SIR JOSEPH FAYRER, K. C.S.I. , 



LL.D., M.D., F.B..S., etc., 



WHO, 



WHILST PERFORMING ABDUOUS PUBLIC SERVICES, 



HAS LABOURED SO SUCCESSFULLY IN THE 



VAST TERRITORY OF TROPICAL PATHOLOGY AS TO UNITE HIS 



NAME INSEPARABLY WITH MANY PROVINCES OF IT, 



AND ESPECIALLY WITH THAT RELATING TO 



THE INDIAN THANATOPHIDIA, 



THIS WORK, 



INTENDED FOR THE BENEFIT OP OUR ORIENTAL 



FELLOW SUBJECTS, 



IS DEDICATED, 



AS A SLIGHT EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE 



FOR MUCH KINDNESS, 



BY 



The Author. 



