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Excerpt from The Office Treatment of Rectal Diseases; Explained and Simplified: Being an Exposition of the Treatment of All Those Disease, Both Medical and Surgical, of the Rectum, Anus, and Sigmoid Flexure, the Cure Which May Be Accomplished Without Surgical Anaesthesia It is not intended that this book shall take the place of larger works upon the same subject, but that it may be an addition to them, and cover many points that have been omitted. It is the result of many years practical work as a specialist and teacher along this line, and is a description of methods tried and found valuable. Diagnosis is discussed very briefly, merely to bring the malady prominently before the reader. Etiology, pathology, anatomy, vague theories, and major operations are omitted, and the work devoted merely to treatment, which is discussed in the most terse and practical manner possible. I have consulted freely the literature of the subject, and have made use of such portions as seemed suitable for a work of this kind. As surgical procedures are an evolution, and the result of many minds working along the same lines, it is impossible to give proper credit to any one person; for this reason names of different men who have written upon this subject are not mentioned except in rare instances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.