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As he tells us in the Preface, his aim has been to write an ideal student's text-book. Both in the section on general principles (121 pages) and in that of fractures of special bones, the author follows the lines usually laid down in this country and abroad. It is interesting to one who has watched and taken part in surgical practice for many years to note how the burning questions which absorbed our attention in the last generation have now been almost forgotten-such as the relative value of the methods of open and closed treatment and of the importance of massage ; whilst other subjects now demand discussion-e.g., the methods of plaster technique, the importance of providing for the early use of active exercise by the injured limb, and the importance of organizing treatment, by segregation, specialization, and continuity.
The wish to provide for the needs of a student at examinations has led to the inclusion of things which a practical guide to the subject might well have omitted ; such are the Carrell-Dakin method of wound treatment and many of the six different methods of dealing with a fractured clavicle, beginning with that of Sayre's strapping.
The illustrations are numerous, clear, and excellently chosen, and it is remarkable what a large amount of information has been compressed into this small and handy book.
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