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Book Reviews

Color Atlas of Oral Diseases. Second edition. By George Anthropometry of the Head and Face. 2nd edition. Edited by
Laskaris. George Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, New York, Leslie G. Farkas. Raven Press, New York, 1994. ISBN O-
1994. ISBN 3-86577-537-O. Pp xiii+384, 555 ill. Price DM 7817-0159-7. Pp xix+405, ill. Price $183.
189.
This book provides a detailed presentation of the problems and
Earlier this year I had the privilege of lecturing with Professor solutions associated with making reliable measurements in the
George Laskaris at a Head and Neck Symposium in Athens. At the craniofacial regions. The clinical importance and application of
time, although I had great difficulty understanding Greek, I was anthropometry are also stressed. Norms of anthropometric charac-
greatly impressed by the superb quality of his colour slides, many of teristics of North American Caucasians, African-Americans and
which have been reproduced in this new edition of his book. Chinese are presented. Investigation of facial asymmetries between
The Atlas is a compilation of one man’s life time experience in different groups and a quantification of the attractiveness in young
intraoral pathology and is beautifully illustrated with an excellent adults of North American Caucasians are also made. The latest
layout, covering a broad range of diseases affecting the oral cavity. technological developments in anthropometry using computer-
Each condition is assigned half a page, in which its basic pathology, generated three-dimensional images of the head and face have been
differential diagnosis and treatment are documented. explained comprehensively and in detail and they are undoubtedly
The book is well organised, has a very full biography at the end of interest to plastic surgeons.
and is beautifully presented. The anthropometric norms are presented only for relaxed facial
It covers all diseases of the oral cavity and, although the main postures of the subjects, but changes due to ageing are also
conditions treated by Plastic Surgeons are documented in the last demonstrated. There is a logical arrangement of the different
eight of its 35 chapters, I would highly recommend this book to be chapters of the book and the contents of most of them are similar to
included in the reference libraries of all Departments of Plastic and those of scientific papers. The whole is presented on good quality
Reconstructive Surgery. paper, well bound and well indexed.
N. R. MCLEAN The simple style of writing and clear and helpful illustrations,
together with tips of how to make reproducible measurements,
make this book useful to a variety of professions from plastic
Notes on our Reviewer surgeons and psychologists to police detectives.
With its thorough approach to the difficult aspects of measuring
N. R. McLean MD FRCS, Consultant Head and Neck/Plastic craniofacial features, this book is recommended for its scientific
and Reconstructive Surgeon, Newcastle General Hospital, West- reliability and useful information in making these measurements.
gate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE. C. CACOU

Notes on our Reviewer

C. Cacou BSc, PhD, Research Fellow, Division of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Rayne
Institute, 5 University Street, London WCIE 655.

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