Excerpt from The Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal, 1873, Vol. 15: The Largest Medical Monthly in America This authentic record presents 471 cases, 38 recoveries; about eight per cent. When we compare this result with my own statistics of the chloral treatment, which give us eighty Six per cent. Of recoveries, we are, justified in congratulating the Profession on the acquisition of a remedy to which we may appeal with more confidence than to any other. At our command, when supplemented by rational auxiliary treatment and a judi cions method of sustaining diet. 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.