Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
by Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
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1911. Fourth Edition. 809 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends, with fraying cloth and small splits. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Moderate tanning to spine. Book has a slight forward lean.
Chapters (124)(click to expand)
- OXFORD MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS
- MANUAL OF SURGERY
- PREFACE TO SIXTH EDITION
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- MANUAL OF SURGERY
- CHAPTER I REPAIR
- Introduction
- Process of Repair
- Repair in Individual Tissues
- The Transplantation or Grafting of Tissues
- Individual Tissues as Grafts
- CHAPTER II CONDITIONS WHICH INTERFERE WITH REPAIR Surgical Bacteriology
- Surgical Bacteriology
- Pyogenic Bacteria
- CHAPTER III INFLAMMATION
- CHAPTER IV SUPPURATION
- Acute Circumscribed Abscess
- Diffuse Cellulitis and Diffuse Suppuration
- Whitlow
- Suppurative Cellulitis in Different Situations
- Chronic Suppuration
- Sinus and Fistula
- Constitutional Manifestations of Pyogenic Infection
- CHAPTER V ULCERATION AND ULCERS
- CHAPTER VI GANGRENE
- Types of Gangrene
- Varieties of Gangrene
- Varieties of Gangrene essentially due to Interference with the Circulation
- Bacterial Varieties of Gangrene
- Bed-Sores
- CHAPTER VII BACTERIAL AND OTHER WOUND INFECTIONS
- Erysipelas
- Diphtheria
- Tetanus
- Hydrophobia
- Anthrax
- Glanders
- Actinomycosis
- CHAPTER VIII TUBERCULOSIS
- Tuberculous Abscess
- CHAPTER IX SYPHILIS
- Acquired Syphilis
- Inherited Syphilis
- CHAPTER X TUMOURS[2]
- Innocent and Malignant Tumours
- Innocent Connective-tissue Tumours
- Malignant Connective-tissue Tumours—Sarcoma
- Epithelial Tumours
- Carcinoma or Cancer
- Varieties of Cancer
- Dermoids
- Cysts[3]
- Ganglion
- CHAPTER XI INJURIES
- Contusions
- Wounds
- Wounds by Firearms and Explosives
- Embedded Foreign Bodies
- Burns and Scalds
- Injuries produced by Electricity
- CHAPTER XII METHODS OF WOUND TREATMENT
- CHAPTER XIII CONSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS OF INJURIES
- Syncope, Shock, and Collapse
- Delirium in Surgical Patients
- CHAPTER XIV THE BLOOD VESSELS
- Hæmorrhage
- Injuries of Arteries
- Injuries of Veins
- The Natural Arrest of Hæmorrhage and the Repair of Blood Vessels
- Hæmorrhage in Surgical Operations
- Hæmophilia
- Thrombosis and Embolism
- Arteritis
- Thrombo-Phlebitis and Thrombosis in Veins
- Varix—Varicose Veins
- Angioma[4]
- Capillary Angioma
- ANEURYSM
- Pathological Aneurysm
- Traumatic Aneurysm
- Arterio-Venous Aneurysm
- ANEURYSMS OF INDIVIDUAL ARTERIES
- CHAPTER XV THE LYMPH VESSELS AND GLANDS
- Injuries of Lymph Vessels
- Diseases of Lymph Vessels
- Diseases of Lymph Glands
- Tumours of Lymph Glands
- CHAPTER XVI THE NERVES
- Injuries of Nerves
- DISEASES OF NERVES
- NEUROMA[5]
- SURGERY OF THE INDIVIDUAL NERVES[6]
- NEURALGIA
- CHAPTER XVII THE SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE
- Affections of Cicatrices
- Affection of the Nails
- CHAPTER XVIII THE MUSCLES, TENDONS, AND TENDON SHEATHS
- Injuries
- Diseases of Muscles and Tendons
- DISEASES OF TENDON SHEATHS
- CHAPTER XIX THE BURSÆ
- CHAPTER XX DISEASES OF BONE
- DISEASES OF BONE
- Bacterial Diseases
- Infections through the Blood-Stream
- Tuberculous Disease
- Syphilitic Disease
- Hydatid Disease
- Constitutional Diseases attended with Lesions in the Bones
- Rickets
- Tumours of Bone
- CHAPTER XXI DISEASES OF JOINTS
- DISEASES OF JOINTS
- Pyogenic Diseases
- Metastatic Forms of Pyogenic Infection
- Tuberculous Disease
- Syphilitic Disease
- Joint Diseases accompanying certain Constitutional Conditions
- Joint Diseases associated with Lesions of the Nervous System: Neuro-Arthropathies
- Hysterical or Mimetic Joint Affections
- Tumours and Cysts
- Loose Bodies
- INDEX
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