CHAPTER I.

Further Investigation of Fever necessary 1

Facilities afforded by the Fever Hospital for prosecuting the Study 5

Antient Doctrines relative to the Nature and Seat of Fever 7

Hippocrates, Galen, Sydenham 8

Modern Doctrines relative to the Nature and Seat of Fever 13

Cullen, Brown, Stoker, Burne, Clanny, Clutterbuck, Broussais 14

Errors common to all these Theorists 30

Questions to be solved before Fever can be understood 33

Precise Object of Investigation 34

Proper Mode of conducting it 36