31. His books put the previously unknown materia medica of the southwest into mainstream botanical field. 32. Two years later he was named the Professor of Materia Medica , Therapeutics, and Medical Jurisprudence. 33. They eventually moved to Aberdeen where Alastair became Regius Professor of materia medica in 1958. 34. He is noted for introducing the experimental scientific method in the area of materia medica . 35. In 1897 Kent published his magnum opus, " Repertory of the HomSopathic Materia Medica ." 36. He was then posted to Kurnool and in 1867 was appointed Professor of Materia Medica . 37. He studied medicine in Paris, and later became a professor of therapy and materia medica . 38. He began lecturing in materia medica and therapeutics in the neurology department at the university. 39. He was physician to the Western General Dispensary, and lecturer on materia medica at Middlesex Hospital. 40. The main tomes used both by medicine students and expert physicians were Materia Medica and Pharmacopoeia.