The pathology and treatment of yellow fever : with some remarks upon the nature of its cause and its prevention / by H.D. Schmidt.

  • Schmidt, H. D. (Henry D.), 1823-1888.
Date:
1881
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Credit: The pathology and treatment of yellow fever : with some remarks upon the nature of its cause and its prevention / by H.D. Schmidt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE In preparing this Treatise on Yellow Fever, the object I have Icept steadily in view, has been to draw as distinct and correct a sketch of its various pathological phenomena, and their mutual relations, as our present knowledge of the disease permits. Though r indulge the hope that my purpose has been to some -extent accomplished, I am not blind to the numerous and im- portant gaps which are left, to be filled, hereafter, by further systematic investigations. But imperfect as the present work must, of necessity, be, I trust it will serve as a guide to the prac- ticing physician in his efforts to master this most malignant ■disease. While the observations of the clinical phenomena were chiefly made at the bedside of my private patients during several epi- demics, the pathological studies were pursued, for the most part, in the dead-house and pathological laboratory of the Charity Hospital of this city ; an institution which, for the study of yellow fever, probably offers more favorable opportunities than any other situated in the yellow fever zone. Having on several occasions been disappointed by lithographers making inaccurate copies of my original pencil-drawings, I have made the attempt to lithograph the illustrations accompanying this work, upon the stone myself. Though they may not be fin- ished as exquisitely as by the hand of a first-class professional artist, I have, at least, the satisfaction of knowing that they represent the tissues, accurately, as I observed them under the microscope. New Orleans, La., May, 1880.