Surgery

(sur’ -jer-e) [OF.,ci?’iugie, from^’p, hand; epyeiv, to work]. The branch of medicine dealing with diseases requiring operative procedure. S., Antiseptic, the application of antiseptic methods in the treatment of wounds. S., Major, that in which the operations are important and involve risks to life. S., Minor, that part of S. including procedures not involving danger to life, as, e. g., bandaging, the application of splints, dre ings, sutures, counter irritation, cauterization, and blood-letting. S., Plastic, repair of defects by transference of ti ue. 610