Materia Medica

The 100 volumes of available materia medicas are divided into four Materia Medica Packs (MM Packs 1-4) as indicated in the table below. MM Packs indicated with the higher number contains all the volumes of previous MM Pack i.e. MM Pack 3 also contains all books from MM Pack 2. All editions of Mercurius are shipped with MM Pack 1 as standard.

Select the MM Pack that best suits you by looking at which of your favorite titles are available in each below.

Additional MM packs include:

AHR Pack

Some quick facts about the included Materia Medica Pack:

• contains all six volumes of The American Homoeopathic Review (all numbers)
• more than 4 000 pages of text
• over 400 selected articles with searchable descriptors (sample article)

About The American Homoeopathic Review:

In the spring of 1858, there was dissatisfaction expressed by a large number of homoeopathic physicians in the US that the North American Journal of Homoeopathy (the only professional homeopathic periodic at the time, in the US) was approving and publishing contributions which were not in line with the idea of homeopathy as taught by Hahnemann. The situation was remedied by foundation of the American Homeopathic Review whose editors proposed to “issuing one that should advocate a strict adherence to the homoeopathic law, although acknowledging the right or every physician to prescribe the remedies in such quantities as his experience or judgment dictated.”

In October 1858 the first number of the Review appeared under the auspices of R. G. Perkins and H. M. Smith as editors and proprietors. Themselves unknown to the homoeopathic profession, the editors sought and received the literary assistance of the more noted of homeopathic physicians, as Drs. Bayard, J. P. Dake, C. Dunham, B. Fincke, Hallock, C. Hering, B.F. Joslin, B.F. Joslin, jr., Kellogg, A. Lippe, Ludlam, Marcy, H. D. Paine, Rhees, G. Shipman, Talbot, Vanderburgh, and others. Also included were translations of the important articles by Dr. von Boenninghausen and other selected articles appearing in the German homeopathic magazine Allg. Hom. Zeitung.

The quality of the articles is generally very high and the whole tone of the periodical intends to promote strict adherence to the homeopathic law as taught by Hahnemann. The articles cover all kinds of topics – homeopathic philosophy, original provings, clinical cases, various debates on then-and-now-current topics such as alternation of the remedies, use of high/low potencies, prescription strategies, book reviews and other interesting subjects (here you can read a sample article by Boenninghausen). We feel that modern homeopathy has been cut off its roots and this selection of articles aims to provide the means of reconnecting these severed threads.

Almost all of the articles were included in this MM pack, with the exception of most of the “Transactions of homeopathic societies” which were generally omitted (usually containg information like “Dr. XY presented a paper on this and that” with no particulars provided), unless containing some useful information for reader of our times. All the articles contain descriptors useful for locating articles dealing with certain topics, remedies, by specific authors etc.

Download this document for a complete list of the articles in this MM pack.