Cyclopaedia Of The Practice Of Medicine Vol 20 Classic Reprint

Author : Thomas Lathrop Stedman
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ISBN 13 : 9781330964590
Total Pages : 674 pages
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Download or read book Twentieth Century Practice, Vol. 15 of 20 written by Thomas Lathrop Stedman and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Twentieth Century Practice, Vol. 15 of 20: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical Science Influenza is an infections disease which in the highest degree appeals to our interest in many directions. It at times extends pandemically, with a velocity and wide spread such as we see in no other disease at present known. Numerous phenomena of its epidemiological behavior border on the miraculous, and fill us with wonder and astonishment. On the other hand, influenza in single cases produces so manifold and often such remarkable morbid pictures, that the study of the disease, though demanding great labor, brings a rich reward eventually. In the closing years of this century influenza has given us occasion to test all the modern attainments of medical science. Physicians have labored whole-souled in the attack against this pestiferous disease and they have also worked with such ardor in the solution of the riddle which confronted them, and they have endeavored to fathom it with such an ideal working together in all directions, that it may be truly said that influenza has become the teacher in many branches of medicine, and it has demonstrated to the whole world such thoroughness of methods on the part of physicians and investigators that our profession has a right to feel proud of its members. Epidemiology. With the discovery of the microorganism of influenza by R. Pfeiffer in the year 1892, a milestone was reached in the history of this disease. The obscurity which shrouded the epidemics of influenza of former centuries as regards the etiology and the epidemic character of the disease, will, thanks to the researches of this savant, be lifted from future epidemics. In former times the occurrence of epidemics was referred to coincident natural phenomena, as the appearance of comets, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, etc., and even Webster attempted to prove this association in his work on the history of epidemic diseases. 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.