Originally published in 1838, this book offers a fascinating insight into the history of medical treatment, containing extensive information on the treatment of ruptures. This book will make an excellent addition to the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in medical history. If there be any disorder, which, from the frequency of its occurrence, and from the variety of forms under which it is presented to the care of the surgeon, demands more than others his minute and attentive investigation, in every part of its history and treatment, such, assuredly, is that which forms the subject of the following pages. Surgeons of great experience in the treatment of ruptures have estimated, that one-eighth, or one sixteenth of the human race is afflicted with this complaint; which affects, indiscriminately, persons of both sexes, of every age, condition, and mode of life.
