Diseases of the Organs of Respiration, Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from Diseases of the Organs of Respiration, Vol. 1 of 2: A Treatise on the Etiology, Pathology, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment of Diseases of the Lungs and Air-Passages Medical works have to a great extent, in recent years, taken the form of collections of essays on special subjects by different authors. This has its advantage, for such sub-division of labour is the obvious and easy way of dealing with the ever-increasing mass of medical literature. Yet these composite productions, even where they gain in literary completeness, lose what is of at least equal importance, the individuality and consistency which a single writer gives to his work. In no department of medicine has the progress of science and the growth of literature been more rapid than in that which forms the subject of this treatise, and it may seem rash for an author to attempt to deal with it single-handed. Lightened as the labour is by the many complete monographs recently written on special parts, the task is still a heavy one. Time alone, if nothing else, would have brought this fact home to me, for many years have been spent upon the work beyond the time originally allotted to it. Still, I do not regret the delay, for it has enabled me to write from a wider experience, and to put to a longer test the conclusion on disputed points to which I had been led. The part which bacteria play in the production of disease and its symptoms, and the complications resulting from mixed infections, have altogether changed our conception of morbid processes. The progress of knowledge in this field of research has been so rapid, that constant revision has been necessary to keep what had been written up-to-date, and even while the book was passing through the press, certain sections have had to be recast. I have throughout not hesitated to express my own opinions, as I think I may fairly claim the privilege of doing - after an experience of so many years duration both at a special chest hospital and at two general hospitals, but I have tried to avoid dogmatism, knowing well that personal experience may be peculiar or even misleading. 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.