Download or read book The Chicago Medical Examiner, 1863, Vol. 4 written by Nathan Smith Davis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Chicago Medical Examiner, 1863, Vol. 4: A Monthly Journal, Devoted to the Educational, Scientific and Practical Interests of the Medical Profession At one time the mania for trepanning was carried to such an extent, that surgeons seemed to vie with each other, to see which could bore the most holes in a patient's head, without killing him. 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.