Book reviews

Xeno‐Transplantation D. K. C. Cooper, E. Kemp, J. L. Platt and D. J. G. White (eds). 240 × 165 mm. Pp. 854. Illustrated. 1997. Heidelberg: Springer. Surgery of the Colon and Rectum R. J. Nicholls and R. R. Dozois (eds). 286 × 224 mm. Pp. 929. Illustrated. 1997. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. An Introduction to the Symptoms and Signs of Surgical Disease N. L. Browse. 246 × 189 mm. Pp. 456. Illustrated. 1997. London: Arnold. Inflammatory and Thrombotic Problems in Vascular Surgery R. M. Greenhalgh and J. T. Powell (eds). 250 × 175 mm. Pp. 472. Illustrated. 1997. London: W. B. Saunders. Year Book of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery – 1997 R. J. Ginsberg, A. S. Wechsler and W. G. Williams (eds). 235 × 160 mm. Pp. 421. Illustrated. 1997. St Louis, Missouri: Mosby. Clinical Anatomy: A Revision and Applied Anatomy for Clinical Students H. Ellis. 245 × 172 mm. Pp. 534. Illustrated. 1997. Oxford: Blackwell Science. Finals in Surgery: A Guide to Success in Clinical Surgery A. N. Thompson and K. G. M. Park. 215 × 139 mm. Pp. 238. Illustrated. 1997. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. Scientific Foundations of Trauma G. J. Cooper, H. A. F. Dudley, D. S. Gann, R.A. Little and R. L. Maynard (eds). 276 × 210 mm. Pp. 767. Illustrated. 1997. Oxford: Heinemann. Superficial Bladder Cancer F. Pagano and W. R. Fair (eds). 289 × 194 mm. Pp. 228. Illustrated. 1997. Oxford: Isis Medical Media. The Thyroid: Fine‐Needle Biopsy and Cytological Diagnosis of Thyroid Lesions S.R. Orell and J. Phillips (eds). 245 × 174 mm. Pp. 205. Illustrated. 1997. Basel: S. Karger AG. © 1998 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd