Undoubtedly it offers the student of 'Police Science' a quick and ready reference to the majority of subjects with which he may concern himself. I t is unique in that, compiled in a handy sized booklet, it is perhaps the only list of its kind. A most useful publication for inclusion in any Forensic Library.

A. Chapman

AN ATLAS O F FORENSIC MEDICINE Forensiche Medizin 0. Prokop (Veb Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, 1966; 746 pp.).

Presented in simple language, a wealth of information collected over the years makes this work a veritable atlas of reference not only for the Forensic Pathologist but also for lawyers and medical practitioners.

The introductory chapter on the history of Forensic Medicine is academically interesting. The chapter on "Apparent Death", in which causes and effects and the psychological theories of this grim subject are presented, demonstrates the strange fields into which forensic interest extends.

Particularly noteworthy is the study of Blood Groups and anthropological data connected with paternity and affiliations, which, outlined extensively, is followed by the chapter on identification. Violent deaths are treated with the same meticulous care, the subject matter, however, being common ground to Forensic Pathologists the world over, yields nothing new in knowledge but the illustrations are numerous and good. The paper on child deaths is disap- pointingly short and deals briefly with infanticide and bypasses the recent research on the Battered Baby Syndrome. Allowances being made for the fact that this serious crime has only been recognised in the last ten years in the United Kingdom and twenty years in the United States, it is nevertheless a regrettable omission.

Reimann's paper on Death by Exposure and Frostbite is an adventure almost outside the realm of Forensic Medicine per se, but one which may well in the future acquire greater importance in the world of changing operational tech- niques and scientific advances. If equated with the chapter on sure signs of death, by Prokop, it makes interesting reading.

Chapter twelve, on self-inflicted injuries and stimulation of disease with its long appendix of signs and symptoms, will interest and be of great value not only to the psychiatrist but also to the practitioner.

The Treatise on Poisonings is thorough and deals with the classical methods and known agents as well as the latest types of drug addictions. The section on Toxicology (due to the ever increasing manufacture of drugs) will need periodical additional data.

The aim of this book is to englobe as much as possible of The Forensic Sciences' findings in one volume; that this purpose is well on the way to being achieved is reflected in the well chosen and long list of references.

M. P. McHugh

THE NEW CARTOGRAPHERS

Blood Groups in Man, Fifth Ed. R. R . Race and Ruth Sanger (Blackwell, Oxford and Edinburgh, 1968; 578 99. ; index; £5-10-0)

Blood group serologists need no introduction to this remarkable work of Race and Sanger: it has been their Bible for nineteen years. Inevitably the latest edition involved rewriting considerable parts of the text, the digesting of

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