Selected Essays and Monographs

Thk present volume of the New Sydenham Society is of special interest, as most of the monographs and essays here reprinted are from English sources and are of exceptional interest and value. After some papers bv the late Dr. Braxton Hicks on obstetric subjects, which are of permanent value, we find the essay written in 1840 by Dr. George Bodington on the " Treatment and Cure of Consumption." It was far in advance of its time, and emphasised clearly the great importance of fresh air in the management of tubercle of the lungs. In 1840 consumptives were closely and carefully confined from a fear of the evil influence of fresh air Against this Dr. Bodington in this essay earnestly protested?he called it " forcing them to breathe