The American Medical Journal of St. Louis, Mo., 1887, Vol. 15 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Medical Journal of St. Louis, Mo., 1887, Vol. 15 The average doctor regards the medical journal as fancy reading, as a good place to give accounts of monstrosities and to perpetrate medical jokes. What is the use of paying two dollars a year for such a luxury? 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.