PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION. 



WITHIN a few years bacteriology has revolutionized surgical 

 pathology. All wound complications and most of the acute and 

 chronic inflammatory lesions which come under the treatment of 

 the surgeon are caused by microorganisms ; hence the necessity of 

 a proper recognition of the importance of bacteriology as an 

 integral part of the science and practice of modern surgery. 



It has been the endeavor of the author to present the different 

 subjects contained in this work in as concise a manner as possible, 

 and at the same time to omit nothing which might be deemed 

 necessary to impart a fair knowledge of the subject. 



The illustrations are reproductions from Lehrbuch der patholo- 

 gischen Anatomic, by Prof. Klebs, Jena, 1887. 



K SENK 



MILWAUKEE, APRIL, 1889. 



