Excerpt from The Year Book of Pediatrics, Vol. 7 A complete abstract of all the pediatric literature of the year would be impossible in the space allotted to this department, nor would it be desirable to abstract all of it, some of it dealing with speculative problems concerning the infant's metabolism, and having as yet merely a theo retie importance. It has been the endeavor of the Editor to make a judicious selection of the literature, and to bring out what seemed to him the important work of the year which has a value from the standpoint of bedside medi cine. The diligent investigations which have been car ried on in the domain of infectious diseases have been carefully considered, with particular reference to scarlet fever and diphtheria. The serum therapy of scarlet fever, which has been announced during the past year, is still in its experimental stage, and judgment on its value must be reserved until more clinical tests of its efficacy have been made. 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.