LONDON: PRINTED BY

SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET

ON

THE CONTINUED FEVERS

OF

GREAT BRITAIN. OF

CALIFORNIA

BY

CHARLES MURCHISON, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIAN AND
LECTURER ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, ST THOMAS'S HOSPITAL;
VICE-PRESIDENT, AND CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL; FORMERLY
PHYSICIAN AND LECTURER ON MEDICINE, MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN TO THE LONDON FEVER
HOSPITAL; ON THE MEDICAL STAFF OF H.M. BENGAL ARMY; PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE

MEDICAL COllege of caLCUTTA; PHYSICIAN TO THE BRITISH LEGATION AT TURIN ;

AND PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH

THIRD EDITION

EDITED BY

W. CAYLEY, M.D., F.R.C.P.

PHYSICIAN TO THE MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL AND THE LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL
LECTURER ON MEDICINE TO THE MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

LONDON

LONGMANS, GREEN,
GREEN, AND CO.

1884

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PREFACE

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THE THIRD EDITION.

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preparing for the press a new edition of Dr. Murchison's Treatise on Continued Fevers the editor has believed that he would best meet the wishes of the Medical Profession, as well as of Dr. Murchison's representatives, by making as few alterations in it as possible. He has not therefore considered himself justified in materially modifying any views expressed by the author, and wherever he has thought it necessary to add to or dissent from any statements of importance, he has indicated this by enclosing the passage in brackets or in some other manner. His task then has in the main consisted in embodying in the text the more important results of recent researches. But as it has not been considered advisable to increase the size of the volume this has necessitated some omissions. These consist chiefly in the curtailment of the arguments adduced in support of points which are now definitely settled, as the specific distinction of Typhus from Enteric and Relapsing Fever. Fresh cases illustrating different points in pathology and treatment have been added or substituted, and new tables from the reports of the Registrar General inserted to show the prevalence of Fever in the United Kingdom since the date of the previous edition.

The account of the supposed organisms of Enteric Fever, with the accompanying drawings, has been supplied by Dr. Heneage Gibbes, and the editor has to thank Dr. Heydenreich for permission to use the plates of his work on the parasites of Relapsing Fever.

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