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trauma, congenital deformities, infections, new growths and such affections as Dupuytren’s MaIadie, rheumatism and carpa compression.” Rather than a book of reference I wouId consider this good reading material on study of hand disabilities for the practicing surgeon, the surgical resident and other students. The first haIf of the book (Section I of four sections) deaIing with acute hand injuries is considerabIy more worthwhile than the sections which follow. The first severa chapters dea1 with the functiona1 aspects of hand anatomy, the importance of hand injuries and the principles of management among other subjects. PrincipIes are niceIy summarized in outline form and certain somewhat controversia1 points are made rather dogmaticaIIy. A photograph showing a British house ofhcer presumabIy repairing a hand injury in the operating theater of a casuaIty department wearing a mask but no cap or gIoves is somewhat foreign to our routines of asepsis. Likewise, I disagree with the recommended use of finger tourniquets as standard procedure. Most of the principIes and recommendations which are listed, however, are not subject to argument, and it is diffrcuIt to see how anyone reading the first section of this book wouId not be better equipped to dea1 with acute injuries of the hand. Section II devoted to Iate reconstructive procedures foIIowing hand injury is adequate but adds IittIe to what already is avaiIabIe. The same can be said for Section III dealing with burns, radiation injuries and frost bite. The senior author, however, has had some unusua1 experience in treating frost bite in mountain cIimbers. The fina section summarizes niceIy such entities as Dupuytren’s disease, congenital anomalies and stenosing tenosynovitis. J. E. B.
mented by a Iarge number of color photographs of arteria1 injection specimens which are we11 reproduced. AIthough the book consists of the norma variation and anatomy of the arteries and incIudes no information regarding pathoIogic changes, many new and interesting features of the arteria1 tree and its intercommunications are pointed out. The book is of particuIar vaIue in this respect because of its atlas-like format and the high quaIity of photographic reproduction. The voIume shouId be of great interest to cardioIogists and cardiovascuIar surgeons as we11 as to the genera1 medical profession. S. A. M. Clinical Neurosurgery. VoI. 8, 341 pages. WiIliams 81 WiIkins Co. Bdtimore.
$12.00.
This book is the eighth annua1 pubhcation of the proceedings of the Congress of NeuroIogicaI Surgeons at the 1960 meeting. PauI C. Bucy, Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University SchooI of Medicine was the honored guest. Dr. Bucy spoke on the human neura1 mechanism controhing skeIeta1 muscIe activity, primary tumors of the spine and a phiIosophy of neurosurgery. It is one of the important contributions of the Congress of NeuroIogicaI Surgeons that each meeting is centered about a singIe prominent surgeon. Dr. Bucy’s comments on the ethical problems of the neurosurgeon who is interested in extending the fieId of knowredge of the nervous system working with human material are extremeIy worthwhiIe. The remainder of the volume consists of papers related to the diseases of vertebra1 coIumn and spina cord: disc disease, congenital maIformations, trauma, vascular Iesions and tumors. AIthough the papers are timeIy, their organization is such that basic anatomy and physioIogy are covered in detail. The four papers on the subject of pain are a definitive distihation of current psychiatric, physioIogic and surgica1 opinion on the subject, by KoIb, Landau, CoIIins, NuIsen and Schwartz. The voIume is concluded by a summary of the work upon axona regeneration in the transected spina cord of mammaIs by Freeman. The poIicy of the Congress of NeuroIogicaI Surgeons inviting a limited number of highIy qualified speakers and giving them time to cover their ideas on a given subject has again resuIted in a worthwhire voIume. W. T. H.
