This small book containing 189 pages of text was written by the author shortly before his death, largely from the notes of his lectures to the students of Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia and to nurses. It is a brief systematic account of the chief features of pulmonary tuberculosis, etiology, symptoms, clinical forms, methods of diagnosis, complications, and treatment. The pathology of the disease is presented only incidentally.
Such a clearly written schematic account conforming for the most part to present day standardized terminology, classifications, and diagnostic and therapeutic methods should be of value especially to students, nurses and social