Excerpt from A Dictionary of Practical Medicine, Vol. 1 During the many years the! Author has devoted to this work, he has employed the tims which his more active professional duties during the day allowed him, in making notes, in referring to authorities, and in com paring the descriptions of the individual cases which had come under his care - of their histories, progress, course, complications, and treatment; whilst he has employed some of the hours usually given to repose, in digest ing the results of his observations and studies into the following per formance. Accustomed from early age to much endurance and applica tion, endowed with a strong and a sound constitution, and enjoying through life uninterruptedly good health, for all which he cannot be snficiently grateful to an almighty and gracious Providence, he has been enabled to pursue his avocations, notwithstanding the interruptions alluded to, with much less loss of time in the restoration of the powers of nature in sleep than is generally required. 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.