Hospital. Pocket hlonograph~ on Practical Medicine. V'cap 8\ o. 1'1). 9 2 4viii.
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'I'IIIS vnlumc is one of the I'ocket Monographs on Practical Medicine, and is a very \ni:iIl hOOIL dealing M ith a large and dil'ficult subject. Mr. Fagge, honcver, nianagqs to givc the reader a wealth of information based on his eutcnsive practical expericiicc. 'l'he booh is divided into three parts. In the first the various symptoms nwt in an acute alidominal catastrophe are outlined and their significance and \ ar] ing iniportancr discwssccl. The next part considers the differential diagnosis i i f tlic indik idnal Ic4ons, anit the final part the principles of treatment. On debat-: i t ) k sulJjects, siicli a s tlic trentrnent of acute tippendicitis, Mr. Pagge states his \ iev s frorii thc a5pcct of patliolog> a i i d prwticd experience. We cannot akp-ee, however. that the point o f tenderness in acwtc appendicitis docs not alter with tlic differcnt po5itions of t h e appcnili.
'l'he whole of thf. niatter i i set out in a perfectly clcar and simple nianner, and