Excerpt from The Heart and Its Diseases: With Their Treatment: Including the Gouty Heart Conscious Of imperfections in the first edition Of this work, the author has spared no pains to make this edition worthy Of the confidence Of the profession. He has striven to describe each form Of disease Of the heart, not merely as an assemblage Of signs and symptoms, but as possessing a natural history; in the belief that such plan will interest practitioner and student alike in the genesis and progress of diseases Of the heart; and will furnish indications for treat ment, preventive and other, which are not supplied by the plan Of regarding diseases Of the heart too exclusively from the point Of view Of the relations Of the signs and symptoms found in life to the revelations Of the dead-house. 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.