EXPLANATORY NOTE Nor long after the death of Dr. Fenger, the Council of the Chicago Medical Society appointed a committee to form plans for some kind of adequate tribute in honor of the great surgeon and teacher. As a result of this step the Fenger Memorial Association was formed and a fund collected by subscriptions, the income from which will be used to promote medical investigation. In response to requests from Dr. Fenger's assistants and pupils and to wishes expressed by many surgeons in various parts of the country, the Directors of the Fenger Memorial Association have caused to be published this volume, which contains nearly everything that Dr. Fenger has written. Discussions in medical societies and one or two reports of a statistical nature covering his work as prosector have been omitted. The articles published in Danish have been translated. All the articles are reprinted without any other changes than those necessary to secure a reasonable degree of uniformity in the references and general arrangement. Dr. Coleman G. Buford has collected the material and secured the permissions necessary to reprint it, and Dr. Ludvig Hektoen has acted as editor, both working under the authority of the Directors of the Fenger Memorial Association. CHICAGO, ILL., April, 1912 |
