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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    ill medical journals or books will never be equal to well-lixed tissue or even to the original films and microscopic slides from which the illustrations were ta ken. li¬ the Museum of the American College of Surgeons can keep the registered slides and roentgenograms together with the reprints of the articles, future students can always have access to them. For instance, the famous article by Gross written in iH_q is still the most outstanding article on this subject ever written in this country. How valuable the original slides of his eases would be if we had them today! It is a basic principle of the Registry that no opinion of any expert, however famous, is final. As knowledge advances, reinter¬ pretation and reclassification of recorded facts will be a matter of course. The present Committee consisting of Dr. James Ewing, Dr. J. C. Bloodgood and the writer are using this classification. We should wel¬ come a better one and unite suggestions for changes in this. Those w ho are interested in the Registry will find articles describing its work and