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Physiological Materia Medica – Containing All that is known of the Physiological Action of our Remedies Together with their Characteristic Indications and Pharmacology is authored by Dr. William H. Burt. William H. Burt, MD (1836-1897) proved around 30 remedies and contributed immensely to our materia medica and literature. He usually worked with crude doses, thereby giving an account of the physiological action of various drugs. Burt's provings include proving and symptom. *The plan of construction is, first to give the Latin name of the drug and then the English name, second where it is to be found the part used in medicine and how to prepare it for use, third its antidotes, and fourth the number of tissues acted.Indicates how much quantity of the drug is to be taken to produce certain results and what are its characteristic therapeutics.To make understanding every medicine in the book simple, a specific pattern is followed throughout.Condensing the experiences of Guernsey, Hering et al, the author lists the 'characteristic symptoms' of both well-known and little used remedies.*