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ON THE

DISEASES, INJURIES, AND MALFORMATIONS

OF THE

RECTUM AND ANUS.

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T. J. ASHTON,

SURGEON TO THE BLENHEIM DISPENSARY,

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY,

MEMBER OF THE PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON,
CORRESPONDING FELLOW OF THE PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MONTREAL,
MEMBER OF THE HARVEIAN SOCIETY,

FORMERLY HOUSE SURGEON TO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.

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LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET.

1864 A82 1860

Enged.

PREFACE

TO THE THIRD EDITION.

THE rapid exhaustion of two editions of this work, the flattering testimony of the profession, and the opinions expressed by the medical press of this country, as well as by the Continental and American journals, are most gratifying to me, as affording evidence that my labours for the alleviation of human suffering, in directing the attention of the profession to the symptonis, causes, and treatment of an important class of diseases, which has hitherto been but superficially noticed by surgical writers generally, and but imperfectly understood by many of the profession, have not been unsuccessful.

For nearly twelve months the second edition of the work has been out of print; and I regret that professional demands on my time have not admitted the preparation of a third edition for the press at an earlier period. The same arrangement of the contents is observed as in the previous editions, and the same

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