JAHR'S NEW MANUAL OF THE HOMEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA, WITH POSSART'S ADDITIONS. ARRANGED WITH REFERENCE TO WELL AUTHENTICATED OBSERVATIONS AT THE SICK BED, AND ACCOMPANIED BY AN ALPHABETICAL REPERTORY, TO FACILITATE AND SECURE THE SELECTION OF A SUITABLE REMEDY IN ANY GIVEN CASE.
Book Details + Condition: William Radde (New York). Early Edition, 1859. Hardcover with three-quarters leather binding, marbled boards and endpapers. 893 pages with Index. Compiled and edited by Charles J. Hempel, a leading 19th-century practitioner of homeopathy, this Materia Medica consists of two parts. The first part of the book is a directory of 1300 homeopathic remedies and dosages, alphabetically listed and described, and the second part references particular afflictions and diagnoses of medical ailments. Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards, with rubbing present; chafed spine ends, with portion of leather gone from upper spine covering; rubbing to upper front endpapers (which appears due to a partial gluing to interior upper hinge); occasional age-toning to interior, which is otherwise clean and free of markings. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
