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porart·d into the text. Clini< al rnaHifestatiun' an· constantly corrdatcd with basic knowlcd_gt:. .md the thowughncs~ and dar it y with which the author prrsents basi< clinical diagnostic nwthods i~ commendable. When routro\·ersial snbjecrs an· discwpecilllt'll' ;uc hclpfullv illustrati\<'. Tlw >tyle is cousi>tt'Jllh •araightforward and ··xplicit, ''ith a minimum of ,upedhtolts \'l'rbiagP. This •·xccll,•nt textbook lwiongs in th•· library of all students of !.(}'lll'co!n!.(y 1\'ho jltJss<·ss a r•·;tdinl!' knml'lt•dgt• .,f
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Combined Text hook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Editrd hv Dugald Baird. Sixth •·clition. 936 pages, 4~1:! illustrariom . Ballimon·. 19.'i7. Williams & Wilkins Company. ~ 1:'l.Ofl. In the pres<·m c:dition of this wl'il-kHoWtJ l<'xtlmok the format as \1 dl as the tt:xt has ht•en 'hanged. Altlwugh m~tch tww material has ht'<'ll induded the tlltllllwr of pag<'s has bPen n:dun:d Itt ttlllll\Cild<'cl to Alltf'l'it an r•·adcr.<.
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Books received for review Biochemistry of Human Genetics. By 29 participants in Ciba Foundation Symposium, G. E. \\.' Wolstenholme and C. 'M. O'Connor, editors for C:iha. 84-7 pages. tiO illustrations. Boston, 1959, LittlE'. Bro\\!J & Company. -~9.50.
Cancer of the Cervix-Diagnosis of Early Forms. By Ciha Foundation Study Group No. 3, C. E. W. Wolstenholme and yfae\'e O'Connor, Pditors. II+ pagr·s, 27 figures. Boston, 1%9. Little, Brmm & Company. $2.50. Childbirth Without Pain. By Picm' Ydlay and others {translated from the French by Denisr Lloyd First edition. Kcw York, 1960, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inr. $:'\.CJ.'i. Clinical Endocrinology. Edited hv Edwin B. /\stwood. First edition. 724 pages. New York. 1960, Grum' & Stratton, Inc. $18.75. Colposcopie. By Jules Brct and FNnand C:oupn. 270 page>, 121 figures, 2 color plate'. Paris. J960, Masson et Cie. 4:1.00 ?\F.
Complications of Pregnancy. By Staff of Mount Sinai HospitaL edited by Alan F. Guttmacher and Joseph l Rodnsky. 619 pages, 47 figures, :16 tables. Baltimore, 1960, Williams & Wilkins Company. $16.50.
A Dictionary for Medical Secretaries. By halwl ;\lice Stanton, 175 pages. Springfield, IlL 1960, Charles C Thomas, Publisher. $6 ..'i0. Edema-Mechanisms and Management. By John H. Moyer and :l\1orton Fuchs. 8:13 page~. Philadelphia, 1960, \V. B. Saunders Co. $15. La Endometriosis. By Donato Gonzalez Marmol. Havana, 1Cl5iJ. Rnger A. Queralt. Arks Graficas.
Fermente-Hormone-Vitamine, Vol. 2, Hormone. By R. Ammon and W. Dirscherl. Third Pdition. 897 pages, 144 figures, 88 tables. Stuttgart, 1960, Georg Thieme Verlag and Intprcontinmtal Medical Book Corp., New York City. DM 148. ($35.25. or subscription price
DM 125.80 1$29.951.
Volume 80 Number 3
Selected abstracts
From Fish to Philosopher-The Story of Our Internal Environment. By Homer W. Smith. Ciba edition, revised and enlarged, 304 pages. Summit, 1959. Issued by Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., with permission of Little, Brown & Company, Boston. Fundamentals of Clinical Hematology. By Byrd S. LeavPll and Oscar A. Thorup, Jr. 503 pages, 71 figures, 20 tables. Philadelphia, 1960, W. B. Saunders Company. $10.00. Gyniikologen Deutscher Sprache-Biographie und Bibliographie. By H. Kirchoff and R. Polacsek. Third edition. 630 pages. New York, 1960, Intercontinental Medical Book Corp. $11.40. High Blood Pressure and Pregnancy. By Lann' Townsend. 115 pages, 22 figures, 26 tables. New York, 1960, Melbourne University Pre~s and Cambridge University Press. $8.50. British Medical Bulletin-Antibiotics in Medicine. By L. P. Garrod, scientific editor. 88 pages, illustrated. London, 1960, Medical Department, British Council. $3.25. De klinische W aarde van Methyl-Oestrenolon en Allyi-Oestrenol bij Menstruatie stoomissen en Bedreigde Zwangerschap. By Hermanus Willemsen. 88 pages, illustrated. Leiden, 1960, Batteljee & Terpstra. Lifespan of Animals (Colloquia on Ageing). By 27 contributors, G. E. W. Wolstenholme and Y.1. O'Connor, rditors. Vol. 5, 370 pages, ~·8 illustrations and cumulative index to vols. l to 5. Boston. 1959, Little, Brown & Company. $9.50.
