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Excerpt from Handbook of Diseases of the Rectum The fact that the profession as a whole has been so remiss in the treatment Of patients suffering from rectal diseases has left the field in the past to the quack and the irregular. 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 Treatise on Diseases of the Rectum and Anus Some years later at the request of the publishers I agreed to revise the chapters already written, and to assume the editorship of a volume projected according to the present plan. The publishers, therefore, are in reality responsible for this addition of another volume to medical literature. 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 The Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Rectum: Being a Practical Treatise on Fistula, Piles, Fissure and Painful Ulcer, Procidentia, Polypus, Stricture, Cancer, Etc IN this edition the essentially practical nature of this book has been strictly adhered to. The whole, however, has been carefully revised with a view to condensation where possible, and alteration or addition as the latest advances in rectal surgery render desirable. The main differences will be found to deal with the subjects of excision of the rectum and inguinal colotomy. I am much in. 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 The Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Rectum He has not only assisted me in my practice for more than seven years, but has over and again performed all the operations pertaining to rectal surgery. 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 The Rectum and Anus: Their Diseases and Treatment The voluminous literature which has, from time to time, appeared on the diseases of the lower bowel, renders it necessary that some explanation should be given why an addition is made to the already long list. Improvements in wound treatment within the past few years have produced such important changes in the practice of surgery generally, that in almost all branches of the subject it has become necessary to modify hitherto expressed views, and recast our teaching in several essential particulars. To this general rule the surgery of the rectum forms no exception; and if in the following pages the busy practitioner succeeds in finding a fair account of our knowledge of this subject, as it exists at the present date, the aim of the author will have been accomplished. One of the most pleasing duties in connection with a work of this kind, is the expression of indebtedness to professional friends for valuable assistance. 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 Observations on the Diseases of the Rectum In this new edition of my "Observations on Diseases of the Rectum," all the chapters have been carefully revised and a fresh one added. Such additions to our knowledge of the pathology and treatment of these diseases as I have been able to acquire during the last twelve years have been incorporated in the text. 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.