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Neue Deutsche Chirurgie . Begrundet von P. von Bruns. Herausgegeben von H. Küttner in Breslau. 47 Band. Die Hämophilie
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our author and here, as eIsewhere, the ubiquitous Scotchman is quoted: “A Scotchman walking down Charing Cross Road on the way to Charing Cross HospitaI to have the hydroceIe tapped, saw a sixpence on the pavement and stooped to pick it up; he ruptured the hydroceIe and was brought to Middlesex HospitaI instead.” It must not be thought for a moment that this book is onIy for amusement or pastime. It contains many an axiom that may we11 be taken to heart by even the most experienced surgeon, such as “This at Ieast is certain: the most thorough co-operation of surgeon, physician, radiologist, and Iaboratory worker is necessary to decide the need of surgery and to determine the appropriate character of the operation to be performed.” A smaI1 book, but we11worth while. THE ACZTIONOF MUSCLE. By Sir Cohn Mackenzie, M.D., F.R.c.s., F.R.s., (Edin.), Ed. 2, 288 pp., IOO iIIus., N. Y., PauI B. Hoeber, Inc., 1930.
This is the second edition of this wideIy read work. Since the Great War greater attention has been paid to the importance of muscIe function, whether in the consideration of heaIth or disease, than formerIy. Physiotherapy today pIays an important part in every modern hospita1. In this new edition a specia1 section has been added deaIing with the erect posture. The author deaIt with these principIes in his presidentia1 address before the Section of ZooIogy at the AustraIasian Science Congress in 1928. After the introduction the book considers PrincipIes, The ShouIder Region, The Biceps Brachii and BrachiaIis; MuscuIocutaneous ParaIysis, Median Nerve ParaIysis, UInar ParaIysis, MusuIo-SpiraI ParaIysis, The Muscles of the Thigh, MuscIes Acting on the Leg, MuscIes Acting on the Foot, The MuscIes of the Toes, MuscIes of the Spine, MuscIes Which Move the Neck, MuscIes Which Move the Back and Loins, Anatomica Considerations in Joint Fixation, The MuscIes of Respiration. The book is we11 indexed and contains IOO iIIustrations. Any doctor wiI1 profit by reading this important work but we speciaIIy recommend it to surgeons and neuroIogists. NEUE DEUTSCHE CHIRURGIE. Begrundet von P. von Bruns. Herausgegeben von H. Kiittner in BresIau. 44 Band. DIE CHIRURCIE DER BASEDOWSCHENKRANKHEIT. Von Dr. Heinrich KIose, Prof. der Chirurgie an
der Universitlt Frankfurt Am Main; Direktor der Chirurgischen AbteiIung des Stadtischen Krankenhauses der Freien Stadt Danzig. 675 pp. mit 273 TeiIs Farbigen Abbildungen. Stuttgart, Ferdinand Enke, Igzg. 45 Band. DER WUNDSTARRKRAMPF BEIM MENSCHEN. Von Dr. Arthur BuzelIo, Prof. an der Universitlt GreifswaId. 276 pp. mit 51 TextabbiIdungen. Stuttgart, Ferdinand Enke, 1929. 46 Band. CHIRURGIE DER MILZ. Von Prof. Dr. H. HirschfeId, BerIin und Prof. Dr. R. Miihsam, Berlin. 286 Seite mit 32 TeiIs Farbigen TextabgiIdungen. Stuttgart, Ferdinand Enke, 1930. 47 Band. DIE HKMOPHILIE. Von Prof. Dr. H. Schloessman, Direktor der Chirurgischen AbteiIung der Augusta-KrankenanstaIt Bochum. 321 pp. mit 60 TextabbiIdungen. Stuttgart, Ferdinand Enke, 1930.
