Excerpt from Letters Upon Some of the More Common and Important Diseases of the Head, Throat and Chest: Embracing Colds, Catarrh, Ozaena, Polypus, Diphtheria, Croup, Sore Throat, Laryngitis, Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption, Deafness, Heart Affections, Etc

For example, over forty varieties Of disease of that wonderful little organ, the larynx, have been catalogued, and standard works upon the ear describe over one hundred forms of disease Of the or gans of hearing. Such abstruse classifications and immense details can be comprehended only by one thoroughly versed in the minute anatomy and physiology Of these delicate parts, and fully mastered only by long special experience and study.

But all may, without special preparation or unusual application, learn something Of their structure and functions, the causes, nature, and symptoms of the more common Of their diseases, and the gen eral principles of their prevention and cure.

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