Books Received

[ The mention of a book in this column does not imply that no review will appear in a subsequent issue .] “The Medical Clinics of North America” ; 1952. Philadelphia and London : W. B. Saunders Company. Melbourne: W. Ramsay (Surgical) Proprietary, Limited. Los Angeles Number. 9“ × 6”, pp. 300, with 45 illustrations. Price: £7 5s. per clinic year in cloth binding, and £6 per clinic year in paper binding. Contains a symposium of 21 articles on recent advances in medicine. “Studies in Visual Optics”, by Joseph I. Pascal, B.S., M.A., O.D., M.D. ; 1952. St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Company. Melbourne: W. Ramsay (Surgical) Proprietary, Limited. 9“ × 6”, pp. 800, with 138 text figures. Price: £6 11s. 3d. The author's purpose is to present some old material in an effective way, as well as some new ideas and methods. “Synopsis of Genitourinary Diseases”, by Austin I. Dodson, M.D., F.A.C.S., and Donald L. Gilbert, M.D.; Fifth Edition; 1952. St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Company. Melbourne: W. Ramsay (Surgical) Proprietary, Limited. 8“ × 5”, pp. 314, with 122 illustrations. Price: £2 2s. For the use of the medical student and as a handy reference for the general practitioner. “Surgery for Nurses”, by James Moroney, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (England), L.R.C.P. (London), with a foreword by Miss Dorothy M. Smith, O.B.E. ; Second Edition; 1952. Edinburgh and London: E. and S. Livingstone, Limited. 9“ × 6”, pp. 688, with 585 illustrations. Price: 27s. 6d. Extensively revised since the first edition was published in 1950. “The Extra Pharmacopœia (Martindale) : Incorporating Squire's Companion”, published by direction of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain; Twenty‐Third Edition; Volume I; 1952. London : The Pharmaceutical Press. 7½“ × 5”, pp. 1374. Price: 55s. A new edition of a standard reference book after a gap of eleven years. “The Principles and Practice of Medicine: A Textbook for Students and Doctors”, by L. S. P. Davidson, B.A. (Cantab.), M.D., F.R.C.P.Ed., F.R.C.P. (London), M.D. (Oslo), and the staff of the Department of Medicine and associated clinical units of the University of Edinburgh: 1952. Edinburgh and London : E. and S. Livingstone, Limited. 9“ × 6”, pp. 930, with 57 illustrations. Price: 32s. 6d. Prepared primarily for the authors' students. “The Microbiological Assay of the Vitamin B‐Complex and Amino Acids”, by E. C. Barton‐Wright, D.Sc., F.R.I.C.; 1952. London: Isaac Pitman and Sons, Limited. 9“ × 6”, pp. 190, with 25 text figures. Price: 27s. Each assay is described in detail. “Medical Mycology: An Introduction to its Problems”, by G. C. Ainsworth, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.L.S.; 1952. London: Isaac Pitman and Sons, Limited. 9“ × 6”, pp. 114, with eight plates and seven text figures. Price: 22s. 6d. An attempt to provide an introduction to medical mycology by using the principal mycoses affecting man to illustrate general problems of the subject. “Connective Tissues: Transactions of the Third Conference, February 14‐15, 1952, New York”, edited by Charles Ragan; 1952. New York: Josiah Macy Junior Foundation. 9½“ × 6”, pp. 166, with 50 illustrations, two in colour. Price: $3.50. Papers with discussion are presented on connective tissue staining, the fine structure of connective tissues, the nature of reticulin and hypersensitivity and the hyperadrenal state.