Excerpt from A Manual Nervous Diseases of Man, Vol. 1 The reputation as a neurologist which Dr. Romberg has established for himself in Germany, is of a character in itself to justify the publication of his chief work, incomplete though it is, in the English language. If the translator has succeeded in giving to the thoughts of the foreign author a suitable form, he does not fear but that his readers will coincide with the prevailing opinion as to the value of Dr. Romberg's observations, as well as of the deductions to which he has been led. The English reader will be gratified by the predilection which the author shows for the physiologists and pathologists of our country; and he will, at the same time, feel constrained to admit, that the practical character which is said to distinguish British men of science, peculiarly stamps the work of Dr. Romberg. His manly and energetic zeal in the prosecution of his physiological and pathological inquiries, and his cordial and undisguised contempt of the fashionable quackeries, will equally establish his claim to the eminent respect of his medical brethren on this side of the German ocean. Dr. Romberg states himself explicitly to belong to that school which bases the study of pathological phenomena upon physiology; and he warns against the tendency prevailing, both abroad and in this country, to seek for all explanations of diseased action exclusively either in the chemical changes occurring in the fluids and solids during life, or in the manifestations of morbid change as presented in the dead-house. 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.