Surgical Observations on the More Important Diseases of the Mucous Canals of the Body


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Surgical Observations on the More Important Diseases of the Mucous Canals of the Body; Being a Second Edition of the Author's Treatise on Stricture of the Urethra. To which are Added, Practical Observations on Contraction of the Oeosophagus and Rectum; an Essay on the Diagnosis of Hernial and Other Tumours in the Groin; with Remarks on Tracheotomy, as Connected with the Treatment of Chronic Laryngitis


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Surgical observations on the more important diseases of the mucous canals of the body; being a second edition of the author's treatise on stricture of the urethra. To which are added, practical observations on contraction of the oesophagus and rectum; An essay on the diagnosis of hernial and other tumours in the groin; with remarks on tracheotomy, as connected with the treatment of chronic laryngitis


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Surgical Observations on the More Important Diseases of the Mucous Canals of the Body: Being a Second Edition of the Author's Treatise on Stricture of the Urethra. To which are Added, Practical Observations on Contraction of the Oesophagus and Rectum; an Essay on the Diagnosis of Hernial and Other Tumours in the Groin; with Remarks on Tracheotomy, as Connected with the Treatment of Chronic Laryngitis. By George Macilwain, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Member of the Medico-Chirurgical Society, Surgeon to the Finsbury Dispensary, and Late Surgeon to the City of London Truss Society


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For Fear of Pain


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For Fear of Pain offers a social history of the operating room in Britain during the final decades of painful surgery. It asks profound questions: how could surgeons operate upon conscious patients? How could patients submit? It presents a revisionist view of surgery, hygiene, nursing, military and naval surgery and the introduction of anaesthesia.