Excerpt from Neuralgia, Its Various Forms, Pathology, and Treatment: Being the Jacksonian Prize Essay of the Royal College of Surgeons for 1850, With Some Additions Notwithstanding the favourable auspices under which the work appears, stamped by the approval of the Royal College of Surgeons, yet I confess to some little uneasiness, when I reflect on the high how much will/naturally be expected from those that bear the same honourable title. In preparing it for the press, I have therefore availed myself of the kind permission of the Council, and incorpo rated such facts and observations, of a practical nature, as subsequent thought and experience sug gested, in the hope that it might be rendered some what more worthy of consideration. 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.