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CLINICAL ROENTGENOLOGY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT. By Jacob Buckstein, M.D. PhiIadeIphia, 1940. W. B. Saunders Company. Price $10.00. The author in his preface says, “Roentgenography has today become so essentia1 a procedure in the diagnosis of Iesions of the alimentary tract that a knowIedge of its potentialities should we11form part of the armamentarium of every practitioner in the heId of medicine and surgery.” Inasmuch as it has been Dr. Buckstein’s priviIege for more than twenty years to see (in BeIIevue Hospital, New York) a vast amount of materia1 dealing with the aIimentary tract from the roentgenoIogic, operative and postoperative viewpoints, he has presented materia1 as examples of both norma and pathologic conditions for portraya in the pages of his book. And he has done a tip-top job. The book is we11 written and understandable; the 525 iIIustrations are cIear and reaIIy iIIustrate, and there is a bibliographical and subject index. Surgeon, gastroenteroIogist and internist wiI1 find this work interesting and instructive. ORTHOPEDIC OPERATIONS. By Arthur SteindIer, M.D. SpringfieId, 1940. CharIes C. Thomas. Price $9.00. The author of this work needs no introduction to the surgica1 fraternity of America. He is preeminent in his fieId, that of orthopedic surgery, and his book echoes or mirrors the knowIedge Dr. SteindIer has acquired, sifted and evaluated. Therefore, he has written a preeminentIy practica1 book, a book that answers such questions as How, When, With What Resuits? UnIike the usua1 book on this subject, Orthopedic Operations Iays specia1 stress upon the indications and end resuIts in specific oithopedic conditions. Much information (bad procedures have not been introduced) has been put into its 766 pages, which also contain 865 iIIustrations on 322 figures, chapter bibIiographies, 1756 subject index and 1469 author index references. We agree with the statement, “Steindler’s new book guides the operator quickIy to the exact practica1 procedure which is best fitted to meet each precise cIinica1 situation.”
TREATMENT OF WAR WOUNDS AND FRACTURES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE CLOSED METHOD AS USED IN THE WAR IN SPAIN. By J. Trueta, M.D. With a Foreword by H. Winnett Orr, M.D. New York, 1940. PauI B. Hoeber, Inc. Price $2.50. The author teIIs us that his work is “an ampI&ation of a smaI1 manua1 which was pubIished during the war in Spain, first in CataIan and Iater in Spanish. The origina text was written under war conditions.” We are toId that open fractures produced in road accidents or in industry do not differ essentiaIIy from those produced by aeria1 bombs or faIIing masonry. AIso, that the fundamental principIes of treatment are the same whatever the cause. Dr. Orr, in his Foreword states, “It has been demonstrated now by many surgeons that drainage, skeIeta1 tixation in pIaster of Paris casts, and protection against the trauma and re-infection caused by frequent dressings wiI1 enabIe a high percentage of these patients to recover. Dr. Trueta has brought this Iesson home to us by a most convincing demonstration under military conditions.” This teIIs what this smaI1 book of 146 pages covers. There are 48 iIIustrations, a bibIiography and an index. UnIess famiIiar in every detai1 with this method we urge every surgeon, especiaIIy those deaIing with fractures and traumatic injuries, to possess this book. A TEXT-BOOK OF GYNAECOLOGY. By James Young, M.D. Fifth Edition, Revised. London, 1939. Adam & CharIes BIack. Price $5.00. A Text-Book of Gynaecology first appeared in 1921 and now is offered in its fifth edition. This speaks for itseIf, AIthough it has been revised and certain parts rewritten, this edition differs from the former in having added the important contribution of sex endocrinology, a consideration of the synthetic estrogens and the appraisement of their cIinica1 vaIue by The Therapeutic TriaIs Committee of the MedicaI Research CounciJ. For anyone who wishes to get or keep abreast of modern gynecoIogica1 teaching this work, containing 425 pages, and 226 iIIustrations, is recommended.
