Emergencies in Medical Practice

THF sixth edition of this excellent book retains the style and character of previous editions. The comprehensive information which it contains is clearly and concisely presented and covers the whole range of medical emergencies. The text has been carefully revised and brought up to date and new chapters on emergencies resulting from nuclear and allied radiations and emergencies in ear, nose, and throat disease have been added. The detailed cross-reference system greatly facilitates rapid consultations. Of the few deficiencies in the book perhaps those in the section on anti-coagulant therapy are the most important. At a time when anti-coagulants are being more and more widely used in treatment of both in-patients and outpatients more detailed suggestions as to dosage would be helpful, and the range of oral preparations should be extended at least to include warfarin sodium. It is a pity that there is an error in the strength of heparin injection B.P. Nevertheless, these minor defects do not detract significantly from the great value of this book, which should be available for reference in all casualty departments and acute reception units. It is strongly commended to doctors in both general and hospital practice. THIS book sets out to provide an introduction to plastic surgical methods for those who have received no formal training in plastic surgery. It is divided into two parts, the first of which covers the basic techniques with chapters on wound care, the Z plasty, free skin grafts, and the various types of flaps. These chapters contain much valuable and practical information and should prove most helpful to all surgeons, particularly those who treat trauma. The second part of the book consists of the surgical applications of these techniques with chapters on general surgery, orthopxdic surgery, hand surgery, and surgery of the eyelids. Here the author has been faced with the difficulty of deciding what to include and what to omit. The chapter on hand surgery deals almost entirely with injuries and covers this aspect in a satisfactory manner. In the other chapters in this section many advanced procedures have been included in which the difficulties and subtleties of technique and post-operative care are not sufficiently stressed, and these might well encourage the surgeon to attempt such reparative operations without fully realizing the dangers involved, e.g., the repair of a total loss of the upper eyelid is a procedure which should not be attempted except by …