Gynaecological laparoscopy. The report of the working party of the confidential inquiry into gynaecological laparoscopy. 210 × 150 mm. Pp. 165. Illustrated. 1978. London: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
✍ Scribed by H. A. F. Dudley
- Book ID
- 101741349
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
BOTH of these 1978 editions give a wide coverage of microbiology but one gains the impression that, of the two books, the microbiology review is the more up to date. Both apportion considerable space to bacterial physiology and genetics and rudimentary immunology, which, though of interest, are not directly relevant to surgical practice. However, despite the inevitable overlap of subject content they are in many ways complementary to one another rather than repetitive.
Frobisher and Fuerst's contribution is perhaps best described as being toward the 'ecology of microbiology'. Diseases and organisms are discussed from the standpoint of their environmental origin so that anthrax and gas gangrene, for example, are grouped together under 'bacterial pathogens of the soil'. Commensurate with this environmental approach, 'factors in transmission of communicable disease' and the role of 'microorganisms in our ecological system' are discussed. An entire section is also included in which the topics of sterilization, disinfection and a general consideration of antibiotics and chemotherapy are presented.
By contrast the Reciew of Medical Microbiology devotes more than half of its 41 chapters, concisely but without excessive detail, to a systematic description of bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites which includes their pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment. This method of approach lends itself more readily to the surgeon seeking information regarding a microbiological problem. There is also discussion of practical relevance regarding the use of the more commonly employed 'hospital' antibiotics and a chapter on the 'principles of diagnostic medical microbiology', which may well have been written more for the surgeon (or physician) than the micro-