Modern Trends in Paediatrics - 3

F.R.C.S. Fifth Edition. (Pp. viii+ 174; figs. 44. £1.50). Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone, 1969. A further edition of this book two years after its predecessor evinces its popularity. The subject is presented in a very acceptable manner and the format of the volume with good print and informative illustrations, many in colour, make it a pleasure to handle and read. The opportunity has been taken to insert in appropriate places reference to new developments in treatment or technique, for example, the value of 5-iodo-2-Deoxyuridine in herpes simplex keratitis, and, as in the previous edition, a timely warning is given against the use of steroid in these conditions. In detachment therapy the use of cryopexy and light coagulation is referred to. From these examples the reader can feel that he is handling a book which within its field is well up-to-date. Reference may perhaps be made to the chapters on Squint and Errors of Refraction which have helpful diagrams and give a lucid account of matters that can be at times puzzling. In a concise textbook of this nature the beginner on this subject should recognise that while it contains nearly all he needs to know it is requisite for him to know all that it contains and as with any clinical subject the full import of many statements can only be appreciated in conjunction with clinical experience. J.A.C.