Research Catalog

Title

The surgery of the chest / by Stephen Paget.

Author

Paget, Stephen, 1855-1926

Publication

Birmingham, Alabama : Classics of Surgery Library, ©1990.

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Additional Authors

Classics of Surgery Library, issuing body.

Description

x, 479 pages, 12 leaves of plates : illustrations; 22 cm.

Series Statement

Classics of Surgery Library

Uniform Title

Classics of Surgery Library.

Subject

• Thoracic Surgical Procedures
• Thoracic Diseases > surgery
• Thoracic Injuries > surgery

Note

• "Privately printed for the members of the Classics of Surgery Library" -- Preliminary page.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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

OCLC

• ocm46652985
• 46652985

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Columbia University Libraries