A practical treatise on hernia / By Joseph H. Warren.

  • Warren, Joseph H.
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1882 [1881]
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    have but little time to bestow to their books, and who wish to realize immediately the benefits of whatever reading they may indulge in. It is a clear and short expose of hernia and its treatment. From Cincinnati Sanitary News. Dr. Warren is already -well and favorably known to the medical world as a writer on hernia and other surgical topics. His present work is the result of years of experience and careful study, and, al- though the subcutaneous treatment of hernia has been known to a limited extent for years, he has brought it to such perfection that the matter of his excellent book is new to the mass of the profession. To the general practitioner, who has frequently to deal with hernias, and who neglects to treat them because of the well-known dangers of the knife, this book will be particularly welcome, as affording him a ready and safe method for the successfid management of his cases. From ;S'^. Louis Courier. This is an excellent Avork on a subject that has not been as fully developed as the other parts of surgery. The plan pursued is simple, and so plainly described that the merest tyro in surgery can success- fully perform the operations. From Chicago Medical Review. It contains much matter of medico-historical interest. From Clinical Neivs, Philadelphia. The operation for the various forms of hernia by hypodermic injec- tion, as well as the after-treatment, is fully discussed and described by the author, who believes, and with good reason too, that it is attended with greater success than any other metliod known to the profession. Not only is this true, but it is wholly unaccompanied by even any serious risk to life, which cannot be said of the more heroic surgical procedure resorted to in this disease. This method of treatment has been pursued by the profession with variable fortune for nearly half a century, and the principle lying at