Excerpt from Maryland Medical Journal, Vol. 15: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery; May-October, 1886 In the first attack. I forgot to say that there was considerable oedema about the eyes, face and joints, but in the recent one, it was confined to the ankles and wrists, in one of which it continued so long -that I resorted to a fly blister for its effectual removal. I have found this summary method a very beneficial one in many such cases, in Spite of its seem ing simplicity 'and harshness. There is always objection to it on the part of the patient or his friends, but I have never known one to object to it after he has once experienced its good effect, both in relieving the pain and in giving a sense of more freedom to the joint, by lessen ing the congestion of the tissues ih flamed. 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.