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Excerpt from Fracture of the Lower Jaw
But although we may admit the general truth of these statements, it would be wrong to assume that modern scientific knowledge was, on the outbreak Of the war, immediately useful to those to whom the wounded were to be confided. Fixed principles existed in all the sciences auxiliary to the work of the surgeon, but our scientific resources were not immediately available at the outset of the great campaign scientific work bearing on wound problems had not been arranged in a manner adapted to the requirements - indeed, the requirements were not fully foreseen the workers in the various fields were isolated, or isolated themselves, pursuing new researches rather than concentrating their powerful forces upon the one great quest. However brilliant the triumphs of surgery may be and that they have been of surpassing splendour no one will be found to deny - experiences of the war have already produced a mass Of facts sufficient to suggest the complete remodelling of our methods of education and research. The series of manuals, which it is my pleasant duty to introduce to English readers consists Of translations of the principal volumes Of the Horizon Collection, which has been appropriately named after the uniform Of the French soldier. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
