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Title: Manual of Surgery
Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.

Author: Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

Release Date: March 4, 2006 [EBook #17921]

Language: English

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OXFORD MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS

MANUAL OF SURGERY

BY

ALEXIS THOMSON, F.R.C.S.Ed.
_PROFESSOR OF SURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH_
SURGEON EDINBURGH ROYAL INFIRMARY

AND

ALEXANDER MILES, F.R.C.S.Ed.
SURGEON EDINBURGH ROYAL INFIRMARY

VOLUME FIRST
GENERAL SURGERY

_SIXTH EDITION REVISED_
_WITH 169 ILLUSTRATIONS_

LONDON
HENRY FROWD