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been to have substituted the line drawings by a restricted form of labelling applied to the photographs themselves . Another regret concerns the content which is disappointingly nonselective. It is a pity that the opportunity was not taken to adopt a more strongly applied approach, a field in which the authors have much to offer. Despite these criticisms, this book is without doubt by far the best and most complete photographic atlas of ruminant anatomy available and it will certainly prove indispensable to teachers of veterinary anatomy and surgery and to experimentalists . I doubt, however, that it will be as attractive to veterinary students as the authors obviously anticipate, the completeness and format of the labelling proving too much of a deterrent . Furthermore, although excellent value at the price there will be other demands on the students' limited resources . It is intended that this first volume will be succeeded by a second volume covering the horse and a third volume on the dog and cat . A slide atlas based on the material in this book is available separately from Gower Medical Publishing . J . McLELLAND
Canine Medicine and Therapeutics. Ed . E . A .
Chandler, J . B . Sutton and D . J . Thompson . Oxford : Blackwells Scientific Publications for the BSAVA Pp . 566 . Price £37 .50 . In the late seventies the BSAVA Publications Committee noting the absence in the United Kingdom of a comprehensive text on Canine Internal Medicine set about to remedy
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the situation . This brave venture resulted in the publication in 1979 of Canine Medicine and Therapeutics edited by six well known and mainly practice-based veterinary surgeons. The first edition has been so well received that a second edition was thought timely. This second edition is edited by two of the original editors, E . A . Chandler and J . B. Sutton and they are joined by another well known practitioner in D . J . Thompson . Most of the authors have updated and rewritten their original contributions . Clearly even in a volume of over 500 pages it would not be possible to cover such a vast topic in detail . This constantly creates problems for the editors and authors . In both editions they have succeeded admirably in writing only of essentials with just enough detail to make the book the first port of call when faced with the puzzling medical case . The second edition is larger than the first, there are two extra chapters, both extremely useful, covering Nutrition and Joint Disease respectively . As well as a mainly rewritten and expanded text there are many more illustrations which makes this edition more pleasing to the eye . For small animal and mixed practices who do not have an up-to-date source of reference for Canine Medicine, I can enthusiastically recommend this book . For those who have the first edition I think that there is sufficient new and helpful material in this second edition for me to again recommend its purchase . The success of the first edition and its replacement by an even better second edition reflects well on the BSAVA, their excellent editors and authors and they are to be congratulated . I . HUGHES
been to have substituted the line drawings by a restricted form of labelling applied to the photographs themselves . Another regret concerns the content which is disappointingly nonselective. It is a pity that the opportunity was not taken to adopt a more strongly applied approach, a field in which the authors have much to offer. Despite these criticisms, this book is without doubt by far the best and most complete photographic atlas of ruminant anatomy available and it will certainly prove indispensable to teachers of veterinary anatomy and surgery and to experimentalists . I doubt, however, that it will be as attractive to veterinary students as the authors obviously anticipate, the completeness and format of the labelling proving too much of a deterrent . Furthermore, although excellent value at the price there will be other demands on the students' limited resources . It is intended that this first volume will be succeeded by a second volume covering the horse and a third volume on the dog and cat . A slide atlas based on the material in this book is available separately from Gower Medical Publishing . J . McLELLAND
Canine Medicine and Therapeutics. Ed . E . A .
Chandler, J . B . Sutton and D . J . Thompson . Oxford : Blackwells Scientific Publications for the BSAVA Pp . 566 . Price £37 .50 . In the late seventies the BSAVA Publications Committee noting the absence in the United Kingdom of a comprehensive text on Canine Internal Medicine set about to remedy
635
the situation . This brave venture resulted in the publication in 1979 of Canine Medicine and Therapeutics edited by six well known and mainly practice-based veterinary surgeons. The first edition has been so well received that a second edition was thought timely. This second edition is edited by two of the original editors, E . A . Chandler and J . B. Sutton and they are joined by another well known practitioner in D . J . Thompson . Most of the authors have updated and rewritten their original contributions . Clearly even in a volume of over 500 pages it would not be possible to cover such a vast topic in detail . This constantly creates problems for the editors and authors . In both editions they have succeeded admirably in writing only of essentials with just enough detail to make the book the first port of call when faced with the puzzling medical case . The second edition is larger than the first, there are two extra chapters, both extremely useful, covering Nutrition and Joint Disease respectively . As well as a mainly rewritten and expanded text there are many more illustrations which makes this edition more pleasing to the eye . For small animal and mixed practices who do not have an up-to-date source of reference for Canine Medicine, I can enthusiastically recommend this book . For those who have the first edition I think that there is sufficient new and helpful material in this second edition for me to again recommend its purchase . The success of the first edition and its replacement by an even better second edition reflects well on the BSAVA, their excellent editors and authors and they are to be congratulated . I . HUGHES