Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgements; The Layout of this Book; The Reviewers; 1. The Daily Management of Patients in Surgical Wards; 2. Prescriptions and Other Tasks; 3. Head and Neck Surgery; 4. Endocrine Surgery; 5. Breast Surgery; 6. Chest Surgery; 7. Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery; 8. Hapatobiliary, Pancreatic and Splenic Surgery; 9. Colorectal Surgery; 10. Hernias; 11. Urinary Tract Surgery; 12. Vascular Surgery; 13. Skin Surgery; 14. Surgery of Children; 15. Trauma Surgery.