Yellow fever in the north. The methods of early epidemiology

the field ofmedical education, beginning with its origins in the London hospitals and concluding with the ructions engendered by two reports on medical education, that of the Royal Commission chaired by Lord Todd (1968) and the internal one produced by Lord Flowers (1980). Harte is particularly illuminating on the changing relations between the medical schools and the University. Indeed, this is just one of the many benefits to be gained from this delightful, instructive, and amusing book, which will be widely enjoyed by specialists and common readers alike. Jack Morrell University of Bradford