This work has been prepared to fill a vacuum which seems to exist in American medical literature. The uterus is so frequently diseased that the younger members of the medical profession are called upon, immediately upon entering practice, to prescribe for it; and both they and their elder brethren frequently find themselves in want of more definite information than is generally found in treatises on the diseases of women. Prof. Byford's volume, it is hoped, will supply this want, and prove acceptable to the medical profession. From G. S. BEDFORD, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children in the University of New York. "On my return to the city, I found on my table Byford on the Uterus.' The next day I commenced perusing it, and have read it from cover to cover. I need not say that, in my judgment, the book enhances your deserved reputation. You have, if my opinion be worth anything, given the profession an excellent work, and one that is sensible and practical. Go on, my dear Doctor, and give us more of your experience. It is what the profession most needs-the experience of good and ripe minds." From FORDYCE BARKER, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children in Bellevue Hospital Medical College. "Some weeks ago I received a copy of your work on the Uterus. I have delayed acknowledging the favor, until I could give the book a careful perusal. I have just finished it I mean a thorough reading of it. I feel personally indebted to you, not merely for the copy, which, of course, I should have bought, but for writing the book; and I think you have laid the profession in this country under a load of obligation by giving them such a clear, concise, and practical treatise on a class of affections that even now is very little understood by the greater majority." From R. A. F. PENROSE, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics in the University of Pennsylvania. "I find, on my return to Philadelphia, the copy of your new work which you have so kindly sent me. Accept my thanks for the favor. I have as yet not had time to give it the careful study it merits; but, from the superficial inspection I have made, I find much that is most valuable." |