Excerpt from Manual of the International List of Causes of Death: Based on the Second Decennial Revision by the International Commission, Paris, July 1, to 3, 1909 As soon as possible after the receipt of the French edition of the Second Decennial Revision of the International Classification, a translation of the French text and index was made and published under the title of International Classification of Causes of Sickness and Death. In the Introduction of this work appeared the fol lowing statement relative to the old Manual of 1902 and the present or revised Manual. 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.