Autopsy Diagnosis and Technique

descriptions of traditional therapeutic devices which clutter most other textbooks of medicine are wisely omitted in favor of concise directions in the light of modern therapeusis. Where indicated, thoroughness is not sacrificed to brevity-as for example, in the section on treatment of diphtheria the technic of tracheal intubation is described in detail. This reviewer suspects that, with the growth of specialized knowledge in the various biological sciences contributing to clinical medicine, the day of "classical" Text-books of Medicine has passed, but that there will continue to be room for treatises which select and summarize current knowledge important but frequently unavailable to the practitioner of medicine. Dr. Meakins and his collaborators have performed this arduous task with wisdom and skill.