Contributions to the pathology and practice of surgery / by James Syme.

  • Syme, James, 1799-1870.
Date:
1848
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Credit: Contributions to the pathology and practice of surgery / by James Syme. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    years, have appeared in various periodical publica- tions, in the volumes of which they are now nearly, if not quite beyond the reach of most readers. Having been frequently requested to publish them in a sepa- rate form, I now offer a selection of those that appear most worthy of being preserved, together with some additional remarks requisite for connecting and com- pleting the observations which they contain. To my old pupils, I trust that the recollections awakened by perusing the memorials of subjects in which we felt a common interest, will not be un- pleasing; and to other practitioners, I venture to hope it may be satisfactory to see fully stated, facts and principles which have perhaps reached them only through the imperfect and perverting channels of Compendiums or Manuals —the parents no less than the offspring of mediocrity. I have not attempted any arrangement of the dif- ferent Articles, either as to time or subject, and therefore must beg the reader to notice their respec- tive dates, which will not only assist him to appre- ciate the substance, but also, I trust, induce him, in some degree, to excuse the defects of the earlier contributions. Edinburgh, 20th November 1847.