The background to surgery; Theatres, antiseptics, and antibiotics; The control of bleeding; Basic methods and instruments; The surgery of sepsis: draining abscesses; Pus in the pleura, the pericardium, the peritoneum, and the pelvis; Pus in the muscles, bones and joints; Pus in the hands and feet; Methods for abdominal surgery; The acute abdomen: intestinal obstruction; The stomach; The appendix; The gall-bladder, pancreas, and spleen; Hernias; The surgery of conception; The surgery of pregnancy; The medicine of pregnancy; The surgery of labour; Other obstetric problems; Gynaecology; The breast and the thyroid; Proctology; Urology; The eye; The ear, nose, and throat; The teeth and mouth; Orthopaedics; Paediatric surgery; Surgery, AIDS, and hepatitis B; The surgery of tubercolosis; The surgery of leprosy; The surgery of `tropical' diseases; Oncology; Terminal care; Miscellaneous; Appendices.