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A TREATISE ON
LESSER SURGERY;
OR THE
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BY BOURGERY, D. M. P.
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Medicine.” Translated from the French, with notes and an Appendix; by
WILLIAM C. ROBERTS AND JAS. B. KISSAM.
Copy of a letter from WILLIAM GIBSON, M. D. Professor of Surgery in the
University of Pennsylvania.
_Philadelphia, Nov. 5th, 1833._
It gives me pleasure to say that the elementary work on Surgery, by
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New York, appears to me _well calculated for the use of students_. So
far as I can judge from examination of a small portion of the English
text, justice has been done by the translators to the author of the
work.
W. GIBSON, M. D.
_Professor of Surgery in the University of Pennsylvania._
Copy of a letter from GEORGE M’CLELLAN, M. D. Professor of Surgery in
the Jefferson Medical College.
_Philadelphia, Nov. 6th, 1833._
Dear Sirs,
I have examined Bourgery’s manual, or work on Lesser Surgery, and am
of opinion that it is an _excellent compend_, which contains a great
deal of matter that will be useful to students. The translation which
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doubt will meet with a ready sale.
Yours truly,
GEO. M’CLELLAN.
DRS. ROBERTS AND KISSAM.
Transcriber’s Note
• Text in italics represented by _underscores_.
• Text in small capitals converted to ALL CAPS.
• Punctuation and other obvious typographic inaccuracies were silently
corrected.
• Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved.
• Variations in hyphenation and compound words have been preserved.
• Footnotes renumbered consecutively and relocated to the end of the
relevant chapter.
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above the advertisements for convenience in grouping the ads.
• New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the
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