Four new voIumes of the famous “Neue Deutsche Chirurgie” are before us and as usual each voIume is a compIete and up to date monograph on its particuIar subject. KIose’s book on “Basedow’s Disease” is the Iargest of the four and especiaIIy we11iIIustrated. With a controversia1 subject in hand, the author had a diffIcuIt time of it. In his Preface he expIains that the book does not suit him compIeteIy, but that he has acceded to the pressure put upon him by both the editor and the pubI&her to produce the voIume at once. The reviewer feeIs that the author is entireIy too modest and that the book may we11be accepted as a comprehensive and thoroughIy scientific review of the present status of the etioIogy, pathoIogy and treatment of this disease. His pIea that the surgeon shouId aIways work in cooperation with the internist in the treatment of this condition is one that every American surgeon may we11 take to heart. The voIume by BuzeIIo on Traumatic Tetanus covers, as the author states, one of the most important and terribIe wound infections with which we have to dea1. Tetanus is considered as a bacterioIogica1 infection and aIso as a nervous disease: so that the book wiII aIso interest the cIimcran. The author feeIs that as tetanus usuaIIy foIIows wound infection, its treatment wiI1 continue to be in the hands of the surgeon, especiaIIy as such an infection invoIves important and serious surgica1 operations. Here again, as in the other voIumes of the series, the necessity for cooperation between the physician and surgeon is particuIarIy stressed, even though the uItimate treatment is feIt to be entireIy surgica1. HirschfeId and Mtihsam take up the present status of the surgery of the SpIeen. It is interesting to note that whereas this voIume on
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has 286 pages, the voIume on this subject in the “Deutsche Chirurgie” pubIished in 1890 contained onIy 57 pages. In the last forty years progress has indeed been made in the surgery of the spIeen, and its remova is today advised for many other conditions beside tumors of the spIeen. Here again, as in the volumes mentioned here, the authors make a plea for the utmost cooperation between the surgeon and the internist. Up to the minute, thorough and profuseIy iIIustrated, this voIume wrI1 be invaIuabIe for reference to German reading surgeons. HemophiIia is discussed in 306 pages by Prof. Schloessmann, who has had unusua1 opportunities for research in this condition during many years at Wiirttemberg. This work contains an unusua1 amount of persona1 research and concIusions drawn therefrom, combined however with a compIete study of the internationa1 Iiterature on the subject. Like our American writers, the author feeIs that most progress in the prevention of this disease &II come from a more thorough study and knowledge of eugenics. The book is fuIIy up to the standards of the other voIumes of this series. AI1 the voIumes of the “Neue Deutsche contain spIendid bibIiographies. Chirurgie” It is to be regretted, however, that each voIume has not a detaiIed index. They a11 have comprehensive tabIe of contents, but a compIete index wouId faciIitate ready reference.
the Spleen
XIODERN Ox-OLOGY. By Joseph CIarence Keeler, nr.o., F.A.C.S.878 pp., go origina iIIus. and 15 colored plates. PhiIa., F. A. Davis Co., 1930.
There is nothing so diffIcuIt to review fairIy as a textbook. It shouId bear the stamp of the author’s individuaIity; at the same time it shouId not feature any of his hobbies too strongIy. Like other methods of teaching, it is not a question of whether one agrees with the particuIar method used, but of the success attained in getting the subject across, to students. Dr. KeeIer recognizes this diffrcuIty when he states that “During many years of otoIogic practice and preaching . . . I have aIways felt that the existing textbooks were unsatisfactory. Though their good points outnumbered their fauIts . . . ” And he adds ‘-0urseIf. ’ ” Now, of course, his own book must submit to the same attitude on the part of
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others. The subject is completely covered, the iIIustrations are we11 seIected and we11 reproduced; in short we have before us another good, conventiona1, textbook. That it wiII appea1 to many teachers and students is certain; that it wiI1 not suit everybody is equally certain. Were there not differences of opinion there wouId be occasion for only one textbook on each subject, a condition that is often prayed for by teachers, students and pubiishers. On the other hand, the very variety of books, forcing critica seIection, undoubtedly makes for better teaching, better textbooks, and better practice. Every otoIogist wiI1 want this book if onIy for comparison with others. The man having onIT one book on otoIogy wiI1 not go far wrong If he seIects KeeIer’s “Modern OtoIogy,” and the same couId be said of severa other books on the subject. A SHORTER SURGERY. A Practical Manna1 for Senior Students. By R. J. McNeiII Love, M.B., M.S. (Land.), F.R.C.S.(Eng.)
