The prescription, therapeutically, pharmaceutically, grammatically and historically considered . ve such a case book, it is a history of our therapeutical ex-perience ; a record of our cases, which will enable us to learn andprofit from our successes as well as from our failures; it will aid usin taking a prominent rank in our profession; to be welcome mem-bers and speakers in our societies; or, perhaps, instructive and re-spected teachers in our institutions of learning. —^ O £~- ABRACADAB RA ABRACADABR ABRACADAB ABRACADA AB RAC A D A B R A C A ABRAC A B R A AB R A B A A cabalistic word-charm


The prescription, therapeutically, pharmaceutically, grammatically and historically considered . ve such a case book, it is a history of our therapeutical ex-perience ; a record of our cases, which will enable us to learn andprofit from our successes as well as from our failures; it will aid usin taking a prominent rank in our profession; to be welcome mem-bers and speakers in our societies; or, perhaps, instructive and re-spected teachers in our institutions of learning. —^ O £~- ABRACADAB RA ABRACADABR ABRACADAB ABRACADA AB RAC A D A B R A C A ABRAC A B R A AB R A B A A cabalistic word-charm anciently used as an incan-tation or conjuration; it was also engraved on medals,when is was supposed to guard the wearer againstdiseases and evils of all kinds. The word is said to befrom Ab, Ben, Ruach, Acadosch, Hebrew for Father,Son and Holy Ghost. The word Abracadabra wasarranged in various ways, of which the above, in theform of the sacred feminine triangle, was one of themost highly esteemed. S3- o 2 - P CD £ W CD 20 g. §?• CD C# 5 & c+ O B 8 go 3 D c pr CDgo C303 P- goP. PART y. HISTORY OF THE PRESCRIPTION. We are so often tempted to believe that our ways of doing thingsare not only better but also different than those of times long past,that we do not always realize how closely our methods resemblethose practiced during civilizations which are dead and almost Progress in all sciences, arts and industries has been slow at first,gaining development more rapid as the ages went on. Slowly andlaboriously mankind has struggled on for thousands of years toacquire a knowledge of the fundamental truths of anatomy, physi-ology and pathology, but when once known these truths enabledeach succeeding century to add to them as much or more thanhad been learned in all previous time, and while the ratio ofincrease of knowledge in any one century may not have beengreater than in any previous century .yet the actual volume of newknowledge grew enormously from century


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