TY - JOUR AB - HKIT. J. SURG., 1971, Vol. 58, NO. 8, AUGUST REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS Bunnell’s Surgery of the Hand. Revised by JOSEPH ground for the British reader, however, when they attribute H. BOYES, M.D., Clinical Professor of Surgery, Univer- postoperative symptoms to hyper- or hypotonia of the sity of Southern California. 92 -- 7 in. Pp. 727 ixii. sphincter of Oddi, though again we would be on common Illustrated. 1971. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. ground when they describe obstruction at this level due (Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications). E17. to dense fibrosis or to a benign tumour. In the introduction it is pointed out that following THE fifth edition of this surgical classic appears some cholecystectomy the common bile-duct dilates. Indeed, twenty-six years after the original edition, and much has this was first shown experimentally by Oddi in 1888, from taken place in the field of hand surgery since that date. which he concluded that there must be a sphincter at the Sterling Bunnell, the original author of this work, was a lower end of the common bile-duct; this he later proved far-sighted man and stressed the important fact that the was present. The condition is due to a TI - The Patient in Surgery. A Guide for Nurses. By George D. Lemaitre, M.D., F.A.C.S., Boston. 10 × 7 in. Pp. 457+xxiii, with III illustrations. 1970. London: W. B. Saunders Company Ltd. £2.75 JO - British Journal of Surgery DO - 10.1002/bjs.1800580828 DA - 1971-08-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-patient-in-surgery-a-guide-for-nurses-by-george-d-lemaitre-m-d-f-a-mxvlyzNuiK SP - 636 EP - 636 VL - 58 IS - 8 DP - DeepDyve ER -