Medicine, in its common acceptation in the minds of the people, is a substance that cures diseases, but the truth of the matter is, medicine never cured anything. It is the natural tendency of a majority of diseases to get well within themselves, free from medical aid. Medicine, properly administered, simply assists nature to remove the cause that obstructs her acting in a normal condition. Medicine is not a humbug. The humbug is in its improper administration. When medicine is properly administered it comes to the sufferer as a gift from God. Medicine is unjustly judged. It is not medicine that is at fault, but it is those who give it without the proper knowledge of its effects, and when it is indicated. Medicine, when it is not properly given, proves an actual poison to the system. The Indian Materia Medica treats of herbs and vegetation in general. That is, that part of vegetation which is known by them to have medicinal properties. They will never injure the system when conformed to according to directions given. I will now invite your attention to our Materia Medica.