Excerpt from The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery, 1842, Vol. 6 Twenty-four years already separate us from that epoch, and auscultation still continues the most beautiful ornament of modern medicine; and the labors of the numerous authors who have followed La'ennec in the new path, have only con firmed the truth of his observations, the sagacity of his re marks, and the admirable exactness of the signs which he as signed to the diseases of the lungs. Auscultation has neither varied nor changed; it is precisely what La'ennec left it; for that indefatigable observer had brought it to such a degree of perfection, that there was nothing left for others but the hope of confirming what he had taught. 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.