Download or read book An Index of Prognosis and End-Results of Treatment (Classic Reprint) written by A. Rendle Short and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Index of Prognosis and End-Results of Treatment The only way to express end-results in such a manner as to give authoritative guidance is by quoting statistics. Thus alone can the practitioner, unless his personal experience is far wider than ordinary, verify or qualify the promises of an enthusiastic specialist. Published end-results have been calculated on various systems, and may be hopelessly unreliable. Sometimes, for instance, the cases are too few to warrant generalization. Very many figures are vitiated by too early reporting; patients with cancer, for example, having been followed up for a year or two only. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.