Excerpt from A Clinical Text-Book of Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment: Practitioners and Students of Surgery and MedicineWhile I would not for a moment underestimate the importance Of a profound study Of the principles of surgery, of surgical pathology, or Of bacteriology, the present work will be confined to a solution Of the two questions just mentioned with the View of putting into the hands Of students and practitioners a Single volume containing the most practical part Of practical surgery.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.