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CLINICAL RADIOLOGY
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Angiography of the Mesencephalon. By A. WACKENHEIM nurse what the team has achieved for a more technically and J. P. BRAUN. 154 pp. 128 illustrations. Springer- minded public. Verlag, New York. £11.60. The book is based on a series of lectures and for this reason the text is often colloquial although never irritatingly so. This small monograph surveys the normal and abnormal Explanations and descriptions, which are reinforced by findings at vertebral angiography. excellent line drawings, are beautifully clear; yet in spite of There is an excellent review of the literature and of the this commendable simplicity of language one never feels previous work on the normal radiological anatomy of both that Dr. Walter is talking down to his readers. The scope is the arteries and the veins of the vertebro basilar system. far wider than the title of the volume suggests and covers not This is followed by a review of the pathological findings in only most aspects of treatment but also the incidence and turnouts of the pineal region, tumours of the posterior causation of cancer, its public health aspects, and possibilities thalamus, and tumours of the cerebral peduncles. There is for its early detection and prevention. Especially readable also brief discussion of tumours of the corpus callosum and is the chapter on the management of the terminal case tumours of the third ventricle, as well as meningiomas of the based as it is on a philosophy derived from the author's long tentorium and hydrocephalus. Tumours of the pens and connection with the cancer patient. cerebellar hemisphere as well as vascular lesions of the Few books are flawless - - one hopes for example that posterior fossa are given only passing mention. gold will replace radon seeds in the second edition - - but There are 128 illustrations, most of them multiple and of this is a very good book indeed. A happy touch is the quotaexcellent quality. They provide a first class radiographic tion that heads each chapter. The reviewer too must be atlas of the angiography of the posterior fossa. A few of the allowed a flirtation with the classics and would offer the illustrations are not up to standard but I suspect this is author, from Milton, because the original x-rays were not of good quality rather "Nothing is here for tears, than because of any fault in the reproduction. Nothing to wail or knock the breast, The authors rightly emphasize the value of subtraction No weakness, no contempt, dispraise or blame, techniques in clarifying problems of visualisation of the Nothing but well and fair." vessels of the posterior fossa. Walter's book should be read by every nurse, and will be The book will be of considerable value to neuro radio- found invaluable by doctors called on to lecture to nurses logists and others concerned with lesions of the posterior and lay audiences. fossa. Your reviewer feels that the book would be even W. B. DAWSON more valuable if the pathological sections were more comprehensive. D. SUTTON ERRATUM Cancer and Radiotherapy--A short Guide for Nurses and Medical Students. By J. WALTER, J. & A. Churchill, London. Price £2-50. Pp. 275.
Walter and Miller's "Textbook of Radiotherapy for Technicians and Students" has outlived many contemporaries and the daughters of radiographers suckled on the first edition now derive nourishment and enlightenment from the latest revision. The medical author has attempted for the
"The local prognosis after radical radiotherapy for squamous carcinoma of the alveolus and of the floor of the mouth" by E. H. Porter, published January 1971. The Honorary Editor wishes to apologise for two errors appearing in the above paper. 1. "Present address" should have been Radiotherapy Department, Belvidere Hospital, Glasgow, E.1. 2. Page 140, first column under "Carcinoma of the floor of the mouth" the second sentence should read: There were 218 men and 42 women (5:1).
tin Memariam PERCY PERCY HASLAM, c o n s u l t a n t r a d i o t h e r a p i s t at L i v e r p o o l , d i e d s u d d e n l y at C l a t t e r b r i d g e H o s p i t a l o n 7 t h J a n u a r y . H e was b o r n in B o l t o n in 1913 a n d q u a l i f i e d M . B . , Ch.B. in M a n c h e s t e r in 1939. A f t e r service in the R o y a l A i r F o r c e , h e h e l d a p p o i n t m e n t s f o r a while w i t h the T u b e r c u l o s i s Service o f the L a n c a s h i r e C o u n t y C o u n c i l . In 1949 h e c h a n g e d his i n t e r e s t f r o m diseases o f t h e chest to r a d i o t h e r a p y , a n d the rest o f his w o r k i n g life w a s spent w i t h t h e L i v e r p o o l R e g i o n a l R a d i o t h e r a p y Service. H e t o o k his D . M . R . T . in 1951 a n d b e c a m e a F e l l o w o f t h e F a c u l t y in 1954.
