Zygadenus (pages [25] and [115]) is in general known as Zigadenus, it has been retained in this book for reasons of authenticity.
The typhoid carrier in New York Mary Mallon (aka Typhoid Mary) mentioned on page [45] as well as on page [112] is spelled in this book as Mary Malloy, the original of the book has been retained.
Other than the corrections listed below, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained.
The following misprints have been corrected:
- added 0 to +.89 in table [B] footnote [1], second to last value in 4th column.
- changed "la face vulteuse" into "la face vultueuse" page [21]
- changed "Paneolus papilionaceus" into "Panaeolus papilionaceus" page [21]
- the italian mark-up for "XLV" in "f. öffentl. Ges., XLV" has been removed, footnote [69]
- changed "R. Trommsdorff, L. Rajchmann, and A. E. Porter," into "R. Trommsdorff, L. Rajchman, and A. E. Porter," footnote [82]
- changed "Paneolus papilionaceus" into "Panaeolus papilionaceus" page [113]