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Illustrated Surgery A Road Map Illustrated Surgery A Road Map Nilay Mandal MS (General Surgery) Associate Professor Department of Surgery Bankura Sammilani Medical College Bankura, West Bengal, India The Health Sciences Publisher New Delhi | London | Philadelphia | Panama Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd Headquarters Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd 4838/24, Ansari Road, Daryaganj New Delhi 110 002, India Phone: +91-11-43574357 Fax: +91-11-43574314 E.mail: [email protected] Overseas Offices Jaypee-Highlights Medical Publishers Inc J.P. 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Inquiries for bulk sales may be solicited at: [email protected] Illustrated Surgery—A Road Map First Edition: 2016 ISBN 978-93-85891-20-5 Printed at Dedicated to My teachers, my parents, spouse Tapati and daughter Tannistha, for their love and support 7 Contents Preface ‘Books are the compass and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life.’ I strongly believe that in the seas of life we all need some help in any moment from others. I also believe that in midst of seas of medical science, all medical personnels particularly the medi- cal students need a GPS and a philosopher. That GPS can come in his or her life in the form of a teacher or a good book or both. In my short period of teaching, I have experienced that most of the students can remember the diseases and their management as a whole but without understanding the disease process, it’s pathophysiology or the principles of treatment. From my understanding, the reason is so many subjects in a too short period. In this book I have attempted to describe the diseases in such a illustrative manner so that the students can understand as well as recover his or her memories from the illustrations. Better understanding , not a better memory make a average medical student to a good doctor. As the book is based on illustrations, most of the diseases are described in a illustrative man- ner, less text more illustrations. I hope that the book will be more of a guide book for travelling in seas and mountains of medical science than a reference book. Your safe journey can only make me happy. Wish you a happy journey. Nilay Mandal 9 Contents Acknowledgments ‘Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle,like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.’ I am grateful to my teachers, my students and friends whose encouragement and emotional support make me courageous to do this task. I am also grateful to Shri Jitendar P Vij (Group Chairman), Mr Ankit Vij (Managing Director) and Mr Tarun Duneja (Director-Publishing) of M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India, for publishing this book. I would also like to thank all staff members of Kolkata production unit of Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd for their constant support and co- operation to complete this book.
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