TO
SIR JOSEPH FAYRER, K.C.S.I.,
LL.D., M.D., F.R.S., etc.,
WHO,
WHILST PERFORMING ABDUOUS PUBLIC SERVICES,
HAS LABOURED SO SUCCESSFULLY IN THE
VAST TERRITORY OF TROPICAL PATHOLOGY AS TO UNITE HIS
NAME INSEPARABLY WITH MANY PROVINCES OF IT,
AND ESPECIALLY WITH THAT RELATING TO
THE INDIAN THANATOPHIDIA,
THIS WORK,
INTENDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR ORIENTAL
FELLOW SUBJECTS,
IS DEDICATED,
AS A SLIGHT EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE
FOR MUCH KINDNESS,
BY
The Author
.