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The Current Status of Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring and Ultrasound in Obste tries R.W. Beard and S. Campbell (eds.) Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, 1978 f 3.50 This 250-page report is a verbatim transcript of a meeting held in December, 1977 between 11 British, 3 German and 1 Dutch expert in one or other of the two fields mentioned in the title. The producers are to be congratulated on its commendably short gestation, which is as well, since its topicality gives it a rather short half-life. The style is verbatim, at times anecdotal, with one or two of the hilarities, especially in the transcribed discussion, inseparable from the genre. For the practising obstetrician wishing to read what other practising obstetricians of some distinction were saying to each other six months ago it should be good value. John Dobbing Comparative, Maternal and Epidemiologic Aspects Handbook of Teratology, Volume 3 J.G. Wilson and F. Clarke Fraser (eds.) (334 pages) Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York US$ 39,This is the third of four volumes of the Handbook of Teratology, which is a comprehensive and authoritative account of most aspects of teratology, animal and human. Volume 1 was concerned with general principles and aetiology, Volume 2 with mechanisms and pathogenesis. Three sections are included in Volume 3 - maternal and placental effects, comparative studies in mammals, and epidemiology. The first two of these will be of particular interest to those interested in animal teratology, placental pathology and pharmacokinetics, the last section to epidemiologists. Each chapter comprises a critical review of the relevant literature, with a substantial bibliography. To review this book is rather like reviewing a volume of Encyclopaedia Brittanica. It is not complete in itself, and is not intended to be. The complete set of four volumes provides probably the most up-to-date review of the science of clinical and experimental teratology. It is expensive, and in such a rapidly advancing field parts of it will soon be superseded. However, it covers the relevant literature to at least 1975 and will therefore long be of value to research workers. Some parts, such as Nishimura’s table of comparative embryology, are of permanent value. All research workers interested in early development, human or animal, need these four volumes within easy reach. R.W. Smithells
The Current Status of Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring and Ultrasound in Obste tries R.W. Beard and S. Campbell (eds.) Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, 1978 f 3.50 This 250-page report is a verbatim transcript of a meeting held in December, 1977 between 11 British, 3 German and 1 Dutch expert in one or other of the two fields mentioned in the title. The producers are to be congratulated on its commendably short gestation, which is as well, since its topicality gives it a rather short half-life. The style is verbatim, at times anecdotal, with one or two of the hilarities, especially in the transcribed discussion, inseparable from the genre. For the practising obstetrician wishing to read what other practising obstetricians of some distinction were saying to each other six months ago it should be good value. John Dobbing Comparative, Maternal and Epidemiologic Aspects Handbook of Teratology, Volume 3 J.G. Wilson and F. Clarke Fraser (eds.) (334 pages) Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York US$ 39,This is the third of four volumes of the Handbook of Teratology, which is a comprehensive and authoritative account of most aspects of teratology, animal and human. Volume 1 was concerned with general principles and aetiology, Volume 2 with mechanisms and pathogenesis. Three sections are included in Volume 3 - maternal and placental effects, comparative studies in mammals, and epidemiology. The first two of these will be of particular interest to those interested in animal teratology, placental pathology and pharmacokinetics, the last section to epidemiologists. Each chapter comprises a critical review of the relevant literature, with a substantial bibliography. To review this book is rather like reviewing a volume of Encyclopaedia Brittanica. It is not complete in itself, and is not intended to be. The complete set of four volumes provides probably the most up-to-date review of the science of clinical and experimental teratology. It is expensive, and in such a rapidly advancing field parts of it will soon be superseded. However, it covers the relevant literature to at least 1975 and will therefore long be of value to research workers. Some parts, such as Nishimura’s table of comparative embryology, are of permanent value. All research workers interested in early development, human or animal, need these four volumes within easy reach. R.W. Smithells