Excerpt from One Hundred Surgical Problems the Experiences of Daily Practice, Dissected and Explained
The teachings of practice are conveyed by example as well as by precept. Until recent years writers knew and availed themselves of this fact. They set forth their lessons by case illustrations. Galen did this; so did Pare, - that master of the method; so did Wiseman and Le Dran, Hunter and Petit, Cooper and Paget. The method in proper hands is luminous, and the lessons are instantly comprehensible. We abused and nearly lost that method with the development of the statistical, analytical practice of the last century.
Three years ago Richard C. Cabot, following the suggestions of Cannon, and Burrell and Blake, saw the advantage of the old teaching by cases and wrote a little book about it. Others are following his example, each man illustrating his specialty.
This book, too, is another such publication. I have collected one hundred surgical cases, each one either a problem or an illustration of important features in diagnosis and treatment. Many of the cases are homely and commonplace. Obviously the names given to the patients are fictitious. Perhaps the reader will recognize the situations, and, for the solution of his own troubles, will turn to account the struggles of another.
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