Excerpt from The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1915, Vol. 149 Past History. In childhood had smallpox, followed by weakness of the eyes. Scurvy at eighteen, when at sea. Typhoid fever at twenty-two. Lobar pneumonia on the left side at twenty-eight. Chills and fever, probably malaria, eight years ago. Seven years ago he had a compound fracture of the left tibia, followed by osteomyelitis, necessitating an Operation. One year ago he had another operation for osteomyelitis of the right leg, six months after having been struck on the leg by a heavy Wire cable. During the Boer War he was shot in the right leg. For the past two or three years he has been subject to rather severe frontal and occipital headaches. His eyes have been weak since childhood. For several years he has had a. Chronic infection of the right middle ear, with almost total deafness on this side, and occasional purulent discharge. A polyp was removed from the nose eight years ago. He has had occasional attacks of sore throat. He states that he has had fainting and giddy spells for the past fifteen or twenty years. Nocturnal epistaxis occurred regularly everv six months after the age of twenty-six. During late years these attacks have occurred every three months. For several years he has had a cough shortly after eating, and this has often been followed by vomiting, a condition which he thinks is due to smoking. Along with this, his fainting spells have become more frequent. Three years ago the patient had a sudden, stabbing pain in the left lumbar region lasting one-half hour. One week later he had a similar attack. These paroxysms were associated with some chills and fever, but not with hematuria. For three years, between the ages of twenty-three and twenty six, the patient, at regular intervals of six weeks, had hematuria. 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.