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By Thomas Lewis, M.D., F.R.S., Physician of the Staff of the Medical Research Council, and Physician of the University College Hospital. Pp. 322, with a large octavo. London: Shaw & Sons, Ltd., 1927.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1928;18(6):991.

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This book is a monumental contribution to the physiology and anatomy of the circulation in the skin. It represents a series of investigations carried out for eleven years on behalf of the Medical Research Council. It shows a spirit in the interpretation of physiologic phenomena similar to that of Sir James MacKenzie in the study of clinical conditions, for the author says: "the chief motive which eventually led me to write this book^{* * * *} was a desire to stimulate a wider study and teaching of human physiology; for knowledge relating to the healthy man forms the most manifest and abiding bond between physiology and medicine." Thus, the book is an illustration of the great value of the skin as a medium for studying physiology under normal conditions. It is a stimulating presentation of all the knowledge applying to physiologic and pathologic processes in the circulation of the skin. In it the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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