Iwouldextendthehospitalityoftheseshelvestoaclassofworkswhichweareinthehabitofconsideringasbeingoutsideofthepaleofmedicalscience，properlysocalled，andsometimesofcouplingwithadisrespectfulname。Suchhasalwaysbeenmyownpractice。I
havewelcomedCulpeperandSalmontomybookcaseaswillinglyasDioscoridesorQuincy，orParisorWoodandBache。IhavefoundaplaceforSt。JohnLong，andreadthestoryofhistrialformanslaughterwithasmuchinterestasthelaurel-watercaseinwhichJohnHunterfiguredasawitness。IwouldgiveSamuelHahnemannaplacebythesideofSamuelThomson。AmInotafraidthatsomestudentofimaginativeturnandnotprovidedwiththeneedfulcerebralstrainerswithoutwhichalltherefuseofgimcrackintelligencesgetsintothementaldrainsandchokesthemup，——amI
notafraidthatsomesuchstudentwillgetholdofthe“Organon“orthe“MaladiesChroniques“andbewonoverbytheirdelusions，andsobelosttothosethatlovehimasamanofcommonsenseandabrotherintheirhighcalling？Notintheleast。IfheshowedanysymptomsofinfectionIwouldforoncehaverecoursetotheprincipleofsimiliasimilibus。TocurehimofHahnemannIwouldprescribemyfavoritehomoeopathicantidote，Okie’sBonninghausen。Ifthatfailed，IwouldorderGrauvoglasaheroicremedy，andifhesurvivedthatuncured，Iwouldgivehimmyblessing，ifIthoughthimhonest，andbidhimdepartinpeace。Formeheisnolongeranindividual。
HebelongstoaclassofmindswhichweareboundtobepatientwithiftheirMakerseesfittoindulgethemwithexistence。Wemustaccepttheconjuringultra-ritualist，thedreamysecondadventist，theerraticspiritualist，thefantastichomoeopathist，asnotunworthyofphilosophicstudy；notmoreunworthyofitthanthesquarersofthecircleandtheinventorsofperpetualmotion，andtheotherwhimsicalvisionariestowhomDeMorganhasdevotedhismostinstructiveandentertaining“BudgetofParadoxes。“Ihope，therefore，thatourlibrarywilladmittheworksoftheso-calledEclectics，oftheThomsonians，ifanyareinexistence，oftheClairvoyants，iftheyhavealiterature，andespeciallyoftheHomoeopathists。Thiscountryseemstobetheplaceforsuchacollection，whichwillbyandbybecuriousandofmorevaluethanatpresent，forHomoeopathyseemstobefollowingthepathologicallawoferysipelas，fadingoutwhereitoriginatedasitspreadstonewregions。AtleastIjudgesobythefollowingtranslatedextractfromacriticismofanAmericanworkinthe“HomoeopatischeRundschau“ofLeipzigforOctober，1878，whichIfindinthe“HomoeopathicBulletin“forthemonthofNovemberjustpassed：
“WhilewefeelproudofthespreadandriseofHomoeopathyacrosstheocean，andwhiletheHomoeopathicworksreachingusfromthere，andpublishedinastylesuchasisunknowninGermany，beareloquenttestimonytotheeminentactivityofourtransatlanticcolleagues，weareovercomebysorrowfulregretsatthepositionHomoeopathyoccupiesinGermany。Suchawork[astheAmericanonereferredto]