Volume 3

A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints / by Sir Astley Cooper.

  • Cooper, Astley, Sir, 1768-1841.
Date:
1842
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints / by Sir Astley Cooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION. Ir is incumbent on me to observe, that, although I believe the matter of this Work to be correct, and regard it as the result of a considerable share of ex- perience, yet [ am aware that the reader may detect a too familiar mode of expression, and may censure me for want of attention to its style. The familiarity of the diction arises from my desire to be perspicuous. I prefer plain and simple language to an elaborate and ostentatious phraseology, just as 1 would a good plain suit to the finest embroidered dress; and am ready to own that my thoughts are more steadfastly directed to the matter which I give, than to the manner in which it is conveyed. I am much indebted to my friends for their communi- cations; the life of man is too short to allow him, even with the greatest industry and zeal, and with the most advantageous opportunities, to witness all the varie- ties of accident or disease; and I should feel that I was not properly discharging my duty, if I omitted to avail myself of all the evidence which might be adduced by those on whose respectable testimony I could de- pend.