ON

THE CONTINUED FEVERS

BY

JAMES C. WILSON, M.D.

PHYSICIAN TO THE PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL AND TO THE HOSPITAL OF THE JEFFERSON MEDICAL
COLLEGE, AND LECTURER ON PHYSICAL DIAGNOSIS AT THE JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE,
FELLOW OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF PHILADELPHIA, ETC.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

J. M. DA COSTA, M.D.

PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND CLINICAL MEDICINE AT THE JEFFERSON MEDICAL
COLLEGE, PHYSICIAN TO THE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL, FELLOW OF THE COLLEGE

SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON

CROWN BUILDINGS, 188 FLEET STREET

To the Memory

OF

DR. WILLIAM W. GERHARD,

WHO

FIRST IN AMERICA APPLIED TO THE STUDY OF THE FEVERS THE METHODS OF MODERN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH;

AND TO WHOM IS DUE

THE CREDIT OF HAVING FIRST CLEARLY ESTABLISHED SEVERAL OF THE

MOST IMPORTANT POINTS OF DISTINCTION

BETWEEN

TYPHUS AND TYPHOID FEVERS.