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students—for use not only dur ing t r a in ing but also as a reference source in future years , espe­cially if they become clinical nephrologists .

J a m e s T. McCarthy, M.D. Division of Nephrology

a n d In te rna l Medicine

BOOKS RECEIVED Cancer of the Liver, Esophagus, and Naso­

pharynx, edited by Gustav Wagner and You-Hui Zhang, 208 pp, with illus, $77.50, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1987

Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Principles and Man­agement, edited by Kenneth M. Taylor, 439 pp, with illus, $58.95, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1986

Small-Bowel Transplantation: Experimental and Clinical Fundamentals, edited by Eberhard Deltz, Arnulf Thiede, and Horst Hamelmann, 272 pp, with illus, $108.90, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1986

Skin Surgery, 6th ed, edited by Ervin Epstein and Ervin Epstein, Jr., 676 pp, with illus, $95, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1987

Gross Anatomy (Oklahoma Notes series), by Wil­liam J. L. Felts, 199 pp, with illus, $10.95, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1987

Neuroanatomy (Oklahoma Notes series), by P. A. Roberts, 84 pp, with illus, $6.95, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1987

Physiology (Oklahoma Notes series), by Roger Thies and Robert J. Person, 237 pp, with illus, $12.50, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1987

Histology (Oklahoma Notes series), by Daniel L. Feeback, 192 pp, with illus, $9,95, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1987 ?,

Microbiology & Immunology (Oklahoma Notes series), by Richard M. Hyde, 228 pp, with illus, $11.95, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1987

Pharmacology (Oklahoma Notes series), edited by Joanne I. Moore, 247 pp, with illus, $12.95, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1987

Interventional Ultrasound (Clinics in Diagnostic Ultrasound, Vol 21), edited by Eric vanSonnenberg, 241 pp, with illus, $32, New York, Churchill Livingstone (distributed by Longman, White Plains, New York), 1987

Nutrition in Gastrointestinal Disease, edited by Luigi Barbara, G. Bianchi Porro, Rodolfo Cheil, and Martin Lipkin, 304 pp, with illus, $68.50, New York, Raven Press, 1987

Renal Disease: Classification and Atlas. Part I: Vascular Diseases, edited by Jacob Churg, Robert H. Heptinstall, T. Steen Olsen, and Leslie H. Sobin. Part II: Developmental and Hereditary Diseases, edited by Jacob Churg, Jay Bernstein, R. Anthony Risdon, and Leslie H. Sobin, 291 pp, with illus, $95, New York, Igaku-Shoin, 1987

Handbook of Cancer Chemotherapy, 2nd ed, edited by Roland T. Skeel, 393 pp, with illus, $17.50, Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1987

Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Atlas of Its Pathology, by Toshiro Nakashima and Masamichi Kojiro, 267 pp, with illus, $216.50, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1987

Thoracic and Lumbar Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries (Advances in Neurotraumatology, Vol 2), edited by Phillip Harris, 211 pp, with illus, $61, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1987

Lithium Encyclopedia for Clinical Practice, 2nd ed, by James W. Jefferson, John H. Greist, Deborah L. Ackerman, and Judith A. Carroll, 744 pp, $25, Washing­ton, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1987

Basic & Clinical Immunology, 6th ed, edited by Daniel P. Stites, John D. Stobo, and J. Vivian Wells, 734 pp, with illus, $29, East Norwalk, Connecticut, Ap-pleton & Lange, 1987

Under the Ether Dome: A Physician's Appren­ticeship at Massachusetts General Hospital, by Stephen A. Hoffmann, 300 pp, $18.95, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986

The International Textbook of Cardiology, edited by Tsung O. Cheng, 1,299 pp, with illus, $87.50, New York, Pergamon Press, 1986

Fundamental Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physiology, 2nd ed, by Jerry Franklin Green, 275 pp, with illus, $24.75, Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1987

Stedman's Pocket Medical Dictionary, 821 pp, $16.95, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1987

A Guide to the X-ray Department, 2nd ed, by Myer Goldman, 94 pp, with illus, $11.50, Bristol, Eng­land, Wright (distributed by PSG Publishing Company, Littleton, Massachusetts), 1986

A Handbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology: A Guide for Housemen, by R. S. Ledward, 248 pp, with illus, $15, Bristol, England, Wright (distributed by PSG Publishing Company, Littleton, Massachusetts), 1986

