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Excerpt from A Selected List of Books on Military Medicine and Surgery: September 24, 1917 The present list seems the most directly useful way in which the Library can make its resources available for the military centers now being created throughout the country. It has been prepared under the pressure of limited time and important events, and may not, either in selection or in edit ing, fulfill its ideal at all points, yet as a selection of recent and commendable literature it probably will meet the need at the cantonments. The Library's collections in every field Jf Medicine are constantly growing, so it may be possible to supplement this list from time to time. While the list was intended to contain books only, yet it was deemed advisable to include a few selected references to articles in periodicals, on the subject of the treatment of war wounds, as no books on this subject were available. By a special appropriation the Directors have made pos sible the loan of a number of the books contained in this list. The loans will be made to the cantonment libraries for short periods. Periodicals as a rule cannot be lent, but photographic reproductions of articles can be furnished at a small expense. This list, the thirteenth of the Library's bibliographical publications, is in a smaller format than those previously issued, and with shorter entries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.