Recent advanccs in surgery. Number 8. Edited Sclwyn Taylor, London. 222 × 146 mm Pp. 485 + xiii, with 126 illustrations. 1973. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. £5.50
✍ Scribed by Alan G. Cox
- Book ID
- 101736188
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 134 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
ANY book on clinical surgery that tells us that the parathyroid glands were first described in the rhinoceros deserves success. There can be no doubt that Selwyn Taylor's Recent Adaunces in Surgcr.v Nnniber 8 will be welcomed by surgeons looking for a well-written collection of papers on subjects of topical interest.
There are nineteen chapters with topics ranging from piles to lung transplanation-which gives wide scope in between! The general subjects dealt with are pain relief, fibreduodenoscopy, antibiotics, shock, intensive therapy units, surgery of civil violence and biopsy. The more specialized chapters are on cryosurgery around the mouth, lung and renal transplantation, knee surgery, arterial disease and related lipid disorders, carcinoma of the oesophagus, acid secretion, epidemiology of large bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis, haemorrhoids and the parathyroids.
Mr Taylor has commanded a uniformly high standard of clear and informative writing from his many contributors, and has thereby provided a thoroughly palatable up-dating volume. Fortunately, the publishers have set a modest price by modern standards. A well worth-while investment for all surgeons.