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D, APPLETON & 00/8 ILLUSTRATED 
GERSTER. The Rules of Aseptic and Antiseptic Surgery. A 
Practical Treatise for the Use of Students and the General Practitioner, 
By Arpap G. Gerster, M.D., Professor of Surgery at the New York 
- Polyclinic ; Visiting Surgeon to the German Hospital and to Mount Sinai 
Hospital, New York. 8vo. 
Illustrated with Two Hundred and Forty- 
eight Fine Engravings. Cloth, $5.00; sheep, $6.00. 
“Messrs. D. Appleton & Co. have rarely or 
never produced so strikingly picturesque and at- 
tractive a work upon any medical subject as this 
latest contribution to the exposition of the princi- 
ples of asepsis and antisepsis in their various 
interesting applications to surgery. It is but 
necessary to open the volume an: 
ages to become thoroughly and deeply interested. 
Each step of many of' the most important opera- 
tions of modern surgery is reproduced in lifelike 
form through the medium of phototypography, 
which is enhanced in effect by the beautiful type 
and paper which have been selected as media tor 
the production of the most effective artistic results, 
turn over a tew- 
To this let us add that the object of the volume is 
a systematic yet practical presentation of the Lis- 
terlan principle, which has revolutionized surgery 
within the last fifteen years. . . . Every surgeon, 
interested in the most advanced operative proced- 
ures of the day, accompanied with the most scien- 
tific precautionary aseptic and antiseptic measures 
of conservative surgery, should possess this beau- 
tiful and thorough work of Dr. Gerster. It bears 
the stamp on every page ot’ conscientious surgical 
knowledge and skill, tender regard for the patient's 
safety, and a true, manly sense of the duties of the 
operator.”"— College and Clinical Record, 
SPECIMEN OF ILLUSTRATION. 
“Tf ever 
there was a 
timely book 
written this 
is it. Fale 
We need say nothing more of this 
volume than we have already said 
to assure our readers that it is one 
of remarkable value. If it has its 
equal anywhere we.are not aware 
of it. If anything is needed to make the author’s 
reputation, this’ book will do it, as it will most 
surely find its way into every town, village, and 
hamlet in our broad land. . . .”—North Carolina 
Medical Journal.’ 
“This is as beautiful a specimen of the book- 
maker’s art as we have scen. . . . The beauty and 
abundance of the illustrations—which are photo- 
graphs taken during operation—add greatly to the 
le age value of the work. In a word, it isa 
ook which every physician who does any surgical 
work ought to have.”—Buffalo Medical and Sur- 
gical Journal. 
‘Just such books as this 
are needed to expound the 
principles of asepsis, while 
demonstrating the methods 
by which it may be attained. 
The former remain in the 
exact position to which Mr. 
Joseph Lister assigned them ; 
the latter have changed, and 
probably will change to the 
end of time. | 
“It is a difficult matter to 
find anything in this mag- 
nificent book that may be adversely 
criticised. Even what may at first 
seem to be faults (such as recom- 
mending the incision at an early 
date of' all phlegmons, and advo- 
cating the etherization of diphtheritic 
patients and destroying the exuda- 
; tion -Withethe actual cautery), the 
lapse of a few years may demonstrate to be correct 
practices given to the world in advance of their 
time,” —Pitesburgh Medical Review. 
‘‘ The book is an honest and vigorous exponent 
of the doctrines and practical details of antiseptic 
surgery, and, unlike too many modern works in 
medicine, is strikingly original in design and exe- 
cution. The illustrations, of which there are two 
hundred and fifty-one, constitute a novel’ feature in 
book-making. They are in most instances a re- 
production of photographic views of the author 
and his assistants at work in the surgical clinic. 
They are admirably executed, and, while serving 
