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TUBERCLE BOOK NOTICES
Book Notices. Prophylaxie d e la Tuberculo~e..By l~tienne "rlurnet. 1933. Paris: Masson ct Cie. Pp. 376. Price 65 fr. The purpose of this book, as is indicated by its title, is not to add to the countless and growing numbers of textbooks on tuberculosis, nor to discuss problems of epidemiology, pathology or treatment. The twofold object which the writer has had in view is, firstly, to provide a general survey of the principles involved in the prophylaxis of tuberculosis and, secondly, to give a general sketch of the antituberculosis schemes and organisations in certain countries of E u r o p e - - G r e a t Britain, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Pays-Bas, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland. France is to be the subject of a future volume in the series. The author, as Secretary to the Tuberculosis Commission of the League of Nations i has had ac'cess.to,.and has made good use of, all reich/ant material bearing on the subject, t h e volume thus forming an admirable comparative study of those European countries which, differing widely in their geographical, etlmologieal, economic and political conditions, have furnished the most striking evidence of successful tuberculosis prophylaxis. The book is a mine of information which no medical reference library can afford to be without. Formes chirurgicales de la Tabexculose intestinale. By Professor L. Bdrard and Professor M. Patti. Paris : Masson et Cie. 1933. Pp. 261. Price 50 fr. This book is based upon the pathological physiology of the digestive tract, aud forms a complete monograph on the various types of intestinal tuberculosis which are susceptible of surgical treatment. The authors set out very clearly the relations between the clinical forms of intestinal tuberculosis and tuberculous infection in general, the types studied including on the one hand ulcerous or cicatricial lesions, specific or otherwise, and, on the other hand,
[August, 1934
AND ABSTRACTS. functional intestinal disturbances due to a bacillary text-infection, with no obvious lesions localised in the intestine. The first seven chapters, comprising some two-thirds of the book, are devoted to questions of mtiology and pathology, to general pathological anatomy, to tuberculosis of the small intestine, c,'eeum, ilco-cmcal appendix and colon, and to intestinal tuberculosis in p a t i e n t s suffering from active pulmonary tuberculosis. In a further chapter arc discussed laboratory and radiological methods of diagnosis in conjunction with clinical examination, various points being brought out to facilitate early diagnosis and to suggest indications for operation. The subject of surgical treatment in regard both to palliative and to radical operations is discussed in some detail, a number of helpful illustrations being included. Non-surgical methods of treatment are purposely omitted from the discussion, as beit~, o/xtside the scope of the book. A final chapter on complications and a very lengthy bibliography, set out under the various subdivisions, complete a remarkably lucid and compre. hensive work which should be found really helpful alike to physician and to surgeon. Brompton Hospital Reports, Vol. II, 1933. Gale and Polden, Ltd. 1934. Pp. 193. Price 2s. 6d. This second volume of the Brompton Hospital :Reports is on much the same lines as the first, but contains in addition the annual medical report for the year 1932, together with an amplified account of various cases of special interest which were treated during the year. T h e papers, which have already been published in various journals, deal with a number of chest conditions, including bronchiectasis and intrathoracic and pulmonary new growths, as well as with various aspects of pulmonary and laryn. geM tuberculosis and ~ts treatment. These v o l u m e s are a valuable record of hospital practice and the varied nature of their contents make them a real contribution to the study of chest diseases.
TUBERCLE BOOK NOTICES
Book Notices. Prophylaxie d e la Tuberculo~e..By l~tienne "rlurnet. 1933. Paris: Masson ct Cie. Pp. 376. Price 65 fr. The purpose of this book, as is indicated by its title, is not to add to the countless and growing numbers of textbooks on tuberculosis, nor to discuss problems of epidemiology, pathology or treatment. The twofold object which the writer has had in view is, firstly, to provide a general survey of the principles involved in the prophylaxis of tuberculosis and, secondly, to give a general sketch of the antituberculosis schemes and organisations in certain countries of E u r o p e - - G r e a t Britain, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Pays-Bas, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland. France is to be the subject of a future volume in the series. The author, as Secretary to the Tuberculosis Commission of the League of Nations i has had ac'cess.to,.and has made good use of, all reich/ant material bearing on the subject, t h e volume thus forming an admirable comparative study of those European countries which, differing widely in their geographical, etlmologieal, economic and political conditions, have furnished the most striking evidence of successful tuberculosis prophylaxis. The book is a mine of information which no medical reference library can afford to be without. Formes chirurgicales de la Tabexculose intestinale. By Professor L. Bdrard and Professor M. Patti. Paris : Masson et Cie. 1933. Pp. 261. Price 50 fr. This book is based upon the pathological physiology of the digestive tract, aud forms a complete monograph on the various types of intestinal tuberculosis which are susceptible of surgical treatment. The authors set out very clearly the relations between the clinical forms of intestinal tuberculosis and tuberculous infection in general, the types studied including on the one hand ulcerous or cicatricial lesions, specific or otherwise, and, on the other hand,
[August, 1934
AND ABSTRACTS. functional intestinal disturbances due to a bacillary text-infection, with no obvious lesions localised in the intestine. The first seven chapters, comprising some two-thirds of the book, are devoted to questions of mtiology and pathology, to general pathological anatomy, to tuberculosis of the small intestine, c,'eeum, ilco-cmcal appendix and colon, and to intestinal tuberculosis in p a t i e n t s suffering from active pulmonary tuberculosis. In a further chapter arc discussed laboratory and radiological methods of diagnosis in conjunction with clinical examination, various points being brought out to facilitate early diagnosis and to suggest indications for operation. The subject of surgical treatment in regard both to palliative and to radical operations is discussed in some detail, a number of helpful illustrations being included. Non-surgical methods of treatment are purposely omitted from the discussion, as beit~, o/xtside the scope of the book. A final chapter on complications and a very lengthy bibliography, set out under the various subdivisions, complete a remarkably lucid and compre. hensive work which should be found really helpful alike to physician and to surgeon. Brompton Hospital Reports, Vol. II, 1933. Gale and Polden, Ltd. 1934. Pp. 193. Price 2s. 6d. This second volume of the Brompton Hospital :Reports is on much the same lines as the first, but contains in addition the annual medical report for the year 1932, together with an amplified account of various cases of special interest which were treated during the year. T h e papers, which have already been published in various journals, deal with a number of chest conditions, including bronchiectasis and intrathoracic and pulmonary new growths, as well as with various aspects of pulmonary and laryn. geM tuberculosis and ~ts treatment. These v o l u m e s are a valuable record of hospital practice and the varied nature of their contents make them a real contribution to the study of chest diseases.