Elements of Surgery
BY ROBERT LISTON, SURGEON TO THE NORTH-LONDON HOSPITAL, PROFESSOR Of CLINICAL SURGERY, ETC., ETC., ETC. FROM THE SECOND LONDON EDITION, WITH COPIOUS NOTES AND ADDITIONS, BY SAMUEL D. GROSS, M.D., PROFESSOR OF SURGERY IN THE LOUISVILLE MEDICAL INSTITUTE, SURGEON TO THE LOUISVILLE MARINE HOSPITAL, ETC., ETC. Illustrated WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. Philadelphia: ED. BARRINGTON & GEO. D. HASWELL. NEW YORK—J. & H.G. LANGLEY: CHARLESTON, S. C.—WM. H. BERRETT: RICHMOND, VA.—SMITH, DRINKER & MORRIS: LOUISVILLE, KY.—JAMES MAXWELL, JR. 1842.
TO WILLARD PARKER, M. D., Professor of Surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of New York, THIS EDITION OF MR. LISTON’S WORK Is Inscribed, AS A TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT FOR HIS UNTIRING ZEAL IN SURGICAL PURSUITS, AND OF ESTEEM FOR HIS PRIVATE VIRTUES, BY HIS FRIEND AND FORMER COLLEAGUE,
THE EDITOR.
The character of Mr. Liston’s work is too well established to render it necessary for me to say anything in commendation of it. As an outline of surgical science, which is all that can be claimed for it, it is unrivalled in the English language. Written in a bold and graphic style, the distinguished author never hesitates to express his opinion, frankly and fearlessly, of what his judgment and experience have led him to disapprove. In this, as well as in some other particulars, he reminds one forcibly of that great and eccentric surgeon, John Bell. There is no cringing to this man or that, no doubtful or equivocal sentiment, no attempt to theorise or speculate; on the contrary, he comes right out, and clearly tells us what he means. His work, full of vigour and freshness, contains more originality than any other similar publication that has been issued for a long time from the British press. The hand of a master is discernible in every page; and, notwithstanding an occasional incongruity, or outré expression, it is impossible to read it without feeling that it is the production of a great mind, thoroughly acquainted with the subject on which he treats.
Robert Liston
ELEMENTS OF SURGERY:
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
OF SUPPURATION AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INFLAMMATORY ACTION.
OF ERYSIPELAS.
OF FURUNCULUS AND ANTHRAX.
OF INFLAMMATION OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES.
ON HYPERTROPHY AND ATROPHY OF THE ARTICULAR CARTILAGES, WITH EBURNATION OF THE SURFACES OF THE BONES.
SCROFULOUS DISEASE OF JOINTS.
NEURALGIC AFFECTIONS OF JOINTS.
ON GROWTHS FROM THE SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE, AND LOOSE SUBSTANCES IN THE JOINTS.
AFFECTIONS OF SYNOVIAL POUCHES OR BURSÆ.
OF COXALGIA, MORBUS COXARIUS, OR HIP-JOINT DISEASE.
ON CERTAIN ALTERATIONS OF FORM IN THE HEAD AND NECK OF THE THIGH BONE.
OF INFLAMMATION OF BONE, AND DISEASES THENCE ARISING.
FRAGILITAS OSSIUM
OF MOLLITIES OSSIUM, RACHITIS, ETC.
OF INFLAMMATORY AND OTHER AFFECTIONS OF THE ARTERIAL SYSTEM.
ANEURISM
OF INFLAMMATION OF VEINS.
OF TUMOURS.
FUNGUS HÆMATODES
THE PAINFUL TUBERCLE.
OF POLYPUS.
OF ENCYSTED TUMOURS.
OF TUMOURS OF BONES.
OF WOUNDS.
TETANUS
OF ULCERS.
OF HOSPITAL OR CONTAGIOUS GANGRENE, AND SLOUGHING PHAGÆDENA.
THE MALIGNANT PUSTULE
OF ULCERS OF THE GENITAL ORGANS, AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES.
OF SCALDS AND BURNS.
INJURIES OF THE HEAD.
DISEASES OF THE EYE AND ITS APPENDAGES.
DISEASES OF THE EYEBALL
[STRABISMUS.
ULCERS OF THE TONGUE.
[HYDROCELE OF THE NECK.
AFFECTIONS OF THE CHEST.
AFFECTIONS OF THE ABDOMEN.
AFFECTIONS OF THE RECTUM AND NEIGHBOURING PARTS.
FOOTNOTES:
INDEX.
