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Differential diagnosis. The interpretation of clinical evidence
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS. THE INTERPRETATION OF CLINICAL By A. McGehee Harvey, M.D., and James Bordley III, M.D. pp. 665; indexed. 1955, W. B. Saunders Company. Price $11.00.
EVIDENCE. Philadelphia,
The book ie really a collection of elegant and erudite clinical pathological conferences. It can be opened and read, beginning at any chapter, and laid away at will. It is lively and interesting, written from a point of view which has great merit. There is no attempt made to cover every disease, nor is there always an effort to dream up every disease that might be remotely concerned with the differential diagnosis of the case under discussion. This approach, therefore, relieves the stultifying dullness of the formal texts on this subject. The cases are nicely grouped and the general discussions of each group are very enlightening. The choice of a specific symptom such as “Pain in the Chest” or a sign such as “Jaundice” or other common denominators such as “Sudden Death” for a focal point from which the discussion of the case proceeds is an especially happy one. And the “Unknown” cases at the end provide a very pleasant exercise for the curious, which might supplant crossword puzzles or “who dunits” until the material is exhausted with very beneficial results in the education of students of medicine. Somehow I wish that the subtitle had been chosen as the main one. The present title has misled some persons to believe that the volume was similar in nature to say, “French’s Differential One need only purchase this book under such a delusion to find out how delightful Diagnosis.” the volume is. J. Murray Steele
Books Received CATTLE AND MEN. indexed. Norman,
By Charles Wayland Towne and Edward Norris Wentworth. 1955, University of Oklahoma Press. Price $4.00.
WHY PATIENTS SEE DOCTORS, By Seymour Standish, Jr., Blair M. Bennett, White, and L. E. Powers, M.D. Pp. 94; with 18 figures. Seattle, 1955, University ington Press. Price $2.50.
Pp. 384; Kathleen of Wash-
AN INVENTORY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH IN HEALTH. Compiled by Frederick R. Strunk. 1955 Edition. Pp. 266; indexed. New York, 1955, Health Information Foundation. DERMATOLOGIE DER MUNDHC)HLE UND DER MUNDUMGEBUNG. Dr. A. Greither. Mit einem Geleitwort von Prof. Dr. W. Schonfeld. figures. Stuttgart, Germany, 1955, Georg Thieme Verlag. Price $9.45.
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Von Priv.-Doz. Pp. 262, with 191
EVIDENCE. Philadelphia,
The book ie really a collection of elegant and erudite clinical pathological conferences. It can be opened and read, beginning at any chapter, and laid away at will. It is lively and interesting, written from a point of view which has great merit. There is no attempt made to cover every disease, nor is there always an effort to dream up every disease that might be remotely concerned with the differential diagnosis of the case under discussion. This approach, therefore, relieves the stultifying dullness of the formal texts on this subject. The cases are nicely grouped and the general discussions of each group are very enlightening. The choice of a specific symptom such as “Pain in the Chest” or a sign such as “Jaundice” or other common denominators such as “Sudden Death” for a focal point from which the discussion of the case proceeds is an especially happy one. And the “Unknown” cases at the end provide a very pleasant exercise for the curious, which might supplant crossword puzzles or “who dunits” until the material is exhausted with very beneficial results in the education of students of medicine. Somehow I wish that the subtitle had been chosen as the main one. The present title has misled some persons to believe that the volume was similar in nature to say, “French’s Differential One need only purchase this book under such a delusion to find out how delightful Diagnosis.” the volume is. J. Murray Steele
Books Received CATTLE AND MEN. indexed. Norman,
By Charles Wayland Towne and Edward Norris Wentworth. 1955, University of Oklahoma Press. Price $4.00.
WHY PATIENTS SEE DOCTORS, By Seymour Standish, Jr., Blair M. Bennett, White, and L. E. Powers, M.D. Pp. 94; with 18 figures. Seattle, 1955, University ington Press. Price $2.50.
Pp. 384; Kathleen of Wash-
AN INVENTORY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH IN HEALTH. Compiled by Frederick R. Strunk. 1955 Edition. Pp. 266; indexed. New York, 1955, Health Information Foundation. DERMATOLOGIE DER MUNDHC)HLE UND DER MUNDUMGEBUNG. Dr. A. Greither. Mit einem Geleitwort von Prof. Dr. W. Schonfeld. figures. Stuttgart, Germany, 1955, Georg Thieme Verlag. Price $9.45.
6.58
Von Priv.-Doz. Pp. 262, with 191