Project Gutenberg 2008-02-11 Public domain in the USA. 160 Bell, Joseph 1837 1911 A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Reading ease score: 56.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. E-text prepared by Michael Ciesielski, Pilar Somoza Fernández, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A Manual of the Operations of Surgery" by Joseph Bell is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This manual serves as a comprehensive guide for medical students and practitioners, detailing various surgical operations with a focus on those that can be practiced on cadavers. The text is particularly aimed at providing clear, practical instructions for performing surgical techniques in an efficient and safe manner. The opening of the manual sets up a clear purpose for the text: to address the needs of students and junior practitioners who require guidance on surgical procedures. In the preface, Bell mentions his intention to provide simple yet thorough descriptions of operations, which would help medical professionals choose appropriate methods and understand the intricacies of surgical practice. He emphasizes that the text will not delve into historical details or very advanced techniques, but instead focus on the most commonly practiced procedures relevant for immediate application. The chapters that follow are organized methodically, beginning with fundamental procedures such as the ligature of arteries, and aim to build a foundation for effective surgical practice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Surgery, Operative LT RD Text Medicine Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: Teaching & Education 759104 759092 2024-10-10T13:19:36.837103 2023-09-11T05:27:00.839650 text/html text/html 756670 2008-02-11T10:43:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1392776 2021-01-03T07:46:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1233108 2024-10-10T13:19:52.323062 application/epub+zip 1242513 2024-10-10T13:19:41.739095 application/epub+zip 320918 2024-10-10T13:19:39.787124 application/epub+zip 1547865 2024-10-10T13:19:59.664053 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1492179 2024-10-10T13:19:50.784058 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 587955 2022-09-11T10:44:34.593921 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 623144 623037 2024-10-10T13:19:34.542153 2023-09-11T05:26:58.906674 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 622765 2021-01-03T07:46:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 212790 2021-01-03T07:46:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 622928 2021-01-03T07:46:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 212697 2021-01-03T07:46:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21498 2024-10-10T13:19:59.813986 application/rdf+xml 14497 2024-10-10T13:19:40.437087 image/jpeg 3403 2024-10-10T13:19:40.110087 image/jpeg 1884243 2024-10-10T13:19:36.986264 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog