The present work was translated by Henry Smith (1823-1894) for the Sydenham Society. Smith, surgeon to the Royal General Dispensary in London, remarks in the Translator's Preface that "the first physiologists of our day have judged the discoveries...
The first lecture is a criticism of some views by another famous surgeon of Bell's time, Sir Astley Paston Cooper. The second lecture is in support of his brother, John Bell, recently deceased, certain of whose findings had been claimed by Cooper...
The first good medical textbook of its kind in English, chiefly written for young sea surgeons. The instruments and medicines for a surgeon’s chest, with their uses, are clearly described, followed by sections on acute surgical problems,...
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