The book contains the well-known verified characteristic symptoms of all our medicines besides other less important symptoms aiding the selection of the curative remedy. All the new medicines and essentials of the published clinical experience of the school have been added. In its present compact form it contains the maximum number of reliable Materia Medica facts in the minimum space.William Boericke: Born on October 25, 1849, he graduated from Philadelphia Medical College in 1876 and Hahnemannian Medical College in 1880. In San Francisco, he practiced Homoeopathy for over 50 years. He was a member of faculty of Hahnemannian Medical College and author of A Compend of the Principles of Homoeopathy , Boericke s Materia Medica and translator to the sixth edition of Hahnemann s Organon .