With every effort at conciseness it has not been practicable to cover the subject in less than the equivalent of about fifteen hundred ordinary octavo pages. By adopting a larger form the publishers have presented this material in a convenient volume. In justification of the size of the work it should be borne in mind that its scope is very extensive, for it aims to cover the Principles as well as the Practice of Surgery, thus supplying the needs of students and general practitioners, and, the author hopes, also interesting his surgical confrères. He takes this opportunity to extend his warmest acknowledgments to his fellow-collaborators of the _Treatise on Surgery by American Authors_, who on the exhaustion of the third edition most kindly consented to allow it to be succeeded by this individual work, placing their material and illustrations freely at his command. He also wishes to acknowledge the kindness of Dr. H. R. Gaylord, who has contributed certain material utilized in the chapter on Tumors, the assistance of Dr. E. R. McGuire, who has helped in many ways during the preparation of the book, and that of other colleagues who have furnished illustrations that are duly credited in their proper places. R. P. BUFFALO, N. Y. 1907. CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION 17 PART I. SURGICAL PATHOLOGY. CHAPTER I. HYPEREMIA: ITS CONSEQUENCES AND TREATMENT 19 CHAPTER II. SURGICAL PATHOLOGY OF THE BLOOD 28 CHAPTER III. INFLAMMATION 43 CHAPTER IV. ULCER AND ULCERATION 65 CHAPTER V. GANGRENE 73 PART II. SURGICAL DISEASES. CHAPTER VI. AUTO-INFECTION, ESPECIALLY IN SURGICAL PATIENTS 79 CHAPTER VII. THE SURGICAL FEVERS AND SEPTIC INFECTIONS 85 CHAPTER VIII. SURGICAL DISEASES COMMON TO MAN AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS 97 CHAPTER IX. SURGICAL DISEASES COMMON TO MAN AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS (CONTINUED) 111 CHAPTER X. SYPHILIS. 122 CHAPTER XI. CHANCROID OR VENEREAL ULCER 144 CHAPTER XII. GONORRHEA 146 CHAPTER XIII. SCURVY AND RICKETS 160 CHAPTER XIV. THE STATUS LYMPHATICUS 163 CHAPTER XV. SURGICAL ASPECTS AND SEQUELS OF OTHER INFECTIONS AND DISEASES 166 CHAPTER XVI. POISONING BY ANIMALS AND PLANTS 171 CHAPTER XVII. ACUTE INTOXICATIONS, INCLUDING DELIRIUM TREMENS 174