Excerpt from On Diphtheria Being desirous that my book should contain as complete an account as possible of the present state of professional knowledge on the subject of diphtheria, I have not scrupled, especially in the chapters devoted to the history of the disease, to quote freely from other authors whatever facts were suitable for my purpose, in every instance stating my authority for information not resulting from my own experience. 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.