L. 



/o 



PEEFATORY NOTE. 



The papers here gathered were written by Dr. 

 Howe at intervals during the last fifteen years of his 

 life, and as a recreation from surgical writing. Most 

 of them were published in the Eclectic Medical Jour- 

 nal. I have no evidence that their author thought 

 they would appear in a book. They were scattered 

 about on the shelves of the library and in various 

 magazines. I have taken pleasure in giving them a 

 more permanent form and one in which they can be 

 more conveniently looked over and read. 



CINCINNATI, December, 1893. 