A Synopsis of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 3rd ed, by Ian Ramsay, 198 pp, with illus, $27.50, Bristol, England, Wright (distributed by PSG Publish­ing Company, Littleton, Massachusetts), 1986

Gangliosides and Neuronal Plasticity (FIDIA Research Series, Vol 6), edited by Guido Tettamanti, Robert W. Ledeen, Konrad Sandhoff, Yoshitaka Nagai, and Gino Toffano, 483 pp, with illus, $85, Padova, Italy, Laviana Press (distributed by Springer-Verlag, New York), 1986

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The Heart in End-Stage Renal Failure: Etiol­ogy, Symptoms and Management of Uremic Heart Disease (Contributions to Nephrology, Vol 52), edited by V. Wizemann, W. Kramer, and G. Schütterle, 149 pp, with illus, $70, Basel, Switzerland, S. Karger, 1986

A Colour Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, by K. F. R. Schiller, Roy Cockel, and Richard H. Hunt, 240 pp, with illus, $110, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1986

Common Medical Emergencies: A Guide for Junior Physicians, 4th ed, by R. H. Salter, 136 pp, with illus, $10, Bristol, England, Wright (distributed by PSG Publishing Company, Littleton, Massachusetts), 1987

Current Approaches to Occupational Health, Vol 3, edited by A. Ward Gardner, 354 pp, with illus, $45, Bristol, England, Wright (distributed by PSG Publish­ing Company, Littleton, Massachusetts), 1987

Disorders of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses: Diagnosis and Management, by Kenneth G. Mar­shall and Elhamy L. Attia, 370 pp, with illus, $35, Littleton, Massachusetts, PSG Publishing Company, 1987

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Cur­rent Concepts, edited by John E. Hodgkin and Thomas L. Petty, 316 pp, with illus, $29.95, Phila­delphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1987

Malignant Lymphoma (International Academy of Pathology, Monograph No. 29), edited by Costan W. Berard, Ronald F. Dorfman, and Nathan Kaufman, 300 pp, with illus, $63.50, Baltimore, Williams & Wil-kins, 1987

Johannes Müller and the Nineteenth-Century Origins of Tumor Cell Theory, by L. J. Rather, Patricia Rather, and John B. Frerichs, 193 pp, with illus, $15, Canton, Massachusetts, Science History Publica­tions (distributed by Watson Publishing International, Canton, Massachusetts), 1987

Problems and Controversies in Gastroenterol-ogy, edited by G. Dobrilla, G. Bertaccini, M. J. S. Langman, J. J. Misiewicz, H. Sarles, E. Solcia, and N. Tygstrup, 304 pp, with illus, $47, Verona, Italy, Cortina International (distributed by Raven Press, New York), 1986

Gynecology and Obstetrics, edited by Hans Lud­wig and Klaus Thomsen, 882 pp, with illus, $210, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1986

Monoclonal Antibody Production Techniques and Applications (Immunology, Vol 33), edited by Lawrence B. Schook, 316 pp, with illus, $89.75, New York, Marcel Dekker, 1987

The Quality of Life of Cancer Patients (Mono­graph Series of the European Organization for Re­search on Treatment of Cancer [EORTC], Vol 17), edited by Neil K. Aronson and Joern H. Beckmann, 304 pp, with illus, $59.50, New York, Raven Press, 1987

Monoclonals and DNA Probes in Diagnostic and Preventive Medicine, edited by Robert C. Gallo, Giuseppe Delia Porta, and Alberto Albertini, 240 pp, with illus, $39.50, New York, Raven Press, 1987

Clinical Pocket Guide to Ear Disease, by Michael Hawke, 136 pp, with illus, $17.50, Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1987

Traumatic Hip Dislocation in Childhood, by Antonio Barquet, 146 pp, with illus, $71, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1987

Concepts in Viral Pathogenesis II, edited by Abner Louis Notkins and Michael B. A. Oldstone, 425 pp, with illus, $45, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1986

Can the Cardiac Stand Trial? by Meyer Texon, 644 pp, $37, New York, Hemisphere Publishing, 1987

Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Cere-brospinal Fluid, Hugh Davson, Keasley Welch, and Malcolm B. Segal, 1,013 pp, with illus, $198, New York, Churchill Livingstone (distributed by Longman, White Plains, New York), 1987

Health Care and Its Costs: Can the U.S. Afford Adequate Health Care? edited by Carl J. Schramm, 301 pp, with illus, $18.95, New York, W. W. Norton Company, 1987

