Diseases of the Joints and Spine
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considerable alteration in others, so as to give us now what is almost a new book on the subject. We took occasion to point out in our review of the first edition that the author's strong point was evidently not pathology, and although we notice a great improvement in the present edition, yet the work is still mainly clinical. We are happy, however, to be able to say that from a clinical standpoint the book is excellent. It gives in a very readable manner a somewhat brief, though sufficient, account of the various forms of joint disease, illustrated by
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