Excerpt from Manual of Orthopedic Surgery, Being a Dissertation Which Obtained the Boylston Prize for 1844, on the Following Question The works I have consulted in writing the following Dissertation, are chiefly those of Guerin, Bonnet, Vel peau, Phillips, Duval and Little; especially the bro chures Of the former, who has been for some time, the leading French orthopedist. The writings of M. Guerin may be fairly criticised both for the wordiness and Obscurity of their style, and for their unnecessary bulk but it does not appear that we have any right to question the accuracy of their statements. On the contrary, we may infer from the late report of the committee appointed by the Academy of Medicine to investigate this point, that there is no ground for supposing the evidence in any way warped or misrepresented. 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.