Host Defenses in Trauma and Surgery (Advanc­es in Host Defense Mechanisms, Vol 6), edited by John Mihran Davis and G. Tom Shires, 198 pp, with illus, $49.50, New York, Raven Press, 1986

Vascular Access: A Practical Guide, edited by M. Haimov, 184 pp, with illus, $34, Mount Kisco, New York, Futura Publishing Company, 1987

Fundamentals of Receptor Molecular Biology (Immunology, Vol 34), by Donald F. H. Wallach, 398 pp, with illus, $85, New York, Marcel Dekker, 1987

DeGowin & DeGowin's Bedside Diagnostic Ex­amination, 5th ed, by Richard L. DeGowin, 1,053 pp, with illus, $29.95, New York, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987

The Dysmorphic Child: An Orthopedic Per­spective, by Michael J. Goldberg, 428 pp, with illus, $69.50, New York, Raven Press, 1987

Mental Health Concepts and Techniques for the Occupational Therapy Assistant, by Mary Beth Early, 329 pp, with illus, $29.50, New York, Raven Press, 1987

Developing Psychiatry (Psychiatry, Vol 43), by K. W. Bash and J. Bash-Liechti, 413 pp, with illus, $95.60, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1987

Trachea and Lung Surgery in Childhood (Pro­gress in Pediatric Surgery, Vol 21), edited by Peter Wurnig, 147 pp, with illus, $75.50, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1987

Manual of Clinical Pharmacology for the Rural Practitioner, by Neyton Baltodano, 56 pp, $7, P.O. Box 156, Lake Preston, SD 57249, Neyton Baltodano, M.D., 1987

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Postmenopausal Hormonal Therapy: Benefits and Risks, edited by Piero Fioretti, Carlo Flamigni, Valerio Maria Jasonni, and Gian Benedetto Melis, 278 pp, with illus, $38, New York, Raven Press, 1987

Intraoperative Pathologic Diagnosis: Frozen Section and Other Techniques, by Elvio G. Silva and B. Balfour Kraemer, 312 pp, with illus, $62.50, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1987

In Vitro Fertilization, edited by Howard E. Jones, Jr., Georgeanna Seegar Jones, Gary D. Hodgen, and Zev Rosenwaks, 319 pp, with illus, $65, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1986

The Arterial Anatomy of Skin Flaps, by George C. Cormack and B. George H. Lamberty, 455 pp, with illus, $195, New York, Churchill Livingstone (distrib­uted by Longman, White Plains, New York), 1986

Electrocardiographic Notebook, 5th ed, by M. Irene Ferrer, 162 pp, with illus, $12.75, Mount Kisco, New York, Future Publishing Company, 1987

Intensive Care and Monitoring of the Neuro-surgical Patient (Progress in Neurological Surgery, Vol 12), edited by Alex M. Landolt, 201 pp, with illus, $74, Basel, Switzerland, S. Karger, 1987

Tumor Markers: Biology and Clinical Applica­tions (Cancer Research Monographs, Vol 4), edited by Nasser Javadpour, 294 pp, with illus, $65, New York, Praeger Publishers, 1987

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Pediatric Urology (International Perspectives in Urology, Vol 14), edited by Alan B. Retik and Jacob Cukier, 483 pp, with illus, $87.50, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1987

Head and Neck Oncology, edited by H. J. G. Bloom, I. W. F. Hanham, and H. J. Shaw, 365 pp, with illus, $85, New York, Raven Press, 1987

Doctor at Large, by Morris Gibson, 224 pp, $16.95, New York, Beaufort Books, 1986

Music in Medicine: Neurophysiological Basis, Clinical Applications, Aspects in the Humanities, edited by Ralph Spintge and Roland Droh, 427 pp, with illus, $38.80, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1987

Surgical Lasers: A Clinical Guide, edited by Terry A. Fuller, 237 pp, with illus, $75, New York, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987

The Radiology of Joint Disease, 3rd ed (Saunders Monographs in Clinical Radiology, Vol 2), by D. M. Forrester and J. C. Brown, 568 pp, with illus, $60, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 1987

Neural Mechanisms and Cardiovascular Dis­ease (FIDIA Research Series, Vol 5), by Bernard Lown, Alberto Malliani, and Marco Prosdocimi, 642 pp, with illus, $95, Padova, Italy, Liviana Press (distributed by Springer-Verlag, New York), 1986

Current Problems in PTCA, edited by B. Höfling, 151 pp, with illus, $36, New York, Springer-Verlag, 1986