Cancer of the face and mouth. Diagnosis, Treatment, Surgical Repair. By Vilray P. Blair, M.D., Sherwood Moore, M.D., and Louis T. Byars, M.D., of St. Louis. 10 × 6¾ in. Pp. 599, with 260 illustrations and 64 plates. 1941. London: Henry Kimpton. 50s. net

• Book ID: 101734402
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1942
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 230 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.18003011717

✦ Synopsis

Livingstone. 25s. net. No matter how acute paper shortage may be, there can be no adverse criticism of the appearance of a book of this kind at the present time. Head injuries constitute a subject on which guidance is much needed, particularly in war-time, and the author of this book has produced a clearly written and attractive account of the subject, which should have a wide circulation because of its wide appeal. Very fittingly it is dedicated to Geoffrey Jefferson, who has done so much for cerebral surgery in this country, and introduced by Norman Dott, whose contributions to this branch of surgery are equally well known. Mr. Rowbotham informs us at once that it has been written primarily for those who are responsible for the treatment of acute head injuries and have not received a special training in neurosurgery or neurology. This is well, because many cases of head injury must, in the first instance at least, come under the care of the general surgeon, and as the methods of neurosurgery become more widely known and practised by general surgeons so will more cases be more effectively dealt with in the all-important early phases. The author quotes his own experiences frankly but refers to many well-known authors, among whom, however, we regret to note the absence of Victor Horsley's name, which appears only as