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Nine Month's Reading-A Medical Guide for Pregnant Women. By Robert E. Hall. 1~)1 pages, illustrated. New York, 1960, Doubleday & Company, Inc. $2.95. The Office Assistant in Medical Practice. By Portia M. Frederick and Carol Towner. S;·cond edition. 407 pages, 76 figures. Philadelphia, 1960, W. B. Saunders Company. $5.25. Protection in Diagnostic Radiology. By B. P. Sonnenblick. 346 pages, 52 tables, 93 figun·s. New Brunswick, N. J., 1959. Rutgers UnivNsity Press. $7.50. Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry. Edit<'d by Joseph Wortis. Vol. II, 417 pages. Nt'W York, 1960, Grune & Stratton, Inc. $!3.50. Sex Differentiation and Development. Edited by C. R. Austin. 198 pages. I'\ew York. 19Hl, Cambridge l"'niversity Press. $8.50. Significant Trends in Medical Research, Series 50. Edited by G. E. W. Wolstenholme. C . .\L O'Connor, and Maeve O'Connor. 356 pag-<'S, H illustrations. Boston, 1959, Little, Brown & Company. S9.50. Typical Gynecologic Operations. By Siegfrit>d Tapfer (translated by L. M. Szamek). fjp;t English edition from second German edition. 81 pages, 168 figures. Philadelphia, 1960, J. B. Lippincott Company. $9.00. Virus Virulence and Pathogenicity. C:iha Foundation Study Group No. 4, G. E. W. Wolstenholme and C. M. O'Connor, editors. 114 pages, 13 illustrations. Boston, 1960, Little, Brown & Company.
Selected abstracts Acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica Vol. 37, Sup pl. 1. 1958. Per: Leg'a.l Abortion in Sweden: Tentative Evaluation of Justification of FrPquPncy During Last Decade, pp. 1-75. Aren: On Legal Abortion in Sweden, pp. 1-75. Since the expansion of the Swedish Abortion Law in 1946, gynecologists are not infrequently requested to induce abortion on medicosocial *An~n,
*These articles have been abstracted.
grounds. During the last decade the frequen,·y of legal abortions has been fairly high, and in 1951 it reached a maximum of 5 7.4 per 1,000 living children born. The incrPase in frequency of legal abortion in Sweden has heen disquieting, especially as no evidence has been produced that criminal abortion has become less common. Much suggests that the total number of abortions has not decreased, but increased. It has been suggested that since 1946 a new type of abortion clientele has developed, one consisting mainly of married women. Furthermore, tlw Abortion Law presupposes prognostication for
614 Books received
porart·d into the text. Clini< al rnaHifestatiun' an· constantly corrdatcd with basic knowlcd_gt:. .md the thowughncs~ and dar it y with which the author prrsents basi< clinical diagnostic nwthods i~ commendable. When routro\·ersial snbjecrs an· discw
\,,,
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( >h'-t
&
i'.f/;11 G~ ~~~·1
Combined Text hook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Editrd hv Dugald Baird. Sixth •·clition. 936 pages, 4~1:! illustrariom . Ballimon·. 19.'i7. Williams & Wilkins Company. ~ 1:'l.Ofl. In the pres<·m c:dition of this wl'il-kHoWtJ l<'xtlmok the format as \1 dl as the tt:xt has ht•en 'hanged. Altlwugh m~tch tww material has ht'<'ll induded the tlltllllwr of pag<'s has bPen n:dun:d Itt tt
( ;erman.
Books received for review Biochemistry of Human Genetics. By 29 participants in Ciba Foundation Symposium, G. E. \\.' Wolstenholme and C. 'M. O'Connor, editors for C:iha. 84-7 pages. tiO illustrations. Boston, 1959, LittlE'. Bro\\!J & Company. -~9.50.
Cancer of the Cervix-Diagnosis of Early Forms. By Ciha Foundation Study Group No. 3, C. E. W. Wolstenholme and yfae\'e O'Connor, Pditors. II+ pagr·s, 27 figures. Boston, 1%9. Little, Brmm & Company. $2.50. Childbirth Without Pain. By Picm' Ydlay and others {translated from the French by Denisr Lloyd First edition. Kcw York, 1960, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inr. $:'\.CJ.'i. Clinical Endocrinology. Edited hv Edwin B. /\stwood. First edition. 724 pages. New York. 1960, Grum' & Stratton, Inc. $18.75. Colposcopie. By Jules Brct and FNnand C:oupn. 270 page>, 121 figures, 2 color plate'. Paris. J960, Masson et Cie. 4:1.00 ?\F.
Complications of Pregnancy. By Staff of Mount Sinai HospitaL edited by Alan F. Guttmacher and Joseph l Rodnsky. 619 pages, 47 figures, :16 tables. Baltimore, 1960, Williams & Wilkins Company. $16.50.
