Surgery of the liver and portal circulation. William V. McDermott, Boston. 260×185 mm. Pp. 190 + ix. Illustrated. 1974. London: Henry Kimpton. £6.65
✍ Scribed by J. H. Peacock
- Book ID
- 101738152
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 146 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
THE new edition of this popular book has been enlarged to include more basic science in order to appeal to medical students as well as to practising clinicians. Those who have long since left the laboratory for the bedside should, if they are interested, have no difficulty in understanding the clear and well-illustrated account of microbial physiology and genetics, mechanisms of immune response and modes of action of antimicrobial agents on microbes. An enormous amount of up-to-date information is to be found, including an account of oncogenic viruses.
The section on antimicrobial chemotherapy is especially useful in simplifying this complex subject and putting new drugs in their appropriate place. The book is dogmatic and without references to published work, but its contents would, in the reviewer's opinion, be accepted with only minor modifications by specialists in the very wide field covered.
For clinicians faced with an unfamiliar infection and little time to read about it, this book would give quick and reliable information.