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Transactions of the Fifth American Congress on Obstetrics and Gynecology
the Diagnostic
Sterility, field,
Mass.,
1953,
Survey of the Infertile W. W. \Villiams,
M.D.,
Couple. publisher.
I<\- W . W . Willi~nlsc &, M . 1) . Spring 350 pages with 174 illustrations.
This c*ompact and attractive volurnc of approxinmtc~ly 350 pagclr; 110~~s just wh:rl II> title purports to do, namely, it describes systematically the routine diagnostic survey 111 the infertile couple. The author, long an authority in this field and past president of thca American Societv for the Study of Sterility, says in his introduction t,hat nearly ever!.thing is facilitated and its analysis made more thorough by a systematic method of stutl)-. He proceeds to develop a comprehensive system of surveying the infertile rouple in right visits. Not only is the reader told what to do at each visit but how to do it in detail. Sample chart forms are given and even the approximate times of the patients’ appointments suggested. Nicely interwoven in the description of the routine are found special chapters such as those on interpretaeion of endometrial slides, “gynography,” culdos~opy, and tubal salvage, all written by recognized experts in these particular fields. The book is profusely and well illustrated, containing 174 photographs which have. inc~itlentally, been particularly well reproduced. The format is excellent and the bibliography adequate and up to date. This volume will make good reatling both for the expert in the field and for thca gynecologist to whom sterility is onl? an occasional problem. I,oL~ls M. JlEI>I.zVI.\~.
Obstetrics Transactions George
of the Fifth W.
Kosmak.
American
Congress on Obstetrics
Puhlished
and Gynecology.
as a supplementary volume (IF OBSTETRICS AND GYI*‘E(~OI,OC~B, Vol. 64A, Derember, 1952. tions. St. Louis, 1952, The C. V. Mosby Company. $12.50.
to tllcl ,\MERIPAX 599 pages with
FXitetl
1))
.Tor~ts,\~,
1X illustr;t-
The l’ransactions are presented in Itook form, in an attractive format. Allllost :111 tll(s papers read at the Fifth American Congress on Ol)stetrirs and Gynecology at Ciucinnati itI 1952 are included in this volume. Among the numerous contributors are many of the outstanding traehers of this ~untr! and Canada, and a wide range of suhjccts is (dovered in t,he discussions. Notable among t IIV more than twenty symposiums arc those on Rh and Hr sensitization, lesions of the, vulva, uterine carcinoma, obstetric hemorrhage, and the‘ toxrmias of pregnancy. There are also W’ tions on the public health aspects and nursing aspects of obstetrics, fetal salvage, and t~onatal deaths, reflecting a modern trend. Many of the papers presented have 11een puhlishr4 in special journals au
The 1952 Yeax Book of Obstetrics with The selected
98 figures. 1952 articles
Chicago,
Year Book published
and Gynecology.
1952,
The
of Obstetrics between July,
Year
Book
Edited hy J. P. Greenhill. Publishers, Inc. $5.50.
and Gynecology 1951, and *Tune,
575 pages
contains a review of carefull: 1952. It makes remarkably good
Sterility, field,
Mass.,
1953,
Survey of the Infertile W. W. \Villiams,
M.D.,
Couple. publisher.
I<\- W . W . Willi~nlsc &, M . 1) . Spring 350 pages with 174 illustrations.
This c*ompact and attractive volurnc of approxinmtc~ly 350 pagclr; 110~~s just wh:rl II> title purports to do, namely, it describes systematically the routine diagnostic survey 111 the infertile couple. The author, long an authority in this field and past president of thca American Societv for the Study of Sterility, says in his introduction t,hat nearly ever!.thing is facilitated and its analysis made more thorough by a systematic method of stutl)-. He proceeds to develop a comprehensive system of surveying the infertile rouple in right visits. Not only is the reader told what to do at each visit but how to do it in detail. Sample chart forms are given and even the approximate times of the patients’ appointments suggested. Nicely interwoven in the description of the routine are found special chapters such as those on interpretaeion of endometrial slides, “gynography,” culdos~opy, and tubal salvage, all written by recognized experts in these particular fields. The book is profusely and well illustrated, containing 174 photographs which have. inc~itlentally, been particularly well reproduced. The format is excellent and the bibliography adequate and up to date. This volume will make good reatling both for the expert in the field and for thca gynecologist to whom sterility is onl? an occasional problem. I,oL~ls M. JlEI>I.zVI.\~.
Obstetrics Transactions George
of the Fifth W.
Kosmak.
American
Congress on Obstetrics
Puhlished
and Gynecology.
as a supplementary volume (IF OBSTETRICS AND GYI*‘E(~OI,OC~B, Vol. 64A, Derember, 1952. tions. St. Louis, 1952, The C. V. Mosby Company. $12.50.
to tllcl ,\MERIPAX 599 pages with
FXitetl
1))
.Tor~ts,\~,
1X illustr;t-
The l’ransactions are presented in Itook form, in an attractive format. Allllost :111 tll(s papers read at the Fifth American Congress on Ol)stetrirs and Gynecology at Ciucinnati itI 1952 are included in this volume. Among the numerous contributors are many of the outstanding traehers of this ~untr! and Canada, and a wide range of suhjccts is (dovered in t,he discussions. Notable among t IIV more than twenty symposiums arc those on Rh and Hr sensitization, lesions of the, vulva, uterine carcinoma, obstetric hemorrhage, and the‘ toxrmias of pregnancy. There are also W’ tions on the public health aspects and nursing aspects of obstetrics, fetal salvage, and t~onatal deaths, reflecting a modern trend. Many of the papers presented have 11een puhlishr4 in special journals au
The 1952 Yeax Book of Obstetrics with The selected
98 figures. 1952 articles
Chicago,
Year Book published
and Gynecology.
1952,
The
of Obstetrics between July,
Year
Book
Edited hy J. P. Greenhill. Publishers, Inc. $5.50.
and Gynecology 1951, and *Tune,
575 pages
contains a review of carefull: 1952. It makes remarkably good