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Pathology of the Nervous System

Pathology of the Nervous System BOOK REVIEWS Pathology of the Nervous System. A Student' s Introduction. Ed . 2. B y J . HENR Y BIGGART, M.D. , Prof, of Pathology , Queen's University , Belfast; Pathologis t to th e Roya l Victoria Hospital , Belfast Hospital for Sick Children. Foreword by Prof. A. Murra y Drennan, M.D . 352 pp . 232 figs., 10 colore d plates . §6.00. Baltimore : Th e Williams an d Wilkins Co. , Thi s is a volume of convenien t size which has a s it s uniqu e feature the effort to maintain a vital relationship between general pathology and neuropathology. Its first edition was publishe d in 1936 a s an expansion of lectures given to student s preparing for examination for the Diploma in Psychiatry . The autho r has ha d long experience in general pathology followed by research in neuropathology, and throughout the book there are analogies be­ twee n disease processes in th e nervou s tissue and in othe r part s of th e body . Th e inten t has been to lead the studen t to "appl y the general principles of patholog y to th e lesions of th e centra l nervous system." Controversia l material and histologic technics are omitted, while a useful chapter on th e cerebrospinal fluid in disease is included . At th e end of each chapter is a shor t bibliog­ raph y of th e mos t importan t references, and where experimental and epidemiologic findings ar e referred to briefly, the dat e of th e work has been included. Fro m the poin t of view of th e clinical pathologist, the approac h is mor e rounded than it is in most textbooks of neuropathology. There is, for example, in the chapte r on virus dis­ eases , a brief discussion of th e natur e of viruses, and as each disease is considered, space is given to it s epidemiology and incidence, as well as to its effects on nervous system tissue. Thi s is don e most thoroughly in th e case of poliomyelitis, an d here th e cerebrospinal fluid findings also are included. Th e chapter on brain tumors follows the classification of Cushing while the section on spina l cord tumors follows the classification of Kernohan. There are numerous especially good pictures of brai n and cord showing tumors in situ. The photograph y in general is good an d the placing of th e illustration s is well planned. Th e autho r reiterates in hi s preface to this edition tha t no effort has been made to turn thi s into a reference book. As a readable, practical piece of work, this should appeal to th e general and clinical pathologist, both for his own use, an d for th e introductio n of th e sub ­ jec t to student s and residents in a manne r which is mor e likely to sti r their interest than is a sudde n plunge into the mor e detailed treatises on neuropathology. Kalamazoo, Michigan HAZEL R. PRENTICE Photoelectric Methods in Clinical Biochemistry. By G. E . DELORY , M.SC. , PH.D. , Asst. Prof. of Biochemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Formerly Biochemist, Roya l Infirmary, Preston, Lancashire, England. With a foreword by Professor E. J.. King , M.A., Ph.D. , D.Sc . 87 pp. , 21 figs. 15 s . London : Hilger & Watts , Ltd. , 1949. Thi s is an 87 page manual of biochemical colorimetric methods, 32 page s of which are devote d to principle s of photometr y an d a detailed description of tw o photoelectri c photom­ eter s manufactured by the publisher of the book. Th e method s chosen are those in use in King' s laboratory in London many of which are only slight modifications of the standard method s utilized in the United States and man y of which have been replaced here by new improve d methods. Th e description s of th e method s are clear and concise, bu t explanations ar c either too meage r or ar e absen t altogether. Th e format , type an d illustration s are good. Ther e are 17 method s described, bu t ther e is no mentio n of bromide , salicylate , amino acid, thiocyanate , bromsulfalein, thymol turbidity and the numerous other new photometric determination s used in modern clinical laboratories. On th e whole, th e manua l is merely a slightl y more elegant version of the mimeographed book of instructions furnished by the manufacturer s of an y photometri c instrument. Chicago WILLIAM S. HOFFMAN http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Clinical Pathology Oxford University Press

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BOOK REVIEWS Pathology of the Nervous System. A Student' s Introduction. Ed . 2. B y J . HENR Y BIGGART, M.D. , Prof, of Pathology , Queen's University , Belfast; Pathologis t to th e Roya l Victoria Hospital , Belfast Hospital for Sick Children. Foreword by Prof. A. Murra y Drennan, M.D . 352 pp . 232 figs., 10 colore d plates . §6.00. Baltimore : Th e Williams an d Wilkins Co. , Thi s is a volume of convenien t size which has a s it s uniqu e feature the effort to maintain a vital relationship between general pathology and neuropathology. Its first edition was publishe d in 1936 a s an expansion of lectures given to student s preparing for examination for the Diploma in Psychiatry . The autho r has ha d long experience in general pathology followed by research in neuropathology, and throughout the book there are analogies be­ twee n disease processes in th e nervou s tissue and in othe r part s of th e body . Th e inten t has been to lead the studen t to "appl y the general principles of patholog y to th e lesions of th e centra l nervous system." Controversia l material and histologic technics are omitted, while a useful chapter on th e cerebrospinal fluid in disease is included . At th e end of each chapter is a shor t bibliog­ raph y of th e mos t importan t references, and where experimental and epidemiologic findings ar e referred to briefly, the dat e of th e work has been included. Fro m the poin t of view of th e clinical pathologist, the approac h is mor e rounded than it is in most textbooks of neuropathology. There is, for example, in the chapte r on virus dis­ eases , a brief discussion of th e natur e of viruses, and as each disease is considered, space is given to it s epidemiology and incidence, as well as to its effects on nervous system tissue. Thi s is don e most thoroughly in th e case of poliomyelitis, an d here th e cerebrospinal fluid findings also are included. Th e chapter on brain tumors follows the classification of Cushing while the section on spina l cord tumors follows the classification of Kernohan. There are numerous especially good pictures of brai n and cord showing tumors in situ. The photograph y in general is good an d the placing of th e illustration s is well planned. Th e autho r reiterates in hi s preface to this edition tha t no effort has been made to turn thi s into a reference book. As a readable, practical piece of work, this should appeal to th e general and clinical pathologist, both for his own use, an d for th e introductio n of th e sub ­ jec t to student s and residents in a manne r which is mor e likely to sti r their interest than is a sudde n plunge into the mor e detailed treatises on neuropathology. Kalamazoo, Michigan HAZEL R. PRENTICE Photoelectric Methods in Clinical Biochemistry. By G. E . DELORY , M.SC. , PH.D. , Asst. Prof. of Biochemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Formerly Biochemist, Roya l Infirmary, Preston, Lancashire, England. With a foreword by Professor E. J.. King , M.A., Ph.D. , D.Sc . 87 pp. , 21 figs. 15 s . London : Hilger & Watts , Ltd. , 1949. Thi s is an 87 page manual of biochemical colorimetric methods, 32 page s of which are devote d to principle s of photometr y an d a detailed description of tw o photoelectri c photom­ eter s manufactured by the publisher of the book. Th e method s chosen are those in use in King' s laboratory in London many of which are only slight modifications of the standard method s utilized in the United States and man y of which have been replaced here by new improve d methods. Th e description s of th e method s are clear and concise, bu t explanations ar c either too meage r or ar e absen t altogether. Th e format , type an d illustration s are good. Ther e are 17 method s described, bu t ther e is no mentio n of bromide , salicylate , amino acid, thiocyanate , bromsulfalein, thymol turbidity and the numerous other new photometric determination s used in modern clinical laboratories. On th e whole, th e manua l is merely a slightl y more elegant version of the mimeographed book of instructions furnished by the manufacturer s of an y photometri c instrument. Chicago WILLIAM S. HOFFMAN

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