Excerpt from On Diseases of the Lungs and Pleurae Including Consumption The very friendly reception which his former work met with by his professional brethren, encourages the author to hope that some of the short-comings of the present book will be indulgently attributed to the increasing cares and interruptions under which it has been written. The sincere thanks of the author are due to many friends who have helped him by suggestions and information in the course of his work, and acknowledgments are also due to his friend, Mr. J. Bland Sutton, for careful revision of proofs and preparation Of Index. 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.