Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology

THIs book is one of a series of textbooks being sp2cially written for students of nursing and of the ancillary medical services. The present volume is intended primarily to cover the syllabus in anatomy as set out by the General Nursing Council for the Preliminary State Examination, but will also serve as an introduction to anatomy to students of physiotherapy or radiography. The text is easy to read, full of information, and lavishly illustrated witlh line diagrams. A short introduction dealing with definitions of anatomical terms, cells, tissues, and organs is followed by a systematic account of the skeletal, muscular, vascular, and other body systems; special chapters are devoted to the sensory organs and ductless glands. A short account, on a regional basis, is then given of the body as a whole. A final chapter of the newborn infant and post-natal growth is followed by a useful glossary and an index. The diagrams form a major feature of the book, and generally are clear and informative, though varying somewhat in the quality of the drawing. Distortion of the proportions of the body and limbs is rather noticeable in some figures, and figure 278 should be reversed for easy comparison with the preceding one. In spite of these minor blemishes, this new volume on a.n old subject should prove popular with students and teachers alike, to whom it can be recommenided with confidence. THE tenth edition of this well-tried textbook it is now fifty-five years since it first appeared-has been completely revised. Despite this it is some thirty pages shorter. This result has been largely obtained by condensation. Recent legislation of importance to the medical practitioner has been incorporated. The effect of the Health Services Act on litigation and the changes in the liability of hospitals are duly noted. The section on toxicology has been brought up to date. Whilst it is probably difficult to decide how much detail should be given in such a textbook , the student or practitioner would find it difficult to appreciate the Rh. problem in blood grouping from what appears in the text. This book will continue to bc of great use to the practitioner in many of his daily problems. The student will find in it an abundance of interest. THIs book will serve as a hospital reference for an operation which fortunately orthop2dic surgeons will not be called upon often to carry out. …