Pediatric nephrology, 4th edition

Pediatric Surgery. 4th Edition. Volumes 1 and 2

The fourth edition of this widely used reference text of pediatric surgery certainly lives up to the golden standards of the earlier editions. This large, two-volume work is composed of monographs from 149 pediatric surgeons, most of whom are experts in their fields. The five editors have done a superb job of compiling such a massive amount of information and have, for the most part, refined th...

Biochemistry, 4th Edition

Taxing Ourselves, 4th Edition

Psychiatric Diagnosis. 4th Edition

In their preface to the fourth edition of Psychiatric Diagnosis, authors Goodwin and Guze are clear on the limitations of their work: there is little "theory" or "speculation" nor any unproved claims in this review of a dozen psychiatric diagnoses. While this approach leaves a straightforward and complete compendium of current knowledge, it also handicaps the work. Like other texts, it provides...

MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY (4th Edition)

THIS is an excellent book although unhappily the only coloured plates concern artists' impressions of various Plasmodia; there is available, however, a set of 180 colour illustrations which can be obtained separately, but the reviewer did not have the pleasure of secinz these. It must be added that many of the black-and-white illustrations given in the text are of outstanding quality; several m...