A treatise on dislocations and on fractures of the joints / By Sir Astley Cooper.

  • Astley Cooper
Date:
1824
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on dislocations and on fractures of the joints / By Sir Astley Cooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. It is incumbent on me to observe, that although I believe the matter of this Work to be correct, and regard it as the result of a considerable share of experience, yet, I am aware that the reader may detect a too familiar mode of expression, m and may censure me for want of attention to its style. The familiarity of the language arises from my desire to be per- spicuous. I prefer a significant expression to a finely turned sentence, just as I would a good plain suit to the finest embroidered dress, and am ready to own, that I think much more of the matter which I give, than of the manner in which it is conveyed. I am much indebted to my friends for their communications; the life of man is too short to allow him, even with the greatest industry, zeal, and opportunity, to witness all the varieties of accident or disease ; and I should feel that I was not properly discharging my duty, if I omitted to take advantage of all the evidence which might be adduced by those on whom I could depend. B 2