The surgery of the chest
By: by Stephen Paget
Contributors: Classics of Surgery Library
Edition: Special edition
Series: Classics of Surgery Library; Classics of Surgery Library
Publisher: Classics of Surgery Library
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Birmingham, Alabama
Language: eng
Number of pages: 479
Subjects: Thoracic Surgical Procedures; Thoracic Diseases; Surgery; Thoracic Injuries
Notes: "Privately printed for the members of the Classics of Surgery Library" -- Preliminary page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Facsimile reprint. Originally published : Bristol : John Wright & Co., 1896.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Injuries of the chest. Surgical landmarks. congenital malformations; title: Concussion and contusion of the chest; title: Fractures and dislocations of ribs, costal cartilages, and sternum; title: Simple fractures with internal injuries; title: Surgical emphysema; title: Pneumothorax; title: Hernia of the lung; title: Wounds of the heart; title: Wounds of the diaphragm. diaphragmatic hernia; title: pt. 2. Diseases of the chest. Caries and necrosis of ribs and sternum. inflammation of anterior mediastinum; title: Tumours of the ribs and sternum; title: Pleural effusions, other than empyema; title: Empyema; title: Operation for empyema; title: Difficulties that may arise after operation; title: Chronic empyema with fistula. Estlander's and Schede's operations; title: Abscess of lung. bronchiectasis; title: Gangrene of lung; title: Tubercular phthisis; title: Inflammation of the bronchial glands and the posterior mediastinum; title: Foreign bodies in the air-passages; title: The "surgery of the heart"; title: Pericardial effusions; title: Intra-thoracic tumours. hydatid disease. actinomycosis; title: Subphrenic abscess. hydatid of the liver invading the chest; title: M. Reclus' address at the French surgical congress of 1895; title: On Bulau's treatment of empyema by continuous syphon-drainage.