[...]... Fistula— Excision of Tongue, complete and partial— Fissures of the Palate, soft and hard—Excision 196-205 of Tonsils, CHAPTER IX OPERATIONS ON AIR PASSAGES Larynx and Trachea— Tracheotomy— Tubes— Laryngotomy— Œsophagotomy— [see Addendum, p 302], 206-217 CHAPTER X OPERATIONS ON THORAX Excision of Mamma— Paracentesis Thoracis, 218-221 CHAPTER XI OPERATIONS ON ABDOMEN Paracentesis Abdominis— Gastrotomy— Ovariotomy—... Excision of Staphyloma— Excision Eyeball, of 151-174 CHAPTER VI OPERATIONS ON THE NOSE AND LIPS Rhinoplastic Operations from Cheek, Forehead, and elsewhere— Removal of Nasal Polypi— Excision of Cancers of Lips —Cheiloplastic Operations Operations Harelip, for 175-187 CHAPTER VII OPERATIONS ON THE JAWS Excision of Upper Jaw Of Lower Jaw, 188-195 CHAPTER VIII OPERATIONS ON MOUTH AND THROAT For Salivary... Innominate— Carotids— Lingual— Subclavian— Brachial, etc., 1-45 CHAPTER II AMPUTATIONS Eras of Amputation— Flap and Circular compared— Special Amputation of Arm and Leg, 46-107 CHAPTER III EXCISION OF JOINTS Brief Historical Sketch— Comparison of Excisions with Amputations— Special Excisions of the six larger Joints— Excisions of smaller Joints and Bones, 108-146 CHAPTER IV OPERATIONS ON CRANIUM AND SCALP... Trephining—Excision of Wens, 147-150 CHAPTER V OPERATIONS ON THE EYE AND ITS APPENDAGES Entropium and Ectropium— Trichiasis— Tarsal Tumours —On Lachrymal Organs—Mr Bowman's Operation— Pterygium— Strabismus, convergent and divergent— Paracentesis of the Anterior Chamber— Operations for Cataract by Displacement, Solution, and Extraction— Various methods of Extraction— Operations for Artificial Pupil— Iridesis—...PREFACE TO FIFTH EDITION To retain the small size of the work and to keep it up to date have been the Author's aim in the Fifth Edition 20 Melville Street, Edinburgh, August 1883 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION Having been asked, year after year, by the members of my Class for Operative Surgery, to recommend to them some Manual of Surgical Operations which might at once guide them in their choice of operations, ... in the public services, in the colonies, or in lonely country districts, find themselves constrained to attempt the performance of operations which, in the towns, usually fall to the lot of a few Hospital Surgeons JOSEPH BELL 5 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, July 1866 CONTENTS CHAPTER I LIGATURE OF ARTERIES PAGE Ligature of Arteries— General Maxims —Ligature of Aorta—Iliacs— Gluteal— Femoral— Popliteal—... special circumstances of each case must dictate how it is to be done In such a work as this, to attempt originality would be undesirable and intrusive; a judicious selection, a faithful compilation, are all that can be expected That the selection of operations may sometimes show "Northern Proclivities" is possible; and this is perhaps not unnatural to a scholar and teacher in the Edinburgh School An earnest... by Weiss, Maw, and others, are sufficiently accurate In excuse of the frequent baldness and brevity of the style, the author must point to the size and price of the work Its composition would have been easier had its dimensions been greater Though intended chiefly to guide the studies, on the dead subject, of students and junior practitioners, the author ventures to hope that the Manual may be useful... operations, and give minute details as to the mode of performance, I have been gradually led to undertake the production of this little work My aim has been to describe as simply as possible those operations which are most likely to prove useful, and especially those which, from their nature, admit of being practised on the dead body In accordance with this plan, neither historical completeness of detail,... earnest endeavour has been used to make the references correct and copious: for any mistakes or omissions the author would crave indulgence The four plates which precede the letterpress were drawn on wood (from original photographs) by Mr D.W Williamson, Melbourne Place, and the lines of incision for the various operations were added by the author The rough woodcuts scattered through the work were drawn on . class="bi x0 y0 w1 h1" alt="" The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Manual of the Operations of Surgery, by Joseph Bell This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere. EDITION. Having been asked, year after year, by the members of my Class for Operative Surgery, to recommend to them some Manual of Surgical Operations which