TIlE publication of a fifth edition of this work, which was first published in 1945, is an indication of its usefulness to all nurses preparing for the certificate of the British Tuberculosis Association. Excellent detailed information is given in the earlier chapters on the more general aspects of tuber-culosis and the morbid anatomy of the disease is clearly explained. The chapters devoted to...

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revisions. It is interesting to compare the book with the earlier introductory Lectures, and to note the gradual broadening and development of psychoanalytical theory despite its firm retention of its basic truths and fundamental principles. This brief work of eighty pages contains, as is only to be expected, a clear summary of psychoanalytical theory explained in remarkably simple language. It...

REVIEWS AN OUfLINE OF ENDROCRINOLOGY. By W. M. Crofton, B.A., M.D. Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone. Second edition, 1929. pp. 163; 52 figures; 48 plates. 8s. 6d. ON the whole tl-his little book is a useful exposition of the principles of endrocrinology. The subject is dealt with succinctly under the headings of the various glands of internal secretion. In certain chapters, especially the one on ...

a total of 3528 specimens of freshwater turtles belonging to two families viz., geoemydidae (brown river turtle, kachuga smithi; indian saw-backed turtle, k. tecta; brahminy rrive turtle, hardella thurgi; spotted pond turtle, geoclemys hamiltonii) and trionychidae (indian soft-shell turtle, aspederates gangeticus; peacock soft-shell turtle, a.hurum; narrow-headed soft-shell turtle, chitra indic...

which becomes a one parameter exponential family in θi if the scale parameter φ is known. This is simpler than McCullagh and Nelder’s version: they use a(φ) or even ai(φ) in place of φ. The ai(φ) version is useful for data whose precision varies in a known way, as for example when Yi is an average of ni iid random variables. There are two simple examples to keep in mind. Linear regression has Y...

interviewing, focused physical examination, and diagnostic assessment. At a weighty 640 pages, it is unlikely to find its way into many white coat pockets — an unfortunate fact given the clarity and utility of much of the information within. The first and largest section of the book comprises 17 chapters intended to direct history taking and physical examination across all organ systems, includ...

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