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Chemistry and biology of mucopolysaccharides, Ciba Foundation Symposium
A Practical Handbook of Midwifery and Gynaecology. By W. F. T. Haultain, o.B.E., M.c;, B.A., M.B., B.CH., F.K.C.P. (Ed.).,, F.R.C.S. (Ed.). F.R.c.o.G.~~~~. Kennedv. v.B., F.R.C.S. (Ed.), CH.B.,'~.R.C.O.G. Fifth edition, 4;; pages, 48 illustrations. E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. Edinburgh and London, 1957. Price $7.00.
The present edition is the report of a Cibn Foundation Symposium held April 23-25, 1957. IndividuaI reports of research and study in the heId of mucopolysaccharides, encompassing their genera1 chemistry; the specific chemistr) of individua1 members; their bioIogica1 distribution; their biosynthesis; their physioIogical, immunochemica1 and pharmacoIogica1 effects, are presented by outstanding authorities. AIthough research in mucopoIysaccharides is not of recent origin, the obvious incompleteness of the exceIIent work reported indicates that fina understanding of this important group of compounds must await future effort. The book represents a heIpfu1 contribution to a dynamic heId of current investigation. R. 0. hfOORE, M.D
Students, interns and genera1 practitioners should find this a good handbook for quick reference and a concise review of the basic principles required in the practice of norma and abnorma1 obstetrics and in the approach to gpnecoIogica1 probIems. The voIume is in semioutline form and its size prevents extensive coverage of each subject. Readers in America may question the fact that in so recent a pubIication IittIe is said about the role of some of the newer hypotensivedrugs in the treatment of pre-ecIampsia and ecIampsia; that IittIe is said about the use of the broadspectrum antibiotics in the treatment of infection. In addition, no mention is made in their section on the pregnant cardiac patient that the twenty-eighth to thirty-second week period is equaIIy or more serious reIative to the danger of decompensation than the period after delivery. There is a good section on the management of the infant and neonata1 conditions that shouId be welcomed by the genera1 practitioner. N. P. LIVINGSTON, M.D.
Transactions of the International Society of Plastic Surgeons. Williams and Wilkins Company. Raltimort.
This volume represents the papers presented at the First Congress of The International Society of PIastic Surgeons at Stockholm, Sweden, in 1955. Thirty-nine countries were represented at the Congress and papers were presented by plastic surgeons from many of these countries. The papers are grouped into fourteen chapters. ParticuIarIy detaiIed are the chapters on burns and repair of the cIeft Iip and palate. Reconstructive procedures of the jaws, nose, eye, ear, scaIp and cranium, esophagus, breast, abdomen, genitals and hand are presented. A chapter containing a misceIIaneous group of interesting pIastic procedures is included. A particmarly intriguing chapter is devoted to cIinica1 and experimenta research. The final chapter summarizes the surgica1 principIes and technics invoIved in a variety of operative procedures, presented by means of motion pictures at the Congress.
Chemistry and Biology of Mucopolysaccharldes, Ciba Foundation Symposium. By G. E. W. Wolstenholme, O.B.E.,
M.A,
M.B.,
Editors. LittIe, Price $8.50.
B.CH.
Brown
and Maeve O’Connor, and Company. Boston,
B.A.,
1958.
The mucopolysaccharides represent a group of bioIogicaIIy important but chemicaIIy iI defined macromolecules consisting of a variety of carbohydrate and amino acid moieties. The wide bioIogica1 distribution of mucopoIysaccharides bespeaks of their physioIogica1 significance. ‘3’
American
Journal
oj Surgery,
Volume
96,
July.
ryj(i
The present edition is the report of a Cibn Foundation Symposium held April 23-25, 1957. IndividuaI reports of research and study in the heId of mucopolysaccharides, encompassing their genera1 chemistry; the specific chemistr) of individua1 members; their bioIogica1 distribution; their biosynthesis; their physioIogical, immunochemica1 and pharmacoIogica1 effects, are presented by outstanding authorities. AIthough research in mucopoIysaccharides is not of recent origin, the obvious incompleteness of the exceIIent work reported indicates that fina understanding of this important group of compounds must await future effort. The book represents a heIpfu1 contribution to a dynamic heId of current investigation. R. 0. hfOORE, M.D
Students, interns and genera1 practitioners should find this a good handbook for quick reference and a concise review of the basic principles required in the practice of norma and abnorma1 obstetrics and in the approach to gpnecoIogica1 probIems. The voIume is in semioutline form and its size prevents extensive coverage of each subject. Readers in America may question the fact that in so recent a pubIication IittIe is said about the role of some of the newer hypotensivedrugs in the treatment of pre-ecIampsia and ecIampsia; that IittIe is said about the use of the broadspectrum antibiotics in the treatment of infection. In addition, no mention is made in their section on the pregnant cardiac patient that the twenty-eighth to thirty-second week period is equaIIy or more serious reIative to the danger of decompensation than the period after delivery. There is a good section on the management of the infant and neonata1 conditions that shouId be welcomed by the genera1 practitioner. N. P. LIVINGSTON, M.D.
Transactions of the International Society of Plastic Surgeons. Williams and Wilkins Company. Raltimort.
This volume represents the papers presented at the First Congress of The International Society of PIastic Surgeons at Stockholm, Sweden, in 1955. Thirty-nine countries were represented at the Congress and papers were presented by plastic surgeons from many of these countries. The papers are grouped into fourteen chapters. ParticuIarIy detaiIed are the chapters on burns and repair of the cIeft Iip and palate. Reconstructive procedures of the jaws, nose, eye, ear, scaIp and cranium, esophagus, breast, abdomen, genitals and hand are presented. A chapter containing a misceIIaneous group of interesting pIastic procedures is included. A particmarly intriguing chapter is devoted to cIinica1 and experimenta research. The final chapter summarizes the surgica1 principIes and technics invoIved in a variety of operative procedures, presented by means of motion pictures at the Congress.
Chemistry and Biology of Mucopolysaccharldes, Ciba Foundation Symposium. By G. E. W. Wolstenholme, O.B.E.,
M.A,
M.B.,
Editors. LittIe, Price $8.50.
B.CH.
Brown
and Maeve O’Connor, and Company. Boston,
B.A.,
1958.
The mucopolysaccharides represent a group of bioIogicaIIy important but chemicaIIy iI defined macromolecules consisting of a variety of carbohydrate and amino acid moieties. The wide bioIogica1 distribution of mucopoIysaccharides bespeaks of their physioIogica1 significance. ‘3’
American
Journal
oj Surgery,
Volume
96,
July.
ryj(i