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Text Book of Pathology. By Sir Robert Muir, Professor of Pathology,University of Glasgow. Fourth Edition. 1936. London: EdwardArnold & Co. Price 35s. net.
The appearance of a new edition of this well-known work is evidence tl;atit is admirably adapted to the requirements of medical students and practitioners. Only minor alterations have been made in the text but apparentlyall important additions to knowledge in the realm of pathology have beenincorporated and a few new illustrations have been added.
It remains one of the best text books on the subject. The author's greatexperience, not only as a teacher but also as a hospital pathologist, has givenhim an advantage in deciding what is appropriate and what should not beincluded in a work mainly intended for medical students preparing for thequalifying examination in pathology.
Very few references to matters of comparative pathology are found inthe work-which is a merit and not a defect, but unfortunately one of themis not accurate. In the part dealing with paroxysmal h~moglobinuria it issaid that it " is probably allied to the paroxysmal h~moglobinuria which isnot uncommon in horses when exercised after a long period of rest," butin fact in the equine disease the period of rest that precedes an attack isnearly always a matter of a few days only.
Experimental and Clinical Studies of the Spine of the Dog. By Geoffrey B.Brooke, D.SC., F.R.C.V.S. Pp. 122, with 24 plates (50 figures). London:Bailliere, Tindall & Cox. Price 5s.
The book has been designed to help, first, the clinician engaged in thediagnosis and treatment of diseases of the dog and, second, the comparativeworker utilising observations on the lower animals in the study and elucidationof disease processes in man.
Part I is concerned with puncture of the cisterna magna in the dog,which is the routine method of reaching the subarachnoid space for thewithdrawal of the cerebrospinal fluid for study. The steps in this operationare minutely described and illustrated and the characters of the normalcerebrospinal fluid in the dog are given, based on observations made by theauthor. This will be useful, for cistern puncture is employed as a means ofobtaining samples of cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis or investigationof disease associated with the central nervous system, and it can also be usedfor bringing sera or medicinal liquids into the subarachnoid space.
Part II deals with the experimental and clinical investigations into theuse of iodised oil as a radiopaque medium in the examination of the spinalsubarachnoid space of the dog.
It is a piece of original work very well done.
Variations and Diseases of the Teeth of Animals. By Sir Frank Colyer,K.B.E., LL.D., F.R.C.S. London: John Bale, Sons and Danielsson, Ltd.1936. Price £2 2s. Od.
This work extends to 750 Imp. octavo pages and has 1,007 illustrations.The first part deals with variations of the teeth in number and shape in thedifferent Orders, beginning with the Primates.
The second part relates to variations in the position of the teeth in thedifferent Orders and extends to about 300 pages.
The remainder has separate chapters dealing with abnormal eruption of
