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Arterial Hypertension
Book reviews
HANbBO6K OF CARJXO~OGY FOR NURSES. By Walter Mode& M.D., F.A.C.P., Doris R. Schwartz, M.A., R.N., Louise S. Hazeltihe, M.A., R.N., and Frederic T. Kirkham, Jr., M.D., New York, 1966, Springer Publishing Company, Inc., 323 pages. Price $4.75. This fifth edition on cardiology for nurses outlines in a few pages some of the common problems and definitions in cardiology. The fact that the handbook has reached the fifth edition attests to its success and excellent reception and is evidence that an educational need is being met. However, from the reviewer’s point of view, the book lacks advice on how to nurse the patient with heart disease and how to handle the special problems. The book is primarily a course in clinical cardiology which is presented very well in a few pages. The book does assist the nurse in understanding cardiology better. It is up to date, and is supported by a few illustrations and a good index. It is hoped that the sixth edition will include extensive practical instructions and advice necessary to good nursing of the patient with heart disease. This book on cardiology is recommended to nurses as a valuable source of instruction on aspects of heart disease and its treatment.
SECOND SYMPOSIUM ON CATECHOLAMINES. Edited by George H. Acheson, M.D., reprinted from Pharmacological Reviaus, Vol. 18, No. 1, March, 1966. Published for the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics by Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, 1966, 803 pages. Price $15. This is an authoritative summary of the pharmacology and physiology of the catecholamines. The symposium was held at the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacoloeiche “Mario Neeri.” Milan. Italy, July 4-9, 1963. Everyone who G hterestei in catecholamines will find this to be an excellent book. It is highly recommended as a very comprehensive and reliable source of information on an important subject.
CONFERENCE 1965. Edited versitietsforlaget,
ON PULMONARY CIRCULATION, by Carsten Muller, Oslo, 1965, 227 pages.
OSLO Uni-
This is a summary of the symposium on the pulmonary circulation held in Oslo during September, 1965. The conference was concerned with six main topics, namely, pulmonary vasomotor regulation, physiology and pathophysiology of the pulmonary capillaries, pulmonary blood volume, pulmonary vascular shunts, pulmonary function and pulmonary circulation in heart disease, and pulmonary hypertension. The participants were from Denmark, Finland, Norwav. and Sweden. These papers,. therefore, reflect Scandinavian work and thinking on a very important subject. There are twenty separate reports which are consistently good and interesting. Each paper is followed by a summary of the discussion, a valuable aspect of the conference. This is a good book,
L’HYPERTENSION ARTERIELLE sion). Edited by Paul Millie2 dakoff, Paris, 1966, L’Expansion 524 pages.
717
(Arterial Hypertenand Philippe TcherScientific Francaise,
This represents the proceedings of the first meeting of the International Club on Arterial Hypertension, held July 5-7, 1965, in Paris. The proceedings include several papers on (1) hypertensive factors of the kidney, (2) hypotensive factors of the kidney, (3) aldosterone, (4) hypertension with renal artery lesions, and (5) hemodynamics. The conference as reflected in this book apparently was conducted much like the well-known and extremely successful Ciba Symposia. Many papers are included in this book, with a bibliography and the discussions which followed the presentation of each paper. The texts are in English and French, more in the former language. Those who follow the field closely may, out of curiosity, wish to read the book to learn what transpired, but wil1 find little new, whereas others who wish to learn the present concepts will find the book to be useful and a source of ideas for investigation. The book is nicely printed and bound in leather.
METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH, Volume II. By Robert F. Rushmer, Editor-in-Chief, Chicago, 1966, Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., 301 pages. Price $10.25. This is a good handbook. The tradition of presenting brief discussions of current methods and related problems in medica research is maintained. Several brief, well-presented, and well-illustrated papers are concerned with five main topics in the pocket-size handbook. The five topics discussed are: (1) measurement of displacement and strain, (2) flow detection techniques, (3) force, tension, and pressure, (4) quantitative methods for investigating the microcirculation, and (5) neurophysiologic techniques. The contributors are expert in these respective fields, and the problems attacked are among the most difficult in physiology. This is a good handbook and is highly recommended to physiologists, specialists in cardiovascular diseases, and medical and graduate students.
Book
received
DIETARYFAT AND HUMAN HEALTH. AReportofthe Food and Nutrition Board, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. Publication No. 1147, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C., 1966, 51 pages. Price $1.50.
