DEDICATOR Y. 
TO DR. ANTONIO M. BUITRAGO, 
OF BARANQUILLA, UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA, 
AS A TESTIMONIAL OF ESTEEM AND FRIENDSHIP, 
This Volume is Dedicated, 
IN APPRECIATION OF THOSE STERLING QUALITIES WHICH 
COMBINE TO MAKE A TRUE PHYSICIAN, 
AND WHICH HE POSSESSES IN AN EMINENT DEGREE: 
BY THE AUTHOR. 
