Excerpt from The Diseases of Warm Countries: A Handbook for Medical Men Every one who has read Professor Scheube's work in the original must have been struck by the accuracy of statement, the range of knowledge, the logical inferences, and the thoroughly scientific spirit which characterises the book. It must have occurred to all who read the book in German that its translation into English was most desirable, amounting indeed to a public duty, and the fact that Messrs. John Bale, Sons and Danielsson undertook the publication of a work of the kind, places those interested in scientific medicine and in Tropical Diseases deeply in their debt. The work of editing the book has been rendered simple by the excellence and accuracy of the translation by Miss Pauline Falcke;and if in some places the German idiom has been retained, it has been done advisedly; for to attempt to transcribe it in every instance would but have served to detract from the virility of Professor Scheube's style. Ever since Professor Scheube's work appeared in Germany, the desirability of reproducing the work in English has occurred to many. The magnitude of the task no doubt is the cause of the translation not being undertaken earlier, and the question of obtaining a sufficient sale for the work may have caused publishers to hesitate. It may be urged that some of the statements, in the light of research during the past twelve months, have lost their significance, but the general volume of information can never be refuted, but must remain for all time as a monument to Professor Scheube's labours, and as a comprehensive and accurate record of tropical diseases at the period of publication. 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.

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