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BLANCHARD & LEir-^^ftteUJe-A-tr 



GROSS (SAMUEL D.), M. D., 



Professor of Surgery in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, &o. 



Enlarged Edition — Now Seady, January, 1862. 



A SYSTEJI OP SURGERY : Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Opera- 



liv^e. lUuslrafed by Twelve HcNnRFD and Twenty-seven Engravings. Second edition, 



much enlarged and carefully revi-ed. In two large and beaulifully primed octavo volume-;, oi 



Jibout Iweniy-two hundred pages; strongly bound in leather, with raised bands. Price $12. 



The exhuM-iion in little more than two year:* of a lar^re ediiion of so elaborate and comprehen- 

 sive a work as ihis is the l>est ^^vidence that the author wa? not mistaken in his estimate of the 

 want which existed oC a complete American Sy-tem of Siirg'-ry, presenting the science in all it:- 

 neresvary de'ails and in all its branches. Thai lie has surcf-eded in the attempt to snpply this want 

 IS shown not only by the rapid sale o( the work, but also by the very favorable manner in which it 

 ha.^ hei-n received by the organs of the profes'-ion in lhi« country and in Europe, ;ind by the fact thai 

 a tran^laiion is now preparing in Holland — a mark of appreciation not often bestowed on any scien- 

 tific work so extended in size" 



The author has not been insensible to the kindness thus bestowed upon his labors, and in revising 

 the work for a new edition he has -pared no pains to render it worthy of the favor with which it 

 has been received. Every portion has been subjected to close examination and revision ; any defi- 

 CK^ncies apparent have been supplied, and the results of recent progress in the science and art of 

 .-urgeiy have hnen everywhere introduced; while the series of illustrations has I>eeu enlarged by 

 'he addiiion of nearly Ihiee hundred wood-cuts, rendering it one of the most thoroughly illustrated 

 works ever laid before the profession. To accommodate these very exiensive additions, the work 

 has been printed upon a smaller type, so that notwithstanding the very large increase m the matter 

 and value of the book, its size is more convenient and less cumbrous than belbre. Every care has 

 I'i^eii tuken in the printing to render the typographical execution unexcep'ionable, and it is confi- 

 dently presented as a work in every way worthy of a place in even the most limited library of the 

 p aciilioner or student. 



A ftw lesiimonials of the value of the former ediiion are appended. 



Has Dr. Gross satiefitctorily fulfilled this object? 

 A carelul perusul of his volumes en;ibles us to give 

 ;in answer m the affirnri rive. Not only has he given 

 tn the reader an eliibfrate and well- written account 

 of bis o j\7n va=!t expei ience, but he has nut failed to 

 f^mbody in hia pages rhe opinions and practice of 



surgeons in this and other countries of Europe. The 

 result has been a %vork of such conripleteness, that it 

 has nil superior in the systematic rreatises on sur- 

 gery which have emannlcil from English or Conti- 

 pi'ntal authors. It has been justly objected that 

 tliese have been far from complete in many essential 

 particulars, many of tbem having been deficient in 

 some of the most important points which should 

 characterize snch works Some of them liave been 

 '=-laborate — too el»borni,e— with respect to certain 

 diseases, while they have merely ginnced at, or 

 given an unsatisfactory account of, others equally 

 important to the surgeon. Dr. Gross bus avoided 

 this error, and has produced the most complete work 

 that has yet issued from the press on the science and 

 practice of surgery. It is not, strictly speaking, a 

 Dicticinary of Surgery, hut it gives to r.be reader all 

 the in format it)n that he may require forbjs treat nent 

 <if surorical diseases. Having said so much, it might 

 appear superfluous to add another w jrd ; but it is 

 only due to Dr. Gro^s to state that he has embraced 

 the opportunilv of transferring to his pHges a vast 

 number of engravings from English and oiher au- 

 thors, illustrative ot the T>alhul(igy and Ircaiment n{ 

 surgical diseases. To these are ndiled several hun- 

 dred (triginal wood-cuts, The work altogether com- 

 mends itself to the attention of Britiyii surgeons, 

 (>om whom it cannot fail to nr-ef. with extensive 

 patronage. — London Lancet, Sept. 1, l&OO. 



