In the preface to the First Edition of Williams' Obstetrics published in 1903 the author wrote these words: "I have attempted to set for-th as briefly as seemed to be consistent with thoroughness, the scientific basis for and the practical application of the obstetric art. . . I have endeavored to present the more practical aspects in such a manner as to be of direct service to the obstetrician...

This book of 1,000 pages (including preface, contents, etc.) gives to a medical student, medical man or a laboratory worker all that he needs. Besides bacteria it deals with spirochetes, medical micology, medical parasitology, both protozoan and metazoan, rickettsise, viruses and bacteriophage, with all essential details. This feat is made possible by reducing references to the original work to...

This well-known textbook of physiology has been thoroughly revised by a team of editors and other contributing authorities collaborating with Professor Fulton, in all numbering 24. While the fluent prose style of the original has been preserved newer developments have been presented de novo rather than worked into the older text. Some sections on old topics have been rewritten completely. The p...

Those facts which should be included in any good textbook of physiology are reviewed, together with a systematic consideration of the subject matter of general physiology, the neuro-muscular mechanisms, the circulation, respiration, metabolism, excretion, reproduction, and the internal secretions. The book does not afford the more detailed information necessary for the advanced worker. Moreover...

As in the first edition, the authors, all professors and chairmen of departments of pediatrics at their respective institutions, "attempted to provide a readable book in a size that could be read during the limited time allocated during the pediatrics rotation." As a third-year medical student just completing my nine-week pediatric clerkship, I felt well qualified to review this book. The volum...