Ed. 2, 389 pp., 74 iIIus., incIuding 31 plates (one coIored). N. Y., WiIIiam WoocI & Co., 1930. This book Iives up to its titIe: “A Shorter Surgery.” For a quick freshening up on the genera1 subject for examination or otherwise this work shouId be vaIuabIe. The author states that it “is an attempt to condense and crystaIIise the more important principIes of surgery for the benefit chiefly of the student.” Whether it is too short for the student is a probIem that the individua1 instructor wiI1 have to decide for himself. It appeaIs to the reviewer more as a quick reference for the experienced it can be consurgeon. In any circumstances sidered onIy a suppIement to Iarger textbooks. The book is we11 iIIustrated. THERAPIE UND THERAPEUTIK: EIN MAHNRUF AN ARZTE, KLINIKER UND PHARMAKO~OGEN.By Prof. Dr. I. Boas. vi + 79 pp. VerIag von S. Karger, Berlin, rg3o.
It is encouraging to note that the great German precisionistic movement in science which swept through medicine during the Iast fifty years has at last embraced therapeutics. Dr. Boas makes an impassioned pIea for scientific therapeutics studied under controIIed conditions as immediateIy necessary if medicine is ever to get over the barren wastes of a traditiona1 therapy. The pIea is timeIy for Germany, where commercia1 expIoitation is making a eockery of the treatment of disease. Thanks to the “therapeutic nihiIism” of OsIer and the weighty influence of the CounciI on Pharmac? and Chemistry of the American hiedica1 Asso-
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our author and here, as eIsewhere, the ubiquitous Scotchman is quoted: “A Scotchman walking down Charing Cross Road on the way to Charing Cross HospitaI to have the hydroceIe tapped, saw a sixpence on the pavement and stooped to pick it up; he ruptured the hydroceIe and was brought to Middlesex HospitaI instead.” It must not be thought for a moment that this book is onIy for amusement or pastime. It contains many an axiom that may we11 be taken to heart by even the most experienced surgeon, such as “This at Ieast is certain: the most thorough co-operation of surgeon, physician, radiologist, and Iaboratory worker is necessary to decide the need of surgery and to determine the appropriate character of the operation to be performed.” A smaI1 book, but we11worth while. THE ACZTIONOF MUSCLE. By Sir Cohn Mackenzie, M.D., F.R.c.s., F.R.s., (Edin.), Ed. 2, 288 pp., IOO iIIus., N. Y., PauI B. Hoeber, Inc., 1930.
