Excerpt from Quinine as a Prophylactic or Protective From Miasmatic Poisoning, a Preventative of Paroxysms of Miasmatic Diseases: Together With Some Remarks Upon Its Use in the Treatment of Developed Miasmatic Diseases The simple introduction of quinine into the system daily for an indefinite time, I have never seen any reason to believe, has anything to do necessarily, with such modification. I would not like to make such a statement as this commission have, without first taking a certain number of persons about to be exposed to active miasm, and keep one-half on quinine, for some days previous to exposure, and when they were thrown into the miasm, treat them all alike. 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.