Project Gutenberg 2015-12-08 Public domain in the USA. 236 Liston, Robert 1794 1847 Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David) 1805 1884 Gross, S. D. (Samuel David) Gross, Samuel David 06046663 Elements of Surgery Produced by deaurider, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Elements of Surgery" by Robert Liston is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This work serves as an outline of surgical science, detailing key principles, practices, and the nature of surgical conditions, with a focus on inflammation, its consequences, and management. The text presents a pragmatic view on surgery, emphasizing the importance of practical knowledge and judgment for practitioners. The opening portion of the book introduces the topic of inflammation, establishing it as a crucial phenomenon that underlines many surgical conditions. It provides a detailed explanation of inflammation's characteristics, such as redness, swelling, pain, and heat, while delineating the distinction between healthy and morbid inflammation. Furthermore, Liston addresses various causes and outcomes of inflammation, laying the groundwork for understanding its significance in the surgical context. The introductory section emphasizes the necessity for surgeons to grasp both the physiological responses involved in inflammation and its treatment strategies, setting the stage for the more intricate topics that will follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 41.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Surgery RD Text Category: Health & Medicine 2188575 2025-07-20T10:19:34.810435 text/html 2164820 2024-10-22T23:33:09 text/html 2751434 2025-07-20T10:19:53.202381 application/epub+zip 2784062 2025-07-20T10:19:37.925431 application/epub+zip 832024 2025-07-20T10:19:36.405448 application/epub+zip 3289087 2025-07-20T10:20:05.253293 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3189715 2025-07-20T10:19:51.481371 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1253138 2022-09-23T03:55:54.268028 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2062047 2025-07-20T10:19:32.522449 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 2042182 2024-10-22T23:33:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16942 2025-07-20T10:20:05.424271 application/rdf+xml 12157 2025-07-20T10:19:36.555424 image/jpeg 2658 2025-07-20T10:19:36.481419 image/jpeg 2521547 2025-07-20T10:19:35.205470 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia