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The Principles Of Surgery - Softcover

James Miller

 
9780371352427: The Principles Of Surgery

Synopsis

The Principles Of Surgery. The book offers a condensed, reference-style view of the healing art and its principles for students, blending a historical panorama of surgical development with a systematic theory of inflammation and vascular pathology to guide diagnosis and practice. It traces surgery from antiquity through Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Alexandrian, Arab?Islamic, medieval European traditions to the emergence of modern surgical science, stressing the unity of medicine and surgery and the primacy of anatomy and physiology. Part 1 provides foundational theory and the first formal treatment of inflammation, outlining a three-stage progression (vascular excitation, active congestion, true inflammation) with signs, mechanisms, and possible outcomes. Beyond inflammation, the work surveys trauma, infectious disease, burns, fractures, dislocations, ulcers, gangrene, bone disease, and tumors, offering a disciplined, stepwise approach to prognosis, prevention, and therapy. Set as Part 1 of a four-part work, it lays groundwork for subsequent chapters addressing specific tissues and pathological processes. The tone remains scholarly and methodical, with emphasis on staged intervention and preserving function wherever possible in a 19th?century surgical ethos.

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