William Henry Battle Clinical Lectures on the Acute Abdomen

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. So far as possible the cases related have been treated aseptic ally, and without unnecessary multiplication of instruments, for if the practitioner gets the idea that he cannot Operate without someone's Special bobbin, clamp, or suture needle, he may postpone operation, and the patient in all probability lose his life. Prompt operation must follow on diagnosis, and there is usually no time for the removal of the patient to a surgical home if more than an hour or two will be lost by doing so.