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By John A. Kolmer, M.D., and Fred Boerner, M.D. Second edition. Price, $10. Pp. 893, with 380 illustrations and 12 plates. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1938.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1938;38(1):162.

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The value of this second edition is shown by the splendid reception accorded the first edition and its use as a standard work by many laboratories. Nothing less could be expected, since the authors have such high standing and ability. In the new edition the various technical procedures which are described have been approved by twenty-eight well known collaborators, many of them directors of laboratories. The volume comprises a judicious selection of various laboratory procedures, two or more methods frequently being included when the authors could not decide which was the most valuable.

Five new chapters appear in this edition. Chapter 6 deals with the diagnosis of early pregnancy, chapter 20 with diagnostic methods in mycologic practice, chapter 21 with examination of the skin and the mucous membranes for animal parasites, chapter 31 with the methods of performing allergic tests and chapter 38 with histologic methods and the preservation of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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