The Technique of Local Anesthesia

In the preface to this edition the author says, "The surgical as well as all other arts are most effective when presented with the greatest simplicity. This book attempts to eliminate the nonessential." The enthusiasm which this statement arouses is somewhat dampened on finding that the early chapters contain several purely facetious remarks, quotations of such favorite phrases of the author as "removing the hypertension from the apprehension" and certain instances of unnecessary repetition. The author has also fallen into the common fault of expressing some of his own opinions as matters of actual fact, and accordingly the undiscriminating reader may be misled. The actual technic of the use of local anesthesia in individual procedures is presented in the conventional manner. The illustrations are excellent and add greatly to the clarity of the text. T. S. MoISE