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IliE fourtlh editioni of this already well know-n text-book of surgical treatment is hiighly recommIleInded. It wvill b)e greatly appreciated by the senior medical studenit and those post-graduate students wishinig to specialise in sur-gery. Anl effor-t to keep abreast of the ever-widening field of surgery has been miade; eacth chapter lhas been car-efully revisedl and many greatly amplified. Unlike previous editons, wvhei-e operations wer-e merely mentioned, particular attention is paid in this v'olume to the technical (letails of those olerations which comne wvithin the scope of the general surgeon. Tlhese are well illustrated, an(d adld greatly to the, v'alue of the book. TIhle introduction of chapters onl the surgical manageme-nt of congenital heart disease and arterial hypertension is timely, and can he recommended to p)hysicitan and surgeon. The book is wteAll w ritten, well illlst raled and essenti.Ally Iacticald. E. M.