Excerpt from Medical Record, Vol. 69: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery; January 6-June 30, 1906 Hamburger19 says: The diagnosis of rupture of the esophagus is first made upon the corpse, and often contrary to all expectations, to which may be added the words of Fitz, even then the diagnosis may be attended with very great difficulties. One of the objects of this paper is to present the case in such a light that a diagnosis can be more readily made in future cases. A resume of the symptoms shows that vomiting, collapse, cyanosis, dyspnea to the extent of orthopnea, and emphysema are symptoms of the first rank. 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.