Excerpt from Medical Record, Vol. 68: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery; July 1, 1905-December 30, 1905 It is needless to say that in the performance of these operations the strictest aseptic precautions must be observed, for suppuration in the wound beneath the skin would not only defeat the purpose of the operation, but lead to a further deformity, possibly more unsightly than before. 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.