Excerpt from Daydreams of a Doctor As a title for this work I have chosen "Daydreams of a Doctor." While it may not seem, on first thought, to be the most appropriate, yet the subjects treated of are those which have occupied my mind during idle hours when there was little to do but to think over the many important questions connected with my peculiar profession. Much of the material presented I trust will be found of interest to the well-informed layman. Many lessons of value in the management of the sick, and especially of the contagious and infectious diseases have been presented in such a manner as was thought would be most instructive to the lay reader. It has seemed to the writer that the medical profession as a useful and even an indispensable factor to mankind has never been fully appreciated. It has, therefore, been one of the objects in presenting this work to the public to show in a comprehensive way the responsibilities of the physician, not only as a specialist but as a general practitioner. The half has not been told of the peculiar life and work of the physician, his responsibilities, the invaluable services he renders to society, and the dangers to which he is often exposed. These are all features of his everyday life, which the writer has tried to illustrate. 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.