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CLINICAL ROENTGENOLOGY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT. By Jacob Buckstein, M.D. PhiIadeIphia, 1940. W. B. Saunders Company. Price $10.00. The author in his preface says, “Roentgenography has today become so essentia1 a procedure in the diagnosis of Iesions of the alimentary tract that a knowIedge of its potentialities should we11form part of the armamentarium of every practitioner in the heId of medicine and surgery.” Inasmuch as it has been Dr. Buckstein’s priviIege for more than twenty years to see (in BeIIevue Hospital, New York) a vast amount of materia1 dealing with the aIimentary tract from the roentgenoIogic, operative and postoperative viewpoints, he has presented materia1 as examples of both norma and pathologic conditions for portraya in the pages of his book. And he has done a tip-top job. The book is we11 written and understandable; the 525 iIIustrations are cIear and reaIIy iIIustrate, and there is a bibliographical and subject index. Surgeon, gastroenteroIogist and internist wiI1 find this work interesting and instructive. ORTHOPEDIC OPERATIONS. By Arthur SteindIer, M.D. SpringfieId, 1940. CharIes C. Thomas. Price $9.00. The author of this work needs no introduction to the surgica1 fraternity of America. He is preeminent in his fieId, that of orthopedic surgery, and his book echoes or mirrors the knowIedge Dr. SteindIer has acquired, sifted and evaluated. Therefore, he has written a preeminentIy practica1 book, a book that answers such questions as How, When, With What Resuits? UnIike the usua1 book on this subject, Orthopedic Operations Iays specia1 stress upon the indications and end resuIts in specific oithopedic conditions. Much information (bad procedures have not been introduced) has been put into its 766 pages, which also contain 865 iIIustrations on 322 figures, chapter bibIiographies, 1756 subject index and 1469 author index references. We agree with the statement, “Steindler’s new book guides the operator quickIy to the exact practica1 procedure which is best fitted to meet each precise cIinica1 situation.”
TREATMENT OF WAR WOUNDS AND FRACTURES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE CLOSED METHOD AS USED IN THE WAR IN SPAIN. By J. Trueta, M.D. With a Foreword by H. Winnett Orr, M.D. New York, 1940. PauI B. Hoeber, Inc. Price $2.50. The author teIIs us that his work is “an ampI&ation of a smaI1 manua1 which was pubIished during the war in Spain, first in CataIan and Iater in Spanish. The origina text was written under war conditions.” We are toId that open fractures produced in road accidents or in industry do not differ essentiaIIy from those produced by aeria1 bombs or faIIing masonry. AIso, that the fundamental principIes of treatment are the same whatever the cause. Dr. Orr, in his Foreword states, “It has been demonstrated now by many surgeons that drainage, skeIeta1 tixation in pIaster of Paris casts, and protection against the trauma and re-infection caused by frequent dressings wiI1 enabIe a high percentage of these patients to recover. Dr. Trueta has brought this Iesson home to us by a most convincing demonstration under military conditions.” This teIIs what this smaI1 book of 146 pages covers. There are 48 iIIustrations, a bibIiography and an index. UnIess famiIiar in every detai1 with this method we urge every surgeon, especiaIIy those deaIing with fractures and traumatic injuries, to possess this book. A TEXT-BOOK OF GYNAECOLOGY. By James Young, M.D. Fifth Edition, Revised. London, 1939. Adam & CharIes BIack. Price $5.00. A Text-Book of Gynaecology first appeared in 1921 and now is offered in its fifth edition. This speaks for itseIf, AIthough it has been revised and certain parts rewritten, this edition differs from the former in having added the important contribution of sex endocrinology, a consideration of the synthetic estrogens and the appraisement of their cIinica1 vaIue by The Therapeutic TriaIs Committee of the MedicaI Research CounciJ. For anyone who wishes to get or keep abreast of modern gynecoIogica1 teaching this work, containing 425 pages, and 226 iIIustrations, is recommended.
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