A Pocket Medical Dictionary
7th Edition. :Author: Lois uaKes, 5.K.N., ij.in., ana inos. B. uavie, m.u., F.R.C.P. E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. Pp. 450. Price 4s. net.
There must be well over 5,000 terms dealt with in this small book of 3f in. by 4? in. and the explanations seem to be clear and concise. Many drugs are included together with their pharmacological doses. In addition to the Dictionary itself there are 16 useful addenda commencing with abbreviations of Degrees and Diplomas and ending with Dietary Tables. Among the most original of these are 32 illustrations of trays prepared for various Nursing techniques. Illustrations inserted in the text tend to be crude and old-fashioned but serve their purpose. It would not be difficult to suggest some ” constructive criticismsThe abbreviation C.S.M.M.G. and the Blood Transfusion Trays are out of date, one of the Trays on page 391 is incorrectly labelled and in the illustrations of the bones the old terminology is mainly used. The Dictionary should be found very useful as a book of reference for nurses and doctors’ secretaries, in hospitals and in institutions, offices and societies where medical matters are dealt with. H.C.S.
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