This is the second edition of this wideIy read work. Since the Great War greater attention has been paid to the importance of muscIe function, whether in the consideration of heaIth or disease, than formerIy. Physiotherapy today pIays an important part in every modern hospita1. In this new edition a specia1 section has been added deaIing with the erect posture. The author deaIt with these principIes in his presidentia1 address before the Section of ZooIogy at the AustraIasian Science Congress in 1928. After the introduction the book considers PrincipIes, The ShouIder Region, The Biceps Brachii and BrachiaIis; MuscuIocutaneous ParaIysis, Median Nerve ParaIysis, UInar ParaIysis, MusuIo-SpiraI ParaIysis, The Muscles of the Thigh, MuscIes Acting on the Leg, MuscIes Acting on the Foot, The MuscIes of the Toes, MuscIes of the Spine, MuscIes Which Move the Neck, MuscIes Which Move the Back and Loins, Anatomica Considerations in Joint Fixation, The MuscIes of Respiration. The book is we11 indexed and contains IOO iIIustrations. Any doctor wiI1 profit by reading this important work but we speciaIIy recommend it to surgeons and neuroIogists. NEUE DEUTSCHE CHIRURGIE. Begrundet von P. von Bruns. Herausgegeben von H. Kiittner in BresIau. 44 Band. DIE CHIRURCIE DER BASEDOWSCHENKRANKHEIT. Von Dr. Heinrich KIose, Prof. der Chirurgie an
der Universitlt Frankfurt Am Main; Direktor der Chirurgischen AbteiIung des Stadtischen Krankenhauses der Freien Stadt Danzig. 675 pp. mit 273 TeiIs Farbigen Abbildungen. Stuttgart, Ferdinand Enke, Igzg. 45 Band. DER WUNDSTARRKRAMPF BEIM MENSCHEN. Von Dr. Arthur BuzelIo, Prof. an der Universitlt GreifswaId. 276 pp. mit 51 TextabbiIdungen. Stuttgart, Ferdinand Enke, 1929. 46 Band. CHIRURGIE DER MILZ. Von Prof. Dr. H. HirschfeId, BerIin und Prof. Dr. R. Miihsam, Berlin. 286 Seite mit 32 TeiIs Farbigen TextabgiIdungen. Stuttgart, Ferdinand Enke, 1930. 47 Band. DIE HKMOPHILIE. Von Prof. Dr. H. Schloessman, Direktor der Chirurgischen AbteiIung der Augusta-KrankenanstaIt Bochum. 321 pp. mit 60 TextabbiIdungen. Stuttgart, Ferdinand Enke, 1930.
Four new voIumes of the famous “Neue Deutsche Chirurgie” are before us and as usual each voIume is a compIete and up to date monograph on its particuIar subject. KIose’s book on “Basedow’s Disease” is the Iargest of the four and especiaIIy we11iIIustrated. With a controversia1 subject in hand, the author had a diffIcuIt time of it. In his Preface he expIains that the book does not suit him compIeteIy, but that he has acceded to the pressure put upon him by both the editor and the pubI&her to produce the voIume at once. The reviewer feeIs that the author is entireIy too modest and that the book may we11be accepted as a comprehensive and thoroughIy scientific review of the present status of the etioIogy, pathoIogy and treatment of this disease. His pIea that the surgeon shouId aIways work in cooperation with the internist in the treatment of this condition is one that every American surgeon may we11 take to heart. The voIume by BuzeIIo on Traumatic Tetanus covers, as the author states, one of the most important and terribIe wound infections with which we have to dea1. Tetanus is considered as a bacterioIogica1 infection and aIso as a nervous disease: so that the book wiII aIso interest the cIimcran. The author feeIs that as tetanus usuaIIy foIIows wound infection, its treatment wiI1 continue to be in the hands of the surgeon, especiaIIy as such an infection invoIves important and serious surgica1 operations. Here again, as in the other voIumes of the series, the necessity for cooperation between the physician and surgeon is particuIarIy stressed, even though the uItimate treatment is feIt to be entireIy surgica1. HirschfeId and Mtihsam take up the present status of the surgery of the SpIeen. It is interesting to note that whereas this voIume on
hr\~ Senlrs VOL.VIII. No. 6
Book
has 286 pages, the voIume on this subject in the “Deutsche Chirurgie” pubIished in 1890 contained onIy 57 pages. In the last forty years progress has indeed been made in the surgery of the spIeen, and its remova is today advised for many other conditions beside tumors of the spIeen. Here again, as in the volumes mentioned here, the authors make a plea for the utmost cooperation between the surgeon and the internist. Up to the minute, thorough and profuseIy iIIustrated, this voIume wrI1 be invaIuabIe for reference to German reading surgeons. HemophiIia is discussed in 306 pages by Prof. Schloessmann, who has had unusua1 opportunities for research in this condition during many years at Wiirttemberg. This work contains an unusua1 amount of persona1 research and concIusions drawn therefrom, combined however with a compIete study of the internationa1 Iiterature on the subject. Like our American writers, the author feeIs that most progress in the prevention of this disease &II come from a more thorough study and knowledge of eugenics. The book is fuIIy up to the standards of the other voIumes of this series. AI1 the voIumes of the “Neue Deutsche contain spIendid bibIiographies. Chirurgie” It is to be regretted, however, that each voIume has not a detaiIed index. They a11 have comprehensive tabIe of contents, but a compIete index wouId faciIitate ready reference.
