Excerpt from Surgical Bacteriology The recent advances in surgical pathology laid the foundation for the wonderful achievements of modern surgery. In propor tion as our knowledge Of the etiology and pathology of the different surgical lesions approaches perfection, will surgery assume the dignity of an exact science and a true art. The future progress in surgery will be characterized by original research in the elucidation of as yet obscure etiological and pathological questions. If the nature of a disease is well under stood, rational suggestions as to proper treatment will follow as a natural consequence. During the last fifteen years there has been more real advance made in surgical pathology than during twenty centuries preceding them. Bacteriology opened a new era for surgical pathology. The knowledge which has accumulated from the bacteriological investigations Of disease has opened new fields of usefulness for the surgeon. Many diseases heretofore uselessly treated with drugs by the physician are now successfully treated by surgical measures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.