Primary Surgery^®

Volume One: Non-trauma

Nelson Awori, Anne Bayley, Alan Beasley, James Boland, Michael Crawford, Frits Driessen, Allen Foster, Wendy Graham, Brian Hancock, Branwen Hancock, Gerald Hankins, Neville Harrison, Ian Kennedy, Julius Kyambi, Samiran Nundy, Joe Sheperd, John Stewart, Grace Warren, Michael Wood 

Edited by Maurice King, Peter C. Bewes, James Cairns, Jim Thornton

Online Edition on special wish of the editors Maurice King and Peter C. Bewes expressed on the 8th. DTC Symposium in Jena 1999;
realisation by : Bernd Michael Schneider, Gustav Quade, Jürgen Quade, H. Woltering, P. Sommer, and B.D. Domres

The production of this manual on Surgery was sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation within the scope of the Technical Co-operation Agreement with the Republic of Kenya, under project number 78.2048.3-01.100. It was compiled by Maurice King Peter Bewes, James Cairns, and Jim Thornton in close collaboration with Kenyan and other experts. The manual contains the collective views of an international group of experts. The methods and techniques described correspond to the state of the art with regard to their feasibility in rural hospitals, where sophisticated technical equipment may not be available. These manuals cannot, however, replace personal instruction by a qualified expert. Neither the editors, nor the publisher may be held responsible for any damage resulting from the application of the described methods. Any liability in this respect is excluded.

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we thank GTZ for giving us the revocable rigth for distributing this information for non-profit purpose according to the above mentioned wishes of the editors M. King and P.Bewes as expressed on the general assembly of the 8th DTC Symposium in Jena on 13th 11.1999 and thank the team of AGKM Uni Tuebingen; for the support during the implementation and G. Quade for the technical support provided during the realisation of this online - project.

Dedication

These manuals are dedicated by the first editor to his aunt, then Miss Davidona de Winton, who in the hills of Ceylon in 1932, once taught a very small boy unwillingly to read and write.