Excerpt from On the Wasting Diseases of Infants and Children In every acute disease there are, therefore, two dangers; the immediate danger and the remote danger. The first presses itself upon our notice, and cannot be overlooked; the second, obscured by distance, is apt to be disregarded. Acute disease always excites attention and receives imme diate treatment, but it is not enough to rest satisfied with the cessation of pressing symptoms. There is always the danger that the defective nutrition, at first merely tempoo rary, may become confirmed; in other words, that chronic disease may be established. 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.