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Claudia Naidu

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Vascular Spiders and related LesiollS of the Skin. By William Bennett Bean, M.D. Pp. xix + 372. 130 figures. 63s. net. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.. 1958.

The Nursing and Management ofSkin Diseases. By D. S. Wilkin. son, M.D., M.R.C.P. Pp. 288. 13 figures. 32s. 6d. London: Faber and Faber. 1958.

Hermaphroditism, Genital Anomalies and Related Endocrine Disorders. By Howard W. Jones, Jr., M.D. and William Wallace Scott, M.D., Ph.D. Pp. xvi + 456. 466 illustrations. 128s. London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox Ltd. 1958.

Progress in Radiation Therapy. Edited by Franz Buschke, M.D. with 13 contributors. pp. iii + 284. illustrations. $9.75. New York and London: Grune & Stratton, Inc. 1958.

The Year Book 0/ Ophthalmology 1958-59. Edited by Derrick Vajl, B.A., M.D., D.Oph. (Oxon.), EA.CS., ER.CS. (Hon.). Pp. 407. 78 figures. 7.50. Chicago: Year Book Publishers, Inc. 1959.

Staphylococcus Pyogenes and its Relation to Dise7Jse. By Stephen D. Elek, M.D., D.Sc., Ph.D., D.P.H. Pp. vii+767. 44 figures. XXII tables. 84s. net + 3s. postage abroad. Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. 1959.

The Sella in Health and Disease. By Mahmoud El Sayed Mah· moud, Ph.D. Red., M.B., B.Ch., D.M.R.E. Supplement No. 8 to the British Journal 0/ Radiology. Pp. xii + 100. 120 figures. 35s. London: The British Institute of Radiology. 1958.

An Atlas 0/ Surgery. By F. Wilson Hadow, M.B.? B.S. cpurham), F.R.C.S. (Eng.). Pp. xiii + 363. 1,2.92 illustratIons. 50s. net. London: William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd. 1958.

The Care 0/ the Geriatric Patient. Edited by E. V. Cowdry, Ph.D., Sc.D. (Hon.). Pp. 438. South African price 68s. St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Company. 1958.

A History 0/ Sexual Customs. By Richard Lewinsohn, Dr. Med., Dr. Rerum Politicarum (Berlin). Translated by Alexander Mayce. Pp. xiv + 424. Illustrations. 31s. London- ew York-Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co. 1958.

Physiology of Spinal Anaesthesia. By . M. Greene! B.S., M.A., M.D. pp. xi + 195. illustrations. $6.00. Baltunore: The Williams & Wilkins Company. 1958.

A Synopsis of Hygiene (Jameson and Parkinson). 11th edition. By L1ywelyn Roberts, M.D., M.R.C.P., D.P.H., assisted by Kathleen M. Shaw, M.B.E. Pp. viii + 694. 22 illustrations. 60s. net. London: J. & A. Churchill Ltd. 1958.

Recent Advances in Paediatrics. 2nd edition. Edited by Douglas Gairdner, D.M., F.R.C.P. Pp. viii + 378. 82 illustrations. 48s. net. London: J. & A. Churchill Ltd. 1958.

. Radium-Isodosen. Die Radiumdosierung in "r". Von Dr. A. Verhagen. Mit einen Geleitwort von Prof. Dr. K. ]'Iordmeyer (Deutscher und Englischer Text). viii + 96 Seiten. 34 Abbildungen. DM 19.50. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag. 1958.

Symposium on Nuclear Sex. Edited for the Organizing Committee by the Secretary, D. :Robertson Smith, M.A., M.D. and William M. Davidson, M.D. pp. xvii + 188. 14 figures. 21s. net. London: William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd. 1958.

 


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