About 170 questionson generalchemistry, 230 on inorganic and analytical chemistry, and 600 on organic chemistry are given, with short answers, in about 200 pages. According to the preface, the questions are largely authentic examination questions from the medical courses of West German universities. In the reviewer's opinion, however, a number of the questions are rather irrelevant to the budding physician. In view of the tightening-up of the syllabus that is necessitated by the new Education Act, there will be an increasing need in the future for the subject matter of courses to be closely concerned with medicine.
The collection of questions will probably be of little interest to the medical student in the foreseeable future. This is the more regrettable in that the authors have taken a great deal of trouble in the preparation of the book, which they undoubtedly also intended to be of assistance to medical students. (However, the authors cannot be held responsible for the selection of the examination material.) This criticism in no way limits the usefulness of the book to the other groups for whom it is intended. This collection of questions will be a significant and reasonably priced aid to teaching candidates and first-semester chemistry students, and can be recommended with a clear conseience.