Excerpt from Surgical Diagnosis: A Manual for Students and Practitioners<br><br>Until the last few decades the surgeon's efforts were limited to organs lying on the surface and directly accessible. Aseptic methods and improvements in operative technique have meantime brought the internal organs within the range of successful treatment, and this enlargement of the surgical field has necessitated the introduction of new methods of diagnosis and improvements upon the old. In the present volume the author has endeavored to cover the whole subject concisely and in its modern development.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.