Modern Medicine, Vol. 3

Download or read book Modern Medicine, Vol. 3 written by William Osler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-11 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Modern Medicine, Vol. 3: Its Theory and Practice, in Original Contributions by American and Foreign Authors; Infectious Diseases (Continued), Diseases of the Respiratory Tract Without going into details we may say that not a single one of these hypotheses is tenable. Some of them even lack the very semblance of any support. Many cases of beriberi occur in well-nourished strong individuals, and the blood examination in acute or recent cases shows neither pernicious anaemia nor any anaemia at all. The author has examined the blood in a number of acute and chronic cases and has found no characteristic blood changes, although the cases of longer standing may show a varying degree of secondary anaemia. 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.