Volume 2

The first lines of the practice of surgery : designed as an introduction to students, and a concise book of reference for practitioners / By Samuel Cooper.

  • Cooper, Samuel, 1780-1848.
Date:
1819-20
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Credit: The first lines of the practice of surgery : designed as an introduction to students, and a concise book of reference for practitioners / By Samuel Cooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    fied. The preparation spoken of, is now deposited in the public museum of the Royal College of Sur- geons in London, and, therefore} if the members of the Medical and Chirurgical Society, to whom I have alluded, have been mistaken in their opinion, the error is not likely to be long concealed, as every surgeon in the metropolis has it in his power to ex- amine the identical preparation, and form a judgment for himself. In the same chapter on fractures, I have introduced some highly interesting and practical remarks on fractures of the fibula, with luxation of the tibia, as recently published by Professor Dupuytren, whose sentiments on the treatment of this frequent acci- dent, which is generally acknowledged to be very difficult of management, do not coincide with those of our celebrated countryman Mr. Pott. In the concluding chapter, 1 have been careful to make amends for some omissions on the subject of dislocations in the last edition of the Dictionary; as for instance, with regard to luxations of the thumb. A few disputed points, about particular dislocations of the humerus, femur, and patella, have also been impartially considered. South Crescent, Bedford-Square, April 20th, 1820.