Lecture Notes on General Surgery [antikvár]

The ideal medical student at the end of his clinical course will have written his own textbook — a digest of the lectures and tutorials he has assiduously attended and of the textbooks he has meticulously read. Unfortunately few men are perfect, and most approach the qualifying examinations depressed by the thought of the thousands of pages of excellent and exhaustive textbooks wherein lies the wisdom required of them by the examiners. We believe that there is a serious need in these days of widening knowledge and expanding syllabus for a book which will set out briefly the important facts in general surgery which are classified, analysed and as far as possible rationalized for the revision student. These lecture notes represent our own final year teaching; they are in no way a substitute for the standard textbooks but are our attempts to draw together in some sort of logical way the fundamentals of general surgery. Because this book is written at student level, principles of treatment only are presented, not details of surgical technique. These notes cover general surgery; ophthalmology and ENT are already dealt with by lecture notes published by our colleagues, Mr Trevor Roper and Mr Miles Foxen, at Westminster Hospital. The need for a seventh edition has enabled us to update and carry out a detailed revision of the whole text. Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge HAROLD ELLIS SIR ROY CALNE