FISKE FUND PRIZE ESSAY. 1862 DIPHTHERIA; ITS NATURE AND TREATMENT, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF ITS PREVALENCE BY DANIEL DENISON SLADE, M.D. BEING THE DISSERTATION TO WHICH THE FISKE FUND PRIZE WAS AWARDED The Trustees of the Fiske Fund, at the annual meeting of the Rhode Island Medical Society, held in Newport, July 11, 1860, announced that the premium of one hundred dollars offered by them on the subject of "Diphtheria, its nature and treatment, with an account of the history of its prevalence in different countries," had been awarded to the author of the dissertation bearing the motto And upon breaking the seal of the accompanying packet, they learned that the successful competitor was Daniel Denison Slade, M.D., of Boston, Mass. JAMES H. ELDRIDGE, M. D., East Greenwich, S. AUG. ARNOLD, M. D., Providence, Secretary of the Fiske Fund. PHILADELPHIA: COLLINS, PRINTER, 705 JAYNE STREET. Trustees. L138 563 1861 PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. DR. CALEB FISKE, who was President of the Rhode Island Medical Society in 1823 and 1824, at his death bequeathed to that Society a fund of two thousand dollars, directing the annual income to be expended in premiums for Essays on subjects selected for competition. The first premium of forty dollars was awarded June 27, 1836, since which time a large number of valuable dissertations has been laid before the profession through the instrumentality of Dr. Fiske's well-directed munificence. By the judicious management of the Trustees, the Fund has gradually increased, and they are now able to offer two annual prizes of one hundred dollars each. The Essay in the present volume received a prize in 1860; and, believing that it contained a full and accurate résumé of what is known concerning a disease which is now attracting universal attention, the Trustees have been desirous that it should be put into a permanent form for consultation and reference. It has accordingly been reprinted from the American Journal of the Medical Sciences for January 1861, in which it originally appeared. PHILADELPHIA, January, 1861. |