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Excerpt from The Early Diagnosis of Tubercle But slight changes have seemed indicated or been made in the preparation of this new edition - some pages added to the section on Differential Diagnosis; prunings elsewhere of roughly equivalent extent; a few minor expansions; a few trifling alterations. In the diagnosis, as in the treatment, of disease, the influence of Dame Fashion has to be acknowledged and duly allowed for; new methods arise full of hopeful augury at the outset, and old ones of equal or even superior value fall into neglect, the outcome of hopes deferred or unfulfilled. Among this latter category might well be placed certain of the Special Diagnostic Tests which still find description in the present volume - they are certainly becoming demode; have perhaps already become so. Since, however, some acquaintance with these waning methods may still be expected of those who make tubercle their special study, and since fashions deemed obsolete in one locality may still be 'current coin' in another, the writer has so far withheld his hand from the process of destruction. Doubtless their excision must come, but it has been postponed to a future occasion! The writer welcomes this opportunity of thanking his readers for the kindly reception accorded to the book in its former editions. 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.