Excerpt from On Ovarian Dropsy: Its Nature, Diagnosis, and Treatment; The Result of Thirty Years' Experience In 1848-9 I wrote a series of four papers, in which I re viewed all the cases, successful and unsuccessful, that had occurred in my practice, and of which my professional brethren had likewise been eye witnesses. 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.