Excerpt from The London Medical Gazette, or Journal of Practical Medicine, 1849, Vol. 8 IN Dr. West's Lecture on the above disease, ublished in one of the num bers of t e london medical Gazs'r'rn for February - a discourse which con tains a very full and accurate account of the symptoms - l noticed that while admitting in general terms the benefit of pure air in the treatment, he warns his readers against the danger of afree exposure to the atmosphere so strongly, indeed, does he express him self, t at the chances are, many will be deterred, under any circumstances, from giving change of air even so much as a cautious trial. His words are, although the benefit that accrues from fresh air is often very reat, yet it is very important that t e child should not be exposed to the cold or wind, for I have seen such exposure followed by a severe attack of dyspncea, or by the occurrence of general convul sions. The hazard of such an occur rence is greater in proportion to the severity and long continuance of the affection) 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.