Medicine and the navy, 1200–1900. Volume 3, 1714–1815. By Christopher Lloyd, F. R. Hist. S., Assistant Professor, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and Jack L. S. Coulter, F.R.C.S., Surgeon Captain, Royal Naval Medical School. Pp. 402 + xi. 1961. Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. 50s. net

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1961
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 145 KB
• Volume: 49
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.18004921351

✦ Synopsis

on electro-encephalography, paper chromatography, and microradiography. Other subjects of clinical application are the ultracentrifuge, fluorescent antibody techniques, phonocardiography, vector cardiography, and the application of the cathode-ray oscillograph to electromyography. Of interest mainly to specialized research workers are the chapters on electron spin resonance spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction studies.

Those who were privileged to attend this symposium will appreciate the opportunity of studying these lectures in detail, and the book will be a source of reference regarding these technical procedures.