Simpson and Syme of Edinburgh. By John A. Shepherd. 8½ × 5½ in. Pp. 288+xvi. illustrated. 1969. London: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. 42s

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1970
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 142 KB
• Volume: 57
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800570131

✦ Synopsis

Citanest, Carbocaine, and Marcaine) are advocated as local anaesthetics. Nerve-block, paracervical block, and spinal anaesthesia are described in detail and illustrated by numerous coloured drawings. Stellate-ganglion block and lumbar sympathetic block are discussed and illustrated.

Victor Goldman and Graham McCarthy are to be congratulated on the excellence of this English translation.

This book should be in every medical school library, for it is an excellent production.