Diseases of the nose and its accessory cavities / by W. Spencer Watson.

  • Watson, W. Spencer (William Spencer), 1836-1906.
Date:
1875
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Credit: Diseases of the nose and its accessory cavities / by W. Spencer Watson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    leave to my readers to decide. If, however, without laying claim to originality of research or observation, I have suc- ceeded in putting before the Medical world a fair representa- tion of the Surgery of my particular subject, I shall be satisfied with having fulfilled the object proposed to myself from the commencement. I have availed myself freely of the works of past and contemporary, British and foreign authors, the references to which are given in the body of the work, and I must particularly express my acknowledgments to Drs. George Johnson, Charles Murchison, Tilbury Fox, Hughlings Jackson, John Harley, William Ogle; to Sir James Paget, Sir William Fergusson ; to Messrs. John Gay, Henry Lee, John Wood, William Adams, Campbell de Morgan, George Lawson, G. Green Gascoyeu, Timothy Holmes, Warrington Haward, Francis Mason, Arthur Durham, Thomas Bryant, John Swift Walker, and many other surgeons and physicians, for the valuable aid afforded me by their works, and in several instances their personal communi- cations in the very extensive field of surgery covered by this Treatise. For the valuable assistance given me by my friend, Dr. Thomas Parker Smith, in collecting references and trans- lating extracts from foreign authors, I cannot be sufficiently grateful. His extensive literary attainments and scholarship, have also been of the greatest value to me, in correcting manuscript and letterpress; and from his experience as an Army Surgeon in India and elsewhere, lie has furnished me with many ii leful hints in regard to the Treatment of Diseases of the Nose. To the custodians and curators of the Metropolitan Hospital Museums—especially those of St. Thomas', King's College, Middlesex, and St. George's—I am much indebted for oppor- tunities of examining, photographing, and making drawings of