Excerpt from Discourses on Practical Physic: I. On Physical Disease From Mental Strain; II. On Research in Medicine; III. On Intermittent Pulse and Palpitation The Discourses herewith presented to the reader were delivered on different occasions to audiences of medical men; the first to the members of the Psychological Association, the second to the St. Andrew's Medical Graduates' Association, the third, as now revised, to the Medical Society of London. 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.