Excerpt from The Relation of Peripheral Irritation to Disease: Considered From a Therapeutic Standpoint Who Shall decide these different problems which now more than ever press for solution? The method of arranging a symposium on the great medical questions of the day must be of advantage. It brings out prominently the elements of each question as viewed from different stand points, if the essayists are selecte'd for the diversity as well as the honesty of their respective views. It was a wise suggestion, too, of Dr. Jacobi to afford the general practitioner a hearing on the subject offered for discussion, for he stands, as it were, upon neutral ground, watching eagerly the friendly contests of his colleagues and co laborer the specialists, and appropriating the wheat as they Sift it from the abundant chaff bv the threshing of contending views. 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.