Excerpt from Pulmonary Phthisis: Its Etiology, Pathology and TreatmentFor this addition to the numerous works on the subject of Consumption, the apology which I offer is a very old one, viz., the trust that I may have been able to add something to the sum of our knowledge of this disease. Whether or not I have succeeded in doing this, remains to be seen I have at any rate tried to bear in mind the maxim, that in order to do what has never been done, methods must be used which have not yet been employed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.