Excerpt from On Diseases of the Lungs and Pleurae: Including Consumption In the present edition no material change has been made in the plan of the work, every chapter of which has, however, been carefully reconsidered, some additions made, and some errors and redundances removed. The aetiology, pathology, and treatment of Consumption has necessarily received a large measure of revision in the light of the advances made in precise knowledge since the publication of the last edition. The clinical cases, being life sketches originally written for this section, have been retained in their original form, with the exception of such slight changes as altered nomenclature required. 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."