the Spleen
XIODERN Ox-OLOGY. By Joseph CIarence Keeler, nr.o., F.A.C.S.878 pp., go origina iIIus. and 15 colored plates. PhiIa., F. A. Davis Co., 1930.
There is nothing so diffIcuIt to review fairIy as a textbook. It shouId bear the stamp of the author’s individuaIity; at the same time it shouId not feature any of his hobbies too strongIy. Like other methods of teaching, it is not a question of whether one agrees with the particuIar method used, but of the success attained in getting the subject across, to students. Dr. KeeIer recognizes this diffrcuIty when he states that “During many years of otoIogic practice and preaching . . . I have aIways felt that the existing textbooks were unsatisfactory. Though their good points outnumbered their fauIts . . . ” And he adds ‘
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others. The subject is completely covered, the iIIustrations are we11 seIected and we11 reproduced; in short we have before us another good, conventiona1, textbook. That it wiII appea1 to many teachers and students is certain; that it wiI1 not suit everybody is equally certain. Were there not differences of opinion there wouId be occasion for only one textbook on each subject, a condition that is often prayed for by teachers, students and pubiishers. On the other hand, the very variety of books, forcing critica seIection, undoubtedly makes for better teaching, better textbooks, and better practice. Every otoIogist wiI1 want this book if onIy for comparison with others. The man having onIT one book on otoIogy wiI1 not go far wrong If he seIects KeeIer’s “Modern OtoIogy,” and the same couId be said of severa other books on the subject. A SHORTER SURGERY. A Practical Manna1 for Senior Students. By R. J. McNeiII Love, M.B., M.S. (Land.), F.R.C.S.(Eng.)
Ed. 2, 389 pp., 74 iIIus., incIuding 31 plates (one coIored). N. Y., WiIIiam WoocI & Co., 1930. This book Iives up to its titIe: “A Shorter Surgery.” For a quick freshening up on the genera1 subject for examination or otherwise this work shouId be vaIuabIe. The author states that it “is an attempt to condense and crystaIIise the more important principIes of surgery for the benefit chiefly of the student.” Whether it is too short for the student is a probIem that the individua1 instructor wiI1 have to decide for himself. It appeaIs to the reviewer more as a quick reference for the experienced it can be consurgeon. In any circumstances sidered onIy a suppIement to Iarger textbooks. The book is we11 iIIustrated. THERAPIE UND THERAPEUTIK: EIN MAHNRUF AN ARZTE, KLINIKER UND PHARMAKO~OGEN.By Prof. Dr. I. Boas. vi + 79 pp. VerIag von S. Karger, Berlin, rg3o.
It is encouraging to note that the great German precisionistic movement in science which swept through medicine during the Iast fifty years has at last embraced therapeutics. Dr. Boas makes an impassioned pIea for scientific therapeutics studied under controIIed conditions as immediateIy necessary if medicine is ever to get over the barren wastes of a traditiona1 therapy. The pIea is timeIy for Germany, where commercia1 expIoitation is making a eockery of the treatment of disease. Thanks to the “therapeutic nihiIism” of OsIer and the weighty influence of the CounciI on Pharmac? and Chemistry of the American hiedica1 Asso-