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Cardiac auscultation
BOOK REVIEWS
and appIying the basic principles of cardiac auscultation. The pubIishers disappointed this reviewer by providing him with a copy that has missing pages. It is recommended reading for the intended audience. C. F. W.
Exercise and Fitness. A Collection of Papers Presented at the Colloquium. 248 pages. The Athletic Institute.
Chicago,
1960.
This voIume is a soft cover book described on its fIy Ieaf as a cohection of papers presented at the CoIIoquium on Exercise and Fitness, December 6 through 8, 1959, at the University of IIIinois College of PhysicaI Education and The AthIetic Institute. The book incIudes, among others, six papers on the medica aspects of exercise and fitness by physicians who are interested and active in the American CoIIege of Sports medicine. These chapters principaIIy cover the cardiac implications of exercise and frequentIy emphasize pathology instead of norThe several other general mal physioIogy. headings include the physiologic aspects of exercise, the nutritiona aspects, the psychoIogic aspects and physical education as it relates to exercise and fitness. The great majority of the participants were teachers of physical education from the various univer. sities and I believe the presentations were geared to their level. Physicians probably will not be chahenged hy the book, however, it can serve as an introduction to an important and timelv subject. E. W. J. Cardiac Auscultation,
2nd Edition.
By J.
Annals of the New York Academy of Science. Fourth Tissue Transplantation Conference, Volume 87. Article I. Edited by Otto V. St. Whitelock, 607 pages. The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 1960. $;.oo.
The three previous homotransplantation conferences which have been given by the Ne\\ York Academy of Sciences and which have been pubIished in their buIIetin, have been collector’s items and outstanding works in the fieId of homotransplantation. The fourth issue is of the same high quality and caliber. Basic research in the field of homotranspIantation is incIuded in this voIume and it offers a distinct contribution to this wide ,and fast growing field. It may be we11 to mention that contributions from the Russian physicians have heIped in ihuminating the vaIue and possibility of segmenta1 transpjantation. It is also interesting to note the variety of work throughout the world which is uniting in a common effort. The voIume is a noted contribution in the field of homotranspIantation by the New Y’ork Acndemv of Sciences. F. hl.
Scott
Butterworth, Maurice R. Chassin, Robert McGrath, and Edmund H. Reppert. 102 pages. Grune & Stratton, Inc. New York, 1960. $6.25. In the preface of the second revised and enlarged edition of Cardiac Auscultation the authors express the intention of stressing practicabiIity and brevity. They emphasize that the text is not intended as a comprehensive c\-ork on cardioIogy. Within these intended limitations, they fuIfiI1 the task admirabIy. The principles of clinical cardiovascular auscultation are presented succinctly. References are few. Simplicity is maintained by the omission of controversia1 points. Such a book is intended for the busy physician or student interested in understanding
BOOKS
RECEIVED
FOR
REVIEW
AI1 books received wit1 be acknowledged in this column. Insofar as possible, as space permits, books of special interest will receive more extensive reviews. An Atlas of Ophthalmic Surgery. Conrad Barens, XI)., F.A.c.s., et al. 603 pages. J. B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia, 1461. $z8.00. Respiration in Health and Disease. R. hl. Cherniak, CI.D., F.A.~:.s. 376 pages. W. B. Saunders Co. Boston, 1961.
743
American Journal of Surgery, Volume IOZ. November 1961
and appIying the basic principles of cardiac auscultation. The pubIishers disappointed this reviewer by providing him with a copy that has missing pages. It is recommended reading for the intended audience. C. F. W.
Exercise and Fitness. A Collection of Papers Presented at the Colloquium. 248 pages. The Athletic Institute.
Chicago,
1960.
This voIume is a soft cover book described on its fIy Ieaf as a cohection of papers presented at the CoIIoquium on Exercise and Fitness, December 6 through 8, 1959, at the University of IIIinois College of PhysicaI Education and The AthIetic Institute. The book incIudes, among others, six papers on the medica aspects of exercise and fitness by physicians who are interested and active in the American CoIIege of Sports medicine. These chapters principaIIy cover the cardiac implications of exercise and frequentIy emphasize pathology instead of norThe several other general mal physioIogy. headings include the physiologic aspects of exercise, the nutritiona aspects, the psychoIogic aspects and physical education as it relates to exercise and fitness. The great majority of the participants were teachers of physical education from the various univer. sities and I believe the presentations were geared to their level. Physicians probably will not be chahenged hy the book, however, it can serve as an introduction to an important and timelv subject. E. W. J. Cardiac Auscultation,
2nd Edition.
By J.
Annals of the New York Academy of Science. Fourth Tissue Transplantation Conference, Volume 87. Article I. Edited by Otto V. St. Whitelock, 607 pages. The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 1960. $;.oo.
The three previous homotransplantation conferences which have been given by the Ne\\ York Academy of Sciences and which have been pubIished in their buIIetin, have been collector’s items and outstanding works in the fieId of homotransplantation. The fourth issue is of the same high quality and caliber. Basic research in the field of homotranspIantation is incIuded in this voIume and it offers a distinct contribution to this wide ,and fast growing field. It may be we11 to mention that contributions from the Russian physicians have heIped in ihuminating the vaIue and possibility of segmenta1 transpjantation. It is also interesting to note the variety of work throughout the world which is uniting in a common effort. The voIume is a noted contribution in the field of homotranspIantation by the New Y’ork Acndemv of Sciences. F. hl.
Scott
Butterworth, Maurice R. Chassin, Robert McGrath, and Edmund H. Reppert. 102 pages. Grune & Stratton, Inc. New York, 1960. $6.25. In the preface of the second revised and enlarged edition of Cardiac Auscultation the authors express the intention of stressing practicabiIity and brevity. They emphasize that the text is not intended as a comprehensive c\-ork on cardioIogy. Within these intended limitations, they fuIfiI1 the task admirabIy. The principles of clinical cardiovascular auscultation are presented succinctly. References are few. Simplicity is maintained by the omission of controversia1 points. Such a book is intended for the busy physician or student interested in understanding
BOOKS
RECEIVED
FOR
REVIEW
AI1 books received wit1 be acknowledged in this column. Insofar as possible, as space permits, books of special interest will receive more extensive reviews. An Atlas of Ophthalmic Surgery. Conrad Barens, XI)., F.A.c.s., et al. 603 pages. J. B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia, 1461. $z8.00. Respiration in Health and Disease. R. hl. Cherniak, CI.D., F.A.~:.s. 376 pages. W. B. Saunders Co. Boston, 1961.
743
American Journal of Surgery, Volume IOZ. November 1961