TO THE READER.

Whenever they meet with men of similar industry, they testify for the author that a TRIUMPHANT CHARIOT is not undeservedly assigned to ANTIMONY. For in ancient Rome, no one was permitted to enter in a triumphant chariot who had not slain at least five thousand enemies and obtained a complete victory.

Therefore, if antimony (through the gift of the Most High implanted original: "insited" within it) is more capable than any other single substance original: "Simple"; a medicinal mineral or plant used on its own rather than as part of a compound in nature of subduing and expelling countless diseases—the enemies of human life—as it is certainly known to do, and of obtaining a total victory over them, why should any man resent that by which his own or his neighbor’s life is, or may be, so well preserved?

It is true that if taken without preparation, or if it is poorly prepared (because of the significant evil mixed with its great good), it is more harmful than beneficial to the human body. As our au-