Abstract
This book might, with advantage, be compressed into two-thirds its size as it is verbose in its expressions, and the art of condensation, so far as the author is concerned, is a lost art. The author's ideas are a little foggy in respect to tumors page 561, "Fibro-myomata and Fibromata." "Between the simple gelatinoid polypus and the true fibroma may be found mixed tumors of all grades, from those containing the slightest trace of fibrous material to those difficult to differentiate from the true fibroid; the gravity of the case varies in proportion to the amount of fibrous substance, because that is very vascular, and the chief danger of removal lies in the hemorrhage." Page 563: "Adenomata and cysts are to be regarded as modifications of mucous polypi, with similar symptoms and treatment, though the former may take on the characteristics of carcinoma and the latter do not tend to
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