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effecting this salutary reform deserve very honour- 

 able mention. 



The treatment of Gunshot Wounds is another 

 point on vs^hich the surgery of the eighteenth cen- 

 tury claims a great deal of improvement. This 

 has been chiefly effected by giving up the artificial 

 and over-officious management of former times, by 

 admitting the operation of general principles, in- 

 stead of considering them as poisoned wounds, 

 and by adopting the light, easy and superficial 

 dressings which experience has been found to ap- 

 prove. 



Much light, during the late century, has been 

 thrown on the various diseases of the Eyes, and 

 particularly on the Cataract. The same may be 

 observed of Fistula Lachrymalis , and of Fistida in 

 Ano. Among many others, Mr. Pott has largely 

 contributed to the elucidation of all these subjects, 

 and to the banishment of many prejudices and 

 errors concerning them, which fifty years ago ex- 

 isted in great force. To the same distinguished 

 practitioner surgery is indebted for a mode of treat- 

 ing Curvatures of the Spine^ far more successful 

 than any previously known. 



Lately Mr. Abernethy, of London, has sug- 

 gested a mode of treating Lumbar Abscess, which 

 sometimes succeeds very happily, and often affords 

 reasonable grounds of hope in that deplorable dis- 

 ease. And not long since, the theory and manage- 

 ment of Ulcers has been greatly improved by the 

 persevering labours of many surgeons, among 

 whom it would be unjust not to mention Mr. Ben- 

 jamin Bell, Mr. Home, Mr. Baynton, Mr. 

 AVhateley, and Mr. Nayler. The subject of 

 Wounds has recently been treated with great ability 

 and discernment by Mr. John Bell, of Edinburgh, 

 w^ho deservedly sustains a high rank among the 

 surgeons of the Scottish metropolis. 



