Clinical lectures on surgery : delivered at St. George's Hospital / By Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, bart.
- Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet
- Date:
- 1846
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Clinical lectures on surgery : delivered at St. George's Hospital / By Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, bart. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CHELIUS’S SYSTEM OF SURGERY. (Fe eee A SYSTEM OF SURGERY, BY J. M. CHELIUS, DOCTOR IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY, PUBLIC PROFESSOR OF GENERAL AND OPHTHALMIC SURGERY, ETC. ETC., IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG. TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, AND ACCOMPANIED WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS, BY JOHN F. SOUTH, SURGEON TO ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL. EDITED, WITH REFERENCE TO AMERICAN AUTHORITIES, BY GEORGE W. NORRIS, M.D. PUBLISHING IN NUMBERS, AT FIFTY CENTS BACH. SEVEN NUMBERS ARE NOW READY. That this work should have passed to six editions in Germany, and have been translated into no less than seven languages, is sufficient proof of its value. [t contains what is, perhaps, embraced to an equa] extent in no other work on the subject now before the public, a complete System of Surgery, both in its principles and practice. The additions of the translator, Mr. South, are very numerous, bringing the work up to the very day of publication, and embodying whatever may have been omitted by the author respecting English Surgery : while Dr. Norris will take equal care in representing the State of the science in America. “ Judging from a single number only of this work, we have no hesitation in saying that, if the remain- ing portions correspond at all with the first, it will be by far.the most complete and scientific system of surgery in the English language. We have, indeed, seen no work which so nearly comes up to our idea of what such a production should be, both as a practical guide and as a work of reference, as this; and the fact that it has passed through six editions in Germany, and been translated into seven languages, is sufficiently convincing proof of its value. It is methodical and concise, clear and accu- Tate; omitting all minor details and fruitless speculations, it gives us all the information we want in the shortest and simplest form.”.— The New York Journal of Medicine. “The scope of Professor Chelius’s Manual is indicated by its title: it professes to treat, systemati- cally, of the science and art of surgery, but within such compass as to render the work an appropriate introduction and companion to his lectures. The care, however, which has been bestowed upon its construction, and the labour which its research evinces, would be ill-repaid were it confined to this sphere; and we may conscientiously say that we know of no Manual of surgery, on the whole, more deserving of public confidence, or more valuable as a guide and refresher to the young practitioner. It is not our intention at present critically to analyze Mr. South’s labours; but we should be guilty of an injustice to him and to our readers if we did not cordially recommend his work as having fair promise of forming, what it is the translator’s ambition it should be, a sound and comprehensive system of practical surgery. The notes and text are so intermingled as to render it continuously readable, without presenting those abrupt transitions which are so disagreeable in many works simi- Jarly arranged. The faults of omission. &c., at which we have hinted in our comments on the first chapter of our author’s work, (viz., that on ‘Inflammation,’) have been amply compensated by the copious and excellent digest of his translator and annotator, who is justly proud of availing himself of the labours of our own countrymen in this department of pathology, while he gives their due meed of notice and respect to the contributions of our continental brethren. The references which are given to original works have evidently been carefully collated, and will be found of great value to the student and practitioner who may wish for more copious information on any particular branch of surgery; and the practical remarks and illustrations with which the work abounds, are a good arantee of the translator’s ability-to do justice to his task, at the same time that they prove that Mr. uth has not failed to avail himself industriously of the large opportunities which his hospital appoint- ment has afforded him.”— The British and Foreign Medical Review. “We will, therefore, content ourselves for the present with directing the attention of the profession to it, as being the most complete system of sur ery in any language, and one that is of equal utility as a practical guide and as a work of reference. The fact of its having reached six editions in Germany, and of its having been translated into seven languages, are more convincing proofs of its value than anything that we can say. Mr. South has performed his task with much judgment, and has certainly made a most useful addition to the medical literature of this country by rendering Chelius’s work into English.”— The Lancet.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33282584_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
