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THE third edition of Rolleston's work, now under dual authorship, maintains the high standard of previous editions. The book is well produced, and, considering the amount of information supplied, is very convenient to handle. The absence of clinical illustrations, to which reference is made in the preface to the first edition, is amply compensated by the graphic description given of the cutaneous lesions of the acute exanthemata. It is unusual in a work of this size to find an attractive historical summary of each disease and also a serviceable bibliography. The source is a guarantee of scholarship and accuracy.
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A Handbook for Practitioners and Students. By Dr. J. D. Rolleston and Dr. G. W. Ronaldson. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Pp. ix + 477. (London: William Heinemann (Medical Books), Ltd., 1940.) 17s. 6d. net.
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Miscellany. Nature 145, 1009 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/1451009b0
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