PROFESSOR OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND OF CLINICAL MEDICINE IN THE TO THE PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL. NN THE LIBRARY OF MEDICINE FRANCIS A. COUNTEMAY "Looking at the disease as an object of study, I know of nothing which surpasses it in interest."-GASKOIN. PHILADELPHIA: LINDSAY AND BLAKISTON. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by LINDSAY & BLAKISTON, in the District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. HENRY B. ASHMEAD, PRINTER. TO THE CLINICAL CLASS OF THE PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL, GENTLEMEN: It is a pleasure, and indeed it is almost a duty, to inscribe this little work to you, who enjoyed with me the rare opportunity of studying an epidemic of meningitis. It will, perhaps, serve to recall many things which you would otherwise have forgotten, and to impress you with a clearer idea of this curious disease than you could obtain from the fragmentary remarks made at our clinical conferences. Availing myself of this opportunity to commend your diligent and patient attendance upon our meetings, and to thank you for the many other evidences of the interest which you manifested in our common labors, I remain, very faithfully, your obedient servant, ALFRED STILLÉ. 1500 WALNUT STREET, September, 1867. |