plaster, scissors, forecrps, oiled silk, lint, etc., in a compartment separate from the medicine in the body of the chest.
MOTHER TINCTURES FOR EXTERNAL USE.
The list of medicine recommended for persons beginning homoeopathic practice is as follows Nos. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, 28, 31, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 53.
A useful Travellers’ case, or case for pocket, would include remedies numbered in the list printed above, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 20, 26, 31, 33, 37, 39, 41, 43, 44, 49, 50.
MEDICINE CHEST.- A chest to suit this Manual should be constructed expressly to contain the medicines mentioned in the list on pp. 62, 63, or the more complete list in the table of contents at the commencement; it should be protected from light and heat, and also kept apart from substances which emit a strong odour. Immediately after using a bottle it should be corked again, and the corks or medicines never changed from one bottle to another.
CORKS.- If a cork decay, or become damaged, a new one should be at once substituted. Except for acids, good sound corks are preferable to glass stoppers, as they more effectually prevent evaporation, preserve the virtue of the medicine, and are easily replaced when broken. Missionaries, emigrants, etc., should take an extra supply of new ones. Immediately after use, a bottle should always be re-corked, and the corks or medicines should never be changed from one bottle to another.
If the above directions are observed, the medicines may be kept unimpaired for years.
GENUINE MEDICINES.- To obtain a beneficial action from the remedies herein prescribed, it is essential to procure them from a person of known character, who has been trained, and who is exclusively engaged as a Homoeopathic chemist. Failures in Homoeopathic practice often arise, no doubt, from the inefficient medicines. In asmuch as any person has been hitherto allowed to assume the designation of Homoeopathic chemist, without submitting to any test of qualification, there is the greater for exercising caution as to the source from whence the medicines prescribed are obtained. Persons who are in doubt on the subject, and in whose locality there is no such chemist as we have indicated, should consult a professional Homoeopath, who will inform them of trustworthy persons from whom the medicine may be procured. Homoeopathic remedies should not be purchased from an
Allopathic druggist’s shop, unless a separate room is specially appropriated to them; otherwise the virtues of the medicines are liable to injury by close proximity to strong smelling drugs; and further, Homoeopathy, with such associations, is generally kept in the background. Druggists, with few exceptions, are opposed to Homoeopathy, often depreciate it, and when they can do so, recommend their own preparations in preference.
LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS; LICENTIATE IN MIDWIFERY, LONDON AND EDINBURGH, ETC. PHYSICIAN TO THE READING AND BERKSHIRE HOMOEOPATHIC DISPENSARY.
Author of "The Stepping Stone to Homeopathy and Health,"
"Manual of Homoeopathic Treatment". Editor of "The Homoeopathic World."