Canadian medicine. A study in restricted entry

treated, and the hospital served the clinical purposes of the Collegium Medico-Chirurgicum. The Charite became an exemplar in Germany, and by the nineteenth century had high standing, with such notables as Virchow, Henle, von Helmholtz, Du Bois Reymond, and Koch becoming associated with it. With its Marxist approach this little history includes more social and political history than would be the case in a western celebratory version, but its propagandist nature is very prominent. Thus, due obeisance is paid to the Russians, and links between the Charite and Soviet doctors from the time of the Revolution are stressed. Between 1933 and 1945, the authors relate that there was an "anti-fascist struggle" at the Charite. Great detail is given to reconstruction in 1945, and much attention to subsequent Soviet-East German politics and "friendship". The book concludes by documenting extensive new buildings constructed in the 1980s, listing national prizes won by those at the hospital, and claiming that the Charite is a leading centre for transplant surgery and high technology. The authors' final effort is, not surprisingly, to emphasize the Party involvement of those at the Charite. All in all, an interesting piece of propaganda. Lindsay Granshaw Wellcome Institute