Influenza Or Epidemic Catarrhal Fever

Author : Edmund Symes Thompson
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ISBN 13 : 9781331106852
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Influenza, Or Epidemic Catarrhal Fever written by Edmund Symes Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Influenza, or Epidemic Catarrhal Fever: An Historical Survey of Past Epidemics in Great Britain From 1510-1890 The disorder which it is the object of this work to illustrate has spared no part of the world in its circuit, visiting the British Isles with great severity, and has of late returned. A complete chronological history of its visitations was regarded by the Council of the Sydenham Society as calculated to be of value, in various ways, to medical practitioners; enabling them to compare the disorder, on any occasion of its recurrence, with those previous epidemics which it may most resemble, and suggesting particulars requiring further investigation, whenever such an opportunity is renewed. The information extant on the subject was not readily accessible, being sometimes, as it were, concealed in volumes devoted chiefly to other topics, or otherwise scattered through the pages of periodicals long since discontinued. My father, in endeavouring to fulfil the difficult but honourable task with which he had been entrusted by the Council, spared no pains in the search, or care in the selection, of materials; and he shared with the Council a desire to present the facts which are recorded, as far as possible, in the words of the original observers, although, especially as respects the visitation of 1803, the miscellaneous character of the communications has rendered such an attempt by no means easy. He had much satisfaction in being the first to put into an English form the classical production of Sir George Baker. 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.