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BOOK REVIEWS Oral Diagnosis.
By Donald A. Kerr, D.D.S., M.S., Major M. Ash! Jr., D.D.S., M.S., and H. Dean Millard, D.D.S., M.S. St. Louis, 1959, The C. V. Mosby Company. 419 pages, 212 illustrations. Price, $10.00.
The three authors, faculty members at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, have pooled their talents and teaching philosophies of the principles of oral diagnosis in this text. It is not a reference book of signs and symptoms of oral disease but, rather, a recording of the principles involved in obtaining and evaluating diagnostic information for orderly treat“Not until diagnosis ment. The foreword by L. M. S. Miner, written in 1937, states: becomes the foundation on which the whole structure of dentistry is built can it lay claim to be a learned profession or an import,ant branch of the great art and science of healing.” Teachers and students of oral diagnosis will greatly appreciate the efforts of these three authors. If the principles as set forth are followed in dental practice, dentistry will more quickly achieve the aims expressed by Dr. Miner. D. J. Holland.
The Management
of Oral Disease.
(Eng.). Second 1031 illustrations.
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By Joseph L. Bernier, D.D.S., M.S., F.D.S., B.C.S. St. Louis, 1959, The C. V. Mosby Company. 875 pages, $15.00.
The unusual opportunities provided by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology have enabled the author ‘to have access to undoubtedly the most complete collection of oral pathology material in the world. He has organized, condensed, and classified these data well. The oral diseases are discussed logically and consistently under headings of etiology, clinical The clinical photography and the reproductions of features, histopathology, and treatment. The references at the end of each chapter provide sources microscopic sections are superior. of Oral Disease by of additional detail and experiences wherever needed. The Jlanagement Bernier is a valuable addition to the list of texts on oral pathology and oral diagnosis. D. J. ZTolland.
Treatment
of Cancer and Allied Diseases. Volume 3. Tumors of the Head and Neck. By George T. Pack, M.D., F.A.C.S., and Irving M. Ariel, M.D., F.A.C.S. (editors). Second edition. New York and London, 1959, Paul B. Hoeber, Inc. 781 pages, 1028 illustrations. Price, $30.00.
Seventy authors have contributed to the most comprehensive and compact presentation of the essentials of treatment of neoplasm of the head and neck ever assembled in one volume. This is volume 3 in a set of nine separate and complete texts covering malignant disease of all systems and areas. The volume is divided into fifty-two chapters, each carefully compiled 1027
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by recognized authorities in special fields of oral, nose, pharynx, ear, and nwli tumors. 13oth maligna~wy the so-called radical and conservative a~)~“ro:~(‘l~c,s-surgc,rq- and radiatiolt-to The most rwtwt fiw-year survival ratw and other statist,ical in the head region are outlined. The illustrations, photography, analyses clearly set forth the magnitude of the (xu(*w prol)lcm. and diagrams are numerous and generally wmplemc:nt thca test. This volume is an excellent guide to practice as well as a convenient reference problem associated with malignant disease anywhere in the head and neck region.
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