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PREFACE

This handbook has resulted from the need of students and house officers to be able to carry a book with them for easy reference when there is limited access to the companion textbook. This portable handbook is not meant to supersede the textbook and should be used in conjunction with the seventh edition of Principles of Surgery. The material prepared by the contributors to the handbook is based solely on the chapters from the seventh edition and is meant to be a concise synopsis of the work of those original authors.