Excerpt from The First Lines of the Theory and Practice of Surgery, Vol. 1 of 2: Including the Principal Operations AT the request of the publishers, I have carefully perused the seventh edition of Mr. Cooper's First Lines of Surgery. I have found occasion to add a few notes, in order to explain some views, and to introduce some new subjects: these are included in brackets. The work needs no commendation at my hand. It has already passed through seven editions in England; and the editions in this country, by Drs. Stevens, of New York, and m'clellan, of Philadelphia, have been some time since ex hansted. These facts sufficiently attest the estimation in which the work is held, both in England and America. Willard parker. 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.