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Man}' details must be omitted in the succeeding text which are of importance in each operation, but which, if inserted, would render the volume unwieldy in size for the purpose designed. These details are in a measure alike in each case, and it is assumed that the student has already familiarized himself with them. The more important of these may be summarized as follows : 1. The subject should be securely confined in each case living structures : they are not alike. xii INTRODICTION. The student should further take occasion to study in connection with each operation the object or objects for which it is performed in practice, its effect on the diseased or other parts, the untoward results to be anticipated, etc. Suggestions occur from time to time in the text designed to aid the student in these lines and help weave connecting bonds between the operation, its objects and results. Surgical operations may in themselves be valueless or worse and acquire value only when properly correlated to disease and skillfully performed.

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