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Everyday surgery. By Lambert Rogers, M.Sc., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.E., F.R.A.C.S., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery, University of Wales; Director of the Surgical Unit, Welsh National School of Medicine; Honorary Surgeon, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, etc.; and A. L. d'Abreu, M.B., Ch.M., F.R.C.S., Senior Assistant, Surgical Unit, Welsh National School of Medicine; Assistant Thoracic Surgeon, Welsh National Memorial Association, etc. With an Introduction by Professor G. Grey Turner. 8⅝ × 5½ in. Pp. 280 + xii, with 160 illustrations. 1938. London: Edward Arnold & Co. 12s. 6d. net


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1939
Tongue
English
Weight
178 KB
Volume
27
Category
Article
ISSN
0007-1323

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✦ Synopsis


Edinburgh : E. & S. Livingstone. 30s. net. THIS exposition of surgery has been written by fifteen different surgeons, including such well-known names as those of Tudor Edwards, Gordon-Taylor, and Julian Taylor. I t displays a very well-balanced piece of team work, inasmuch as every article is from a wellknown authority, yet each fits into its place so that it almost reads as the work of a single author. It represents an ideal text-book for the student because it is short and concise and yet thorough and up-to-date.

We know of no modern text-book in which the essentials of surgery are so well described and treatment so fairly presented. Having said this we may be permitted to make various suggestions and criticisms of details.

In the description of Hodgkin's disease, no mention is made of bone metastases. In the treatment of cleft palate, the two operative methods figured, viz., those of Langenbeck and Gillies, are not now used, having been superseded for a long time by the methods of Veau and the modifications of Wardill or Brown.

We are in full agreement with the sound principals of treatment advocated for acute appendicitis, osteomyelitis, and hernia. Early operation is the right treatment for acute appendicitis. Early drainage without guttering is that for osteomyelitis. The specious


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