RT Journal T1 Pye's surgical handicraft: A manual of surgical manipulations, minor surgery, and other matters connected with the work of house surgeons and of surgical dressers JF Journal of the American Medical Association JO Journal of the American Medical Association YR 1939 FD October 28 VO 113 IS 18 SP 1667 OP 1667 DO 10.1001/jama.1939.02800430059047 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800430059047 AB The author has brought down to date one of the most complete single volumes on general surgery and has presented it as a guide to house surgeons. Each subject is dealt with in a concise but thorough manner which makes it enjoyable. The chapter on pulmonary complications is especially well presented. Each procedure discussed in a given technic is presented in detail, so that one unfamiliar with the technic can easily follow the steps.