Excerpt from Clinical Diagnosis, Case Examination and the Analysis of Symptoms, Vol. 1 The plan followed in this work is one of marked simplicity and, in the author's estimation, one well adapted to the require ments of everyday medical practice. Correct and complete diagnosis is a Sine qua non to rational and effective treatment, the latter, in turn, being the chief aim of medicine. From the pragmatic standpoint of relief and cure of the patient, what are the component parts of a correct and complete diagnosis? What are the commonest sources of error, those most readily avoidable by the adoption of proper technic, and those most reprehensible from the standpoint of moral rectitude? Forty pages of this work have been devoted to an introduction along these lines - indispensable, as the author views it - to the study of clinical diagnosis. 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.