TY - JOUR AU - Dow, John AB - (who until recently was a leading member of the team) points out Physiology of the Circulation in Human Limbs in in an introduction, the large number of blood-gas analyses which Health and Disease were involved in their detailed studies would have been beyond their capacity if it had not happened that a rapid spectrophotometric John T. Shepherd. London: W . B. Saunders, 1963. Ix + 416 technique for the estimation of blood-oxygen saturation became pages; 179 illustrations. 24 x 16 cm. £4 4s. available at the right time. After a discussion of cardiac output at rest and on exercise, and In writing this book, Dr Shepherd had in mind four groups of an account of the methods for studying regional blood flow, the readers: the graduate student with a major interest in the vascular authors deal with the changes found in major pathological states system; the young investigator who is anxious to survey the general such as rheumatic and ischaemk heart disease, pulmonary disease, field in order to be better able to decide on fruitful areas of study; myxoedema, constrictive pericarditis, disorders of cardiac rate and the experienced investigator looking for a source of information; rhythm, high-output states, hypertension, TI - Book Reviews JF - British Medical Bulletin DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a070041 DA - 1963-05-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/book-reviews-42YPvRlkt7 SP - 165 EP - 165 VL - 19 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -