Presumably, some authority at some point had taken the liberty to overlook certain truisms as having been dealt with and spoken about at length and hence omitted from the subsequent versions. The newer editions have unfortunately focused only on the technological and clinical advancements, leaving out many profound questions posed by the original edition. The earliest editions of the books by another prolific surgeon Dr Hamilton Bailey were thankfully part of my curriculum. This book spoke about the art and science of surgery while hinting at the role of intuition. His book was a wealth of great insights, adorned with beautiful hand sketches by the author himself. Dr Edgerton was a renowned plastic surgeon and one of the founding professors at John Hopkins University. One of my great discoveries in the library was this brilliant book by Dr Milton T Edgerton called the ‘The Art of Surgical Technique’. I knew the answers were there to be found in history, if one cared to dig them out, like how in the Egyptian mythology where some of the secrets are believed to have been mummified. Humbarwadi would ask me to consult these secluded corners of the old sections from time to time. The primary fuel of my offbeat voyage was the long list of unanswered questions to which some of my professors like Prof.
The disregarded corridors led me to a unique treasure trove of archaic books and journals. In my formative student years, I used to hang around the vintage racks of my college library, in the archival section wherein outdated books were stored, nay dumped. If one broadly looks at the tenets and principles of surgery, the art and science of it have always been spoken about, but the role of intuition has not been emphasised much. Scalpel has always been defined by science and never by intuition.
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