valvular heart disease from a regard of the clinical findings by themselves, and without any knowledge of the past history of rheumatic fever. We must have confidence in our objective physical signs. What has been described here does not tell of startling discoveries in medicine, but it does invite us to think seriously of the several ways in which our recognition of the sham signs of disease h...

Precision medicine (i.e., personalized treatments) is a goal of modern biomedical research. The rationale behind this approach is that a patient’s disease is always a combination of genetic and environmental factors, which make each patient almost unique, so that the objective is to develop specific treatments for the individual patient rather than for the generic disease. In this framework, ho...

This is the ninth edition of this world-famous textbook of ophthalmology and the appearance of a new edition after a lapse of only two years is sufficient proof of its popularity. The book is divided into eight sections which consist of the anatomy and physiology, the examination of the eye, diseases of the eye, errors of refraction and anomalies of accommodation, disorders of motility of the e...

Eye, errors of refractions and operative procedure, to which they may refer with confidence when a new or serious ophthalmic case occurs in their practice. In some of the manuals at present most in use, notably Nettleship's, the very excellence of the work, its conciseness and the attempt to compress iuto a small compass a large amount of matter, renders their perusal, and what might be termed ...

This is undoubtedly one of the best, if not the very best, of the books that have yet appeared in the English language on the subject of Ophthalmic Diseases. It is illustrated by coloured pictures from the brush of Dr. Tatham Thompson of Cardiff,?very well executed, but perhaps some are a little unnatural in colouring. The pictures form, however, a considerable addition to the book, and most of...