Excerpt from Wood's Medical and Surgical Monographs, Vol. 3: August, 1889 Diday says: From 1838 - 1855 I treated my syphilitic patients according to the old routine, from 1855 - 1860 I systematically dispensed with the use of mercury during the existence of the primary lesion and the first outbreak of secondary symptoms. I used mercury only in exceptional cases, when the nature of the symptoms imperatively demanded it. Finally, since 1860 Diday, under the influence of these two forms of 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.