Bone sarcoma : an interpretation of the nomenclature used by the Committee on the Registry of Bone Sarcoma of the American College of Surgeons / by E.A. Codman.

  • Codman, E. A. (Ernest Amory), 1869-1940.
Date:
1925
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Credit: Bone sarcoma : an interpretation of the nomenclature used by the Committee on the Registry of Bone Sarcoma of the American College of Surgeons / by E.A. Codman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    occasion to use it again. It is intended to put this book in a convenient form to be kept about laboratories and hospital libra¬ ries for ready use. It may serve to simplify and unify present classifications, not only those used in different departments of the same hospital but those used in different hospitals in the same city and in different cities in the same country. In order to have intelligent records on the success of the different forms of therapeutics, a uniform classification is indispensable. If future writers on bone sarcoma can be induced to register their cases when they write their articles and to use this classifi¬ cation for their statistics, future students will be able to make real headway. Each article which is written will be valuable if the cases are registered, whether the interpretations of the authors of the article are in accord with the opinions of the Registry Committee or not. Accumulation of facts and evidence about a sufficient number of cases is more essential than individual interpretations ol these facts. Reproductions of photomicrographs and roentgen-ray pictures appearing in articles