166; Fleming Oil Ca. v. South Penn Oil Co., 37 W. Va. 653, 17 8. E. 203. In surgical practice, the term is of indefinite import, but may be approximately defined as. an act or succession of acts performed upon the body of a patient, for his relief or restoration to normal conditions, either by manipulation or the use of surgical instruments or both, as distinguished from therapeutic treatment by the administration of drugs or other remedial agencies. See