Books

M. M. P.—Materia Medica Pura of Hahnemann, Dudgeon’s translation.
C. D. P.—Cyclopædia of Drug Pathogenesy.
B. P.—British Pharmacopœia.

Journals

H. W.—Homœopathic World.
H. R.—Homœopathic Recorder.
H. P.—Homœopathic Physician.
Med. Adv.—Medical Advance.
Amer. Hom.—American Homœopathist.
N. A. J. H.—North American Journal of Homœopathy.
H. M.—Hahnemannian Monthly.

Words

N. O.—Natural order.
A. W.—Atomic weight.
Esp.—Especially.
R.—Right.
L.—Left.

Roman figures following the name of a work signify the volume of the work, Arabic figures signify the page.

Signs

< means “aggravation,” “worse,” or “increase.”
> means “amelioration,” “better,” or “decrease.”

These signs are used in the sense indicated, either as nouns, verbs (present or past tense), or adjectives. For instance: “Pain < by rest” may be translated “Pain aggravated by rest,” or “Pain worse by rest.” Here the sign is used in the adjective way. “< By rest” means that there is “aggravation by rest.” Here < takes the place of a noun. “Motion < pain” means “Motion aggravates or increases pain.” Here it is a verb. The idea is the same in all cases, and the sense obvious. “> By rest” means amelioration or relief by rest. “Motion > pain” means “Motion relieves or decreases pain.” “Toothache > by cold” means “Toothache relieved, ameliorated, or lessened by cold.” Sometimes the particle is omitted, but the sense is the same. “> Rest” means “Relief by rest.” “Rest >” means “Rest relieves.” “Kali bi. has blindness with headache; blindness > as headache <.” This means that the blindness of the Kali bi. headache becomes better as the headache becomes worse. I think the utility of these signs will be generally recognised, and the sense cannot be in doubt in passages where they occur.

Another sign which I have often found useful in my private notes I have introduced occasionally into the Dictionary. I mean the equation sign “=” in the sense of causation. “Causation” and “aggravation” are not always identical, though the influences which set up a morbid condition will generally aggravate the condition if existing already. I have used “=” as an indeclinable verb: “Motion = vomiting” means “Motion causes vomiting.” “Heat = all eruptions to itch intolerably,” means “Heat causes all eruptions to itch intolerably.”