The Obstetrician, Anæsthetist and Pædiatrician in the Management of Obstetric Problems

MENT OF OBSTETRIC PROBLEMS. Edited by T. Barnett and J. J. Foley. (Pp. xiii+ 188; illustrated. 50s.) Oxford: Pcrgamon Press, 1963. THIS is the transcript of proceedings at the first Obstetric Coonference held under the auspices of the South-WVestern Obstetrical and Gv-nacological Society in Portsmouth in November, 1961. There were five sessions, devoted to the very important practical subjects of The Unstable Lie, Obstetric Anesthesia, The Place of the G(eneral Practitioner in Obstetrics, Asplhyxia, Neonatorum and Management of the Third Stage. The contributors were well chosen and were drawn from all parts of the B3ritish Isles. As the discussion at each sessioin is also included, each subject is very adequately explored in all its aspects. rhough the cost may be considered excessive for a book of this size the reviewer agrees vith the editor's comment that this book "will appeal alike to general practitioners practising obstetrics, who wish to be informed of the best consultant opinion on the subjects discussed, and to specialist obstetricians who wN-ish to uniderstand the problems confronting the general practitioner obstetrician." G. B. (;.