Excerpt from The London Lancet, 1852, Vol. 2: A Journal of British and Foreign Medical, Surgical, and Chemical Science; Criticism, Literature, and News The first edition having been published before the battle of Waterloo, the Opinions and facts stated therein became matters for public discus sion, and the reports made by my friends from Brussels, Antwerp, Yarmouth, and Colchester, confirmed all the facts, and I may add all the opinions of the slightest importance. They were published in the second edition in 1820, and were insisted upon in the third, published June 18, 1827. 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.