Excerpt from Surgical Differentials
"Diagnosis" has for some time been accepted as meaning "Differential Diagnosis." This term is too long for convenient use and of the two words, clearness seems to demand that "diagnosis" be dropped. This is offered as an explanation of the title of this book.
The subject matter has been compiled with but a single purpose. This is to present to students intending to enter the competitive examinations of the New York Hospitals, a well-tried scheme and its mode of application. It is not the actual learning of surgical facts but their selection and grouping which is most difficult to the student.
In the opinion of over one hundred graduates who during the past six years secured hospital positions, the ability to apply this scheme was the primary cause of their success. These pages represent simply an effort to present as tersely as possible the system which has proved so highly efficacious. It will therefore be seen that no attempt to make a text-book or book of reference has been thought of.
Ability to sketch rough outlines in place of giving long word answers has always been very helpful in securing hospital positions. In recognition of this, forty graphic illustrations have been introduced. They were made by Dr. Chas. K. Stillman, a successful graduate of last year. Having been made by a student they can be duplicated by a student, for they have been drawn with studied simplicity and it is believed, with accuracy. Except in three or four instances they are entirely original; - I cannot too cordially thank Dr. Stillman for his care, or endorse his work too highly.
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