Tag: Abdomenal pain

  • Book Review: Cope’s Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen

    Book Review: Cope’s Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen

    “You cannot be a real general surgeon without reading this book.” – ScheinĀ (p. 27) Cope’s Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen is one of the most famous, if not the most famous, single subject book in all of medicine. Now in its twenty-second edition, it remains an excellent monograph about the history and physical examination…