Rectal and anal surgery : with a description of the secret methods of the itinerant specialists / by Edmund Andrews and Edward Wyllys Andrews.
- Edmund Andrews
- Date:
- 1889
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Rectal and anal surgery : with a description of the secret methods of the itinerant specialists / by Edmund Andrews and Edward Wyllys Andrews. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.
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![The rapid sale of the First Edition of this manual has compelled the preparation of a second much sooner than was anticipated. Advantage has been taken of the opportunity thns given to re-write and enlarge almost every part of the work, and to introduce several new chapters and an appendix. A few cuts have also been added. A chapter has been introduced upon the Anatomy of the Rectum, which, it is thought, will aid the explanations found in other parts of the work. Works upon general anatomy do not usually contain all that is needful for a comprehension of the questions that have been raised in rectal pathology. A chapter on Proctitis and its treatment has also been inserted, the subject being one now clearly recognized as of clinical importance. As in the earlier edition, the chief emphasis has been put upon the practical side of the subject, and an endeavor has been made fairly to outline all the forms of treatment for all affections, including the secret methods of the local and traveling •• Rectal Specialists. Further to make this book a vade mecum, in the hands of those who must hurriedly tur]^l many books in the intervals of active practice, a compact Formulary has been prepared, which contains in classified form every prescription in the body of the work and a considerable number of others. These are all tried remedies and many of them have their authors' names affixed. With this formulary for reference, the practitioner who has once read the book, can by almost instantaneous reference secure the necessary details for the treatment of any given case which is before him. These formulas have been collected from a very large number of works in various languages. Over fifty are given, and these are nearly all that can be found in a score or](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21229831_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
