Présentation de l'éditeur
It is written for the instruction of the apprentice and to help the journeyman craftsman of our profession. For these two classes of individuals different objects must be kept in view. The most elementary principles and actual groundwork is needed for the former, while for the latter much of the groundwork has little interest and may be omitted. To the student, the teaching of how to apply a ligature correctly to an artery is of the highest importance as an exercise; for a busy practitioner it would be waste of time. On the other hand, the steps of the operation for the relief of a strangulated hernia have for the student an examination interest only; while to the practitioner the recalling of these may be the means of saving a life. The difficulty is to include the wants of both these classes in the compass of a volume of handy size; this difficulty is increased when, as here, the main points in surgical and surface anatomy are added. The elementary teaching here embodied is derived from that received both in Edinburgh and London, crystallized by a long experience of coaching for the higher examinations. It follows closely the method of instruction now given in the operative surgery classes conducted atS t. Mary sH ospital. The old nomenclature has been kept, as, although the medical profession in this country is prepared to adopt the advances made in the principles of theB asle nomenclature, it appears unwilling to assimilate the manifest absurdities which at present accompany them. We are glad to say that the Anatomical Society of Great Britain have at last taken steps to call a meeting of English-speaking Anatomists from all parts of the world, in order to revise the nomenclature. At present, therefore, it seems undesirable to promulgate names which may possibly be deleted during the next two years.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
About the Publisher
Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.
