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LIBRARY OF SURGICAL KNOWLEDGE. 



A SYSTEM OF SURGERY. 



BY J. M. CHELIUS, 



Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, Public Professor of General and Ophthalmic Surgery, &c. &c. in 



the University of Heidelberg. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, 

 AND ACCOMPANIED WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES AND REFERENCES, 



BY JOHN F. SOUTH, 



Surgeon to Saint Thomas' Hospital. 



Complete in three very large octavo volumes of nearly 2200 pages, strongly bound, with raised 



bands and double titles: or in seventeen numbers, at fifty cents each. 



We now cordially congratulate him (Dr. South) on the completion of his lask, and, as a whole, on the 

 mode in which he has fulfilled it. Mr. South's ambition, however, was not limited to the production of a 

 mere translation of his author, with the addition of such occasional notes as might render the handbook 

 more acceptable to the English student; but he aimed at the higher object of supplying what he truly ob- 

 serves has been a desideratum for some time past in English, surgical literature, a complete "System of Sur- 

 gery," suited to the wants of the practitioner, and worthy of the country and lansuage in which it is written. 

 In achieving this end, the character of the work as it appeared in Gorman, and the purpose for which it was 

 published, have been in a great degree sacrificed; and we scarcely anticipate that the present "System" 

 will ever become the manual of the student, who, for the most part, prefers more succinct descriptions of 

 disease, and a more dogmatic style. This, however, is not a subject of regret, for there was no lack of "Out- 

 lines" and "Compendium?," which fully answer the purpose for which they were written; and we are there- 

 fore better pleased to welcome the work in its existing form. 



It will be impracticable to give anything like a satisfactory analysis of the whole of Mr. South's copious 

 work: we shall, therefore, content ourselves with laying before our readers an outline of the contents and 

 arrangement of the volumes before us, selecting, in passing, certain divisions or chapters, as subject-matter 

 for especial comment. 



To those who are familiar with the manual of Chelius in the original, the comparative bulk of Mr. South's 

 translation will at once convey a just impression of the copious introduction of new matter into the English 

 version. The plan adopted is this : The text of the original is printed in a larger type, with numerical head- 

 ings to the paragraphs. The introduced matter consists of quotations, all of which have their appropriate 

 references, and of the results of the translator's own experience. This is printed in a smaller type, and 

 included between brackets. Mr. South's own opinions being further distinguished by the insertion of his ini- 

 tials at the close of the paragraphs containing them. There are, further, other occasional paragraphs, like- 

 wise printed in a smaller type, which constitute part of the original work, where they also appear under the 

 same distinguished form. These, when they exist, immediately follow the principal text, and are not con- 

 tained between brackets. 



The arrangement of the work is based on scientific principles, and its contents are comprised under the 

 following ei^ht divisions : 1, Inflammation ; 2, Diseases which result from the Disturbance of Physical Con- 

 tinuity; 3, Diseases dependent on Unnatural Coherence; 4, Diseases dependent on the Presence of Foreign 

 Bodies; 5, Diseases which consist in the Degeneration of Organic Parts, or in the Production of New Struc- 

 tures; 6, Loss of Organic Parts; 7. Superfluity of Organic Parts; 8, The Elementary Proceedings of Surgical 

 Operations. These are preceded by a brief introduction, a historical sketch of Surgery, and a copious table 

 of its general literature. 



Of the arrangement of the work we cannot but approve, and think it judicious of Mr. South not to have 

 interfered with the plan selected by his author. The annotations and additions evince infinite research and 

 great judgment. The translator enters entirely into the spirit of his author, and we should say that there is 

 much that is congenial in their cast of mind; leaning, in surgical practice, rather to the cautious than to the 

 heroic. The tabular views of operations, especially of stone cases, are valuable and interesting in a statis- 

 tical point of view. A very copious index is appended to the work, which of course greatly enhances the 

 value of so voluminous a treatise. On the whole, we feel gratified with, and proud of, the work in its English 

 garb; and w-e do not hesitate to pronounce it the best and most comprehensive system of modern surgery 

 with which we are acquainted, and as such we earnestly recommend it to the student and practitioner. — 

 Medico-Chirurgical Review. 



The fullest and ablest digest extant of all that relates to the present advanced state of Surgical Pathology.— 

 American Medical Journal. 



If we were confined to a single work on Surgery', that work should be Chelius's .— St. Louis Med. Journal. 



As complete as any system of Surgery can well be. — Southern Medical and Surgical Journal. 



The most finished system of Surgery in the English language.— Western Lancet. 



The most learned and complete systematic treatise now extant. — Edinburgh Medical Journal. 



No work in the English language comprises so large an amount of information relative to operative medi- 

 cine and surgical pathology. — Medical Gazette. 



A complete encyclopedia of surgical science— a very complete surgical library— by far the most complete 

 and scientific system of surgery in the English language.— N. Y. Journal of Medicine. 



One of the most complete treatises on Surgery in the English language — Monthly Journal of Med. Science. 



The most extensive and comprehensive account of the art and science of Surgery in our language. — Lancet. 



A TREATISE ON DISEASES OF THE BONES. 



BY EDWARD STANLEY, F. R. S., 



President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. 

 In one neat octavo volume, extra cloth, of 286 pages. 



A woTk which every medical or surgical pathologist must consult.— London Medical Gazette. 



Peculiarly well adapled for practical reference as well as for closet meditation.— American Med. Journal. 



We scarcely know of a more useful and important work. It should be in every surgeon's hands, and the 

 general practitioner of medicine would receive gratifying assistance from it. — Boston Mid. and Su rg. Journal. 



A more acceptable offering could not have been made to the medical profession, than this excellent treatise 

 on the diseases of the bones. A philosophical monograph on this subject was needed, and we are thankful 

 that the duty of preparing it devolved upon Mr. Stanley. 



We are reluctantly compelled to close the analysis of this admirable work, at the very threshold of some 

 of the most important subjects. In many points of view, we regard Mr. Stanley's " Treatise on the Diseases 

 of the Bones" as the most valuable contribution to surgery we have seen for years, and we desire to make 

 our readers as familiar with its revelations as a full analysis can make thern.— The Western Journal of Medi- 

 cine and Sxirgery 



