Manual of Spinal Surgery

A Manual of Surgery

Manual of Aseptic Surgery

to reply. Firstly, "modified antiseptic method " should have been " modified aseptic method ; " this is, I believe, a printer's error for the context reads " using antiseptic, lotions for instruments, towels and hands during the operation, and antiseptic powders and dressings afterwards." This could only apply to a modified aseptic and not antiseptic method. Secondly, Major Newman is in error o...

Manual of Surgery

A Manual of Surgery

A Manual of Surgery

It is a common complaint amongst students that the larger text-books of surgery are too voluminous, while on the other hand the teacher or examiner often finds that the student has solely depended for his knowledge on the scanty and cramped information in the smaller (but popular) works, which are little more than " cram-books." Assuming for the moment that justice will be meted out to the cont...