An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital Little claim to originality, either as to principles or details, 'is advanced in these pages; but I have mainly endeavored to glean from fields of egrperience far richer/and broader than my own, such views, facts, and deductions as are most worthy of diligent study and faithful preservation The ablest authors on the various subjects discussed, have been freely consulted, and the intelligent reader will have no difficulty in discovering to what extent I am indebted to them for th e: substance matter of this volume. Wherever an issue has been made with standard authorities, it has been from an honest conviction of the absolute necessity for such a course, and from an earnest desire to advance the best interests of Surgical science. 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.