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OF THE

PRACTICE OF SURGERY;

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(Late Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's and Christ's Hospitals.)

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work, he is generally anxious to select a patron, to whom he is indebted for acts of kindness, whose name will be an honour to the book, and whose knowledge of the subject treated of, qualifies him to be a judge of what is written. It was on all these accounts, that I was induced to request the favour of being permitted to inscribe this volume to you, who have shewn me friendship on a variety of occasions, and are, I firmly believe, as much respected and esteemed as any man whatsoever in the numerous profession, of which you are a distingished member. Improved, as the book has now been, by repeated revisions, I presume to indulge a hope, that it will be found more deserving, than it formerly was, of the honour your name confers upon it;