1 XVI
2 R , recommended for trial; not tested,
3 syphilis; i.e. venereal disease.
4 "K., tincture, essence.
5 Tohf., Tohfet ; i. e. a Mahomedan Materia Medica.
6 v., vide ; i. e. see ; look at the thing to which the sign refers.
7 I., a millionth part of a grain, in accordance with Hahnemann’s
8 system.
9 I. sol., solution of the millionth.
10 X., a decillionth part.
11 X000, three small globules of the decillionth part.
12 . abbreviation, when behind part of a Latin, or Oriental word : as,
13 Anac ., meaning Anacardium — unless at the end of a period.
14 4 times , four times a-day ; i. e. four doses are to be taken between rising
15 and going to bed.
16 4 times 12 ; i.e. four doses a-day, to be taken for three consecutive days.
17 12 times, twelve times a-day; i. e. a dose to be taken every hour, during
18 the waking hours.
19 N.B. Spaced words (words which have a marked space between the
20 letters, as the word s e 1 a j i t) are Eastern terms.
21 The Key for the abbreviations used in the Latin of the Medical part,
22 may be seen in the Materia Medica of this volume, where the word is
23 inserted in full. The quantity of the medicines to be taken at once, may
24 therein be found under each tested article, and classed (I.) (II.) (III.)
25 acccording to their rank. See Vol. II. Introduction, page iii. & iv.
26 Example — Vanill. arom. ®., (I.) dysentery. 12 times 36.
27 (4. times 28. N.) Costiveness. G. N.
28 i.e. Tincture (essence) of Vanilla is a medicine of the first class,
29 and in a case of dysentery, hourly doses, 12 times a day, in 3 days
30 proved beneficial. (One dose taken every 3 hours, 4 times a day,
31 during 7 consecutive days, 28 doses, did not prove beneficial.) In
32 cases of Costiveness it sometimes proved beneficial, sometimes not.