The pathology and treatment of childbed : a treatise for physicians and students / By F. Winckel. From the second German edition. ... Translated by James R. Chadwick.

Winckel, Franz Karl Ludwig Wilhelm, 1837-1911.

Date:: 1876

Credit: The pathology and treatment of childbed : a treatise for physicians and students / By F. Winckel. From the second German edition. ... Translated by James R. Chadwick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$A SEHURST [JOHN, Jr.), M.D., -^^ Prof, of ainical Surgery, Univ. of Pa., Surgeon to the Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SURGERY. Second edition, enlarged and revised. In one very large and handsome octavo volume of over 1000 pages, with £42 illustrations. Cloth, $6; leather, $7; half Russia, $7.50. {Just Ready.) Cooscientiou.sness and fhoronghness are two very- marked trails of character ia the author of this book. Out of these traits largely has grown the sucoesg of his mental fruit In the past, and the pre- sent offer seems io no wi.se an exceptiOD to what has gone before. The general anangement of the vol- ume is the same as in the first editiou, but every part has been cnrefully revised, and much new matter added.—P/iiZa. iled. Times, Feb. 1, 1S79. We have previously spoken of Dr. Asbhurst's work in terms of praise. We wish to reiterate those terms here, and to add that no more satisfactory representation of modern surgery has yet fallen from the press. In point of judicial fairness, of power of Condensation, of accura'-y and conciseness of expression and thoroughly good English, Prof. Ashhurst has no superior among the surgical writers in America.—Am. Practitioner, Jan. 1S79. The attempt to embrace in a volume of 1000 pages the whole field of surgery, general and special, would be a hopeless task unless through tlie most tireless industry in collating and arranging, and the wisest judgment in condensing and excluding. These facilities have been abundantly employed by the author, and he has given us a most excellent treatise, brought np by the revision for the second edition to the latest date. Of course this book is not designed for specialists, but as a course of general surgical knoulndge and fur general practitioners, and as a text-book for students It is not surpassed by any that has yet appeared, whether of home or foreign authorship.—N. Carolina Med. Journal, Jan. 1S79. Ashhurat's Surgery Is too well known in this country to require special commendation from us. This, its second edition, enlarged and thoroughly revised, brings it nearer onr idea of a model text- bouk than any recently published treatise. Though numerous addirions have been made, the size of tbe work is not materially increased The main trouble of text-books of modern times is that they are too cumbersome. The student needs a book which will furnish him the most information in the shortest time. In every respect this work of Ashhurst is the model text-book- full, comprehensive and com- pact.—iV^a.s/iDJ^Ze Jour, of Med. and Surg., Jan. '79. The favorable reception of the first edition is a guarantee of the popularity of this edition, which is fresh from the editor's hands with many enlarge- ments and improvements. The author of this work is deservedly popular as an editor »ud writer, and his contributions to the literature of surgery have gained for him wide reputation. The volume now offered the profession will add new laurels to those already won by previous contributions. We can only add that the work is well airang' d, filled with practical matter, and contains in brief and clear language all that is necessary to be learned by the student of surgery whilst in attendance upon lec- tures, or the general practitionei- in hi.s daily routine practice.—Jl/rf. Med. Journal, Jan. 1S79. The fact that this work has reached a second edi- tion so very soon after the publication of the first one, speaks more highly of its merits than anything we might say in the way of commendation. It seems to have immediately gained the favor of stu- dents and physicians.—CHwciM. Med. iVetcs, Jan. '79. B RYANT [THOMAS], F.R.C.8., Surgeon to Gwtfs Hospital. THE PRACTICE OF SURGERY. Second American, from the Sec- ond and Revised English Edition. With Six Hundred and Seventy-two Engravings on Wood. In one large and very handsome imperial octavo volume of over 1000 laro-e and closely printed pages. Cloth, $6 ; leather, $7. (Just Ready.) This work has enjoyed the advantage of two thorough revisions at the hand of the author since the appearance of the first American edition, resulting in a very notable enlargement of size and improvement of matter. In Engliind this has led to the division of the work into two volumes which are here comprised in one, the size being increased to a large imperial octavo, printed on a condensed but clear type. The series of illustrations has undergone a like revision and will be found correspondingly impro^ ed. The marked success of the work on both sides of the Atlantic shows that the author has suc- ceeded in the effort to give to studeat and practitioner a sound and trustworthy o-uide in the practice of Surgery; while the simultaneous appearance of the present edition in England and in this country affords to the American reader the benefit of the most recent advances made abroad in surgical science. Another edition of this manual having been called for,the author has availed himself of the opportunity to make no few alterations in the substance as well as in the arrangement of the work, and, with a view to its improvement, has recast the malerials and re- vised the whole. We ourselves are of the opinion that there is no better work on surgery extant Cincinnati Med. News, March, 1S79. There are .so many text-books of surgery, so many written by sUilled and distinguished hands, that to ob tain the honor of a third edition in England is no light praise. Mr. Bryant merits this, by cluarness of style, and good judgment in selecting the operations he re- commends, in his uew editions be goes carefully over the old grounds, in light of later research. On these and many allied points, Mr. Bryant is a calm and un- partisan observer, and his book throughout has the great merit of maintaining the true scientific, judicial tone of mind.—.^ed. and Surg. Reporter, March 22, 1879. The work before us is the American reprint of the last London edition, and has the advantage over the latter in being of more convenient size, and in being compressed into one volume. The author has rewrit- ten the greater part of the work, and has succeeded, in theamount of new matter added, in making it mark- edly distinctive from previous edi ions. A few extra pages have been added, and also a few new illustrations introduced. The publishers have presented the work in a creditable style. As a concise and practical manual of British surgery it is perhaps without an equal, and will doubtless always be a favorite text-book with the student and practitioner.—N. 11 Med. Record, March 22,18T«. Bryant's Surgery has been favorably received from the first, and evidently grows in the esteem of the profession with each succeeding edition. In glanc- ing over the volume before us we fiud proof in almost every chapter of the thorough revision which the work has undergone, many parts having been cut out and replaced by matter entirely fresh, N y Mvd. Joum., April, 1879. Welcome as the new edition is, and as much as it is entitled to commendation, yet its appearance at this time is, in a ceriain sense, a matter of regret as it will be in competition with another work lately issued from the same press. But, the difficult task of forming a judgment as to the relative merits of Bryant and Ashhurst we will not attempt, but pre- dict that, considering the high excellence of both many others will likewise be forced to hesitate lone in making choice between them.—OireOTnwaiJi Lan cet and Oiinic-, March 22, 1879.$