Kreosotum This remedy, of which a proving was published by Dr. Wahle in the “Archiv,” and which, in Dr.. Bïenninghausen’s opinion, has not received from practitioners the attention which it

Kalmia latifolia Broad-leaved Kalmia, Calico-bush, Mountain-laurel, Spoonwood, a native of North America, not mentioned in allopathic works on materia medica. Bigelow, in his “Medical Botany,” and Barton speak of poisonous

Ignatia amara STRYCHNOS IGNATIA. FABA SANCTI IGNATII. ST. IGNATIUS’ BEAN.   The seed of a large tree, a native of the Philippine Islands. It contains strychnine, and in poisonous doses

Hyoscyamus niger HENBANE. Is classed along with Belladonna among the narcotics, or among the cerebro-stimulants. It resembles Belladonna in some respects, though lacking its power to act on a number

Mercurius solubilis A metal known to the ancients. It was used medicinally by the Arabs, from whom the Europeans derived a knowledge of it through the Moors of Spain. Its

Hepar sulphuris calcareum LIVER OF SULPHUR. IMPURE CALCIC SULPHIDE.   The “liver of sulphur” of the shops and of the British and United States pharmacopoeias, is a sulphuret of potassium,

Helleborus niger BLACK HELLEBORE — CHRISTMAS ROSE   Before passing from this group, I desire to say a few words upon this drug, of which we know but little,—that little