Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. (1899)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co · leaf 660
ng one part ofthe alimentary canal to another has been due largely to the ingenuity andperseverance of American surgeons, who have devoted years to experimenta-tion and practice upon the cadaver and upon animals. The Kidneys. — The kidney has not been behind the other organs of thebody in reaping… … THE CENTURYS ADVANCE IN SURGERY 625 that life and health are compatible with only one kidney. Since this timethe removal of a kidney for disease or injury, when its fellow of the oppo-site side is healthy and performing its function, has been looked upon as anentirely justifiable operation. The…
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