Excerpt from Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Physic, Vol. 2 of 2 The general character of chronic diseases may be view ed as the reverse of that which distinguishes diseases of an acute kind. Throughout the latter a considerable si milarity Of pathology will have been Observed to prevail. There is a remarkable uniformity also in their symptoms and periods. They run their course in a short time - Of ten in a defined time. I In all of them may be traced a disposition to terminate In the recovery of health. Me dicine exerts over the greater number of them a very oh vious power and the principles of their treatment may, in mostiinstances, be considered as tolerably well ascer tained. 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.