Excerpt from Twentieth Century Practice, Vol. 14 of 20: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical Science America, and Canada. It is found in the North (iceland) as well as in the South (italy, Turkey, Greece). It is rare in Asia and Africa, especially in Egypt, Abyssinia, Tunis, Senegambia. Exceptions to this rule in Asia are found on the coast of Asia Minor, where the dis ease is very malignant. In Syria, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Arabia the disease occurs only sporadically; in India only imported cases are Observed and, it is said, the disease never occurs in epidemic form. Many of the observers unite in the statement that when a case is reported occurring away from the coast or from direct European contact, errors of diagnosis have been made. In China the disease does occur, but very rarely, and in Japan it is unknown. In Australia the disease seems to have developed as it does in all civilized countries, sometimes mildly, at other times with greater severity. 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.