Excerpt from A System of Operative Surgery, Based Upon the Practice of Surgeons in the United States, Vol. 2 of 2: With a Bibliographical Index and Historical Record of Many of Their Operations, During a Period of Two Hundred and Thirty-Four Years The extent Of the chest as a surgical region is Usually regarded by anatomists as limited, above, by a circular boundary formed by the upper extremity Of the sternum, the first rib and first dorsal vertebra, or, in other words, by the bony constituents Of the thorax; and below, by the curved line formed in the arrangement of the cartilages Of the ribs, the chest being at this point completely sepa rated from the abdomen by the diaphragm. 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.

Excerpt from A System of Operative Surgery, Vol. 1 of 2: Based Upon the Practice of Surgeons in the United States, With a Bibliographical Index and Historical Record of Many of Their Operations, During a Period of Two Hundred and Thirty-Four Years Sect. I. Attention to the patient 1. Duties of a surgeon before operating 2. Duties during the operation 3. Duties after the operation sect. II.' Preparation of instruments 1. Action and selection of instruments 23. Preparation and sharpening of instruments 3. Manipulation of instruments 4. Preservation of instruments sect. III. The Operator's duties to his assistants Selection and instruction of assistants. 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.