ABDOMINAL OPERATIONS BY B. G. A. MOYNIHAN, M.S. (London), F.R.C.S. LEEDS Second Edition, Thoroughly Revised PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON W. B. SAUNDERS COMPANY 1906 Set up, printed, and copyrighted, August, 1905. Revised, reprinted, and Copyright, 1906, by W. B. Saunders Company Registered at Stationers' Hall, London, England PRINTED IN PHILADELPHIA PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ALTHOUGH Only a very few months have passed since the publication of the first edition of this work I have found it necessary to make a large number of additions to the text and to the illustrations; some revision has been desirable; and two of the chapters have been entirely rewritten. The reception the book has met with has exceeded my most hopeful anticipations. I have interpreted it to mean that a work of this kind was needed, and it has compelled me to put forth my utmost endeavour to render the book of service to those engaged in the practice of surgery. I desire especially to acknowledge the help which I have derived from the work of three surgeons whose contributions to the literature of abdominal surgery are of the very highest importance. I refer to Dr. W. J. Mayo, Dr. J. B. Murphy, and to my former colleague, Mr. Mayo Robson. The mention of their names in the following pages, frequent though it be, is inadequate to express the manifold advantages I have derived from a study of their work or from the privilege of watching their practice. The new illustrations have been drawn for me by Miss Ethel M. Wright. I am indebted to Mr. Rupert Bucknall for four illustrations and to Dr. Campbell Thomson for one. B. G. A. MoYNIHAN August 15, 1906 |