Excerpt from The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 44: Being a Half-Yearly Journal, Containing a Retrospective of Every Discovery and Practical Improvement in the Medical Sciences, January, 1862It must follow from these considerations, that fever cannot be correctly treated by any routine practice, on the contrary, it is perfectly clear that whilst every attention must be given to the usual anatomical lesion in every case, yet each individual patient must be treated according to the character of his constitution, and the nature and extent of the various secondary com plications to which I have directed attention in this series of contributions papers which I regret to say abound with many imperfections. The only apology which I can plead is, that they have been written at considerable intervals, amidst the usual interruptions of professional life.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.