[Illustration: C. W. SMARTT, _Photo._ _Leamington._ Faithfully yours G.M.B] “_A NEGLECTED CORNER OF THE DOMAIN OF SURGERY._”—_Lancet._ THE ART OF THE BONE-SETTER: A Testimony and a Vindication. WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. BY GEORGE MATTHEWS BENNETT, _Specialist for all kinds of Dislocated Joints, Fractures, Sprains, etc._ WITH PORTRAIT AND NUMEROUS DIAGRAMS. London: THOMAS MURBY, 3, LUDGATE CIRCUS BUILDINGS, E.C. BIRMINGHAM: CORNISH BROTHERS; WARWICK: COOKE & SON; COVENTRY: CURTIS; LEAMINGTON: BAILEY; BANBURY: HARTLEY. LONDON: PRINTED BY G. J. PARRIS, 57, GREEK STREET, SOHO, W. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE WARWICKSHIRE, NORTH WARWICKSHIRE, PYTCHLEY, ATHERSTONE, BICESTER, AND QUORN HUNTS, AND ALL WHO ARE LIABLE TO INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS BY “FLOOD AND FIELD,” THIS VINDICATION AND TESTIMONY IS INSCRIBED BY THEIR FAITHFUL SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. I have been requested, from time to time, by my numerous patients and friends to publish some record of the Bone-setter’s art, to which they can refer their relatives and acquaintances, when asked for some particulars of the cures effected and the pain alleviated by those who follow the profession of a Bone-setter. I am aware that in acceding to the request of those who “have the courage of their convictions,” I am laying myself open to the sneers and innuendos of the medical profession generally; but as the descendant of a long line of Bone-setters, who distinguished themselves in the profession they followed, and whose name was a “household word” in Midland homes when broken bones, sprains, and dislocations occurred. I feel, as the inheritor of their practice and in some degree of their reputation, that I should not be true to myself and to the profession I follow, if I did not comply with a request so gracefully made by those who have not only placed their faith in the special practice I pursue, but who are grateful for the relief from pain they have felt, the ultimate cures effected, and who wish to make their experiences widely known.