HASLAM P e r c y was a g o o d L a n c a s t r i a n a n d k n e w t h a t all w i s d o m a n d wit, v i r t u e a n d h a p p i n e s s r e p o s e d in the North Country. T i m e spent e l s e w h e r e was p r e c i o u s h o u r s w a s t e d , so few k n e w h i m a b r o a d . I n L i v e r p o o l we r e m e m b e r w i t h affection a large k i n d l y m a n w h o , n e v e r seeing ill in a n y o n e , m a d e n o e n e m i e s a n d did n o t l a c k f o r friends. F o r his wife, M a r i a n , his d e a t h w a s the end o f a n ideal p a r t n e r s h i p : to her a n d t h e i r t w o d a u g h t e r s w e e x t e n d s y m p a t h y , a n d we share their s o r r o w . W. B. DAWSON
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Angiography of the Mesencephalon. By A. WACKENHEIM nurse what the team has achieved for a more technically and J. P. BRAUN. 154 pp. 128 illustrations. Springer- minded public. Verlag, New York. £11.60. The book is based on a series of lectures and for this reason the text is often colloquial although never irritatingly so. This small monograph surveys the normal and abnormal Explanations and descriptions, which are reinforced by findings at vertebral angiography. excellent line drawings, are beautifully clear; yet in spite of There is an excellent review of the literature and of the this commendable simplicity of language one never feels previous work on the normal radiological anatomy of both that Dr. Walter is talking down to his readers. The scope is the arteries and the veins of the vertebro basilar system. far wider than the title of the volume suggests and covers not This is followed by a review of the pathological findings in only most aspects of treatment but also the incidence and turnouts of the pineal region, tumours of the posterior causation of cancer, its public health aspects, and possibilities thalamus, and tumours of the cerebral peduncles. There is for its early detection and prevention. Especially readable also brief discussion of tumours of the corpus callosum and is the chapter on the management of the terminal case tumours of the third ventricle, as well as meningiomas of the based as it is on a philosophy derived from the author's long tentorium and hydrocephalus. Tumours of the pens and connection with the cancer patient. cerebellar hemisphere as well as vascular lesions of the Few books are flawless - - one hopes for example that posterior fossa are given only passing mention. gold will replace radon seeds in the second edition - - but There are 128 illustrations, most of them multiple and of this is a very good book indeed. A happy touch is the quotaexcellent quality. They provide a first class radiographic tion that heads each chapter. The reviewer too must be atlas of the angiography of the posterior fossa. A few of the allowed a flirtation with the classics and would offer the illustrations are not up to standard but I suspect this is author, from Milton, because the original x-rays were not of good quality rather "Nothing is here for tears, than because of any fault in the reproduction. Nothing to wail or knock the breast, The authors rightly emphasize the value of subtraction No weakness, no contempt, dispraise or blame, techniques in clarifying problems of visualisation of the Nothing but well and fair." vessels of the posterior fossa. Walter's book should be read by every nurse, and will be The book will be of considerable value to neuro radio- found invaluable by doctors called on to lecture to nurses logists and others concerned with lesions of the posterior and lay audiences. fossa. Your reviewer feels that the book would be even W. B. DAWSON more valuable if the pathological sections were more comprehensive. D. SUTTON ERRATUM Cancer and Radiotherapy--A short Guide for Nurses and Medical Students. By J. WALTER, J. & A. Churchill, London. Price £2-50. Pp. 275.
Walter and Miller's "Textbook of Radiotherapy for Technicians and Students" has outlived many contemporaries and the daughters of radiographers suckled on the first edition now derive nourishment and enlightenment from the latest revision. The medical author has attempted for the
"The local prognosis after radical radiotherapy for squamous carcinoma of the alveolus and of the floor of the mouth" by E. H. Porter, published January 1971. The Honorary Editor wishes to apologise for two errors appearing in the above paper. 1. "Present address" should have been Radiotherapy Department, Belvidere Hospital, Glasgow, E.1. 2. Page 140, first column under "Carcinoma of the floor of the mouth" the second sentence should read: There were 218 men and 42 women (5:1).
tin Memariam PERCY PERCY HASLAM, c o n s u l t a n t r a d i o t h e r a p i s t at L i v e r p o o l , d i e d s u d d e n l y at C l a t t e r b r i d g e H o s p i t a l o n 7 t h J a n u a r y . H e was b o r n in B o l t o n in 1913 a n d q u a l i f i e d M . B . , Ch.B. in M a n c h e s t e r in 1939. A f t e r service in the R o y a l A i r F o r c e , h e h e l d a p p o i n t m e n t s f o r a while w i t h the T u b e r c u l o s i s Service o f the L a n c a s h i r e C o u n t y C o u n c i l . In 1949 h e c h a n g e d his i n t e r e s t f r o m diseases o f t h e chest to r a d i o t h e r a p y , a n d the rest o f his w o r k i n g life w a s spent w i t h t h e L i v e r p o o l R e g i o n a l R a d i o t h e r a p y Service. H e t o o k his D . M . R . T . in 1951 a n d b e c a m e a F e l l o w o f t h e F a c u l t y in 1954.
HASLAM P e r c y was a g o o d L a n c a s t r i a n a n d k n e w t h a t all w i s d o m a n d wit, v i r t u e a n d h a p p i n e s s r e p o s e d in the North Country. T i m e spent e l s e w h e r e was p r e c i o u s h o u r s w a s t e d , so few k n e w h i m a b r o a d . I n L i v e r p o o l we r e m e m b e r w i t h affection a large k i n d l y m a n w h o , n e v e r seeing ill in a n y o n e , m a d e n o e n e m i e s a n d did n o t l a c k f o r friends. F o r his wife, M a r i a n , his d e a t h w a s the end o f a n ideal p a r t n e r s h i p : to her a n d t h e i r t w o d a u g h t e r s w e e x t e n d s y m p a t h y , a n d we share their s o r r o w . W. B. DAWSON