Excerpt from Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal, 1872, Vol. 11 It is a singula1 fact, and one that cannot be explained, that spe cific epidemics have specific influences and specific localities in the human system, and what is most remarkable, that it may be con fined to so small a space; the mucous membrane lining the air passages, is attacked at one time at one point and then at another, every variety of cynanche at different times. 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.