Author: R. Harvey Reed

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-24

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780484621052

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Excerpt from The American Academy of Railway Surgeons: Report of the Third Annual Meeting Held at Chicago, Ill., Sept. 23, 24 and 25, 1896 With the rapid advancement of the medical and surgical sciences new developments and discoveries have created a demand for new departments. It is only a few years since the birth of bacteriology, the regeneration of pathology and the advent of asepsis and an tisepsis. It is scarcely a decade since the rejuvenating of Military Surgery and the evolution of its twin sister, Railway Surgery. Each year brings them into a higher state of development and with each year's experience it has been demonstrated that The higher the order of railway surgery, the greater the protection to the employe, the passenger and the company. With the Third Annual Report of the Transactions of the American Academy of Railway Surgeons, the Editor has the pleasure of presenting its Fellows with over fifty pages more of reading matter than was con tained in the last volume and a hundred and fifty more than was contained in the previous one. For this you are indebted to the authors who contributed so liber ally to the proceedings and the Fellows who partook in the various discussions. In presenting this, the Third Annual Report, the Editor feels that his ambition is being gratified in so much, that each succeeding volume of the Transac tions has excelled its predecessor. This he attributes to the increasing experience of the Fellows of the Academy and the special pains they have taken in thepreparation and discussion of papers on practical and important subjects. We desire to thank the officers, authors and pub liebere for their hearty co-operation and especially Capt. James E. Pilcher, Surgeon of the U. S. Army, for his valuable assistance in compiling this report. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The American Academy of Railway Surgeons written by R. Harvey Reed and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Academy of Railway Surgeons: Report of the Third Annual Meeting Held at Chicago, Ill., Sept. 23, 24 and 25, 1896 With the rapid advancement of the medical and surgical sciences new developments and discoveries have created a demand for new departments. It is only a few years since the birth of bacteriology, the regeneration of pathology and the advent of asepsis and an tisepsis. It is scarcely a decade since the rejuvenating of Military Surgery and the evolution of its twin sister, Railway Surgery. Each year brings them into a higher state of development and with each year's experience it has been demonstrated that The higher the order of railway surgery, the greater the protection to the employe, the passenger and the company. With the Third Annual Report of the Transactions of the American Academy of Railway Surgeons, the Editor has the pleasure of presenting its Fellows with over fifty pages more of reading matter than was con tained in the last volume and a hundred and fifty more than was contained in the previous one. For this you are indebted to the authors who contributed so liber ally to the proceedings and the Fellows who partook in the various discussions. In presenting this, the Third Annual Report, the Editor feels that his ambition is being gratified in so much, that each succeeding volume of the Transac tions has excelled its predecessor. This he attributes to the increasing experience of the Fellows of the Academy and the special pains they have taken in thepreparation and discussion of papers on practical and important subjects. We desire to thank the officers, authors and pub liebere for their hearty co-operation and especially Capt. James E. Pilcher, Surgeon of the U. S. Army, for his valuable assistance in compiling this report. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.