This collection of essays offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of medicine and women's health. Compiled by the Sydenham Society, a group dedicated to the study of medicine, the essays were written by British authors between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. They cover a wide range of topics, from the causes and treatment of puerperal fever to the effects of menstruation on women's health. The essays are a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of medicine or women's health. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Essays on the Puerperal Fever and Other Diseases Peculiar to Women: Elected From the Writings of British Authors Previous to the Close of the Eighteenth Century When the Council of the Sydenham Society did me the honour of appointing me to edit certain reprints of monographs on Diseases of Women, I certainly expected to be able to present the members of the Society with a greater variety of subjects. On careful examination, I found a considerable number of interesting cases recorded; but extremely few papers of a sufficient length and importance to justify their republication. Until the latter half of the last century there was no book on Diseases of Women of any scientific pretension, and we cannot, therefore, wonder that monographs were scarce. Since that time the subject has obtained due attention, and now it is not behind any other department, in the importance attached to it, the value of the works illustrating it, and the scientific character of the practitioners pursuing it. I have, however, found a few papers of great value, which I have selected, and to which I have appended notes, embodying whatever information has been laid before the profession since their authors' time. The greater part of the volume is occupied by tracts on Puerperal Fever, which has a just claim on our attention, on account of its serious importance. I have as far as possible selected those which give us the experience of the writer in some particular epidemic, and I have purposely included those whose descriptions and opinions differ, in order that the reader may have a practical illustration of the variation of the disease in different epidemics. 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.

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