Excerpt from The Tonsils Faucial, Lingual, and Pharyngeal: With Some Account of the Posterior and Lateral Pharyngeal NodulesDuring the past few years the tonsils have held such a prominent place in the periodical medical press, as seemingly to make unnecessary a book devoted to them. Yet this mass of literature is not entirely satisfactory, both on account of its bulk and because of the wide divergence of opinion on certain phases of the subject. This book lays no claim to having settled any of the mooted questions. It is an attempt to put into concise form the facts concerning the lymphoid tissues of the throat, and to make these facts the basis of any theories advanced. The more strictly scientific parts have been written with a view to emphasizing their practical application to clinical work. I hope they have lost nothing of their scientific value on that account.The illustrations in the book are all original. Many of the histological plates are from photo-micrographs; others are from drawings by Miss Etta E. Piotti, and are faithful representations of typical microscopic fields. The drawings illustrating operative technique are by Miss D. P. Blair, and are the result of personal observation in the operating room. I have to thank both Miss Piotti and Miss Blair for their excellent work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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