Author: John Pearson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-15

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780260209955

Excerpt from Principles of Surgery When I published the first edition of this little work, in the year 1788, it was my intention to add one or two volumes more, so as to comprehend a large proportion of the subjects usually treated upon in a course of Chirurgical Lectures. The state of my health did not allow me to accomplish my pur pose at that time; and increasing engagements in business, afterwards, obliged me to defer, from one season to another, the further prosecution of my design. Various reasons, of little moment to the public, have at length determined me to conclude the work, by relinquishing altogether the labour of adding another volume to the principles of surgery. In revising the work, for the edition now presented to the surgical student, I made some alterations, and interspersed sev eral additions, especially on the subject of Scirrhus and Can cer. The chapter on the (edema appears now for the first time. Although many important additions have been made, in the course of a few years, to the Principles of Surgery, and several valuable improvements have been introduced into the operative part - yet a number of diseases still exists, for which we have no adequate remedies, and many Operations continue to disappoint the hopes of the surgeon and the patient. If the prospect of that which remains to be done, after the labours of so many ages, tends to abate hope and to discourage endeavour - yet it should be remembered, that no man can determine the measure of success which may be connected with industrious research and zealous exertion, and that whatever may be the degree of advancement of which surgery is capable, he who endeavours to perfect it, has the satisfaction, at least, of knowing, that he is fulfilling his duty, when his efforts are directed to alleviate the sorrows and diminish the sufferings of mankind. 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.