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Excerpt from A History of the Boston City Hospital From Its Foundation Until 1904 This History covers forty years of The Boston City Hospital's existence. It was thought wiser to compile it for that period rather than to wait fifty years, when some of the present editors might not be living. Already only two of the original members of the Hospital Staff, Drs. David W. Cheever and John G. Blake, remain. During these forty years the number of beds has increased fourfold, and the number of the staff in the same ratio. Many new departments have been created, and we have endeavored to do justice to them all. It is with mingled feelings of pride and regret that the editors complete this volume; the former sentiment inspired by what the Hospital has become and has accomplished; the latter that some of them can no longer take active part in its future progress and achievements. These forty years in surgery and in medicine have seen the discovery and the established use of the three marvels of Asepsis, the Toxines and the Roentgen Ray. 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.