Excerpt from Surgery in the Pennsylvania Hospital: Being an Epitome of the Practice of the Hospital Since 1756; Including Collations From the Surgical Notes, and an Account of the More Interesting Cases From 1873 to 1878 In the year 1873 a systematic method of recording cases, both medical and surgical, was begun. Paper with appropriate headings was provided, and it became the duty of the residents to note all that was valuable in the his tory of the cases. From time to time, as the material accumulated, it was gathered and arranged, according to date, by the librarian, and then bound in volumes. About sixteen of these are already on hand. 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.