ELEMENTS

OF

MATERIA MEDICA;

COMPREHENDING

THE NATURAL HISTORY, PREPARATION, PROPERTIES,COMPOSITION, EFFECTS, AND USES

OF

MEDICINES.

PART I.

CONTAINING

THE GENERAL ACTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEDICINES,AND THE MINERAL MATERIA MEDICA.

& PHM

£0r\5

JONATHAN PEREIRA , F.R.S. & L.S

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS ;

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY ;CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF PHARMACY OF PARIS ; ANDLECTURER IN THE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF THE LONDON HOSPITAL, ANDAT THE ALDERSGATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

LONDON :

LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.

1889 .