A treatise on gun-shot wounds : which obtained the premium given by the Royal College of Surgeons in London for the year 1803. / by Thomas Chevalier.

  • Thomas Chevalier
Date:
1804
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Credit: A treatise on gun-shot wounds : which obtained the premium given by the Royal College of Surgeons in London for the year 1803. / by Thomas Chevalier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    PREFACE. I Had for some time meditated tlie composi- tion of a small treatise on Gun-shot Wounds, when the Royal College of Surgeons, in the year 1801, announced them as the subject of a Prize Dissertation. This induced me to lay aside my intention, the fulfilment of which, I thought would probably be rendered un- necessary. But finding they were again pro- posed as a Thesis for last year, and thinking the circumstances of the times made it desi- rable that something should appear on the subject, I resolved to commit my ideas to writing, and to submit them, unknown, to the judgment of the College. By this method I was sure of obtaining the unbiassed opinion of competent judges in the first instance; and their decision hav- ing been in my favour, I am more satisfied,
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