MCQ tutor for primary FRCS, part 1. M. Hobsley, P. Abrahams and B. Cardell. 215 × 138 mm. Pp. 310 + ix. 1980. London: Heinemann. £6·50
✍ Scribed by J. Hadfield
- Book ID
- 101737387
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 125 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
HAMILTON BAILEY'S 'Physical Signs', though now well over 50 years old, retains its popularity with successive generations of students. This is not surprising as there is a vast quantity of information packed into its 600 pages, information that is easy to retrieve and retain because of the unique quality of the illustrations.
In any work attempting to cover so wide a field there are bound to be individual personal criticisms. Thus, the opening general chapters appear to suffer a lack of structure and to be unduly anecdotal in style, though this is corrected in the main body of the book, where regions are considered individually. This regional layout makes necessary an excess of crossreferences, which disturb the smooth flow of reading.