Excerpt from Report of Committee on Pathology and SurgeryBut where from neglect, or any cause, the supply has been so long prohibited from entering the territories of soft parts or bones, that death (necrosis) has actually already ensued, we need not despair of success most marvellous and complete, if we are only humble and earnest enough to observe the law and effect the work indicated by kind nature's lead. That is, remove the dead and dying territories, and encourage, by judicious support, the disconsolate, mangled neighborhood from which they were forced, until a fresh colony of cells can be induced to occupy the ground so perfectly, as to defy minutest survey to detect that they. Were not the very original cells and lineal descendants which primarily occupied that territory.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.