Excerpt from The University of Toronto Medical Journal, Vol. 19: An Undergraduate Publication, October, 1941This is Gee's classical description to which we have added little in fifty years. However, further study has given us a broader conception Of this disease and it is necessary therefore to more clearly de fine the subject. One must also bear in mind that the picture presented in the literature is that seen in the hospitals, if more severe and advanced than that met with in practice in this country, where the cases are treated early and not allowed to reach such dire straits.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.