louis hubert farabeuf was born in bannost (sein-et-marne) on may 6th 1841 and died in beton-bazoche (aisne) in august 1910. he was professor and director of the anatomical department of the faculty of medicine in paris until 1878. in 1879, he founded the school of practical studies in paris, which contributed to anatomical studies. farabeuf designed many surgical procedures. his manual of opera...

A FASCINAlINOi 1)ook to read, dip inito, or consult, and an essential one to use if eponymous anatomical terms are to be attributed correctly. A total of 728 names are recorded, with, where possible, a short biographical sketch and dates of birth and death of the individual, together with associated anatomical structures. It is interesting to note that each letter of the alphabet, with the exce...

DEMONSTRATIONS OF PHYSICAL SiGNS IN CLINICAL SURGERY. By Hamilton Bailey, F.R.C.S. Tenth Edition (revised). Pp. 375. '"SYMPTOMS and Signs in Clinlical Surgery" has probably made the name of Hamilton Bailey familiar to more generations of medical students than any olther of hlis books, and the tenth edition will enhalnce thle reputations of both writer and publislher (John Wright & Sons Ltd.). I...