RT Journal
T1 MInor surgery
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1949
FD October 22
VO 141
IS 8
SP 570
OP 570
DO 10.1001/jama.1949.02910080070045
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02910080070045
AB Designed for use by the general practitioner, this book is one of a series of practitioner handbooks. The introduction by Lord Webb-Johnson spends several hundred words in defining the term "minor surgery" and points out that it often includes grave problems. The text is a brief résumé of some of the lesser surgical problems which fall into the category of minor surgery. In general the advice given is sound, and the few technics described are well done. In this country the use of coagulants for the treatment of burns has been abandoned. It is surprising, therefore, to find such a method given priority over the use of simple pressure dressings.