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Publish Date: 1927/10/22
Volume: 89, Issue: 17, Pages: 1449-1449
Abstract
This edition continues to fulfil well its purpose of providing the necessary supplement to the students practical work The descriptions include the ordinary eruptive fevers diphtheria typhoid typhus erysipelas whooping cough mumps and cerebrospinal meningitis The book has been kept short enough so that there can be no difficulty in mastering the contents in a relatively short time and it is written in Kers usual clear and concise style One of the introductory chapters on the examination of rashes and throats is especially excellent and gives information useful to both student and practitioner The discussion on vaccination including the chief arguments of the antivaccinationists should also prove valuable The book is written from the clinical point of view and contains five graphic descriptions of the patients general appearance and manner in the different diseases Some of the remedies suggested may seem a little old fashioned the application of leeches for
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