Page 75, Figure shown is not the Brown sphygmomanometerdescribed in the text, but the Baumanometermanufactured by W. A. Baum Co., Inc.,New York. It is claimed that the Baumanometeris made with particular care and hence the readingsare said to be more accurate than other mercuryinstruments. It is apparently a good instrument.The author has had no personal experience with it.
Several years have elapsed since the appearance of thesecond edition of this book. During this time there hasbeen considerable experimentation and much writing onarteriosclerosis. The total of all work has not been to addvery much to our knowledge of the etiology of arterial degeneration.Points of view and opinions change from timeto time. It is so with arteriosclerosis. In this edition arteriosclerosisis not regarded as a disease with a definiteetiologic factor. Rather it is looked upon as a degenerativeprocess affecting the arteries following a variety of causesmore or less ill defined. It is not considered a true disease.Possibly syphilitic arteritis may be viewed as an entity, thecause is known and the lesions are characteristic.
Much new material and many new figures have beenadded to this edition. Some rearranging has been done.The chapter on Blood Pressure has been much expandedand some original observations have been included. Theliterature has been selected rather than indiscriminatelyquoted. Much that is written on the subject is of littlevalue.
It has always seemed to the author that there is notenough of the personal element in medical writings. At therisk of being severely criticized, he has attempted to makethis book represent largely his own ideas, only here andthere quoting from the literature.
New chapters on Cardiac Irregularities Associated withArteriosclerosis, and Blood Pressure in Its Clinical Applicationhave been added.
The fact that the book has passed through two editions isvery gratifying and seems to show that it has met with favor.The author takes this opportunity of thanking thosewho have loaned him illustrations. Wherever figures areborrowed due credit is given.
[16]It is hoped that the kind of reception accorded to the firstand second editions will also not be withheld from this presentedition.
Milwaukee, Wisc.
In this second edition so many changes and additionshave been made that the book is practically a new one. Allthe chapters which were in the prev