Excerpt from Philadelphia Medical Times, 1877, Vol. 7: A Bi-Weekly Journal of Medical and Surgical Science This volume of 241 pages, written from personal experience, which, according to the author's statement, is now equal if not supe rior to any one living in the United States, as I have treated over two thousand cases in hospitals and private practice, is intended, in part at least, to correct false impressions, current in our text-books, and compilations now in course of publication. Prof. Dowell claims that his observations prove - 1. That there are no permanent or universal patho logical lesions in yellow fever. 2. That the adjective yellow is not appropriate, because not more than one in six of the patients affected become yellow, and of those who die of black vomit not more than one in three turns yellow before or after death. 3. The yellowness of the skin, when it does occur, is not due to bile, but to the haematin of the blood exuded into the intercellular spaces. 4. That dengue is much like a mild case of yellow fever, but it never kills, treat it as you will; while yellow fever is very fatal, treat it as you may. 5. No one ever has a second attack of either dengue or yellow fever. This work is evidently the production of an earnest and devoted physician, who has eh joyed unusual opportunities for investigation, and it is therefore eminently worthy of careful study. 115 unquestionable value is, however, somewhat diminished by a want of complete ness of observation, of moderation in state ment, and of rigorous exactitude in deduction, - blemishes which we trust will be corrected in a future edition, when that is called for at the hands of its accomplished author. 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.