by Adolph von Lippe • 1812–1888
Lippe's Text Book — a full materia medica in the strict Hahnemannian tradition.
Adolph von Lippe, MD (1812–1888) was the most rigorous Hahnemannian in 19th-century American homeopathy. He studied directly under Hahnemann, practiced in Philadelphia for over forty years, and trained a generation of strictly classical prescribers.
Text Book of Materia Medica (1866) is Lippe's full-length materia medica — longer than either of his keynote compilations and closer in structure to Hering or Boericke.
Unlike the keynote books, the Text Book gives a fuller schema per remedy. But the signature Lippe discipline remains: every symptom included has been verified in practice. Nothing is present for the sake of completeness.
For clinicians who want the full Hahnemannian picture of a remedy from Lippe's own hand, this is the reference. The two keynote books condense; this one expands.
A full-length homeopathic materia medica by Adolph von Lippe, first published in 1866, covering remedies in the strict Hahnemannian tradition with Lippe's signature discipline of clinical verification.
The Text Book is the full-length version — longer per remedy, closer in format to Hering or Boericke. Keynotes and Keynotes & Red Line are the condensed keynote compilations.
For daily bedside work, most practitioners start with Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms. The Text Book is for deeper study of individual remedies.
230 remedies — jump to a letter or scroll the list.