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vol 4, Alimentary Tract, edited by S. Cochrane Shanks and Peter Kerley, ed 4; 584 pp, 567 illus, $22.50, Canada $24.30, Philadelphia and Toronto: W. B. Saunders Co., 1970.

Robert N. Cooley, MD, Reviewer
University of Texas Galveston

JAMA. 1970;214(5):918.

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The first edition (1939) had three volumes, the present fourth edition six volumes. The editorship over this 30-year period has been continuous so that the format has remained essentially the same, retaining the qualities which created the appeal of previous editions—concise style, orderly presentation, strong clinical orientation, and for the most part excellent reproductions of roentgenograms.

In the present volume the various sections, written by seven contributors, are undoubtedly representative of British radiologic practice. This is generally quite similar to that in the United States but differs in a number of details and in emphasis on technique. The preference for the use of water-soluble contrast substances in the place of barium seems more evident than is the usual practice in the United States.

Such subjects as cecal stasis, rectal constipation, and the use of the barium meal as a test for constipation receive considerable space in the text. On the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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