Excerpt from A d104-Book of Materia Medica and Therapeutics of Rare Homoeopathic Remedies The grand characteristics are printed in italics, the minor characteristics in common letters; and under the heading therapeutics often clinical symptoms are stated. I entertain the hope that my long and laborious work may be of use to many colleagues, as hitherto the majority of these rare medicines have been scattered broadcast over the large fields of homoeopathic literature.