Excerpt from A Manual of Diseases of the Throat and Nose, Vol. 2: Including the Pharynx, Larynx, Trachea, sophagus, Nose, and Naso-Pharynx; Diseases of the sophagus, Nose, and Naso-Pharynx It is now nearly twelve years since this work was commenced, and during that period there is scarcely a page that has not been written and re-written many times. This slow rate of progress has been due partly to the inevitable delay caused by the many other demands on my time, and in part also to the rapid development of a new specialty involving frequent modification of views, and bringing constant additions to the literature of the subject. No one can be more keenly aware than myself how great a gulf is fixed between the conception and the actual execution of my design, and in a book of such extent numerous errors must, in spite of the utmost vigilance, have escaped my notice. I confess that had I foreseen how much time and trouble the work, imperfect as it is, would have cost me, I should never have had the courage to undertake it. Even now I am unable to issue the volume in its integrity as originally planned, the section of Diseases of the Nose and NasoPharynx having grown under my hands to such dimensions that it has been found impossible to include Diseases of the Neck. I hope, however, that this division, the greater part of which is already in print, will shortly appear in a separate form as one of my series of "Essays on Throat 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."