Excerpt from New York Medical Journal, Vol. 101: Incorporating the Philadelphia Medical Journal and the Medical News, a Weekly Review of Medicine; January to June, 1915, Inclusive At the field hospital we were ready to operate day or night, within an hour after a definite diag nosis was made. The teaching of that great teacher and operator, Deaver, that delay means disaster, was kept constantly in mind. At the field hospital five medical officers were on duty. Consultants were at hand, and interference by solicitous relatives and friends was not a cause' for delay. A careful examination with a leucocyte count was made in each case. A diagnosis having been made, the patient was placed in bed in the Fowler position even for the hour's time while preparation was made for operation. The simplification of modern surgi cal asepsis was a big factor as a time saver. The area for Operation was given a dry shave, and paint ed with one half strength U. S. P. Tincture of iodine, half an hour before operation; this was followed by a thorough painting of the area with the same strength solution immediately preceding operation. 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.