Excerpt from The Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine, Vol. 1 of 4: Comprising Treatises on the Nature and Treatment of Diseases, Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Medical Jurisprudence, Etc., Etc The ambition of the Editors was not limited to the formation of a mere manual, fitted for those who only [demand the smallest supply of exact intelligence with which practice can be carried on, or professional station maintained without a palpable exposure of ignorance. Their object was no less than to prepare a com pendiam of the best parts of ancient and modern medicine, theoretical and practical; not passing over with disregard the vast literature of the ancient writers, but rather rescuing it from the voluminous oblivion in which much of it was lost; and also collecting with care the more accurate, condensed, and applicable knowledge of modern authors and of modern times into a liberal and consistent system, from works little known to the generality of English readers, and familiarly known to very few. 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.