A TEXT-BOOK ON SURGERY: 



GENERAL, OPERATIVE, AND MECHANICAL 



By JOHN A. WYETH, M. D., 



Professor of Surgery in the New York Polyclinic ; Surgeon to Mount Sinai Hospital, etc. 



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This work, consisting of seven hundred and sixty-nine pages, and containing seven 

 hundred and seventy-one illustrations, of which about fifty are colored, is one of the most 

 beautiful and unique, and at the same time one of the most complete, works on general 

 surgery ever published. 



It is printed in clear, large type on a superior quality of paper, and the book, large 

 without being bulky, is in a shape to be easily handled. The illustrations are executed 

 with especial reference to the accurate anatomy of the parts represented ; the relations of 

 bones, muscles, nerves, and vessels to adjacent structures ; and lines of incision are indi- 

 cated in operations about the joints and articulations, thus explaining and simplifying 

 their descriptions in the text. The colored illustrations which depict the more important 

 operations, especially with reference to the large arteries, constitute a novel and very im- 

 portant feature of the work. 



The following brief synopsis will convey an idea of the plan of the work : 



As a preliminary to the consideration of the various operations the author thoroughly 

 discusses the methods of preparing the different antiseptic surgical dressings, ligatures, 

 sutures, solutions, drains ; the materials for bandaging, with illustrated instructions as to 

 the manner of applying bandages in the various forms employed in different parts of the 

 body : anaesthesia, both local and general, including the employment of cocaine as a local 

 antEstnetic; the use and method of administering ether and cnloroform ; instruments and 

 their uses ; lueiuostasis and the after-treatment of cases. 



Inflammation, its causes and methods of treatment; wounds and the manner of closing 

 them ; transfusion, poisoned wounds, burns and scalds, gangrene, and the various surgical 

 lesions are thoroughly considered and their appropriate treatment given. 



Amputations, with full and minute details of the manner of performing them, and the 

 different methods employed, constitute an important chapter in the book. All the prin- 

 cipal operations are illustrated by colored engravings made from direct tracings of frozen 

 sections on the cadaver. 



The section devoted to the arteries and the procedures necessary in 1'gating them is 

 one of the most important and most beautifully illustrated portions of the work. The 

 woodcuts showing the relation of the parti involved in tying the important arteries are 

 colored, and their anatomy is depicted in a wonderfully clear and accurate manner. 



Surgical diseases and surgery of the bones ; surgery of the articulations, regional 

 surgery, including the common operations on the eye, ear, and Jaws ; tumors about the 

 neck, thyreotomy, laryngotomy, tracheotomy, and cesophagotoniy ; the surgery of the 

 thorax and abdoinen ; and operations on the "rectum and anus are dealt with in the light 

 of the most advanced surgical knowledge. 



Genito-urinary surgery and specific lesions receive a due share of attention, as do de- 

 formities of the spine and extremities, and malignant tumors and growths. 



This work, written by an accomplished surgeon of wide experience, and fully abreast 

 of the highest attainments in surgical knowledge and science, presents to the student and 

 practitioner a means of acquainting himself with modern surgery as it is taught and prac- 

 ticed by a master of the art, and will enable him to prepare himself for the intelligent 

 performance of many bperations, and to treat many surgical lesions with which he may 

 feel he is not sufficiently familiar. 



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