Excerpt from Lectures on Scarlet Fever Nor is it by this rapidity of its course, alone, that scarlet fever is invested with its character of dread. Treacherous beyond all other diseases, eases apparently the least violent, scarcely de serving the name of disease in the earlier stages, not unfre quently develop lesions of the most formidable kind in their pro gress, and result in a fatal termination; while in others, a train of painful and disgusting sequela gradually exhaust the strength With long continued sufl'ering, and entail consequences which remain for years, or even during life. It must be evident that such a disease demands the most careful investigation into its character, cause, and treatment. 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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