Download or read book Treatise on Diseases of the Nervous System, Vol. 1 written by J. C. Prichard and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Treatise on Diseases of the Nervous System, Vol. 1: Comprising Convulsive and Maniacal Affections The work I now lay before the public principally owes its existence to my having held, during the last ten years, the appointment of physician to a hospital, where a great proportion of the cases brought under my observation have belonged to that class of diseases which are the subject of this treatise. Here a variety of phaenomena have presented themselves, from time to time, to my notice, which have appeared to throw light on some pathological inquiry, or to suggest some practical indication. 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."