New, old, and forgotten remedies / papers by many writers ; collected, arranged and edited by E.P. Anschutz.

Date:
1900
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: New, old, and forgotten remedies / papers by many writers ; collected, arranged and edited by E.P. Anschutz. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. During the many years that the compiler has had the management of the publishing department of Messrs. Boericke & Tafel—long to look back over, yet short to live—so many inquiries came in for “ literature,” or, in the form, “ where can I find something about ” this, that, or the other, remedy, that finally I became convinced that there might be a niche in the great world’s already over-crowded library for a book containing, in part, at least, the information desired by my numerous correspondents. This determined, and the great publishing house willing to back the enterprise, came the task of collecting the material. The work once begun, it was soon found that it is much easier to plan such a volume than to carry out the plan, for it involved no inconsiderable amount of delving in dusty piles of old journals to discover the sought for matter, which, when brought to light, had to be scanned closely to determine whether it was of a natnre to justify this literary resurrection. However, in the odd hours of time that could be bestowed the work was finally com- pleted and—the result is before you, kindly reader. That this collection of papers has many gems is, I believe, not to be questioned; that some better papers on the remedies than those herein presented may exist is also probable ; that it may contain some that are of doubtful value is not to be denied, and even some that have no right in such a book may have crept in. Bnt what it is, it is ; take the good and, in the current phrase of the honr, “forget” the rest. The part bom by the editor, beyond delving for and select- ing the remedies, will be found scattered through the book in