Excerpt from Recent Advances in Their Anatomy, Their Ology, Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment

Shortly after the appearance of my "Diseases of the Heart and Aorta, " in 1905, I began to issue a series of monographs as successive addenda to the volume. They included a number of topics that were gradually and deservedly coming into prominence, or required recasting in the light of newer experience. These monographs have now been revised and are presented to the profession in book form. For this opportunity I am indebted to the courtesy of the medical journals which published them.

The purpose of my book has been to furnish intelligible and at the same time condensed accounts of these matters, rather than summaries of definite conclusions. No one can doubt that additional discoveries will be made in cardiac anatomy, physiology, pathology and therapy, calling for corresponding alterations in our present views, for cardiology, like all branches of medicine, is a progressive science. Indeed, even when we have accepted the recent findings of Keith, Flack, Tawara, and their fellow anatomists, and after fully recognizing the value of the data furnished by such physiologists as Gaskell, Einthoven, Lewis and Cushny, we should realize that other competent men will extend their work. In fact, from the reports that from time to time trickle down to us from such sources, it is evident that the stores of information in these departments are still being added to, while pathologists and therapists are even more actively cultivating their respective fields.

But even if there are depths in any branch that have not been fathomed, we should not therefore deter ourselves from gathering together what new stores we have at hand, if they can be profitably laid before the profession. Especially is this true in the matter of cardiovascular diseases, where the advances of the last seven years have been numerous and important. And when these diseases are felt to be only second to the tubercular in the calendars of fatality, almost every item bearing on them awakens a lively interest.

So much for my justification in presenting a new book.

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