Portrait of a Surgeon

نویسنده

  • John Hunter
چکیده

verbal broadsides. Two chapters are devoted to differential diagnosis. rhe wvork is based on the author's experience of 1,000 operations for lumbar disc lesions, but he omits to state how nany cases this represents altogether. However, he mentions that operation is carried out in somewhere between 10 and 20 per cent of cases, so that he must have seen a veiy large rnulmber o,f patients with lowv-back pain an(l sciatica. ThIe aLuthor's style is clear and concise and the book is easily read. At times, he is dogimiatic, but thlis is a useful stimulus to thought, and will, doubtless, provoke many arguLments. Thle photographic and X-ray reproductions and the illustrations are excellent, and the whole produlction is of that high standard expected from E. & S. Livingtone. Thllis studious and comprehensive volume is strongly recommended to all wxho have to care for sufferer-s from sciatica and lowv-back l)aini, anid a copy should be added to the libraries of those speciallly concerntied with this subject. R. I. W.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Ulster Medical Journal

دوره 21  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1952