MEDICAL AND SURGICAL LANDMARKS
By the same Author.
MANUAL OF DISSECTION OF THE HUMAN BODY.
With numerous Illustrations.
HUMAN OSTEOLOGY.
Comprising a Description of the Bones with Delineations of theAttachments of the Muscles. Sixth Edition in the press.
LANDMARKS
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL
BY
LUTHER HOLDEN
EX-PRESIDENT, MEMBER OF COUNCIL, AND MEMBER OF THE COURT OF EXAMINERS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND: CONSULTING SURGEON TO SAINT BARTHOLOMEW’S AND THE FOUNDLING HOSPITALS
assisted by
JAMES SHUTER, M.A. Camb., F.R.C.S.
ASSISTANT SURGEON TO THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL: LATE DEMONSTRATOR OF PHYSIOLOGY, AND LATE ASSISTANT DEMONSTRATOR OF ANATOMY, AT SAINT BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL
THIRD EDITION
LONDON
J. & A. CHURCHILL, NEW BURLINGTON STREET
1881
[All rights reserved]
TO
THE STUDENTS
PAST AND PRESENT
OF
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL
THESE ‘LANDMARKS’ ARE
Dedicated
BY THEIR SINCERE FRIEND
THE AUTHOR
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
In the present Edition the author adheres to his decision not tointroduce Diagrams. Additional experience more than ever convinceshim that they would frustrate his original object, which is to teachStudents the habit of making the eye and the hand work together, and toeducate the ‘touch’ upon the normal living body.
Without such practical training, how can we reasonably expect to form acorrect diagnosis when called upon to examine an injury or to detect adisease? In truth, the work is intended only for those who are desirousof acquiring the habit recommended.
London: May, 1881.
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
These ‘Landmarks’ have already appeared in Saint Bartholomew’s HospitalReports. They are now republished, with some additions, in the hopethat they may be useful to others besides those for whom they wereoriginally intended.
My object has been to collect into a compact form the leading landmarkswhich help practical surgeons in their daily work. Those relating tothe chest and abdomen have been ascertained, with as much precision asnatural variations permit, by needles introduced in various directions.
I have to express my acknowledgments to Mr. Walsham and to Dr.Godson for their contributions.