The American Journal Of The Medical Sciences 1908 Vol 135 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1908, Vol. 135 This accepted method of treatment could almost be called classic, for it received its first impulse from Cruveilhier at the time of the modern awakening of medicine, and its development has been asso ciated with the names of such masters as Ziemssen and Leube. This older method still retains its hold 011 the practitioner both because it fulfils the seemingly rational indications to give an open wound rest and to substitute an efficient means of nourishing the patient while the normal food supplies are contra-indicated, but also because it cures if efficiently carried out avery large majority of the patients even if their symptoms are severe and accompanied by profuse hemorrhage and its resulting anemia. 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.