This volume contains the following manuscripts described as either an Inaugural Dissertation or an Inaugural Essay presented to the University of Maryland for the Degree of "Doctor of Medicine" or "Doctor of Physic" : Cold / by Palmer, John Williamson ; Malaria / by Smith, John D. ; Intermittent and Remittent Fever / by Heerman, A.L. ; Historical Progress of Surgery / by Willson, James H. ; Digestion / by Mitchell, Frederick D. ; Influence of Malaria in Modifying Diseases / by Ridout, Samuel ; Scarlatina / by Short, Edmund F.G. ; Anatomy and Physiology / by Cochrane, Robert McCluney ; Delerium Tremens / by Follansbee, James M. ; Marsh Fevers / by Campbell, Joseph D. ; Acute Laryngitis / by Mills, Thomas F. ; Tubercular Deposit / by Jones, Wilson W. ; Acute Rheumatism / by Rogers, Samuel O. ; Scarlatina / by Garry, Michael Marcus .