Of Dr. Gross's treatise on Surgery v?e can say 

 no more than that it is the most elaborate and com- 

 plete work on this branch of tht 1 fahng art which 

 has ever been published in any country. A sys- 

 tematic work, it admits of no anaivtical review; 

 but, did our space permit, we sli'iuld gladly give 

 some extracts from it, io enable our readers to judge 

 of the e'assical style of the author, and the exhaust- 

 ing way in which each subject is treated. — Dublin 

 Qunrt':rly Journal of Med. Science. 



The work is so superior to its predecessors in 

 matter and extent, as well as in illustrations and 

 style of publication, that we can honestly recom- 

 mend it as t^e best work of the kind to be taken 

 home by theypung practitioner. — A^. Med. Toum. 



With pleasure we record the completion of thia 

 long-anticipsted work. The reputation which the 

 author has for many years sustained, both as a sur- 

 geon and as a writer, had prepared us to expect a 

 treatise of great excellence and originality ; bat we 

 confess we were by no mean? prepared for the work 

 wliic'h is befoTe us — the most complete treatise upon 

 surgery ever published, either in this or any othtr 

 country, and we might, perhaps, safelv say, tlve 

 most original. There is nn subject belonging pro- 

 perly to surgery which has not received from the 

 author a due share of atfcntion. Dr. Gross has sup- 

 plied a want in surgical hferature which has long 

 been felt by pr;iciitioners; he has furnisheU us with 

 a complete practical treatise upon surgery in all its 

 departments As Annencins, we are proud of the 

 achievement; as surgeons, we are most sincerely 

 thankful to him On his extra. ird nary labors in our 

 behalf —iV. Y. Monthly lit view and Bvffalo Med. 

 Journal . 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



ELEMENTS OF PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY. Third edition, tboroughlj 



revised and greatly improved. In one larg-p and very handsome oclavo volume, with aKmt three 

 hundred and fifty beautiful illustrations, of which a large number are from original drawings. 

 Price in extra cloth, $4 li; leather, raised bands, S'i 25. (Lately PnHis/ied.) 

 The very rapid advances in the Science of Pathological Anatomy during the last few years have 

 rendered essential a thorough modification of this work, with a view of making it a correct expo- 

 nent of the present state of the subject. The very careful manner in which this task has been 

 executed, and the amount of alteration which it has undergone, ha\'e enabled the author to say that 

 " with the many changes and improvements now introduced, the work may be regarded almost as 

 a new treatise," while the efforts of the author have been seconded as regards the mechanical 

 execution of the volume, renflering it one of the handsomest productions of the American press. 



We most sincerely conpratulate the author on the 

 succftssful manner in winch he has accomplished his 

 proposed object. His book is most admirably eal- 

 fiul.tted to fill up a blank which has long been felt to 

 exist in this department of medical literature, and 

 as sucli must become very widely circulated amongst 

 all classes of the profession. — Dublin Quarterly 

 Journ. of Med. Science^ Nov. 1857. 



We have been f:ivorabh- impressed with the gene- 

 ral mannerin which Dr. Gross has executed his task 

 of affordins a comprehensive digest of the present 

 state of the literature of Palhologieal Anatomy, and 

 have much pleasure in recommending his work to 

 our readers, as we believe one well deserving of 

 diliuent perusal and careful stMAy .—Montreal Med. 

 Ckron., Sept. 1857. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



A PRACTICAL TEEATISB ON FOREIGN BODIES IN THE AIR-PAS- 



SAGES. in one handsome octavo volume, extra cloth, with illustrations, pp. 468. $2 75. 



