Excerpt from Medico-Chirurgical Transactions History - W. H. G., Esq., aet. 36. Before describ ing the symptoms characterising the disease affect ing this gentleman, it should be mentioned that he was endued with a strong muscular frame, was able to undergo a great deal of bodily exertion without fatigue; and, until a few years before his death, had usually enjoyed excellent health, excepting that he suffered occasionally from severe headaches, which were, however, generally relieved by active purging. It is also of importance to mention, that this patient always perspired very freely in warm weather, or even after much exercise in cold nevertheless, from the commencement of his protracted illness, and throughout its continuance, the cuticular secretion became very scanty, and latterly it was entirely suppressed. 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.