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General Pathology
74
Pathology (1975), 7, January
BOOK R E V I E W S
General Pathology, 4th Edition, J. B. WALTER & M. S. ISRAEL. 1974. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh & London.
681 pp., illustrated.
A829.05. In its latest edition, this book has been printed in the modern format in two columns on a larger page. Accompanying this change, there has been some clarification of headings. Tables have also received attention and, although in most instances of content identical to those of the previous edition, they are easier to understand. Perhaps the only disadvantage of the new presentation is that some illustrations, always well-situated in previous editions are now less conveniently placed, sometimes overleaf from the corresponding text. It is perhaps a sad reflection of the times to observe numerous typographical errors even extending to chemical formulae. The scope of the book is much as before, most chapters and their references having been revised. Subjects to receive most attention have included inflammation and the chemical mediators have been reclassified and augmented, immunology, including clarification of the pathogenesis of cell-mediated responses, and the immune aspects of carcinogenesis. There is a more up-to-date classification of viruses as well as mention of oncogenic RNA viruses. The authors have gone to some length to explain the chemical basis for processes such as collagen biosynthesis and, in another context, the release of various lactic (acid) dehydrogenase isoenzymes in necrosis of various tissues.
It is still obvious that this book is aimed at graduates working in a surgical environment and if one loses sight of this, one might question whether a General Pathology text is an appropriate place to discuss treatment of diseases. However, its extensive clinico-pathological correlation, of which brief notes on therapeutics are but one aspect, makes it a useful book, both to the advanced undergraduate trying to understand the mechanisms of production of symptoms and signs, and to the recent graduate, irrespective of his intended specialty. L. Arnold
Tuniors of the He& and Neck. Clinical and Pathological Considerations, JOHN G. BATSAKIS.1974.
Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 388 pp., illustrated. USIb19.75.
Professor Batsakis has written this book, as he says, for pathologists, residents in pathology and otolaryngology and for head and neck surgeons. Also in the spirit of the team approach to cancer treatment which he describes, I would like to add to the list, radiotherapists and those involved with cancer chemotherapy in the region. The book is a practical and up to date examination of the pathology, the anatomical considerations and the clinical aspects of non-odontogenic and extracranial tumours of the head and neck. It is easy to read, the tumours are discussed in well-defined groups and there is an extensive and thorough review of classical and recent references for each section.
Pathology (1975), 7, January
BOOK R E V I E W S
General Pathology, 4th Edition, J. B. WALTER & M. S. ISRAEL. 1974. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh & London.
681 pp., illustrated.
A829.05. In its latest edition, this book has been printed in the modern format in two columns on a larger page. Accompanying this change, there has been some clarification of headings. Tables have also received attention and, although in most instances of content identical to those of the previous edition, they are easier to understand. Perhaps the only disadvantage of the new presentation is that some illustrations, always well-situated in previous editions are now less conveniently placed, sometimes overleaf from the corresponding text. It is perhaps a sad reflection of the times to observe numerous typographical errors even extending to chemical formulae. The scope of the book is much as before, most chapters and their references having been revised. Subjects to receive most attention have included inflammation and the chemical mediators have been reclassified and augmented, immunology, including clarification of the pathogenesis of cell-mediated responses, and the immune aspects of carcinogenesis. There is a more up-to-date classification of viruses as well as mention of oncogenic RNA viruses. The authors have gone to some length to explain the chemical basis for processes such as collagen biosynthesis and, in another context, the release of various lactic (acid) dehydrogenase isoenzymes in necrosis of various tissues.
It is still obvious that this book is aimed at graduates working in a surgical environment and if one loses sight of this, one might question whether a General Pathology text is an appropriate place to discuss treatment of diseases. However, its extensive clinico-pathological correlation, of which brief notes on therapeutics are but one aspect, makes it a useful book, both to the advanced undergraduate trying to understand the mechanisms of production of symptoms and signs, and to the recent graduate, irrespective of his intended specialty. L. Arnold
Tuniors of the He& and Neck. Clinical and Pathological Considerations, JOHN G. BATSAKIS.1974.
Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 388 pp., illustrated. USIb19.75.
Professor Batsakis has written this book, as he says, for pathologists, residents in pathology and otolaryngology and for head and neck surgeons. Also in the spirit of the team approach to cancer treatment which he describes, I would like to add to the list, radiotherapists and those involved with cancer chemotherapy in the region. The book is a practical and up to date examination of the pathology, the anatomical considerations and the clinical aspects of non-odontogenic and extracranial tumours of the head and neck. It is easy to read, the tumours are discussed in well-defined groups and there is an extensive and thorough review of classical and recent references for each section.