Minor Surgery

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. In the former editions of this volume, some of the points referred to seemed of such simplicity, that considerable doubt existed in my mind as to the propriety of their consideration, presuming that every student would be familiar with their details. Experience, however, has demonstrated that it is in the very simplest matters that the young practitioner soonest hesitates, his collegiate studies instructing him rather in the weightier matters of the law than in those of less importance.