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general surgery (as well as neonatology) as a state-of-the-art The Student’s Textbook of Surgery
volume.
P. A. M.Raine
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Yorkhill
Glasgow G 3 8SJ
UK
Color Atlas of Surgical Diagnosis
J. D. Greig and 0,J. Garden. 190 X 134 mm. Pp. 346.
Illustrated. 1996. London: Mosby- Wove. i29.50.
This book achieves its stated aims to provide an overview of
surgical practice with particular emphasis on clinical signs. The
information is accurate and clear, being covered in nine
systematic chapters and imparted around 700 good-quality
relevant photographs. There is not sufficient clinical detail for
the volume to stand alone as a sole source of reference even at
an undergraduate level, but as a companion to other texts it is
excellent at any level. The book is adequately indexed.
D. Baker
’ Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street
London NW3 2QG
UK
Nutrition and Metabolism in the Surgical Patient. 2nd ed.
J. E. Fischer (ed.>.285 X 220 mm. Pp. 831. Illustrated. 1996.
Boston, Massachusetts:Little Brown. $340.
The first edition of this textbook appeared in 1983. The new
edition bears very little resemblance to his forbearer. Advances
in molecular biology have lead to novel approaches to
understanding of metabolic pathways. This is an up-to-date
textbook containing such new information as has become
available through the late eighties and early nineties. The book is
of interest to both postgraduates and those who have a specific
interest in nutrition and metabolism. It is divided into six
sections. The first, on general considerations, is extremely well
presented, describing basic physiological and biochemical
considerations that pertain to nutrition and metabolism in a way
that is pertinent to the practising surgeon. Those who have any
difficulty in understanding the role of mediators and hormones
in critical illness and the identification of new growth factors
should certainly read this volume.
As with other multiple author textbooks, many of the chapters
are written with the individual author’s perception bias. Joseph
Fischer, the Editor, has overcome this to some extent by
carefully inserting qualified statements throughout the textbook.
This works out well in providing a more balanced commentary
on the issues concerned. The book covers intermediary
metabolism, preope tive and postoperative patient evaluation,
and the overall Pf ysiological responses to starvation, trauma,
infection and neoplasia. It examines nutritional support in
hepatic and renal failure, and the nutritional needs of patients
with heart and lung pathologies. The chapter on the special
needs of the paediatric patient is also very useful. This is an
excellent book, well written by some of the leading authors in the
subject. It should be available in any teaching hospital library as
a source of reference. It currently has few equals on this subject.
0. J. McAnena
University College Hospital
Galway
Ireland
0 1997 Blackwell Science Ltd, British Journal of Surgery 1997,84, 140-141
W M. Rambo. 234 X 202 mm. Pp. 379. Illustrated. 1996.
Oxford: Blackwell Science. €17.95.
The author of this 28-chapter book has succeeded admirably in
his intention to produce an easily readable, succinct, but wide-
ranging book for the student of surgery. Apart from the general
surgical areas, it also covers orthopaedics, urology, plastic
surgery, head and neck surgery, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic
surgery, paediatric surgery and intensive therapy management.
Each chapter is supported by questions at the end of engaging
clinical scenarios. The illustrations, which are mainly of a
historical nature, were a pleasant distraction, but a student might
prefer them replaced with more line drawings and diagrams to
illustrate the text better. The text is very Americanized and the
approach, particularly in the introductory chapter, is of a similar
style. While no excuse needs to be made for this, students from
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the UK might find it interesting or irritating. Overall, I should
have really liked a book like this as a surgical student because it
covers a lot of ground and is very easy to read.
M. Whyman
Cheltenham General Hospital
Sandford Road
Cheltenham GL53 7AN
UK
Picture Tests. General Surgery
G. StifJ L. Fligelstone and M. Rhodes. 186 X 123 mm. Pp.
157. Illustrated. 1996. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
€9.50.
This small compact book contains 140 sets of relevant questions
set around good-quality clinical photographs covering a wide
range of general surgical topics. The questions are searching
enough to require a high knowledge of general surgery and the
answers at the back of the book are complete. This volume will
be an excellent revision aid for all those taking examinations,
from final MB to the intercollegiate specialist exam.
D. Baker
Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street
London hW3 2QG
UK
1001 Multiple Choice Questions and Answers in Surgery.
A companion to surgical study based on Bailey and Love’s
Short Practice of Surgery. 4th ed.
A. J. Harding Rains. 215 X 137mm. Pp, 222. Not illustrated.
1996. London: Chapman and Hall. €11.99.
This is the fourth edition of this book with multiple-choice
questions (MCQs) based on Bailey and Love’s Short Practice of
Surgery. I must say I find the concept of MCQs based on an
existing text an excellent one; this book is a must for anybody
who uses Bailey and Love as their main text for postgraduate
examinations. Outside this field, however, its role is rather
limited. As with many multiple-choice books the questions lack
clarity and the material is sometimes rather esoteric and of
marginal clinical relevance. Nevertheless, it fulfils its primary role
well as a companion to a popular text.
P. J. O’Dwyer
Western Infirmarv
Glasgow G116NT
UK
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