Excerpt from Notes on the Surgery of the War in the Crimea: With Remarks on the Treatment of Gunshot WoundsThe hardships incident to a soldier's life fall equally on the surgeon as upon his comrades: and, besides the dangers of bat tle and exposure, he runs the risk of those epidemic diseases which devastate, armies, and which are the product of exciting causes, to which he has been as liable as any of those actually seized, and to the infection of which, when developed, he is ever exposed: In civil practice, on the other hand, a surgeon is not subjected to those predisposin g and exciting causes of disease cold, want of food and clothing, &c., - which cause its appearance among the mass of the population, nor does he remain exposed to its infection longer than is necessary to prescribe for his pa tient. The want of libraries for study and self-improvement are also drawbacks to the exercise of the profession in armies, of which the civilian has no experience.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.