Mr. Fifield was just about to start work on the second edition of his book. Minor Surgery, when his untimely death cut short his proposed labours. The revision and preparation of this edition was therefore undertaken by Mr. R. J. McNeill Love whose own book, A Shorter Surgery, is well known. Minor Surgery is however very different from Mr. Love's own book in that it. is definitely confined to m...

This is a new ' minor surgeryThe author has followed very much the orthodox lines, except that he has pressed into his service a number of collaborators, about which he has given the reader very little information, beyond their names at the beginnings of the chapters they have contributed. In these days of specialization, it is perhaps as well to have the teachings of a number of experts, even ...