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THE first book before us is the fourth volume of Dr. Allchin's “Manual of Medicine,” and deals with the diseases of the circulatory and respiratory organs; as in the other volumes of this manual different sections are dealt with by different writers. It may be said at once that volume iv. is quite up to the high standard already attained by its predecessors, and while being less cumbrous and involved than the larger manuals or systems of medicine, contains all that can, in ordinary circumstances, be required by either the advanced student or the practitioner of medicine; as in the preceding volumes bibliographies have been suppressed, and references to authors are few and far between. The book suffers, perhaps, from being too condensed, but it is difficult to see how this, without restricting its sphere of usefulness, was to be avoided.
A Manual of Medicine.
Edited by W. H. Allchin, Lond. Vol. iv. Diseases of the Respiratory and Circulatory Systems. Pp. xi + 493; illustrations, charts, coloured plates and tables. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1902.) Price 7s. 6d. net.
Diseases of the Organs of Respiration.
By Samuel West In two volumes. Pp. xix + 913; with numerous diagrams and illustrations. (London: C. Griffin and Co., Ltd., 1902.) Price 1l. 10s. net.
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A Manual of Medicine Diseases of the Organs of Respiration . Nature 67, 554–555 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/067554a0
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