Excerpt from Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences, Vol. 1: A Yearly Report of the Progress of the General Sanitary Sciences Throughout the World Notwithstanding these unfavorable circumstances, it is a pleasure to be able to express the belief that the annual of 1891 is fully up to its predecessors in the value of its individual articles. In fact, it might be added that a greater degree of uniformity. Prevails. This is entirely due to the efforts of the associate editors, whose valuable work is entitled to the highest appreciation. 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.