DISEASES OF THE HEART 

 AND ARTERIAL SYSTEM 



By ROBERT H. BABCOCK, A.M., M.D. 



Professor of Clinical Medicine and Diseases of the Chest, College of Physicians 



and Surgeons (Medical Department of the Illinois State University), 



Chicago ; Attending Physician to Cook County Hospital for 



Consumptives ; FelloW and former President of the 



American Climatological Association, etc. 



Three Colored Plates and One Hundred and Thirty-nine 

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" This treatise is evidently the result, not only of large clinical experience, but of 

 wide reading and careful reflection. The author disclaims any pretense of originality, 

 but it is open to question whether the conclusions and results of a ripe judgment, such 

 as are presented in this volume, are not worth quite as much as some academic so- 

 called original work. Certainly, a large amount of material, both clinical and literary, 

 has been worked out and presented in a most clear, succinct, and practical manner. 

 The author's style is pleasing and without ambiguity, nor is the text over-loaded with 

 unnecessary technical terms. After a careful perusal of Dr. Babcock's book there are 

 two features which strike the reader as characteristic and valuable. These are, on 

 the one hand, the case histories, and, on the other, the unusual number and value of 

 the pages devoted to the therapeutics of the subject. The narration of cases, although 

 at times in much detail, does not cause the usual weariness of flesh in the reading, 

 mainly because of the interesting manner in which they are written. They are 

 particularly well chosen to illustrate the manifold varieties of disease and the practical 

 wisdom required in the management of actual cases. Regarding the therapeutic side 

 of the work none but words of praise are required. So far as the reviewer's reading 

 goes there is no more complete and reliable exposition of the treatment of circulatory 

 disease than that found in this volume. That this high commendation is deserved will 

 readily be admitted after reading chapters i6, 17, and 18 upon the treatment of valvular 

 heart disease. These chapters are distinguished by a fulness of detail and a variety of 

 therapeutic resource which cannot but prove of great value, not only to the young 

 practitioner, but, as well, to the clinician of years. 



"The book can be unhesitatingly recommended as a distinct acquisition to one's 

 working library." — "Brooklyn Medical Journal. 



"We commend to our readers this work of Babcock's as a very desirable work 

 for both the specialist and the practitioner, and wish the author a most hearty wel- 

 come for his admirable literary endeavor." — Medical News. 



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