Clinical and internal medicine

Malignant Brain Tumours is an excellent compendium of current thought and practice for clinicians, surgeons, and scientists.

Ever since its discovery in 1742 the carotid body has remained an organ of mystery.

References, to the reader, are like insulin to the diabetic: when needed they are indispensable, but in excess they induce coma.

The human prostate gland is of undoubted importance in reproductive physiology and is one of the commonest causes of clinical urological problems in the male patient.

Legal action involving doctors, either as defendants or expert witnesses, has greatly increased over the past decade and few can now remain aloof from this aspect of their profession.

In keeping with the aims of other books in this Series the Editors have concentrated on the practical aspects of management -in this case of the urinary tract in patients with spinal cord injury.

Specialists in cardiac imaging offer their extensive experience of performing and interpreting myocardial perfusion studies with thallium 201 and single photon emission tomography in this unique teaching atlas which contains over 1500 colour illustrations.

Crucial decisions concerning surgical treatment are often based on the results of various methods used for assessing colorectal function.

As pediatric cardiology becomes more and more neonatal cardiology and even fetal cardiology, Neonatal Heart Disease by Robert M.

In their preface, the authors highlight the great social and medical importance of hearing loss in the elderly, an ever-increasing prob- lem.

A variety of new techniques that promise to revolutionize the clinical management of early pregnancy are fully detailed in this state-of-the-art book.

Based on a symposium covering latest research, this volume contains contributions by international experts.

The use oflasers in clinical practice is increasing rapidly, both in the definitive treatment of disease and in the palliation of symp- toms.

Urinary incontinence is a humiliating disability and a common problem in gynaecological clinics.

A workshop was organised in order to achieve multi-discipli-nary review of the pathogenesis and management of acutefailure, particularly as it occurs and is managed inintensive therapy units.

Material for this book was gathered in the early 1980's in Manchester, where a higher incidence than usual of complications in the gastro-intestinal and urinary tract was observed.

This book was conceived as a means of learning by inquiring-self testing carried out conscientiously is an effective way of acquiring knowledge.

Nearly a century has passed since Rehn performed the first successful cardiac operation by closing a right ventricular stab wound in a gravely ill patient.

This book is intended as an introduction to the drug treatment of cancer.

Herpes Simplex Virus is the fifth monograph to be published in the Bloomsbury Series of Clinical Science.

Traditions are dangerous; doubly so in science.

Illness in old age is characterised by vague and atypical presenting features which are often missed and wrongly attributed to the ageing process.

In vitro fertilization has resulted in an estimated 4000-5000 births in the world.

The first few months of any pregnancy are of supreme importance to the success of that pregnancy.

Any discussion of the present success in management of urological cancers evokes a mixed response.

Medical care of the elderly today challenges the practitioner to break away from narrow diagnostic labelling and view the whole picture of disease in old age.

What medicine lacks in an increasingly specialised world is the medical polymath (or should it be medical bimath?

Traditionally, investigation of the nervous system has been primarily a clinical matter.

The Bloomsbury Series in Clinical Science is growing and changing.

In the past two decades the radiological investigation and imaging of paranasal sinus disease has been revolutionised by the introduction of two new techniques: magnetic resonance and computerised tomography.

"e;Oxalate Metabolism in Relation to Urinary Stone"e; is the third monograph to appear in the "e;Bloomsbury Series"e;.

This series of multiple choice questions is based on the textbook Common Eye Diseases And Their Management (1985), also from Springer-Verlag.

Recent developments in the field of retinal detachment surgery have called for a substantial revision of the previous edition of this text.

More MRCP Part 1 provides five further mock MRCP type examination papers for quick self-assessment.

The ninth annual multidisciplinary symposium on clinical oncology organized by the Royal College of Radiologists was jointly arranged with the International Society for Radiation Oncology.

Blood Supply of Bone: Scientific Aspects provides a comprehensive description of the development and physiology of blood supply to the skeleton.

Atlas of Endoscopic Perforator Vein Surgery thoroughly describes the pathophysiology and treatment of venous ulcers - an increasingly common condition.

The publication of Bronchoalveolar Mast Cells and Asthma marks the emergence of The Bloomsbury Series in Clinical Science, an important and novel series that will highlight, review and record major areas of research, development and practice in the field of clinical science.

The publication of Platelet-Vessel Wall Interactions, the second monograph in the Bloomsbury Series in Clinical Science, is particu- larly welcome as its appearance signifies the further development of the Series and its potential for the future.

In this book we attempt a synthesis of knowledge from two investigative extremes.

The interrelated syndromes of shock and the adult respiratory distress to attract the attention of both clinical and syndrome (ARDS) continue laboratory scientists.

It gives me great pleasure to have this opportunity to write a Foreword for this new book.

Calcium in Human Biology provides an authoritative review of current knowledge and points the way to further progress in the understanding of this essential nutrient.

"e;Conclusions are usually considered guesses"e; Henry S.

How well can you tackle medical problems as they affect the elderly?

The most frequently requested investigation in any nuclear medicine department remains the technetium-99m (99mTc)-labelled diphosphonate bone scan.

Many books have been written about the pathology of the major organs of the body such as the lungs, heart, gastrointestinal tract etc.