Handbook of Bacteriology: For Students and Practitioners of Medicine

AND PRACTITIONERS OF MEDICINE.-By J. W. Bigger, M.D., Sc.D. (Dub.), F.R.C.P.I., M.R.C.P. (Lond.), D.P.H., M.R.I.A. Fifth Edition. 1939. Bailliere, Tindai! and Cox, London. Pp. xvi plus 466. Illustrated. Price, 12s. 6d. The fact that Bigger's bacteriology which was first published in 1925 has gone through five editions and that three of the editions have been reprinted demonstrates its popularity. This popularity is well deserved. Amongst the smaller textbooks on the subject Bigger's bacteriology can be confidently recommended as one of the best suited to the needs of medical students and the busy medical _ practitioner who desires to consult a book on bacteriology. The subject-matter is presented in a simple, concise but lucid manner. This is one of those books which a teacher of the subject can confidently recommend to his students. In the present edition definite advances in bacteriology have been incorporated, and, by judicious pruning and condensation, the present edition is only twelve pages more than its predecessor. Amongst^ the changes that we welcome is the introduction of the newer nomenclature based on what might be called the English modification of Bergey's nomenclature adopted by Topley and Wilson.