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out any exceptions, of Dr. Christopher’s work now offered in its third edition. Suffice to say that if you who read this appreciation pretend to do those surgica1 procedures that have a Iow mortahty and are, for the most part termed “minor,” by a11 means own a copy of Dr. Christopher’s book, if you aIready do not have a copy on your Iibrary sheIves. There is no need to go into detai1 regarding the contents. In this work of over a thousand pages, Dr. Christopher has covered the fieId thoroughIy. The iIIustrations truIy Uustrate and have not been thrown in for decorative purposes. If our praise seems extravagant it is because we honestIy beIieve that this book shouId be in many hands, and, to date, is the most vaIuabIe and satisfactory book we have on this subject.
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY. By Waiter MerCer, M.B., CH.B., F.R.C.S. (Edin.), F.R.s., (Edin.). With a foreword by John Fraser, Regius Professor of CIinicaI Surgery in the University of Edinburgh. Second edition. BaItimore, WiIIiam Wood & Company, ‘936. OriginaIIy, the first edition of this recognized work was the resuIt of a response to many requests that a permanent form be given to the series of Iectures and clinics on orthopedic subjects which Waiter Mercer gave under the direction of Professor Fraser. Concerning the second edition, the author states, “In the preparation of the manuscript for this edition I have endeavored to add to the text the more important deveIopments in the subject . . . which have appeared since the pubIication of the first edition. . . . I have profited by the criticisms-both kindIy and adverse-with which the first edition was greeted.” This work covers the subject in detai1. To one interested in the subject the reading is deIight-
Reviews
OCTOBER.1936
fu1. The iIIustrations are numerous and we11 seIected. Naturally, this work, by an outstanding figure in this surgica1 fieId, wiI1 have an appea1 aImost excIusiveIy to those who speciaIize in this branch of surgery. General surgeons who incIude parts of this speciaIty in their domain might we11 study the pages of this book; and the man who limits his work to orthopedic surgery, if he is not famiIiar with Mercer’s work, wiI1 not regret adding it to his Iibrary.
A TEXT-BOOK OF HISTOLOGY: ARRANGED UPON AN EMBRYOLOGICAL BASIS. By J. Lewis Bremer, M.D. Fifth edition of “Lewis and Stohr,” 455 iIIustrations, 36 of which are in coIor. PhiIadeIphia, P. BIakiston’s Son & Co., Inc. 1936. Prof. Bremer has done we11 in revising and bringing up to date, this fifth edition of the we11 known work of Lewis and Stohr. Dr. Bremer writes, “The increasing vitaIity of the embryoIogica1 and histologica sciences within the Iast few years seems to require a rather radica1 revision of this text-book with the incorporation of much new materia1.” From this point of view this textbook has been rewritten. Prof. H. L. Weatherford has written a short section on “the use of stains,” which rep1ace.s the former one on “microscopic technique.” Prof. George R. Minot has provided the new drawings of “ bIood,” and Dr. Henry Jackson, Jr., has drawn the “bone marrow” and aided in writing that part of the text. The iIIustrations are many, new iIIustrations were borrowed from various pubIications, or are origina1. There is an ampIe index. An exceIIent textbook which we hope wiI1 continue to be in wide use among undergraduates in medicine.
American Journal of Surgery
Book
out any exceptions, of Dr. Christopher’s work now offered in its third edition. Suffice to say that if you who read this appreciation pretend to do those surgica1 procedures that have a Iow mortahty and are, for the most part termed “minor,” by a11 means own a copy of Dr. Christopher’s book, if you aIready do not have a copy on your Iibrary sheIves. There is no need to go into detai1 regarding the contents. In this work of over a thousand pages, Dr. Christopher has covered the fieId thoroughIy. The iIIustrations truIy Uustrate and have not been thrown in for decorative purposes. If our praise seems extravagant it is because we honestIy beIieve that this book shouId be in many hands, and, to date, is the most vaIuabIe and satisfactory book we have on this subject.
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY. By Waiter MerCer, M.B., CH.B., F.R.C.S. (Edin.), F.R.s., (Edin.). With a foreword by John Fraser, Regius Professor of CIinicaI Surgery in the University of Edinburgh. Second edition. BaItimore, WiIIiam Wood & Company, ‘936. OriginaIIy, the first edition of this recognized work was the resuIt of a response to many requests that a permanent form be given to the series of Iectures and clinics on orthopedic subjects which Waiter Mercer gave under the direction of Professor Fraser. Concerning the second edition, the author states, “In the preparation of the manuscript for this edition I have endeavored to add to the text the more important deveIopments in the subject . . . which have appeared since the pubIication of the first edition. . . . I have profited by the criticisms-both kindIy and adverse-with which the first edition was greeted.” This work covers the subject in detai1. To one interested in the subject the reading is deIight-
Reviews
OCTOBER.1936
fu1. The iIIustrations are numerous and we11 seIected. Naturally, this work, by an outstanding figure in this surgica1 fieId, wiI1 have an appea1 aImost excIusiveIy to those who speciaIize in this branch of surgery. General surgeons who incIude parts of this speciaIty in their domain might we11 study the pages of this book; and the man who limits his work to orthopedic surgery, if he is not famiIiar with Mercer’s work, wiI1 not regret adding it to his Iibrary.
A TEXT-BOOK OF HISTOLOGY: ARRANGED UPON AN EMBRYOLOGICAL BASIS. By J. Lewis Bremer, M.D. Fifth edition of “Lewis and Stohr,” 455 iIIustrations, 36 of which are in coIor. PhiIadeIphia, P. BIakiston’s Son & Co., Inc. 1936. Prof. Bremer has done we11 in revising and bringing up to date, this fifth edition of the we11 known work of Lewis and Stohr. Dr. Bremer writes, “The increasing vitaIity of the embryoIogica1 and histologica sciences within the Iast few years seems to require a rather radica1 revision of this text-book with the incorporation of much new materia1.” From this point of view this textbook has been rewritten. Prof. H. L. Weatherford has written a short section on “the use of stains,” which rep1ace.s the former one on “microscopic technique.” Prof. George R. Minot has provided the new drawings of “ bIood,” and Dr. Henry Jackson, Jr., has drawn the “bone marrow” and aided in writing that part of the text. The iIIustrations are many, new iIIustrations were borrowed from various pubIications, or are origina1. There is an ampIe index. An exceIIent textbook which we hope wiI1 continue to be in wide use among undergraduates in medicine.