A Dictionary for Medical Secretaries. By halwl ;\lice Stanton, 175 pages. Springfield, IlL 1960, Charles C Thomas, Publisher. $6 ..'i0. Edema-Mechanisms and Management. By John H. Moyer and :l\1orton Fuchs. 8:13 page~. Philadelphia, 1960, \V. B. Saunders Co. $15. La Endometriosis. By Donato Gonzalez Marmol. Havana, 1Cl5iJ. Rnger A. Queralt. Arks Graficas.
Fermente-Hormone-Vitamine, Vol. 2, Hormone. By R. Ammon and W. Dirscherl. Third Pdition. 897 pages, 144 figures, 88 tables. Stuttgart, 1960, Georg Thieme Verlag and Intprcontinmtal Medical Book Corp., New York City. DM 148. ($35.25. or subscription price
DM 125.80 1$29.951.
Volume 80 Number 3
Selected abstracts
From Fish to Philosopher-The Story of Our Internal Environment. By Homer W. Smith. Ciba edition, revised and enlarged, 304 pages. Summit, 1959. Issued by Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., with permission of Little, Brown & Company, Boston. Fundamentals of Clinical Hematology. By Byrd S. LeavPll and Oscar A. Thorup, Jr. 503 pages, 71 figures, 20 tables. Philadelphia, 1960, W. B. Saunders Company. $10.00. Gyniikologen Deutscher Sprache-Biographie und Bibliographie. By H. Kirchoff and R. Polacsek. Third edition. 630 pages. New York, 1960, Intercontinental Medical Book Corp. $11.40. High Blood Pressure and Pregnancy. By Lann' Townsend. 115 pages, 22 figures, 26 tables. New York, 1960, Melbourne University Pre~s and Cambridge University Press. $8.50. British Medical Bulletin-Antibiotics in Medicine. By L. P. Garrod, scientific editor. 88 pages, illustrated. London, 1960, Medical Department, British Council. $3.25. De klinische W aarde van Methyl-Oestrenolon en Allyi-Oestrenol bij Menstruatie stoomissen en Bedreigde Zwangerschap. By Hermanus Willemsen. 88 pages, illustrated. Leiden, 1960, Batteljee & Terpstra. Lifespan of Animals (Colloquia on Ageing). By 27 contributors, G. E. W. Wolstenholme and Y.1. O'Connor, rditors. Vol. 5, 370 pages, ~·8 illustrations and cumulative index to vols. l to 5. Boston. 1959, Little, Brown & Company. $9.50.
615
Nine Month's Reading-A Medical Guide for Pregnant Women. By Robert E. Hall. 1~)1 pages, illustrated. New York, 1960, Doubleday & Company, Inc. $2.95. The Office Assistant in Medical Practice. By Portia M. Frederick and Carol Towner. S;·cond edition. 407 pages, 76 figures. Philadelphia, 1960, W. B. Saunders Company. $5.25. Protection in Diagnostic Radiology. By B. P. Sonnenblick. 346 pages, 52 tables, 93 figun·s. New Brunswick, N. J., 1959. Rutgers UnivNsity Press. $7.50. Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry. Edit<'d by Joseph Wortis. Vol. II, 417 pages. Nt'W York, 1960, Grune & Stratton, Inc. $!3.50. Sex Differentiation and Development. Edited by C. R. Austin. 198 pages. I'\ew York. 19Hl, Cambridge l"'niversity Press. $8.50. Significant Trends in Medical Research, Series 50. Edited by G. E. W. Wolstenholme. C . .\L O'Connor, and Maeve O'Connor. 356 pag-<'S, H illustrations. Boston, 1959, Little, Brown & Company. S9.50. Typical Gynecologic Operations. By Siegfrit>d Tapfer (translated by L. M. Szamek). fjp;t English edition from second German edition. 81 pages, 168 figures. Philadelphia, 1960, J. B. Lippincott Company. $9.00. Virus Virulence and Pathogenicity. C:iha Foundation Study Group No. 4, G. E. W. Wolstenholme and C. M. O'Connor, editors. 114 pages, 13 illustrations. Boston, 1960, Little, Brown & Company.
Selected abstracts Acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica Vol. 37, Sup pl. 1. 1958. Per: Leg'a.l Abortion in Sweden: Tentative Evaluation of Justification of FrPquPncy During Last Decade, pp. 1-75. Aren: On Legal Abortion in Sweden, pp. 1-75. Since the expansion of the Swedish Abortion Law in 1946, gynecologists are not infrequently requested to induce abortion on medicosocial *An~n,
*These articles have been abstracted.
grounds. During the last decade the frequen,·y of legal abortions has been fairly high, and in 1951 it reached a maximum of 5 7.4 per 1,000 living children born. The incrPase in frequency of legal abortion in Sweden has heen disquieting, especially as no evidence has been produced that criminal abortion has become less common. Much suggests that the total number of abortions has not decreased, but increased. It has been suggested that since 1946 a new type of abortion clientele has developed, one consisting mainly of married women. Furthermore, tlw Abortion Law presupposes prognostication for