Ovariotomy; is it - or is it not - an operation justifiable upon the common principles of surgery? Are - or are not - capital operations in surgery justifiable to the extent generally practised? / [Sir James Young Simpson].

  • Simpson, James Young, 1811-1870
Date:
1846
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Credit: Ovariotomy; is it - or is it not - an operation justifiable upon the common principles of surgery? Are - or are not - capital operations in surgery justifiable to the extent generally practised? / [Sir James Young Simpson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    J OVARIOTOMY; IS IT—OR IS IT NOT—AN OPERATION JUSTIFIABLE UPON THE COMMON PRINCIPLES OF SURGERY? ARE—OR ARE NOT—CAPITAL OPERATIONS IN SURGERY JUSTIFIABLE TO THE EXTENT GENERALLY PRACTISED? By J. Y. SIMPSON, M,D. ie In truth there are Brothers who will brag of the many they have dis¬ membered; but they that truly understand Amputation and their Trade, well know how villainous a thing it is to glory in such a Work,—it being- more for your credit to save one Member than to cut off many.”— Richard Wiseman’s 6th Chirurgical Treatise. « Cut off— , Unshriven, unanointed, unaneled:— If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not.” Complaint of the Ghost in Hamlet. IS EDINBURGH: SUTHERLAND AND KNOX, 58 PRINCES STREET. 1846.