Techniques histologiques de neuropathologie

574

American Journd

of Surgery

Book Reviews

with the gir1, who had to suffer for appearances being against her. The mother, who was too busy to nurse her baby, and the wife, who put off having chiIdren for too Iong, both teI1 their taIes of woe. The stories are there; they are true; they are known to every physician. If the book were read and its Iessons taken to heart by those for whom it is intended, it wouId be worth whiIe. But, wiI1 those who need it, read it? If they read it, wiI1 they heed it? That is the question! The author is a crusader with the courage of his convictions and is to be congratuIated on his wihingness to express them in a rather unconventiona1 form. DIET AND CARE OF THE SURGICAL CASE. By ReynoId H. Boyd, M.B., CH.B. (N.Z.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.). IIO pp. London, H. K. Lewis & Co., Ltd., 1930. A short and practica1 book on a subject of utmost importance to every surgeon. It presents a definite point of view conciseIy yet compIeteIy. A simiIar work based on American practice wouId be very desirabIe in this country. MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE. By EImer D. Brothers, B.S., LL.B. Ed. 3, 3og pp., St. Louis, The C. V. Mosby Co., 1930. This is the third edition of a concise and practica1 book on “MedicaI Jurisprudence.” Where a Iarger book is not avaiIabIe, it wiI1 be found a great convenience to have this voIume on hand for casua1 reference. ORAL DISEASES. By James L. Zemsky, D.D.S. 402 pp., 414 iIIus., BrookIyn, Physicians and Surgeons Book Co., 1930. A hastily put together and much padded monograph that wiI1 be of greater interest to dentists than to surgeons. DIE ROENTGEN LITERATUR, X TeiI, 1929, Autoren-Und Sachregister r gzg PatentIiteratur 1929, by Dr. Herman Gocht,

University of BerIin. Enke, 1930.

Stuttgart,

Ferdinand

Here is another voIume of Dr. Gocht’s periodica Iisting of the roentgenoIogica1 Iiterature. This tenth voIume incIudes much of the 1929 Iiterature on the x-rays in diagnosis and therapy, but one notes with regret the faiIure to incIude some important American contributions. It wouId increase American interest in these vaIuabIe annua1 contributions if more care were exercised in making the Iist compIete. This series of Iiterature references constitutes a nearIy compIete bibIiography of the entire Iiterature on roentgenoIogy. It shouId be found in every medica Iibrary. LES FONCTIONS HEPATO-BILIAIRES. By M. Chirary et F. ThiebauIt, Paris, Masson et Cie, 1930. This is a brief summary of practicaIIy a11 of the tests that have ever been proposed for the estimation of Iiver function. The book doubtIess wiI1 have some interest for speciaIists in this heId but, unfortunateIy, the writers, if they have had any cIinica1 experience with the various tests, fai1 to mention it. Their Iack of cIinica1 experience is indicated by their faiIure to note that at Ieast in this country the test of Abe1 and Rowntree, modified by Rosenthal, is the one commonIy used. Strange to say, there seems to be no mention of Rowntree in the whoIe book. TECHNIQUES HISTOLOGIQUES DE NEUROBertrand. Paris, PATHOLOGIE. By Ivan Masson et Cie, 376 pp., 1927. This is the most compIete treatise on the subject yet avaiIabIe, covering as it does all the technical methods which are of use to the neuropathoIogist. It includes everything that is necessary, even down to detaiIs of making autopsies. Every Iaboratory has its own modifications of the various methods; modifications which it wouId obviousIy be impossibIe to incIude, but otherwise the voIume is complete. Every neuropathoIogist wiI1 want to have a copy-