The Bertillon Classification of Causes of Death (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: American Public Health Association
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331668810
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Excerpt from The Bertillon Classification of Causes of Death It was, therefore, from this judicious point of View that the list drawn up in this manner was presented for the approval of the congress. This list was translated into English by Dr. Farr, into German bym. Virchow, into Italian by M. Bertini, and into Swedish by M. Berg. The single diseases defined by the congress of 1855 still exist in almost all systems of nomenclature, but do not follow the classification adopted by the congress. We find that the committee, with good reason, attached but little importance to this classification. Today, as well as in 1855, the nature of diseases is too little understood for us to attempt to decide upon a natural classification of diseases. If we pretend to do this, the progress of medical science would completely upset our work, to the great injury of statistics, to which uniformity and continuity are very essential conditions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.