Excerpt from Earth as a Topical Application in Surgery: Being a Full Exposition of Its Use in All the Cases Requiring Topical Applications Admitted in the Men's and Women's Surgical Wards of the Pennsylvania Hospital During a Period of Six Months in 1869 The following pages contain the results of clinical work done nearly three years ago, which have been delayed in their publication until now for the double purpose of weighing them by subsequent experience, and of interpreting their meaning by a careful study of the various subjects which they involve. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.