Excerpt from Handbook of Geographical and Historical Pathology, Vol. 3: Diseases of Organs and Parts Consequences of Ambiguous N osological Terms - References to Croup in Old Authors - Senses in which Croup may be under stood - Present Area of Prevalence - Alleged Increase in Recent Times - So-called Epidemics of Croup - Occurs most in Exposed Localities - Influence of Mp Soil - Mostly a Malady of the Cold Season - Some Children more disposed to it 'than others. 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.