on the modern system, the old nomenclature is also given. The chapters on filtrable viruses, immunity, bacterial virulence, toxin, antitoxins and agglutinins are particularly good for the concise and comprehensive way in which these subjects have been dealt with. The inclusion of the more important pathogenic protozoa in a small chapter will be appreciated by the busy practitioner though it is ...

This interesting book, though arranged in the form of a textbook, really consists of a collection of papers by American surgeons, purporting to cover the whole field of general surgery. The 1695 pages of text are shared by no less than 188 writers, of whom a few have contributed less than two thousand words each. No doubt this is what makes the book so attractive; every section has an air of fr...

We report on a formalisation experiment where excerpts from an algebra textbook are compared to their translation into formal texts of the Isabelle/Isar prover, and where an attempt is made in the formal text to stick as closely as possible with the structure of the informal counterpart. The purpose of the exercise is to gain understanding on how adequately a modern algebra text can be represen...

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...