BEING
A DESCRIPTION OF A SURGICAL OPERATION ORIGINALLY PECULIAR
TO THE JAPONESE AND CHINESE, AND BY THEM
DENOMINATED
ZIN-KING,
Now introduced into European Practice,
WITH
DIRECTIONS FOR ITS PERFORMANCE,
AND
CASES ILLUSTRATING ITS SUCCESS.
BY
JAMES MORSS CHURCHILL,
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN LONDON.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL,
STATIONER’S COURT;
SOLD BY E. COX AND SON, ST. THOMAS’S STREET; J. CALLOW, PRINCE’S STREET, SOHO; MESSRS. UNDERWOOD, FLEET STREET; BURGESS AND HILL, WINDMILL STREET; AND J. COX, BERNERS STREET, OXFORD STREET.
TO
ASTLEY COOPER, ESQ.
THE STEADY FRIEND AND PATRON OF HUMBLE MERIT,
THE AUTHOR RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBES
THIS LITTLE TREATISE;
LESS FROM PRESUMPTION OF ITS DESERVING
HIS APPROBATION,
THAN
AS A MARK OF RESPECT
FOR SPLENDID ACQUIREMENTS,
AND OF
GRATITUDE,
TOWARDS A GREAT MASTER.