Preparing the patient for surgery; perioperative care; metabolic care of the surgical patient; the acute abdomen; surgical (obstructive) jaundice; haematemesis, melaena and peptic ulcer disease; bleeding from the anus, rectum and colon; swellings of the thyroid gland (goitre) and other swellings of the head and neck; carcinoma of the breast; swellings of the groin; trauma; peripheral vascular disease; diseases of the venous system; common skin malignancies.