The Principles and Practice of Surgery, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Principles and Practice of Surgery, Vol. 1 The aim of this book is to place before the reader the more practical issues of Surgery, from the standpoint of the General Surgeon. Theoretical considerations are detailed only when of importance in diagnosis or treatment. Surgery, of late year's, has become amazingly complex, and it is felt that a need has arisen for simplification, where this is possible. Hence several of the more classical methods of treatment are omitted or merely referred to, and those alone retained which bear the hall-mark of practical utility. Alternative methods of treatment are discussed only where the course of the disease or the condition of the patient renders such alternative methods advisable. Special attention has been paid to those sections where, in the last few years, surgery has made such enormous strides, viz. with regard to Blood-vessels, Bones (including Fractures), Joints, the Air passages, the Abdomen, and the Urinary System. A tolerably full account has been given of the Surgery of the Nose and Throat, and Air passages, while the Ear, from its close association with, and since it is mainly responsible for originating, pyogenic diseases of the Brain and Meninges, is described in the section on Infections of the latter. In dealing with such an extensive subject as General Surgery, there are many portions where the personal experience of any surgeon must of necessity be but small, and much assistance has been derived from the ideas and writings of others. As far as possible, however, where several methods of treatment are available, attention is especially directed to those which in the personal experience of the writer have proved sound and satisfactory. In acknowledging his various sources of information, the author wishes first to render grateful tribute to the teachers of his own hospital, past and present. 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.