A treatise on amputations of the extremities and their complications / by B.A. Watson ; illustrated by upwards of two hundred and fifty engravings and two full-page plates.

  • Watson, B. A. (Beriah André), 1836-1892.
Date:
1885
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Credit: A treatise on amputations of the extremities and their complications / by B.A. Watson ; illustrated by upwards of two hundred and fifty engravings and two full-page plates. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    PREFACE. The Author's desire to familiarize himself with all the ques- tions pertaining, directly or indirectly, to the subject of this work, had its origin in our late War of the Rebellion, in which he was actively engaged as a medical officer; and consequently he has already been nearly a quarter of a century unceasingly devoted to the study of these topics. These studies have been pursued under favorable circumstances, inasmuch as the Author has had access to a large surgical library in which the works of the great masters of the art and science of surgery have been con- stantly open to him, as well as the hospital wards of a large city in which terminate a greater number of railroads than in any other in the United States. Several years of patient investigation satisfied the Author that there was here a demand which ought to be supplied; therefore he was prompted to undertake the preparation of this encyclopaedic monograph containing the important facts, theo- ries, and arguments relating to amputations of the extremities and their complications, in order that he might thus facilitate the study of these subjects by placing before medical students and practitioners, in a single volume, much practical knowledge which is not otherwise accessible to them. It may not be amiss here to call the reader's attention to the fact, that the scope of this work is much broader than might be at first inferred from the title, inasmuch as the complications of