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Diseases of the liver
BOOK REVIEWS
Human Limbs and Their Substitutes. By PauI E. Klopsteg, PH.D. and others. 844 pages, illustrated. New York, 1954. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Price $12.00.
This splendid work is by thirty-two authors, specialists in their fields. It was prepared under the sponsorship of the Advisory Committee on Artificial Limbs, The National Academy of Sciences, and the NationaI Research Council, in summary and correlation of a research program for the Department of hledicine and Surgery, U. S. Veterans Administration, and for the OffIce of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army. We know that science and technology have enabled man to increase the natural powers of his body. Compare the wooden stump leg with a modern prosthesis. The substitutes are the function of machines. This book reveals how scientists have extended that function by augmenting the powers of those whose bodies have been crippled by injury and clisease. This book is the result of an eight-year study presenting conclusions of engineering and medical studies of the human extremities and application of the data to the design and fitting of artificial limbs, and to the care and training of amputees. It is a work which deserves the highest praise. Diseases of the Liver. By nlitchell 646 pages, iIIustrated. Stratton, Inc. Price $16.50. M.D.
New
York,
A. SpeIlberg, 1954. Grune 8.
When we received this volume, our first thought was, “Why review a work intended only for medical physicians in a journal devoted only to surgical problems”? After reading the flook it became our opinion that all physicians, no matter what their specialty, could read and reread this exceI1ent work with great profit. Dr. Walter L. PaImer has written the Foreword, dated February, 1954. I can write no better review than to quote from Dr. PaImer’s evaluation: “The magnitude of our ignorance of the liver may be illustrated by the fact that it is the onIy organ in the hod) whose experimenta remova causes death for reasons yet unknown. . . Perhaps it is not
surprising, therefore, that to many medical students and practitioners the liver is simpIy a large organ in the right upper abdomen, physioIogicaI1y concerned with digestion and cIinicaIIy troublesome because of the production of gal1 stones, distension of the capsule in heart faiIure, enlargement with metastatic neoplasm, and because of ascites or bIeeding esophageal varices secondary to cirrhosisbeyond which the liver is a sort of no man’s indeed that Dr. Spellland. . . It is fortunate berg has seen fit to assemble so beautifully in this volume such a mass of knowledge of the Iiver4ts structure, function, and derangement in disease. The thoroughness of his work is evident from the fact that nothing seems to have been omitted. The bibliography of approximately 2,400 references testifies to the exhaustiveness of the study. . . The therapy of hepatic disease is amply cliscussed lvith clear explanations of basic principles and reasons. . . The brief summaries in bold type at the end of each section will be greatly appreciated by those wishing to find or digest quickly the most important information on any one subject. . . It is a pleasure to congratulate Dr. Spellberg and to express appreciation for this splendid compilation of the existing knowledge of that most mysterious organ, the Iiver.” We agree with Dr. PaImer. Dr. SpeIIberg has written a splendid scientific work. Maxillofacial Anatomy. With Practical Applications. By Harry H. Shapiro, D.M.D. 392 pages with 314 illustrations, 46 in color. Philadelphia, 1954. J. B. Lippincott Co. Price $12.00. After we had carefuIly read, and in parts reread, this work on maxillofacial anatomy, we turned to the Preface in which the author writes : “This book is specifically designed to suit the particular needs of students and practitioners of dentistry and medicine for practical information on the morphoIogic, functional and roentgenotogic anatomy of the face, the jaws and the associated structures of the head and the neck. In addition to the description of norma structure, a number of abnorma1 and
Human Limbs and Their Substitutes. By PauI E. Klopsteg, PH.D. and others. 844 pages, illustrated. New York, 1954. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Price $12.00.
This splendid work is by thirty-two authors, specialists in their fields. It was prepared under the sponsorship of the Advisory Committee on Artificial Limbs, The National Academy of Sciences, and the NationaI Research Council, in summary and correlation of a research program for the Department of hledicine and Surgery, U. S. Veterans Administration, and for the OffIce of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army. We know that science and technology have enabled man to increase the natural powers of his body. Compare the wooden stump leg with a modern prosthesis. The substitutes are the function of machines. This book reveals how scientists have extended that function by augmenting the powers of those whose bodies have been crippled by injury and clisease. This book is the result of an eight-year study presenting conclusions of engineering and medical studies of the human extremities and application of the data to the design and fitting of artificial limbs, and to the care and training of amputees. It is a work which deserves the highest praise. Diseases of the Liver. By nlitchell 646 pages, iIIustrated. Stratton, Inc. Price $16.50. M.D.
New
York,
A. SpeIlberg, 1954. Grune 8.
When we received this volume, our first thought was, “Why review a work intended only for medical physicians in a journal devoted only to surgical problems”? After reading the flook it became our opinion that all physicians, no matter what their specialty, could read and reread this exceI1ent work with great profit. Dr. Walter L. PaImer has written the Foreword, dated February, 1954. I can write no better review than to quote from Dr. PaImer’s evaluation: “The magnitude of our ignorance of the liver may be illustrated by the fact that it is the onIy organ in the hod) whose experimenta remova causes death for reasons yet unknown. . . Perhaps it is not
surprising, therefore, that to many medical students and practitioners the liver is simpIy a large organ in the right upper abdomen, physioIogicaI1y concerned with digestion and cIinicaIIy troublesome because of the production of gal1 stones, distension of the capsule in heart faiIure, enlargement with metastatic neoplasm, and because of ascites or bIeeding esophageal varices secondary to cirrhosisbeyond which the liver is a sort of no man’s indeed that Dr. Spellland. . . It is fortunate berg has seen fit to assemble so beautifully in this volume such a mass of knowledge of the Iiver4ts structure, function, and derangement in disease. The thoroughness of his work is evident from the fact that nothing seems to have been omitted. The bibliography of approximately 2,400 references testifies to the exhaustiveness of the study. . . The therapy of hepatic disease is amply cliscussed lvith clear explanations of basic principles and reasons. . . The brief summaries in bold type at the end of each section will be greatly appreciated by those wishing to find or digest quickly the most important information on any one subject. . . It is a pleasure to congratulate Dr. Spellberg and to express appreciation for this splendid compilation of the existing knowledge of that most mysterious organ, the Iiver.” We agree with Dr. PaImer. Dr. SpeIIberg has written a splendid scientific work. Maxillofacial Anatomy. With Practical Applications. By Harry H. Shapiro, D.M.D. 392 pages with 314 illustrations, 46 in color. Philadelphia, 1954. J. B. Lippincott Co. Price $12.00. After we had carefuIly read, and in parts reread, this work on maxillofacial anatomy, we turned to the Preface in which the author writes : “This book is specifically designed to suit the particular needs of students and practitioners of dentistry and medicine for practical information on the morphoIogic, functional and roentgenotogic anatomy of the face, the jaws and the associated structures of the head and the neck. In addition to the description of norma structure, a number of abnorma1 and