TY - JOUR
AB - 574 BOOKS RECEIVED. diseases have been included, several hundred additions made to the text and that there are over two hundred new illustrations. These statements are supported by the increase of six pages in the index. How, then, has the compression been achieved ? Apparently to a large extent by the condensation of the earlier chapters dealing with anatomy, physiology, pathology, diagnosis and physical methods of treatment, so tha t the first chapter dealing with actual dermatoses is now Chapter V and starts on p. 77, whereas previously the same chapter was number XI and started on p. 255. This compression we think is all to the good. We are not so happy about the other way in which space has been economized, viz. by the total omission of all the bibliographies which were such a useful feature of the first edition. Comparing a number of articles in the new edition A\'ith the corresponding ones in the old we have no hesitation in saying that the new ones are better, and we can thoroughly recommend the book. The illustrations, as in the original edition, reach a very high level of excellence, and the type and general gct-up of the 
TI - BOOKS RECEIVED
JF - British Journal of Dermatology
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1938.tb10429.x
DA - 1938-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/books-received-xtSR5RzUph
SP - 574
EP - 574
VL - 50
IS - 10
DP - DeepDyve
ER -