Abstract
More than a decade has elapsed since the late Mr. Greig Smith of Bristol fixed the surgeon's standard of attainments for abdominal and pelvic operations in these words: To be prepared, at the appearance of any complication, to apply the best-known surgical technics; to do what is wanted, and no more than is wanted; to have the manner and method of each procedure mentally laid down in clear and definite lines; and generally to perform the operation in a steady, straightforward, workmanlike manner through the endless complications that may arise, is no trifling call on the capacities of a human being. Much of it may be learned by intelligent practice at the expense of the patients; much may be learned by careful study and practice on the dead body; but most of all will the young surgeon derive information from a close and
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