Excerpt from Nervous Diseases: Their Description and Treatment: A Manual for Students and Practitioners of Medicine It has been my object to produce a concise, practical book; and should the satisfaction be ever accorded me of knowing that I have made the subjects of Diagnosis and Treatment of Nervous Diseases more simple to my readers than I think they now are, I shall be amply rewarded for the task I have undertaken. I have not considered Insanity, because I believe that this subject deserves much more extended notice than it could possibly receive in a book of this size and kind. I have deemed it advisable to include a short article upon Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, though, by many authorities, it is not regarded, strictly Speaking, as a nervous disease. I think, if for no other reason, its interesting diagnostic relations entitle it to consideration. 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.