A System of Operative Surgery, Volume 4 (of 4)

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OXFORD MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS A SYSTEM OF OPERATIVE SURGERY OXFORD: HORACE HART PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
Great as have been the advances made in Surgery during the last fifteen years, there is no direction in which they have been more noticeable than in the elaboration of those comparatively small but important details of operative technique which do so much to ensure a low mortality and a successful result.