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"WAR SURGERY SUPPLEMENT NO. 1" of the British Journal of Surgery, with the subtitle "Wounds of the Head" (Bristol : John Wright and Sons, 1947. 30s. net), is not only a good record of surgical skill and achievement but also a fine example of British printing and publishing. Liberally illustrated by drawings and photographs, it should be a valuable work of surgical reference. There are twenty-two articles on various aspects of war wounds of the head. The first is by Geoffrey Jefferson, on "Head Wounds and Infections in Two Wars", the second by Sir Hugh Cairns on "Neuro Surgery in the British Army, 1939–45", and the third a remarkable "Atlas of Head Wounds", illustrating in colour standard operative techniques for their treatment. The remaining articles deal with other aspects of this important field of work and there are also notes on rare or obscure cases and a valuable bibliography of "Gunshot Wounds of the Head''. Surgeons especially, but also bacteriologists, neurologists and others who are interested in the treatment and in rehabilitation of the patient after severe head injuries will certainly find the experience collected in this volume of very great value. They will look forward with great interest to the appearance of the three other war supplements which are being prepared. No. 2 of these will deal with Abdomino-thoracic Wounds, No. 3 with Wounds of the Extremities, and No. 4 with Plastic Surgery, including Facio-Maxillary Injuries.
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Head Wounds : Treatment and Rehabilitation. Nature 161, 635 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161635b0
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