Elements of Operative Surgery (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Elements of Operative Surgery With a view of rendering the work more complete, and of giving a condensed. Account of the present state of Operative Surgery in the United States, a considerable quantity of new matter has been, added, either in the form of new articles, or in that of notes, printed in a distinct type at the end of each para graph of the text which they are intended to illustrate. 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.