Anatomy of the Coronary Arteries. By Thomas N. J ames M.D. PauI B. Hoeber, Inc. New York, 1961. ZII pages. $18.00. Current interests in surgica1 attack on coronary occIusive disease has brought about an increased interest in the detaiIed anatomy of the coronary arterial system. It is believed that the present volume is distinctIy superior in this regard to existing works on the subject. Dr. James has made an extensive study of this situation, and produced a volume that is notabIe for its compIeteness, accuracy and magnificent ihustrations. The vaIue of the book is aug-
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trauma, congenital deformities, infections, new growths and such affections as Dupuytren’s MaIadie, rheumatism and carpa compression.” Rather than a book of reference I wouId consider this good reading material on study of hand disabilities for the practicing surgeon, the surgical resident and other students. The first haIf of the book (Section I of four sections) deaIing with acute hand injuries is considerabIy more worthwhile than the sections which follow. The first severa chapters dea1 with the functiona1 aspects of hand anatomy, the importance of hand injuries and the principles of management among other subjects. PrincipIes are niceIy summarized in outline form and certain somewhat controversia1 points are made rather dogmaticaIIy. A photograph showing a British house ofhcer presumabIy repairing a hand injury in the operating theater of a casuaIty department wearing a mask but no cap or gIoves is somewhat foreign to our routines of asepsis. Likewise, I disagree with the recommended use of finger tourniquets as standard procedure. Most of the principIes and recommendations which are listed, however, are not subject to argument, and it is diffrcuIt to see how anyone reading the first section of this book wouId not be better equipped to dea1 with acute injuries of the hand. Section II devoted to Iate reconstructive procedures foIIowing hand injury is adequate but adds IittIe to what already is avaiIabIe. The same can be said for Section III dealing with burns, radiation injuries and frost bite. The senior author, however, has had some unusua1 experience in treating frost bite in mountain cIimbers. The fina section summarizes niceIy such entities as Dupuytren’s disease, congenital anomalies and stenosing tenosynovitis. J. E. B.
mented by a Iarge number of color photographs of arteria1 injection specimens which are we11 reproduced. AIthough the book consists of the norma variation and anatomy of the arteries and incIudes no information regarding pathoIogic changes, many new and interesting features of the arteria1 tree and its intercommunications are pointed out. The book is of particuIar vaIue in this respect because of its atlas-like format and the high quaIity of photographic reproduction. The voIume shouId be of great interest to cardioIogists and cardiovascuIar surgeons as we11 as to the genera1 medical profession. S. A. M. Clinical Neurosurgery. VoI. 8, 341 pages. WiIliams 81 WiIkins Co. Bdtimore.
$12.00.
This book is the eighth annua1 pubhcation of the proceedings of the Congress of NeuroIogicaI Surgeons at the 1960 meeting. PauI C. Bucy, Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University SchooI of Medicine was the honored guest. Dr. Bucy spoke on the human neura1 mechanism controhing skeIeta1 muscIe activity, primary tumors of the spine and a phiIosophy of neurosurgery. It is one of the important contributions of the Congress of NeuroIogicaI Surgeons that each meeting is centered about a singIe prominent surgeon. Dr. Bucy’s comments on the ethical problems of the neurosurgeon who is interested in extending the fieId of knowredge of the nervous system working with human material are extremeIy worthwhiIe. The remainder of the volume consists of papers related to the diseases of vertebra1 coIumn and spina cord: disc disease, congenital maIformations, trauma, vascular Iesions and tumors. AIthough the papers are timeIy, their organization is such that basic anatomy and physioIogy are covered in detail. The four papers on the subject of pain are a definitive distihation of current psychiatric, physioIogic and surgica1 opinion on the subject, by KoIb, Landau, CoIIins, NuIsen and Schwartz. The voIume is concluded by a summary of the work upon axona regeneration in the transected spina cord of mammaIs by Freeman. The poIicy of the Congress of NeuroIogicaI Surgeons inviting a limited number of highIy qualified speakers and giving them time to cover their ideas on a given subject has again resuIted in a worthwhire voIume. W. T. H.
Anatomy of the Coronary Arteries. By Thomas N. J ames M.D. PauI B. Hoeber, Inc. New York, 1961. ZII pages. $18.00. Current interests in surgica1 attack on coronary occIusive disease has brought about an increased interest in the detaiIed anatomy of the coronary arterial system. It is believed that the present volume is distinctIy superior in this regard to existing works on the subject. Dr. James has made an extensive study of this situation, and produced a volume that is notabIe for its compIeteness, accuracy and magnificent ihustrations. The vaIue of the book is aug-
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