This book represents an attempt to provide for the practitioner the latest method of treatment for a variety of diseases. A board of twelve consulting editors and over two hundred physicians have contributed to the book. The contents are divided into fourteen sections: Infectious diseases, diseases of the digestive system, diseases of metabolism and nutrition, diseases of the endocrine system, diseases of the urogenital tract, venereal diseases, diseases of allergy, diseases of the skin, diseases of the respiratory system, diseases of the cardiovascular system, diseases of the blood and spleen, diseases of the nervous system, obstetric and gynecologic diseases and diseases due to physical and chemical agents. The discussions are brief, with a minimum of wasted words. However, the essentials of the method of treatment proposed by the contributors are sufficiently complete for the reader to obtain a clear understanding of the therapeutic problem. This book does not present a