Excerpt from Lectures on Bright's Disease In presenting this work for the indulgent consideration of my professional readers, I would disclaim all pretension to have said the last word on the many vexed questions with which its subject matter is encumbered. I have endeavoured to explain within a modest compass, the present state of contemporary knowledge, making such additions and suggestions as have resulted from thirteen year's clinical and pathological study of Bright's Disease. Some of the material for this book has been previously published, but every chapter has been re-written, every point has been thought out again, and I need offer no apology for such alterations of opinion as may be perceptible in these pages. Except where the source is acknowledged, all the figures have been drawn by myself from preparations in my possession. 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.