Excerpt from International Clinics, Vol. 1: A Quarterly of Clinical Lectures I would add that history taking and the investigation of disease must become a matter of individuality. No two men ever pursue the same method, and the same method would not be likely to suit any two men. The method you use must grow up with you as your knowl edge and training progress. My own method in investigating heart-disease is, first, to ask the patient what particular thing is troubling him most; that I write in a conspicuous place on one side of my history blank. Then, by way of introducing the topic of family history, I ask the patient. 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.