Text-book of pathology. By Sir Robert Muir, M.A., M.D., Sc.D., LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Pathology, University of Glasgow; Pathologist to the Western Infirmary, Glasgow. Fourth edition. Medium 8vo. Pp. 994 + viii, with 571 illustrations. 1936. London: Edward Arnold & Co. 35s. net
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1937
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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β¦ Synopsis
F B O O K S 633 many reference tables, e.g., those of the normal content of various substances such as urea, calcium, etc., in the blood, are most useful. I t is curious that whilst the management and nursing of ophthalmic, E.N.T., skin, and gynaecological cases is described, there is no section on the management and nursing of general surgical or fracture cases, nor of the technique of radium application. The opening section on sterilization is excellent, but we think it illogical to describe a special '4-day ' method for operations involving bones and joints, which implies that the method used for other cases is inadequate. The method of cutting off plaster casts with a knife seems unnecessarily risky.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
As he tells us in the Preface, his aim has been to write an ideal student's text-book. Both in the section on general principles (121 pages) and in that of fractures of special bones, the author follows the lines usually laid down in this country and abroad. It is interesting to one who has watched