Author: J. B. Mccaw

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-23

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 9780365363880

Excerpt from The Virginia Medical and Surgical Journal, 1855, Vol. 4 The design of the writer of the following pages is to furnish to the young practitioner some assistance in regard to the diagnosis and treat ment of the most important diseases that appear in the field of his oh servation, to place upon record a simple history of their peculiar phases, as presented during the past decade, and a concise description of the method of cure practised, and its results. It perhaps, at the first glance, may seem to be a species of sectional egotism to claim a special attention for the maladies of an isolated re gion, in the pages of a journal of extended circulation; but the writer has satisfactory reasons for believing that the diseases prevalent in his section find their counterparts in nearly every district of the southern states, and that the system of treatment will be found equally applica ble. In any event, however, there can be but little danger of error, for if the physiognomy of disease herein delineated finds not its antitype within the province of the reader, he will reasonably be deterred from the adoption of the practice proposed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.