Plague (Illustrated)

"The question of the need for new books upon medical topics must ever remain undecided, by general agreement, in the medical profession.
There is no such thing in medical literature as an insistent demand from the profession for new volumes upon old topics.
Authors need not hope, therefore, to create the impression that they are meeting long-felt though unexpressed wants of medical readers in launching new books.
On the other hand, the creator of a new volume upon an old subject should seek ju...