Excerpt from A Brief Historical Sketch of the Life and Sufferings of Leonard Trask: The Wonderful Invalid Are you a native of this country 2 How long have you been in this way Have you ever tried to get help What did physicians do for you Do you suffer any pain? &c. To give a full vocal history of his accidents, his treatment, and all matters connected therewith, to every friendly inquirer, was tiresome, if not entirely impracticable. This led him to the conclusion, that a concise his tory of the whole transaction, connected with his present deformity, might be useful and interesting to the public, especially so, to those, whom he should meet, and'who, in person, should witness his singular misfortune. 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.