Excerpt from The Medical Bulletin, 1886, Vol. 8: A Monthly Journal of Medicine and Surgery The stitches are now securely tied, and the operation is completed. The patient will be kept in bed about seven or eight days, and usually needs but very little attention. The stitches being catgut need cause no anxiety, as they will either be absorbed or come away in the course of one or two weeks. 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.