The Surgical Treatment of Elephantiasis
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It is possible that to some certain of the doints touched on may seem unnecessary and self-evident; but, as this is written for Surgeons, both European and Indian, commencing the operative treatment of the disease, I have thought it best to be clear at the risk of being verbose. My experience as a teacher for many years has shown me that senior students and those beginning practice more often fail in attention to detail than in the greater things necessary ! " Haud ignara mali miseris suc-
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