HANbBO6K OF CARJXO~OGY FOR NURSES. By Walter Mode& M.D., F.A.C.P., Doris R. Schwartz, M.A., R.N., Louise S. Hazeltihe, M.A., R.N., and Frederic T. Kirkham, Jr., M.D., New York, 1966, Springer Publishing Company, Inc., 323 pages. Price $4.75. This fifth edition on cardiology for nurses outlines in a few pages some of the common problems and definitions in cardiology. The fact that the handbook has reached the fifth edition attests to its success and excellent reception and is evidence that an educational need is being met. However, from the reviewer’s point of view, the book lacks advice on how to nurse the patient with heart disease and how to handle the special problems. The book is primarily a course in clinical cardiology which is presented very well in a few pages. The book does assist the nurse in understanding cardiology better. It is up to date, and is supported by a few illustrations and a good index. It is hoped that the sixth edition will include extensive practical instructions and advice necessary to good nursing of the patient with heart disease. This book on cardiology is recommended to nurses as a valuable source of instruction on aspects of heart disease and its treatment.
SECOND SYMPOSIUM ON CATECHOLAMINES. Edited by George H. Acheson, M.D., reprinted from Pharmacological Reviaus, Vol. 18, No. 1, March, 1966. Published for the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics by Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, 1966, 803 pages. Price $15. This is an authoritative summary of the pharmacology and physiology of the catecholamines. The symposium was held at the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacoloeiche “Mario Neeri.” Milan. Italy, July 4-9, 1963. Everyone who G hterestei in catecholamines will find this to be an excellent book. It is highly recommended as a very comprehensive and reliable source of information on an important subject.
CONFERENCE 1965. Edited versitietsforlaget,
ON PULMONARY CIRCULATION, by Carsten Muller, Oslo, 1965, 227 pages.
OSLO Uni-
This is a summary of the symposium on the pulmonary circulation held in Oslo during September, 1965. The conference was concerned with six main topics, namely, pulmonary vasomotor regulation, physiology and pathophysiology of the pulmonary capillaries, pulmonary blood volume, pulmonary vascular shunts, pulmonary function and pulmonary circulation in heart disease, and pulmonary hypertension. The participants were from Denmark, Finland, Norwav. and Sweden. These papers,. therefore, reflect Scandinavian work and thinking on a very important subject. There are twenty separate reports which are consistently good and interesting. Each paper is followed by a summary of the discussion, a valuable aspect of the conference. This is a good book,
L’HYPERTENSION ARTERIELLE sion). Edited by Paul Millie2 dakoff, Paris, 1966, L’Expansion 524 pages.
717
(Arterial Hypertenand Philippe TcherScientific Francaise,
This represents the proceedings of the first meeting of the International Club on Arterial Hypertension, held July 5-7, 1965, in Paris. The proceedings include several papers on (1) hypertensive factors of the kidney, (2) hypotensive factors of the kidney, (3) aldosterone, (4) hypertension with renal artery lesions, and (5) hemodynamics. The conference as reflected in this book apparently was conducted much like the well-known and extremely successful Ciba Symposia. Many papers are included in this book, with a bibliography and the discussions which followed the presentation of each paper. The texts are in English and French, more in the former language. Those who follow the field closely may, out of curiosity, wish to read the book to learn what transpired, but wil1 find little new, whereas others who wish to learn the present concepts will find the book to be useful and a source of ideas for investigation. The book is nicely printed and bound in leather.
METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH, Volume II. By Robert F. Rushmer, Editor-in-Chief, Chicago, 1966, Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., 301 pages. Price $10.25. This is a good handbook. The tradition of presenting brief discussions of current methods and related problems in medica research is maintained. Several brief, well-presented, and well-illustrated papers are concerned with five main topics in the pocket-size handbook. The five topics discussed are: (1) measurement of displacement and strain, (2) flow detection techniques, (3) force, tension, and pressure, (4) quantitative methods for investigating the microcirculation, and (5) neurophysiologic techniques. The contributors are expert in these respective fields, and the problems attacked are among the most difficult in physiology. This is a good handbook and is highly recommended to physiologists, specialists in cardiovascular diseases, and medical and graduate students.
Book
received
DIETARYFAT AND HUMAN HEALTH. AReportofthe Food and Nutrition Board, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. Publication No. 1147, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C., 1966, 51 pages. Price $1.50.