The therapeutics of the serpent poisons is founded on their disease producing powers, as is the case with all homoeopathic medicaments, but in this book the authors has dealt more particularly with the subject from the clinical standpoint and has not described the case of poisoning or the proving in detail. Expanded version of lecture and article material with a general introduction on snake provings, followed by materia medica of the main remedies: Lach, Crot-h, Naja, Elaps, Vipera, Bothrops, Toxicophis and Cenchris.